Officials get experience of Trinity Park rush hour
Three city administrators took a
literal walk in Trinity Park’s figurative shoes last week, navigating the
neighborhood at morning rush hour as those who live there and kids who go to
school there have to do it.
“It’s a little like one of those fancy virtual reality things,” said Rachel Raney, chairwoman of the Trinity Park Neighborhood Association’s traffic committee. But, she added, “This is not a stunt. This is real working stuff.”
Raney’s committee invited city staffers along on a “walk audit,” to identify particular hazard points for pedestrians and cyclists in a neighborhood where the level and speed of automotive traffic is a long-standing issue – an issue made immediate in September when a Durham School of the Arts student was hit by a car as she jogged across Gregson Street.
City Transportation Director Mark Ahrendsen, bicycle-pedestrian coordinator Dale McKeel and traffic engineer Phil Loziuk spent more than two hours Wednesday morning making rounds and taking notes with about 10 residents and interested parties.
“Our hope was that maybe we can identify some trouble spots that do need some work and can be addressed relatively quickly, maybe relatively cheaply,” said Martin Steinmeyer, who organized the audit.
Walking between Duke Street and Buchanan Boulevard, from Main Street to Club Boulevard,providing shoes trade leads among China shoes manufacturer, the auditors found confusing signage, sidewalks needing repair, crosswalks that needed repainting or relocating. More than anything else, they saw fast-moving vehicles that sped across crosswalks even with a pedestrian standing on the pavement trying to cross.
“The speed during school hours is outrageous,” said Rebecca Romaine, whose children attend Watts Elementary and Durham School of the Arts in Trinity Park. Her son Paul was nearly hit this fall, she said,Tungsten Pride make custom tungsten ring and bands for men and women, when a driver pulled around another vehicle that had stopped to let Paul by.
“And the fact that they do not yield for pedestrians, because they can’t,” she said. “If you’re going 55 miles per hour, you cannot stop at a crosswalk.Buy visually stunning and durable tungsten jewelry from Larson Jewelers.”
Traffic is a particular problem in Trinity Park because two major thoroughfares, Gregson and Duke streets, run its length, connecting northern Durham and Interstate 85 with the Durham Freeway.Full Custom Bobble head dolls personalized bobbleheads and sculpted into your likeness.
Raney said the city transportation staff have become “kind of allies” in addressing Trinity Park’s traffic problems. They’ve re-striped crosswalks,hypo-allergenic stainless stainless steel bracelet includes classic and modern styles in bracelets, installed new stoplights and arranged with NCDOT to make a continuous school zone on Gregson Street from Watts Elementary past Durham School of the Arts.
“It’s a little like one of those fancy virtual reality things,” said Rachel Raney, chairwoman of the Trinity Park Neighborhood Association’s traffic committee. But, she added, “This is not a stunt. This is real working stuff.”
Raney’s committee invited city staffers along on a “walk audit,” to identify particular hazard points for pedestrians and cyclists in a neighborhood where the level and speed of automotive traffic is a long-standing issue – an issue made immediate in September when a Durham School of the Arts student was hit by a car as she jogged across Gregson Street.
City Transportation Director Mark Ahrendsen, bicycle-pedestrian coordinator Dale McKeel and traffic engineer Phil Loziuk spent more than two hours Wednesday morning making rounds and taking notes with about 10 residents and interested parties.
“Our hope was that maybe we can identify some trouble spots that do need some work and can be addressed relatively quickly, maybe relatively cheaply,” said Martin Steinmeyer, who organized the audit.
Walking between Duke Street and Buchanan Boulevard, from Main Street to Club Boulevard,providing shoes trade leads among China shoes manufacturer, the auditors found confusing signage, sidewalks needing repair, crosswalks that needed repainting or relocating. More than anything else, they saw fast-moving vehicles that sped across crosswalks even with a pedestrian standing on the pavement trying to cross.
“The speed during school hours is outrageous,” said Rebecca Romaine, whose children attend Watts Elementary and Durham School of the Arts in Trinity Park. Her son Paul was nearly hit this fall, she said,Tungsten Pride make custom tungsten ring and bands for men and women, when a driver pulled around another vehicle that had stopped to let Paul by.
“And the fact that they do not yield for pedestrians, because they can’t,” she said. “If you’re going 55 miles per hour, you cannot stop at a crosswalk.Buy visually stunning and durable tungsten jewelry from Larson Jewelers.”
Traffic is a particular problem in Trinity Park because two major thoroughfares, Gregson and Duke streets, run its length, connecting northern Durham and Interstate 85 with the Durham Freeway.Full Custom Bobble head dolls personalized bobbleheads and sculpted into your likeness.
Raney said the city transportation staff have become “kind of allies” in addressing Trinity Park’s traffic problems. They’ve re-striped crosswalks,hypo-allergenic stainless stainless steel bracelet includes classic and modern styles in bracelets, installed new stoplights and arranged with NCDOT to make a continuous school zone on Gregson Street from Watts Elementary past Durham School of the Arts.
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