[Vision2020] Public Works Meeting

cynthia nichols cynthiann0 at mac.com
Sat Aug 19 07:27:40 PDT 2006 

This is a good idea. No sense in making EVERYONE on Mountain View  
stop all day long when there is only a problem twice a day. Or even  
having the lights on Mtn. View blink yellow most of the day and blink  
red during those peak-use times.

The city needs to require the developer to finish the sidewalk on the  
east side of Mountain View too-between Hillcrest and Rolling Hills.

cynthia nichols


On Aug 16, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Bruce and Jean Livingston wrote:

> Frankly, I don't understand why they don't put a traffic light  
> there, set it
> for blinking yellow much of the day in the Mountainview direction,  
> but run
> it with actual red and green alternating lights for the high  
> traffic, "kid"
> times, say 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and 2 p.m. until 4 or even 6 pm given  
> the "kid
> use" of the athletic facilities all around that intersection.  The  
> traffic
> back-up on D St. can be significant, and a regimented crossing  
> opportunity
> that an actual red light on Mountainview would provide is significant.
>
> Parents would also be much more likely to allow children to walk to  
> school
> if they had confidence in the safety of their child when crossing
> Mountainview at D Street.
>
> Bruce Livingston
>
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> From: "Craine Kit" <kcraine at verizon.net>
> To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Public Works Meeting
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>> Here are the photos showing the flashing lights.
>>
>> Kit Craine
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> On Aug 15, 2006, at 9:00 PM, J Ford wrote:
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>> 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  :]
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>>> 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
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>>> 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
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>>>
>>>> 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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