The Maryland SHA was very concerned about pedestrian safety with a
stationary semi in a layby at Takoma Junction. It is a mystery why they do
not seem concerned about the safety of pedestrians (including children) who
access a public park by crossing MD 410 at an unprotected intersection. Not
to mention Montgomery College students who may have alighted a westbound F4
or 17.
The Google street view is stale, and I'm apparently too lazy to walk a few
blocks to check right now, but did SHA at least repaint the crosswalk?
On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 5:02 PM Michael Sitar <michaelasitar@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Not enough speeders for the contractor to make bank?
Hmmm...
Does SHA factor in property damage, personal injury, quality of life for
those venturing along the sidewalks or living nearby... listening to
whining acceleration, screeching brakes, or crunching steel, plastic, and
brick n mortar...
MAS
On Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 10:08 AM Randall Cleaver <cleaverr2019@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
We had tried for a speed camera on Philly a number of years ago. SHA did
a traffic survey and found that not enough cars were speeding to make it
worthwhile for the contractor to install one. Now that the speed limit is
lowered that has probably changed. Randy
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 16, 2021, at 9:56 AM, Lauren Cooper Van Tol <ljcooper@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Jay,
I completely agree with you about the need for a speed camera on this
stretch of Philadelphia. If not a speed camera then other calming measures
should be employed (widening the sidewalks, bump outs, etc). It took a
petition created by a neighbor on Philadelphia Ave. for the speed limit to
be lowered.
One of the sections from the final report of the Reimagining Public
Safety task force that I was a member of made the following recommendations
around additional speed cameras:
Goal: Develop speed camera policies that appropriately balance the need
for traffic safety and for assuring that civil fines do not unfairly burden
those of limited financial means.
21) Create a poverty exemption/fine reduction program for recipients of
speed camera tickets, whereby if an individual’s income falls below a
certain amount (proposed to be 150% of the federal poverty limit), their
fine for speeding tickets issued via speed camera is excused. Models for
how this could look are included in the footnotes.10
22) The establishment of additional speed camera zones should be the
subject of properly noticed public engagement and focused on areas with
high rates of traffic accidents.
I think this section of Philadelphia qualifies under #22. It's more
complex because it's a state highway.
Lauren
Philadelphia
On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 2:10 AM jjl27@xxxxxxxx <jjl27@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Speeding on Phil. Ave down to PB Rd from Takoma Ave has been a problem
for years. After several down hill car crashes into people's front yards on
that stretch, metal crash barriers were installed near Baltimore Ave. Once
a WMATA bus even crashed on the way down to PB. I think a speed camera
might be the best way to slow traffic. There's one on Ethan Allen heading
toward NH Blvd and that's a totally flat portion of 410. Baltimore Jay
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