Edina, MN PLUS

Speeding on 78th Street

This house often has a dozen cars parked in their yard or driveway The issue is when they park in front of their house on the street You can't come around the sharp corner safely onto Valley view road It becomes a blind spot driving the south on Hansen road before you Tourin that sharp corner You have to go around the cars and if someone is coming from the north forget it It's almost a head on Not safe Drive it and you will see why nr

This intersection is quite dangerous and should have a 4-way stop sign. I have witnessed multiple accidents in my 2 years living in the Chowen Park neighborhood. The intersection is a blind spot crossing Xerxes from the Minneapolis side due to parked cars on the street. From the Edina side the intersection is dangerous in the winter because of the hill going down towards the stop sign. I have slipped into the intersection twice last winter, and since avoid the intersection altogether.

Striping is very faded on this stretch of Parklawn Especially on the curve from 76th to Parklawn are the lane markings faded which leads to many drivers not staying in their lane through the curve

The pavement markings for the two southbound left-turn lanes from France Avenue into the Southdale Center parking lot have worn and it is unclear which lane has the right of way for the center lane into the parking lot.

this is the ramp coming off 62 East onto Tracy. visibility is difficult. seems like an all way stop at this location would help as people on the ramp can not easily see whether or not traffic is clear before making a turn. i'm not sure if accident data supports this. we know quite a few who avoid this exit to avoid the difficult turn with oncoming traffic

This crosswalk continues to be a safety concern for pedestrians. Vehicles don't stop or yield for pedestrians waiting on either side of the crosswalk. My personal experience with my family including a dog and our child in a stroller,
vehicles still don't understand or care to yield.

This can cause issues, especially for kids that think vehicles will be yielding. This combined with the lack of speed control on Brookside makes for a dangerous situation. The road design of Brookside encourages drivers to speed and discourages them from being aware of pedestrians or bicyclists.

Please look at options to improve safety at this intersection specifically and Brookside / 44th in general.

Suggestions:
- A standing crosswalk cone/sign in the middle of the road
- "State law stop for pedestrians" signage added to the current sign
- An actual signaled crosswalk with lights that flash when a pedestrian is crossing. ( What is the minimum requirements for this?)
- Bump outs
- Other options to slow traffic on Brookside: Bollards, street paint identifying the pedestrian zone, adding a median, reducing the lane width

Greetings,

I writing in concern of the intersection of Wooddale and Garrison. The traffic safety issue is multifaceted but to give context, this intersection is a part of a bike and walking path corridor with the Wooddale path just south and the bridge to Rosland Park (despite being currently down foot and bike traffic is still high). This intersection is also just south of a busy business district as well as several large apartment buildings which often causes a lot of people to use the intersection as a turn around spot. There is heavy off and on parking due to new construction in the area and due to the M.A. Peterson offices. Just north of the intersection is a very steep hill and two corners of the intersection have obstructed views due to trees and vegetation. The NW corner is also the bus stop for over 15 EPS students each day.

I am the resident of the NW corner at 4500 Garrison and spent a lot of time in my front yard. Daily, I witness very close calls between cars as well as cars and pedestrians (particularly kids). Many of the factors I listed above lead to behavior by both car drivers and sometimes bike riders that create safety concerns for pedestrians. These safety concerns are most frequent when car/bike/pedestrian traffic is high during morning and evening commutes and the weekends.

I have also had many neighbors stop me and share concern over that intersection. As the bridge is slated to open up again, this will increase the pedestrian traffic and thus the safety concerns. I am wondering if someone from the city could meet with me and neighbors to discuss possible solutions?

I felt compelled to write today and try to create a safer space as well as formally document the issues with this intersection.

Thank you,
Lana Peterson

Speeding cars on Glengarry Pkwy, especially on school days, Highland Park events, and cars cutting through the neighborhood to get from Vernon to Interlachen and vice versa
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We moved to Edina three years ago for safety reasons. We really would appreciate more speed control ok France Ave from hwy 62 to 50th. There are cars everyday going 50 miles an hour. I never see cops there and would really appreciate more speed contrail and cops giving out tickets. If five tickets were given out each day, the city would save accidents and also generate $365,000 per year. You can give out five tickets at $200 each in a hour on that part of France. Please help. 16 year old kids and 80 year old people can’t react when people are driving that fast. Thank you.

The Eden Avenue on-ramp to South Highway 100 has an unsafe merge. In order to yield to traffic coming from the left on the Vernon Ave on-ramp, a car may have to fully stop, but the cars behind it cannot see any of that traffic and may not anticipate a rapid stop.