[Vision2020] Mountain View and D

[Art Deco]

If there is a four way stop, the blinking light should be red.

W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "roger hayes" <rhayes at turbonet.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:29 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Mountain View and D


>> 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
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