[Vision2020] re:speaking of bicycles

[Tom Ivie]

Phil,
My apologies. I was going from my notes from the transportation commission meeting where Dan Weaver was in attendance.  When asked about the speed limits by Tom LaPointe he said they were governed by the Idaho Code and set by engineering.  In reviewing my notes last night I see that Les MacDonald stated that engineering had a say in the speed limit.  When asked about the potential speed limit on Third Les and Dan both agreed that it would probably at least be 30mph.  Just because they may have the power to lower the speed limit to a safe amount, does that guarantee it would be done? Case in point, there is no signage on Third St. to alert traffic that there is an elementary school (Lena Whitmore) and that children are crossing at Blaine.  How long has the school been there?  Are they going to use traffic counts from the summer time or during the school year?  It was brought up at that meeting that the traffic counters also record speed of traveling vehicles. If you are going!
  to count
 traffic on 6th st., shouldn't you also count the traffic on 3rd at the same time in order to get an accurate reading? I would think that a slower speed limit would be more friendly for bicycles, don't you? Plus, take the heavy truck traffic off of East Third and it will be safer for bicycles and children crossing the street.  If these heavy trucks are going to developments on Mt. View or Joseph, why are they using 3rd st.  They should use state Hwy 8 and Mt. View, wouldn't you agree? 

Philip Cook <pcook818 at adelphia.net> wrote:> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:25:12 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Tom Ivie 
> Subject: [Vision2020] re:speaking of bicycles

> April, 

>...... [cut]

>The designation of the street dictates, through the Idaho Code, what the speed limit >will be. If Third is designated as an arterial the effective speed limit, dictated by >Idaho Code, will increase to 35mph.


WRONG. See Idaho Code 49-207(2) and 49-208(1)(i). See also Moscow City Code Title 11 Sec. 1-3.

Philip Cook
Moscow

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