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The pedestrian crossing is very dangerous no one stops for it and those who do are in danger of getting rear-ended which happened at 6:02pm tonight because it is not clearly designated. The overhead flashing yellow light adds to confusion at the intersection - it is distracting some people actually stop for the flashing yellow as they don't know the rules of the road.
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Q. On which street and in which direction is the problem occuring?
A. PEDESTRIAN CROSSING NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO A PRESS FOR FLASHING LIGHT TO CROSS
A. PEDESTRIAN CROSSING NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO A PRESS FOR FLASHING LIGHT TO CROSS
Q. What time of day?
A. 24 HOURS
A. 24 HOURS
Q. When did you first notice the problem?
A. EVERYDAY FOR 10 YEARS
A. EVERYDAY FOR 10 YEARS
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Potwierdzone Dunwoody Public Works (Verified Official)
CEP (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
This is a problem. The problem is as much the "stop for pedestrian" sign as the light. People see the light and the stop sign and they stop. Unless yu are trying to cross the street, in which case they speed by.
In Brookhaven, at Blackburn Park, across from the YMCA, they have a push to cross light that has solar-powered yellow strobes that flash when activated by someone wants to cross. It's pretty great. The stupid "stop" sign needs to go. It's idiotic and confusing. Yet the people need a way to slow traffic for pedestrians--the strobes would be an improvement.
Dunwoody Public Works (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Kim k (Guest)
CEP (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Thank you Kim K. I'd never seen the traffic count data. Here's the link:
http://trafficserver.transmetric.com/gdot-prod/tcdb.jsp?siteid=0894033#
Am I reading it right? It appears to report only the Northbound traffic in the count you cite, which means the actual count would be higher.
Also: the counting station somewhat closer to Redfield shows a lower count (by about 4,000 cars--3,930 vs 7,920) than the one near Harris Circle, suggesting that much of the traffic through the intersection comes from Redfield itself. That does not contradict the recommendation to have a pedestrian activated, signalized caution at the crosswalk. It is a vehicular concern and a concern with regard to pedestrians, esp young people, crossing the street. The condition could be improved.
Kim K (Guest)
Hi - thanks - I really appreciate your interest! I used this map data rather than the summary you note:
http://geocounts.com/gdot/
It looks like the 3,930 count is just past Dunwoody Road - the point where Chamblee-Dunwoody traffic splits in half to go North or South on Spalding? I didn't realize stats were Northbound only - thank you for pointing that out!
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Dunwoody Public Works (Verified Official)
CEP (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Without question, Dunwoody is a better place to live since it has loosed the bonds of DeKalb County's corrupt and incompetent government. That said, many of us who supported incorporation did so because we wanted a voice in local matters.
The proposed changes--not necessarily improvements--to this intersection are opposed by many neighbors. Capital Projects Mindy Sanders has been made aware of these concerns, and, to her credit, presented reasoned (but weakly founded) replies. We are not interested in replacing a distant and corrupt government with one that doesn't consider local input--which gives rise to a request: what is the process, or where and when is the forum, whereby interested parties can timely register their opposition (or support) for the proposed changes? Please post the process or a link to a description of it.
If there is no process, the process becomes a phone call to Mayor Shortal's office, and he frankly has better things to do than take a call about a crosswalk.
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Kim K (Guest)
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