Issues: bike concern

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Continuous & Excessive Speeding in front of Preschool Open

141-199 Highland St New Haven, CT 06511, USA - Prospect Hill

Speeding on Highland Street has created an extremely unsafe situation, especially at pick-up and drop-off times at a local preschool here. Yesterday, at about 4:30 PM, a parent's car door was damaged by a speeding car (which did not stop). Thankfully, neither the parent NOR the child was injured. However, there are young children getting in and out of cars, being dropped off by caregivers on foot and by bike, and being escorted across the street here.

Please, we need this speeding curtailed and traffic calming measures implemented before a tragic incident occurs here.

UPDATE: The city and the school now are working together on this-- but in good conscience, we cannot close the issue since it has yet to be fixed.

2010-09-21 · Reported by Concerned Parent (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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- Parent (Guest)
  
  My children have aged out of this school so I am sorry that I do not know how it stands anymore. Again, the City and the preschool had been in conversation about working together but I do not know if it has been resolved.
  
  2012-08-30 · Flag Flagged
- Mark
  
  P.S. If you want to see change on this, please call the Mayor (203) 946-8200 and Rob Smuts (203) 946-7900, as well as your Alderman, and ask them why there has been no action taken on request #1 within this letter, which was written by representatives of all 12 of the Community Management Teams, and many Alderpersons, one year ago:
  http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101479047374-39/Safe+Streets+Letter+to+Mayor+DeStefano+082411r.pdf
  
  2012-10-07 · Flag Flagged
- Justin Elicker
  
  Alfreda Edwards (the alderwoman in the area) and I have been trying to get some attention paid to the issue for some time. I met with one of the city's traffic experts, the head of Calvin Hill and a parent on site a while back. Speed humps were ruled out because there were concerns about the grade of the road and visibility. I've just reached out to the Transportation, Traffic and Parking Department again and will let you know what how they respond. While they are understaffed, this issue is important and should be addressed.
  
  Justin Elicker
  Ward 10 Alderman
  justin.elicker@gmail.com
  
  2012-10-07 · Flag Flagged
- Justin Elicker (Guest)
  
  I just reached out to Traffic and Parking again on this issue. We met with some parents and the principal of Calvin Hill a while back to try and resolve the issue. Traffic and Parking said the grade of the road was too steep to install speed humps and that they were going to look into other alternatives. I'll try and get this moving along again.
  
  Justin Elicker
  Ward 10 Alderman
  justin.elicker@gmail.com
  
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Deplorable condition on most heavily used New Haven bicycle route: traffic sa... Archived

77-123 Prospect St New Haven, CT 06511, USA - Prospect Hill

Gravel broken glass rocks narrow road, as trucks and buses speed past. Bike route my a$ s.

2011-03-29 · Reported by · Share · Flag Flagged
- Melissa (Guest)
  
  Agreed!
  
  2011-03-29 · Flag Flagged
- GregL
  
  This is the most heavily used bicycle route in town? Interesting.
  
  In any event, it's pretty crappy their right now.
  
  2011-03-29 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Resident3 (Guest)
  
  Cleared for now but w/ construction ongoing, it needs to be watched closely
  
  2011-09-02 · Flag Flagged
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Deplorable condition on most heavily used New Haven bicycle route: traffic sa... Archived

77-123 Prospect St New Haven, CT 06511, USA - Prospect Hill

Gravel broken glass rocks narrow road, as trucks and buses speed past. Bike route my a$ s.

2011-03-18 · Reported by · Share · Flag Flagged
- Cake (Guest)
  
  People are getting murdered and new haven hasnt the money to employ police officers. My advice, get a mountain bike with some front and rear shocks and stop wasting taxpayers money!
  
  2011-03-19 · Flag Flagged
- Closed A taxpayer in NH (Guest)
  
  it has been cleaned up
  
  2011-03-21 · Flag Flagged
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Inadequate Bike Parking at New Rosenkranz Hall Archived

117 Prospect St New Haven, CT - Prospect Hill

Rosenkranz Hall, the new social sciences building that just opened, is stunningly beautiful both inside and out, but it lacks adequate bike parking. Numerous bikes were observed locked to a railing within the building's courtyard. See photo.

2010-02-09 · Reported by Brian Tang · Share · Flag Flagged
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- Brian Tang
  
  I think this would be a good spot.
  
  2010-03-02 · Flag Flagged
- Brian Tang
  
  For now, I'll just have to park my bike at one of the meters on Prospect St.
  
  2010-03-02 · Flag Flagged
- Mark
  
  Thanks for reporting. Awesome videos, Brian.
  
  2010-07-06 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Brian Tang
  
  fixed! racks were installed exactly where I said they should be, which I think may have been the plan all along—they might have just wanted to install the racks at the same time as all the others they installed last fall so they could do them all under the same contract. Still, you’d think bike racks would have been included within the original construction budget for the building. Whatever.
  
  2011-02-07 · Flag Flagged
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Gap in Bike Route: Edgerton Park to East Rock Open

Whitney Ave And Cliff St New Haven, CT - Prospect Hill

Getting from Edgerton Park to East Rock Park on a bicycle is harrowing experience. I recommend a new signalized crosswalk at Cliff St combined with a short two-way cycle track between Cliff St and Burns St. Closing this gap will make Edgerton Park more accessible to East Rock, Cedar Hill, and Fair Haven and it will make East Rock Park more accessible to residents of the Newhallville and Edgehill neighborhoods.

2010-11-07 · Reported by Brian Tang · Share · Flag Flagged
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- john k (Guest)
  
  this is truely a major problem for both bicyclists and pedestrians!
  
  2010-11-08 · Flag Flagged
- CT Livable Streets Campaign
  
  Awesome idea.
  
  2010-11-08 · Flag Flagged
- shatstar (Guest)
  
  I recommend you toughen up and ride. This is a tough city with a tight budget and city funds shouldn't be wasted to make softies feel more comfortable.
  
  Get Yale to pay for your bike lanes. The rest of us will smoke right past you bike lanes or not.
  
  2011-01-23 · Flag Flagged
- Melissa (Guest)
  
  Why not use the light by the water authority?
  
  2011-01-23 · Flag Flagged
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Bike route proposal: Open

582-644 Whitney Ave New Haven, CT - Prospect Hill

Whitney is five lanes wide along this stretch; the center turning lane is overkill and a waste of space. One lane could be converted to a two-way bike route (preferably elevated 6 inches) connecting downtown to Hamden; it would make the street a lot safer for all users.

2012-06-08 · Reported by edgewood (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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  Department of Public Works assigned this issue to Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking
  
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Dirtbike groups on Highland Open

Highland St New Haven, CT - Prospect Hill

On warm weekends and early evening during the week large packs of dirtbikes run up and down highland from Newhallville toward East Rock.

2012-04-22 · Reported by Prospect (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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- Lexington Ave
  
  All cities I have lived in have cops that chase down criminals, that is what they are hired to do right?
  
  2012-04-22 · Flag Flagged
- anon (Guest)
  
  the other day one wo out of the large pack of raced on the sidewalk towards me and my 4 yr old - we had to jump out of the way. very scary. i agree that this is a huge quality of life issue, and may cause me to move elsewhere. why pay high taxes only to be almost run over by dirtbikes...?
  
  2012-04-23 · Flag Flagged
- Rob Smuts
  
  This issue was recategorized from Other to Policing Issue.
  
  2012-11-13 · Flag Flagged
- S.I.T. New Haven
  
  Sick and tired of the vroomm-vroomm-vrooomm? Then sign the petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/state-of-connecticut-general-assembly-new-haven-office-of-the-mayor-stop-the-use-of-illegally-operated-vehicles-on-new-haven-streets-and-parks
  
  2012-11-15 · Flag Flagged
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Roving youth bike gangs casing the neighborhood, looking for victims Open

51-65 Sachem St New Haven, CT 06511, USA - Prospect Hill

Police please take note of bikers

2011-06-01 · Reported by · Share · Flag Flagged
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- Uncle Egg (Guest)
  
  Do you have any evidence that they're "casing the neighborhood" and "looking for victims"? Or is it just speculation based on your skills as an amateur criminal profiler?
  
  2011-06-01 · Flag Flagged
- Mike Tyson (Guest)
  
  Please stop calling them biker Gangs.. their are only a few so called bad motorcycle clubs around new haven and they dont go out looking to hurt people for no reason.. this is just because you have already complained about loud bikes in new haven and nothing happend so now you wanna put this story out there so cops start doing something.. you have no Facts. so when you get facts and proof send it to the media then. have a great day
  
  2011-06-07 · Flag Flagged
- Joe Schmoe (Guest)
  
  if they have committed a crime, please call (203) 946-6316.
  
  2011-06-09 · Flag Flagged
- criley (Guest)
  
  I was riding my bike around town, and was verbally attacked by a bunch of teenagers intentionally trying to startle bikers. This is extremely dangerous when we are riding in traffic.
  
  2011-07-21 · Flag Flagged
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Paint sharrows on Sachem and Prospect Acknowledged

50-68 Sachem St New Haven, CT 06511, USA - Prospect Hill

between Grove St and the Yale walkway that connects to Humphrey Street. This will help complete the bike route.

2010-10-27 · Reported by Brian Tang · Share · Flag Flagged
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- Mark
  
  Agree
  
  2010-10-28 · Flag Flagged
- Acknowledged Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking
  
  Thanks for the post.
  
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Dangerous Yale Transit Driver Archived

Temple St. And Trumbull St. New Haven, CT - Prospect Hill

At 5:10pm on Thursday May 5th I was riding my bike south on Temple Street, just north of the intersection with Trumbull street. I was riding in the right hand lane when a Yale shuttle marked "purple line", abruptly turned into my lane, running me off the road and nearly hitting me/ knocking me over.
I have lived in New Haven for nearly two years, and bike downtown often. This was the first and only time I have been run off the road by anyone, let alone a Yale Shuttle driver. I hope that the Yale Shuttle service will take appropriate action to ensure that this unsafe driver does not continue endangering bikers, students, pedestrians, etc.

2011-05-05 · Reported by Jared Duval · Share · Flag Flagged
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  2011-05-06 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Jared Duval
  
  Director of Yale Sustainable Transportation Systems responded in a timely and adequate manner, communicating that the driver has been spoken to and has received additional training.
  
  2011-06-07 · Flag Flagged
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Moon Craters painted to look like a road Archived

717 Prospect St New Haven, CT 06511 - Prospect Hill

This stretch of roadway is even worse than Whitney Ave! Moon Craters with flecks of yellow paint clinging to the center of the "road" welcome drivers into New Haven. I'd rather bike to work, but the pockmarked road "surface" makes me drive my truck instead. It's as close to off-roading as one can get on a paved surface. Please fix immediately. I've seen bicyclists fall here. Very dangerous!

2009-03-17 · Reported by Eric (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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  Patched
  
  2009-11-28 · Flag Flagged
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Light out on bike/walking path Archived

33 Sachem St New Haven, CT 06511 - Prospect Hill

One of the lights is out here on the campus walking path.

2008-08-03 · Reported by Ben (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
- Anonymous
  
  It's back on.
  Thanks.
  
  2008-12-14 · Flag Flagged
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Noise at 1:08 AM Open

Whitney Avenue And Coldspring New Haven, CT - Prospect Hill

Driver on speed motor-bike on whitney avenue making noise at 1:08 AM

2012-08-03 · Reported by Anonymous · Share · Flag Flagged
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road needs repaving Archived

30 Sachem St New Haven, CT 06511 - Prospect Hill

This road is so full of cracks and potholes. It is a danger to bikes especially, which need to swerve to avoid holes.

2008-09-06 · Reported by Leanna Boychenko (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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- np (Guest)
  
  Make Yale pay to repave Sachem St. (or sell the road to Yale - they "only" have 17 billion dollars...). All of the property on Sachem St. is owned by Yale. Yale construction, installation of utilities, etc. has destroyed the road surface, and sediment laden runoff from Yale construction sites has clogged the storm drain at the corner of Sachem and Prospect St. If I jackhammered the road, in front of my property, do you think I would be held responsible for destroying the road?
  
  2009-04-26 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Ben (Admin)
  
  I did not see any potholes when I went down there today.
  Am I crazy?
  
  2009-10-30 · Flag Flagged
- Reopened Ben (Admin)
  
  Sorry. Yes this is still in terrible shape :-)
  
  2009-10-30 · Flag Flagged
- Closed leanna boychenko (Guest)
  
  road has been repaved.
  
  2010-09-28 · Flag Flagged
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riddled with potholes Archived

32 Sachem St New Haven, CT 06511 - Prospect Hill

This city-designated bike route is pratically unnavigable by bicycle, it's so riddled with potholes.

2008-06-30 · Reported by Hunter (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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- Reopened Ben (Admin)
  
  Sorry this is definitely still open.
  
  2009-10-30 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Brian Tang
  
  I saw a crew patching up Sachem St today.
  
  2010-02-05 · Flag Flagged
- resident (Guest)
  
  Bruce Alexander & Mike Piscitelli both said this would be fixed over a year ago. Hopefully it's getting better.
  
  Ideally it would be a smooth surface with sharrows.
  
  2010-02-09 · Flag Flagged
- Brian Tang (Guest)
  
  It wouldn't have made sense to repave Sachem before last fall, when it was torn up to replace the utilities. I expect it will be repaved this summer. I agree on the sharrows, which is why we included them in the 2010 Bike Plan (elmcitycycling.org).
  
  The new curb cut and bike path signs are pretty sweet, aren't they? I believe the path is even included on Google Maps now.
  
  I think they got the bicycle and pedestrian warning signs reversed in the eastbound direction on Sachem, but that's no big deal in my opinion.
  
  2010-02-09 · Flag Flagged
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Large Pothole! Archived

Mansfield St New Haven ct - Prospect Hill

There's a large pothole on the middle-right part of Mansfield St between Compton and Tilton streets (I can't remember the exact address- but if you've ridden a bike or driven a car up there recently, you'll know where I mean). I scraped the bottom of my car when one tire fell into it, and I also fell off my bike once when I was riding at night and didn't realize how large the pothole was .

2009-10-26 · Reported by jaime (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
- Mark
  
  I have noticed this too. It is pretty serious and could easily cause a dangerous crash. It is actually right near the intersection with Woodland.
  
  2009-10-26 · Flag Flagged
- jaime (Guest)
  
  There may be two large/serious potholes in this case, b/c the one I'm referring to isn't that far up Mansfield. Thanks for bringing attention to this other one, though. I almost never ride up that far, so i didn't even notice it!
  
  2009-10-26 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Jason
  
  I walked between Compton and Tilton streets today and it looks like this pothole has been filled.
  
  2011-04-06 · Flag Flagged
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Speeding! Open

75 Cliff St New Haven, CT 06511, USA - Prospect Hill

There are way too many cars speeding down Whitney Ave at all times of day. I am a frequent runner on this street, and I am often amazed at how many cars speed. There are also many instances I have recently seen of cars going right on red (when not permitted) or even LEFT on a red light. Cars run red lights daily. As a runner, biker, and walker, my life is threatened by these actions by drivers. PLEASE begin to enforce traffic laws!

2011-12-21 · Reported by Barbara (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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- Greta
  
  While light-timing is not a cause of speeding, it could be a solution. Timing optimized to regulate the flow of traffic as it does on Whalley seems well worth looking into. Would that be something New Haven Safe Streets could help with?
  
  2011-12-21 · Flag Flagged
- Me again (Guest)
  
  Juli we can't guilt trip problems into going away, unless you want to put that on a placard and stand over on Whitney for the rest of eternity so people can read it as they speed by... although that might make things worse. My comment about the poor timing of the lights was trying to address WHY people are speeding. If you can fix the source of a problem you fix it permanently; if you just treat the symptoms you'll be doing it forever.
  
  "How many minutes does society deem perfectly acceptable to sit in front of a TV waiting for ten commercials?" : I don't know but for me it's zero. I won't watch live TV, only DVR and I don't drive in New Haven except when absolutely necessary for exactly this reason. I would rather roll through town over a trail of broken glass naked in January that drive around in that city. Some might think that's all fine and dandy and people should walk or bike or w/e, however the businesses that lose out because the city is such a pain to navigate probably don't like it, the drivers who have to drive around in town don't like it, and the pedestrians/bikers who have to deal with cars trying to speed their way out of this place dont' like it either.
  
  So fix the timing on the lights and everyone will be happy :)
  
  2011-12-21 · Flag Flagged
- angela (Guest)
  
  Barbara, it seems logical that we can't put an end to speeding or illegally turning on red. Posting on SeeClickFix probably won't spur the police into leaving a murder scene to go after drivers on Whitney to protect you from certain doom. Maybe use the sidewalk and look both ways before crossing the street. Wearing a helmet might help too. And to those silly bikers, get out of my way I'm in a hurry!
  
  2011-12-21 · Flag Flagged
- neighbor (Guest)
  
  Please, there must bw a way we can find middle ground. Give it a chance.....
  
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ramp needed for bicycle access to Science Hill Open

62 Sachem St New Haven, CT 06511 - Prospect Hill

A ramp for bicycles would make it much easier for people approaching from the south by bike to access buildings such as Kline Biology Tower, Gibbs Physics Lab, Sterling Chemistry Lab, etc. Dismounting and carrying the bike up the existing stairs is a significant inconvenience.

2009-09-16 · Reported by Jason (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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  Don't put in a bike ramp, put in a wheelchair ramp that cyclists and wheelchairs and strollers can all use. This path goes all the way up to the Gibbs/KBT courtyard plus the lower entrance to KBT and Science Library and is completely wheel-friendly except for this small staircase at the bottom.
  
  2010-06-24 · Flag Flagged
- Anonymous
  
  How much money needs to be spent to cater to every little comfort of the Yale community? In real life sometimes you have to "tough it out" and endure small inconveniences. Look on the bright side, perhaps you might just get a little stronger from having to carry your bike.
  
  2010-07-08 · Flag Flagged
- Mark
  
  I agree with Brian that a metal trough would help a lot. Has anyone contacted Yale Transportation to see if they would install one on the stair?
  
  2010-07-08 · Flag Flagged
- Anonymous
  
  I would favor a wheelchair-width ramp out of the options mentioned above. That would help people wheeling carts of books, specimens and apparatus as well as people in wheelchairs, in strollers and on bicycles.
  
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Bike rack Acknowledged

225 253 Prospect St New Haven, CT - Prospect Hill

be nice to have a bike rack here.

2011-07-09 · Reported by chrisy (Guest) · Share · Flag Flagged
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  This location will be inspected for a possible bike rack installation.
  
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