Description
The cross walk painted on 9th St N near 17th Ave N is used frequently by people going to/from Crescent Lake. However, the street marking and signage are so hard to see that many drivers speed past while people are waiting to cross. It is very dangerous for pedestrians, especially the many children in the surrounding neighborhoods. In this location - where drivers don't stop at the area designated as the safest place to cross - the cross walk only provides a false sense of security. Is it possible to repaint the cross walk, making it more obvious to drivers, and to place better signage on the side of the road? Ideally, the best option would be to install a median (similar to that on 4th St N near 20th Ave N) that made the pedestrian crossing more obvious. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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A. Street Markings
30 Commentaires
Concerned Parent (Invité)
Reconnu Customer Support (Membre officiel vérifié)
Jessica Chavez (Invité)
Camille Bretko (Invité)
Patricia (Invité)
Chris Dalyander (Invité)
My family lives in Crescent lake and my daughters attend Woodlawn elementary school. For the last three years we routinely ride our bikes the short distance to and from school. We wait, sometimes minutes, watching for a long traffic opening, then push the button at the 17th Ave. crossing light, and cross MLK. Cars go faster than expected or turn onto MLK as we cross the 5 traffic lanes and we have have had some scary near misses. I believe the current crosswalk design could and should be improved to create better odds that my daughters and I make it across 9th St. without incident.
Since we all leave for school at the same time, I have also caught my breath witnessing the gap close as other students run across MLK trying to beat late for work car drivers.
Euclid/ St. Paul Resident (Invité)
amy (Utilisateur inscrit)
Hollie Schmidt (Utilisateur inscrit)
For a road with four lanes and a center turn lane, MLK needs a much more robust pedestrian crossing treatment. I recommend the resource
http://www.walkable.org/library/Documents/pedestrianmidblockcrossings.pdf
which is a guide to pedestrian mid block crossings that are safe and designed for the type of roadways that they service. There is a complete streets initiative in St. Petersburg right now which could dramatically increase the safety and walkability of MLK if that corridor is chosen as a candidate for a complete streets treatment.
I strongly support an improvement to not only the safety of the crossings between 22nd Ave N and 9th Ave N on MLK but also an overall improvement to the walkability, streetscaping and economic revitalization of this corridor which begins with creating an environment in which people feel safe and encouraged to walk, bike and interact. The knitting of the Euclid St. Paul and Crescent Lake neighborhoods will only create a stronger and more connected community! As a resident of Crescent Lake on 19th Ave N near MLK I would love to see this roadway become more pedestrian friendly and vibrant!
Dave Thompson (Utilisateur inscrit)
Beth Carey Silverman (Invité)
Hilary (Utilisateur inscrit)
I just had a near miss at this crosswalk!! My daughter and I were walking home from her bus stop and needed to cross 9th St N. We waited for the traffic to lighten up and then pushed the light for the cross walk. One side of the road was clear - on the other side, just a few cars. The car in the lead came to a stop at the crosswalk, we started to cross and then the car becoming up behind it swerved into the next lane and race through the crosswalk. She missed hitting us, but did wave to us before flying by. That road is so scary to cross!!
Please fix this cross walk!! A planted median in the center would allow another sign and (more obvious) flashing light to be displayed.
Hilary (Utilisateur inscrit)
Rasterdan (Utilisateur inscrit)
moe (Utilisateur inscrit)
Sardo (Utilisateur inscrit)
Sardo (Utilisateur inscrit)
FL NY (Utilisateur inscrit)
Hilary (Utilisateur inscrit)
ArtVandelay (Utilisateur inscrit)
Clos SPTO Admin 7 (Membre officiel vérifié)
Thank you for your past submission via SeeClickFix. The City of St Petersburg periodically reviews past reports that are made from citizens within our city limits, and in an effort to clean-up old issues that were resolved some time ago, we are marking as 'closed' those issues that were submitted in the past for which the work has been completed or the issue has otherwise been resolved.
If you think for any reason that the issue you submitted in the past might still be unresolved, please feel free to submit a new report with the SeeClickFix St. Pete website and we will make sure the issue is directed to the appropriate City department to be addressed as soon as possible.
Thank you again - Sincerely,
Mayor's Action Center
Réouvert Patricia (Utilisateur inscrit)
I am reopening this. I can not fathom why it was closed in the first place, nothing has changed. This remains a very dangerous intersection. I am not going to revisit the problems which have been repeatedly described above.
Needs better solar lighting
More reflective markings
More and better signage
Painted crosswalk that is not faded and indistinct
Addition of oversized pedestrian warning signs, perhaps crossing flags
Reconnu Mayor's Action Center 5 (Utilisateur inscrit)
John Pecore (Utilisateur inscrit)
Clos SPTO Admin 7 (Membre officiel vérifié)
Thank you for your past submission via SeeClickFix. The City of St Petersburg periodically reviews past reports that are made from citizens within our city limits, and in an effort to clean-up old issues that were resolved some time ago, we are marking as 'closed' those issues that were submitted in the past for which the work has been completed or the issue has otherwise been resolved.
If you think for any reason that the issue you submitted in the past might still be unresolved, please feel free to submit a new report with the SeeClickFix St. Pete website and we will make sure the issue is directed to the appropriate City department to be addressed as soon as possible.
Thank you again - Sincerely,
Mayor's Action Center
Réouvert Patricia (Utilisateur inscrit)
Why can't the city tell us something? If action on this is deferred tell us so, and explain why. I know they are doing long term planning for MLK, so if this is causing the delay, tell us.
Michael Frederick, Mgr Transportation (Utilisateur inscrit)
Patricia (Utilisateur inscrit)
Clos Michael Frederick, Mgr Transportation (Utilisateur inscrit)
Patricia (Utilisateur inscrit)