All,
I'm sure that any of you going west on Davis have had to wait longer at the
light on Brodie than necessary because of the common/merged right turn and
straight ahead lane. I am trying to get this changed to 3 separate lanes, left
turn, straight and right turn. If we can get several people from COVNA to also
contact the city, maybe we can get this done in a more reasonable time frame.
Please consider emailing the two contacts below and requesting the 2 lanes be
changed to 3.
Anna.Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and Jessica.Salinas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tom Bray
9104 Collingwood Dr.
The last response that I had from them was back in June, see Anna's response:
I am following-up on the email thread regarding Davis/Brodie. I wanted to let
you know we are collecting data and making observations particular to the
westbound approach. We have made a few signal timing adjustments to allow a
more consistent green time for that approach. Please note that the hatching
between the lanes is not for a bike lane but rather to align the lanes over the
loop detectors in the pavement that activate the traffic signal.
Restriping the lanes is certainly an option that we are considering. It will
take a little time however to relocate the loop detectors, grind off and
restripe the pavement, etc. Please feel free to contact me with any additional
information or further concerns.
Anna Martin
Anna Martin, PE, PTOE
Austin Transportation Department
Phone: 512-974-7105
Email: anna.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Below is my latest letter to them sent today:
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Bray
To: Martin, Anna; Salinas, Jessica
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 18:57
Subject: Fw: Brodie/Davis Intersection Westbound Lane Restriping Request
Anna and Jessica,
Thought I would check and see if anything is happening on changing the east
side of Brodie-Davis intersection from 1 left turn South and 1communal
straight-westbound / right turn-Northbound lanes into 3 lanes separate lanes
for all 3 traffic possibilities.
Wednesday I waited again through 3 lights to go straight through westbound,
starting before the top of the hill. I watched only 1 car turn left! Today I
had a similar situation except 2 cars turned left with over 15 cars waiting to
turn right or go straight.
I've even seen a car or two in the striped out section between the two existing
lanes who went straight when the light changed to avoid waiting.
In my opinion as a temporary partial fix, the right lane sensor would be
tripped by those going straight if the right lane would be made narrower into a
right lane only and the blocked off space were expanded into it to form a
straight through lane. This would be a minimal cost until the sensors could be
modified.
Tom Bray
9104 Collingwood Dr.
