[Vision2020] Mountain View and D
Janesta Carcich
janestacarcich at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 21 10:54:57 PDT 2006
There needs to be something there to stop traffic, it
is a no~brainer. It is just a matter of what. Why not
put up portable stop signs, and do a study?
Janesta
--- Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:
> How do we know that a four-way stop at Mountain View
> and D will clog traffic for blocks? Do you have
> access to traffic studies and the engineered
> conclusions drawn from them the rest of us are
> ignorant of?
>
> There are several busy intersections with four-way
> stops that function fine without clogging traffic
> for blocks: Blaine and 6th, Blaine and White, Hayes
> and D, Line and 6th (although this can back up
> traffic for about one block on the east side at peak
> times, but no big deal), A and Line, are a few
> examples.
>
> W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donovan Arnold
> To: roger hayes ; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Mountain View and D
>
>
> I am not for a stop sign on Mountain and D. I am
> however, for a stop light. A four way stop will have
> Mountain View and D street clogged for blocks. That
> will force more people into taking alternative
> routes speeding through neighborhood streets and
> down 6th Street (when and if that road ever
> reopens).
>
> It sounds logical to put a four way stop there. But
> I think the volume of traffic is great and this will
> create greater problems on that corner and elsewhere
> in town. How much longer does it take for four cars
> to come to a stop, then go one at a time? Multiply
> that by the number of cars, if will a good 10-15
> minutes longer to across town on that section of
> road.
>
> Best,
>
> _DJA
>
> roger hayes <rhayes at turbonet.com> wrote:
> > 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
> >> To: Bruce and Jean Livingston
> >> CC: john weber , Nancy Chaney
> >> ,
> >> bill lambert , Vision 2020
> >> , Robert Stout ,
> >> john dickinson
> >> 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"
> >>> To: "Vision 2020"
> >>> 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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