Has anyone asked the NHPD how many tickets have been given out specifically in the East Shore neighborhood (not including I-95 etc) for the following illegal behaviors over the past 2 years?

1) Speeding
2) Noise violations
3) Running red lights

I would not be surprised if the answer is "close to 0" for all of the above.

"Without knowledge action is useless, and knowledge without action is futile." -Abu Bakr

P.S. If you want to see change on this, please call the Mayor (203) 946-8200 and Rob Smuts (203) 946-7900, as well as your Alderman, and ask them why there has been no action taken on request #1 within this letter, which was written by representatives of all 12 of the Community Management Teams, and many Alderpersons, one year ago:
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101479047374-39/Safe+Streets+Letter+to+Mayor+DeStefano+082411r.pdf

This issue was recategorized from Other to Traffic/Road Safety.

Mark, the link below is a list of police citations that occurred between 2007 and 2012 in just the area surrounding Nathan Hale School along Townsend Ave, generously provided to me upon request by the NHPD last fall. I cannot say how many of these resulted in tickets, however, it should be noted that our precinct has only four officers who patrol the entire East Shore and Annex up to the border of North Haven. I understand that traffic violations are a serious matter in our neighborhood -- a young woman on a moped was nearly killed in a hit-and-run right outside my door at Townsend and Burr last August -- but our resources are quite limited. (Without funding, knowledge is useless ... as I'm sure Abu Bakr understood.) Perhaps more creative traffic management, like another stop sign or another traffic light on Townsend, would help. That would require the City's Dept. of Traffic, Transportation, and Parking to make a recommendation to the State (though it is a very, very slow process). Support from our State Senator and majority leader (who happens to live in the neighborhood) wouldn't hurt either.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0fE_xGFOS3HX3czd2lDTERCd3M/edit?usp=sharing

Steve, you are absolutely correct that the street needs to be made permanently "self-enforcing" - that is, designed such that vehicles travel at an appropriate speed. Enforcement should be considered only a temporary solution because it is resource-intensive.

Road design is the main determinant of speed - road designers know this, but refuse to design streets in such a way that the community would find acceptable, a matter made worse by the fact that in most cases the people responsible do not themselves live within the communities that are negatively impacted.

The incident list that you posted is a good start, but like I mentioned above, it does not say what the citations are for, which is the request. All of the moving vehicle citations on that list may have something to do with expired license plates, rather than speeding.

It would be great to have an elevated walkway across Lighthouse Rd by Juliano Park!

Please submit this issue through New Haven’s “Complete Streets” program. To do this, please visit the Engineering Department’s “Complete Streets” website. Link Below:

http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Engineering/completestreets.asp

There you will find a “Complete Streets Manual” and “Project Request Form”. On October 23, 2008, The New Haven Board of Aldermen unanimously passed an order creating a nine member Complete Streets Steering Committee to guide the development of the following elements for the purpose of addressing the status of city streets: policy document, design manual, public process, educational campaign and traffic enforcement.

A focal point is to include feedback and ideas for street improvements from members of the community. You will also find previously submitted project requests from other community members. Please submit a “Project Request Form” for this issue through the link above. As a resident, you are not required to design anything. Instead, use the "Complete Streets Manual" as a showcase of the different types of traffic calming measures that may be used.

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