Sean is correct. The Gandy overpass construction has increased traffic on 83rd Ave. No./Patica Rd NE. Speed on 83rd Ave. isn't an issue but congestion at 4th St. No, and 83rd Ave. No. is. Perhaps this is causing a temporary usage of Riverside Dr No. as a bypass to 4th St. No.

The issue is not Gandy. People use Riverside to cut from 4th to 83rd and vice versa. I've been here over two years so the Grand Prix and Spring Break is irrelavent. Also, to say speed is not an issue on 83rd is just asinine. Try walking or riding a bike on that route. I see it every single day. One can't feel safe biking to Weedon Island or walking to the park.

I use 83 to and from 4th and Gandy. I constantly have to deal with speeders and tailgaters.

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I agree, I live directly on 83rd Abe NE., traffic is horrible due to the overpass being built, but our passers by or thru our neighborhood do not have to speed on this street or pass someone who is doing the speed limit!! The other day it took me 15mins to get out of my driveway! I personally would like to see speed limit dropped to 25mph from 4th Street thru San Martin Blvd., to Gandy Blvd and speed humps. I invite you the city to come and sit in my driveway for a week...please try to accommodate those who reside here and have chikdren

Transportation Department staff have been monitoring speeds along Riverside Drive at the request of the Association for over 10 years and "average operating speeds" always come back at between 28 and 32 MPH. Therefore, this route has never qualified for speed humps, as we need to see the "average operating speeds" over 35 MPH - that is 10 MPH over the posted speed limit of 25 MPH and what the Police consider "enforceable". There are a small percentage of motorists that are recorded travelling over a safe residential speed, that are of concern, as there are on many residential roadways. We can not however install speed humps to address these few motorists or there would be speed humps on every block of all neighborhoods. The Police have been made aware of your concerns and they are the best way to "educate" those few motorists that are the concern.

So in the 2 years I have lived there I have never seen one officer monitoring anything on Riverside Dr or 83rd Ave for that matter. If the average speed through a residential neighborhood is 28 and 32 mph on a street that has no center lane markings, a very large number of pedestrian traffic, numerous cars parked on the road daily from fisherman and visitors that is a problem sir. Let's also consider the length of Riverside Dr N or NE. The stretch is far less than a mile so cars that are supposedly being monitored at 28 and 32 mph are accelerating quickly to reach those speeds. Let's also consider the speed limit, 25MPH on streets where cars are parked, children wait for school buses and where families walk their pets or young children. That posted speed limit should be reduced to 15 or 20 MPH. I could understand if the road was wide enough to pass a parked car or avoid pedestrian traffic, but it is not. It is merely wide enough for two cars to pass each other. Something needs to be done, maybe speed humps aren't the solution, but when I have to yell at cars to slow down when I see them speeding down the road in the same place I walk my kids then that is a problem. I live there, I see it daily, I monitor it daily. Please address these concerns accordingly.

Has there been an outcome as to the status of this inquiry? Cars still zip up and down Riverside Dr N just as they have been for years.

Sorry - I did not see the 04/05/16 post. Not sure why.

I can schedule additional studies along the corridor, but unless I can record 24-hour vehicle operating speeds greater than 35 MPH I can't install speed humps.

I will post the results and recommendations when completed.

I doubt you will get 24-hour operating speeds greater than 35 mph on an average. There are plenty of cars that pass thru that do go slow. It's not those we have to worry about. It is the people that try and cut thru from 4th to 83rd or likewise from 83rd to 4th that are worrisome. Those people that do that on a regular basis and there are plenty would be deterred if there was something to prevent them from speeding thru that area. e.g. speed humps or some other form of deterrent. It is major problem on 83rd ave n all the way to Gandy as well. My biggest fear is one day a kid is walking to that park or getting off the bus and some idiot comes flying down the road to try and save time at the 83rd and 4th intersection and the worst of the worst occurs. Studying the issue is one thing, preventing tragedy is another.
Also, I don't think the posted speed limit in this neighborhood should be 35 MPH. There is not even a center lane marker or accessible sidewalks down Riverside Dr N. I'm sure this wasn't an issue years ago, but with construction and increased population it really needs to be rethought. Thanks for your time.

Additional studies were completed yesterday on 85th Avenue N as well as on Riverside Drive and again the average operating speeds were between 29 and 32 MPH in the posted 25 MPH speed zone.

Yes - we did record as many as 15 drivers on 85th Avenue N exceeded the speed limit by 10 MPH or greater, however this alone does not qualify for speed humps. If this were allowed we would be building speed humps on every block of every residential roadway and that is specifically not the purpose for this type of speed control feature. Vehicle volumes were also much lower than all previous counts by half.

Our experience throughout the city has been that there are rarely serious events in residential neighborhoods and for the most part our program of working with the police where we can identify areas of concern and installation of speed humps in cooperation with the Neighborhood Associations where needed has proven successful.

The Police will continue to monitor the area as they do on a regular bases, even if you don't see them, and provide enforcement of the speed limits.

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