[Vision2020] Public Works Meeting

[Art Deco]

Perhaps place a centered flashing red light at D and Mountain View would 
help people notice the 4 way stop.

Here's another problem place where a boulevard stop and a flashing red light 
might help:  where the Chipman Trail crosses Perimeter Drive.  Most trail 
users find that even extreme prudence does not insure safety.

W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Public Works Meeting


> What I did not like was/is the Mayor's attitude that the citizens of 
> Moscow
> are too stupid to see a Stop sign much less heed it and stop.  She
> apparently has little appreciation for the intelligence of all of us that
> use that road.  It may, MAY take a time or two for people to see the Stop
> sign but with a campaign of notifications through the papers, news radio
> shows, etc, I believe it would be a non-issue fairly quickly.  As one 
> person
> pointed out, we all adapted rather well and rather quickly to the mess on
> Washington and on 6th.
>
> Given that attitude of hers, why would putting a flashing light and a sign
> saying "School Zone" be any different?  What would make people anymore 
> aware
> and slow down anymore than a Stop sign?
>
> J  :]
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
>>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Public Works Meeting
>>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:40:00 -0700
>>
>>What exasperates me about the city's attitude to the problem at D street
>>and
>>Mountain View is that apparently those that should have, have not spent
>>much
>>or anytime observing on weekday mornings and afternoons when traffic and
>>children are at their highest.  Should you doubt the problem, when school
>>starts, go and look for a morning or two.
>>
>>But J Ford should not be surprised considering the length of time to put a
>>crosswalk across the Moscow-Pullman Highway near Tri-State.  It was nice 
>>to
>>get a cross walk and paths, but a pedestrian activated crosswalk stoplight
>>on demand would lessen the problem that still exists.
>>
>>W.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
>>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 11:52 PM
>>Subject: [Vision2020] Public Works Meeting
>>
>>
>> >I watched the PW Committee meeting today and wondered just who the City
>> > Staff thinks they work for.  It certainly did not look like they were
>> > working for the safety and/or good will for the citizens.  When the
>> > discussion turned to a need for a four-way Stop sign on "D" and Mt.
>>View,
>> > it
>> > got kinda muddled as to why it was such a question - the safety of the
>> > children and drivers who use that intersection SHOULD be the primary
>> > concern.  But even the Mayor seemed to think that the three or four
>>people
>> > who spoke up for the Stop sign were off base.  And Walter Steed had 
>> > some
>> > interesting notes but even he seemed confused about his stand - 40(+)
>> > people
>> > in the space of 45min for one intersection is nothing to ignore and yet
>>he
>> > thinks it is.
>> >
>> > The fact that several people pointed out there are now four/five
>>different
>> > places of congregating children and families in that immediate area
>>should
>> > dictate the City needs to be cognizant of the safety issue that people
>> > face
>> > every day at that intersection.  As two people pointed out, the area is
>> > expanding and more people are moving into the area almost daily.  All
>>this
>> > does is increase the traffic in and out of the area and it should make
>> > sense
>> > to people that that traffic needs to be better controlled.
>> >
>> > I would hope the entire City Counsel saw it as the Committee Members
>> > seemed
>> > to feel - the need is there and it would behoove the City to, for once,
>> > use
>> > preventative medicine BEFORE we have a child or car flattened.
>> >
>> > BTW - did anyone realize that the speed limit on that road is 35mph!?
>> > Seems
>> > a might fast to me.  Especially considering there are children in that
>> > area
>> > rather heavily during a major part of the year and during the daytime.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > J  :]
>> >
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