[Vision2020] Mountain View and D

[roger hayes]

> A timed light is an improvement, but kids and walkers cross that 
> intersection from dawn to way past dark. The problem does not just 
> occur during the morning and afternoon.  A stop sign would be a cheap, 
> effective way to slow the traffic enough so drivers would be more 
> aware of children and pedestrians in the crosswalk. We'd probably want 
> to leave the blinking yellow light though.

Roger Hayes

>
>> I think the city has viewed Mt. View as an arterial for the increasing
>> numbers of houses on the outskirts of Moscow.
>> As a person who frequently crosses this intersection on foot and by
>> bicycle, I think a 4 way stop sign at D and Mt. View is a good idea
>> indeed. People tend to really zip through that area. It will, however,
>> change the nature of Mt. View from commuting arterial to urban street.
>> But given all the schools, the pool, and rec. centers in the area, the
>> change will not be a bad thing.
>
> Roger Hayes
>
>> From: cynthia nichols <cynthiann0 at mac.com>
>> To: Bruce and Jean Livingston <jeanlivingston at turbonet.com>
>> CC: john weber <jweber at ci.moscow.id.us>, Nancy Chaney 
>> <nchaney at moscow.com>,
>>        bill lambert <blambert at ci.moscow.id.us>,        Vision 2020
>> <vision2020 at moscow.com>,        Robert Stout <bstout at ci.moscow.id.us>,
>>   john dickinson <JohnDickinson at moscow.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Public Works Meeting
>> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:27:40 -0700
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>> Here are the photos showing the flashing lights.
>>>>
>>>> Kit Craine