Am I understanding correctly that folks are traveling the wrong way down a one-way? If so, if there is a specific time that this is happening (rush hour?) I would suggest contacting the Police Department and asking if they can have a squad there during this timeframe. This may deter people if they see police are present. Their non-emergency phone number is: 651-291-1111

Thanks--Yes, you are correct about vehicles traveling the wrong way down Aldine, usually during rush hour, but the issue is bigger than that--the issue is dozens and dozens of cars using a neighborhood that borders a well-used park as a "cut-through" in order to avoid traffic on Snelling. I'm thinking along the lines of asking for a traffic circle or speed bumps if this is a realistic option.

I will call non-emergency and advise them of the issue of the one way. My guess is that in order to get a truer picture of the larger issue, we may need to have those things that count vehicles as they drive over. Thanks for your quick response--now I'm going to go read the others because I had no idea I could read responses on the app :)

Some of this *may* get better once the Selby/Marshall/Snelling area has less construction. But maybe not. The section of Aldine north of Iglehart could be made one way north bound. (there is certainly not enough street to allow parking and two lanes of travel, which is how it's marked). The truly stupid/determined would still go for it, but it would mean a longer trip against traffic, and could deter use as a short cut.

Thanks-I have lived here for twelve years and the cut-through traffic has always been an issue. It may be a bit worse now due to construction on Snelling. I remember when the streets were redone here about 7 or 8 years ago a neighbor had mentioned working on the issue, and I think the end result was we got bump-out curbs which haven't really helped.

I do think you're right that making that one block of Aldinr a one way like the rest of it may slow traffic down a bit, but when vehicles are using the area as a cut-through from Snelling, my experience is they use Herschel just as much as they use Aldine to get to Marshall.

The idea about making Aldine a one way may indeed provide a solution to slowing traffic on the Eastern border of Aldine Park--then we need to find solutions for slowing traffic on the North, South, and Western (Carroll, Iglehart, and Hershel) borders as well :)

Thanks for commenting :)

Leah

I'm going to suggest that you speak with Elizabeth Stiffler. She is in our Traffic Engineering division of Public Works, and is a really great person to include in this type of conversation! Her phone number is: 651-266-6210. I will forward her this conversation so she can get up to speed on your requests and suggestions. Thank you.

Thanks so much!

People also speed down carroll in front of the park because there are no stop signs except 1 which is 2 blocks east of the park on Fry and Carroll and 1 a block west leaving this portion of Carroll a speed zone. The train tracks do not deter the speeders. This is also unsafe for children crossing from the north to south side of Carroll to get to the park.

Again, please contact Elizabeth Stiffler at: 651-266-6210 or elizabeth.stiffler@ci.stpaul.mn.us for assistance with this. I will close this file at this time.