Thanks Owen for posting this.
Speaking of "dangerous by design" ... I just heard that the city has been
working on a big round-about in Kilearn all summer, and is so proud to be
opening it in time for school. I wonder what provisions they've made for
pedestrians to cross the round-about? I don't believe they put in a bridge,
and I have strong doubts they added a light which will stop all traffic to
allow pedestrians to cross; does anyone know what the city does with
round-abouts?
Chip
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Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 12:16 PM
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Subject: [tabi] TPD to Begin Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations
From WCTV's website:
"News Release: Tallahassee Police Department
August 14, 2015
TALLAHASSEE -- The Tallahassee Police Department will begin Pedestrian
Safety Enforcement Operations on August 26, 2015. TPD is committed to
improving pedestrian safety for our residents and visitors through
continued application of engineering, educational and enforcement
strategies.
The Tallahassee Police are working with the City of Tallahassee Traffic
Mobility Management to identify and improve environmental and traffic
factors that are associated with high pedestrian crashes. TPD will be
educating our citizens through pedestrian safety messages and
encouraging them to follow pedestrian safety protocol both in person
and via social media. In addition to routine patrol enforcement of
pedestrian laws, TPD will conduct two operations every month beginning
with the first operation in the 500-600 blocks of West Tennessee Street
on Wednesday evening, August 26, 2015. These operations will be focused
on enforcing pedestrian safety laws and will occur during the hours of
10PM to 2AM.
Officers will be enforcing pedestrian laws by looking for violations
made by drivers and pedestrians that can lead to injuries or
fatalities. Special attention will be directed toward drunk driving,
speeding drivers, drivers making illegal turns, drivers failing to stop
for signs and signals, drivers failing to yield to pedestrians in
crosswalks or any other dangerous violation. Additionally, special
attention will be directed toward impaired pedestrians and enforcement
will be taken for observed violations when pedestrians cross the street
illegally, cross against the walk signal of a crosswalk, or fail to
yield to drivers who have the right of way."
This article was followed by the usual ignorant and/or hateful comments
on WCTV's website. This is a long overdue step in the right direction
since Transportation for America's Dangerous by Design studies,
http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/research/dangerous-by-design/dbd2014/state
/florida/,
have shown Tallahassee is not the safest place in the world for
pedestrians.
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