As the homeowner at 827 Whitney Ave, I also strongly support this request. Please: can we make this neighborhood safer for residents, park-goers, church-goers and schoolchildren crossing Whitney at Burns?!

Probably the best solution would be to install pedestrian safety island, together with pedestrian crossing. There are two possibilities - Cliff/Whitney and Burns/Whitney. Please check attached pictures.

second option for a pedestrian safety island

Here is a sketch of what option 1 for a pedestrian safety island could look like.

The traffic along this section is too fast and people often try to cross the street there to go to/from the park. Besides more monitoring of speed, a pedestrian crossing and flashing lights (similar to near Neighborhood Music School and Creative Arts Workshop) would help out.

I am one of the older Burns Street residents that daily crosses Whitney Avenue to walk my dog in Edgerton. You are always risking your life to cross Whitney and I often get caught mid way. Not fun and very scary! It's hard to see cars coming up the hill from Hamden until it is too late and you are caught in the middle or have to run to make it. In that instance, I am always afraid of dallying and getting run over. A while back a local attorney was killed there while he was jogging. Definitely something needs to be done before another terrible accident happens!
Barbara Hill

This is an important issue. Living on Cliff St., I have thought about it for a long time and feel bad that so far I have done nothing about it. Cars face no traffic light for a long stretch and then come barreling over a hill into New Haven on Whitney going 50 mph. It is terrifying for pedestrians. Whenever an NHPD traffic unit sets up on this stretch, they can issue as many tickets as they like on any day, but it doesn't seem to help. A recent street re-striping is nice, but it helps only a bit. This intersection connects the densely populated side of Whitney to a church and elementary school as well as an important city park. In addition, this is the entryway to a pedestrian filled neighborhood, and it would be good to mark it at the start.

Seeclickfix is a good start for this issue, but can we do more? How do we file a "safe streets proposal"? The presence of an elementary school might help quite a bit.

I'm up for anything..thus far I've tried: this site, calling the police, going to the police station, calling the mayor, emailing my alder person, buttonholing every police person I see and attending an alder mtg. I've received several promises but have seen no action. There are two schools in the area and despite the presence of a crossing guard drivers ignore the light. I used to walk to work up Whitney but find it too stressful and even scary to try to cross streets when drivers won't stop. I don't even have to cross Whitney the cross streets are as dangerous. The bottom line: people treat this area like a highway instead of a residential area.

Definitely not safe for adults, dogs, children, churchgoers, or anyone to cross. Since vehicles routinely travel at 40-45 in a 25 mph zone, there is not enough time for cars or pedestrians to identify, assess, and react to the situation. Strikes me as a potential liability for the city.

I so totally agree that this is a serious safety issue. It does not deter motorists that they frequently get stopped coming into New Haven. I have verified that they frequently travel at 50 MPH. I am so glad that this is being raised.

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I verified with a speed gun that the average speed on Whitney/Cliff corner is around 45-50 mph. No one seems to drive under 40 mph and the attached picture shows a car traveling at 58 mph in 25 mph zone.

Here is one example of speeding on Whitney Ave. passing Cliff st. The speed limit is 25mph. I went out for five minutes with a speed gun and these are the car velocities I observed: 42- 50 - 43 - 48 - 46 - 43 - 42 - 43 - 49 - 40 - 58 - 44 - 42 - 44 - 53 - 42 - 47 - 41 - 47 . I hope city officials will realize that this is not acceptable in front of a school, a church, and a park entrance.

Just as I suspected. I hope someone in a position to do something will take heed. I live on the corner of Whitney and East Rock and dread driving on this stretch of road. I obey the law and get cut off by speeders constantly.

Agree -- many drivers are dangerous and threatening on this stretch. I have seen too many occasions where drivers disregard the direct instructions of crossing guards, fail to yield to pedestrians with small children and strollers, run red lights, and routinely surpass the speed limit by 15-25 mph. Traffic calming interventions of any kind would be welcome -- speed monitoring, pedestrian island, cross walk with traffic signal.

Wow, that's insanely fast and very dangerous! Serious traffic calming is needed here - lane narrowing, bump-outs, the works!

Hello everyone--
Thanks for supporting our cause. I just want to report that the alderwoman representing our neighborhood Anna Festa in on the case too and so we just need to keep the momentum going. Please keep spreading the word and getting us votes!
On a completely unrelated note, a non-collared medium-sized grey dog walked in on our front yard this morning. He seemed lost and was at risk of being run over by cars so we took him in. Attached is a picture. I have now reported him to the authorities. We are awaiting the legitimate owner! Please spread the word too.

This is encouraging! I hope she can help.

This is so important! I regularly bike in this stretch and always feel anxious and unsafe and, importantly, am unable to make that left hand turn safely when i'm biking north toward hamden. Please take action, new haven!

I contacted TrafficCalm, a company that makes solar powered radar driver feedback signs. 12” Value Driver Feedback Sign with 60W Solar Kit cost $ 2,720 . Our impression is that is that installing this sign would reduce the speed of the traffic. Let us know your thoughts.

According to UNC Highway Safety Research Center Prepared for the Federal Highway Administration in October 2013, a median price for pedestrian crossing island is $10,460. This solution would allow pedestrians to deal with only one direction of traffic at a time, and enable them to stop partway across the street and wait for an adequate gap in traffic before crossing the second half of the street.

Speeding is done not only by car drivers but also the city bus drivers who should know better

This is a dangerous corner and should have a crosswalk and a flashing light. I love the idea Darko suggested above of a pedestrian crossing island. That would be a great solution!

I have recently moved in to the neighborhood at the corner of Whitney and Burns. I thought I was moving into a safe residential neighborhood with a 5 year old, but feel as though I am next to a dangerous highway instead. I hope the city addresses this issue as soon as possible. The rest of the neighborhood seems well maintained and traffic well controlled, with speed humps and speed tables. However, This intersection is a disaster waiting to happen. Setting up a radar feedback sign and crosswalk/safety island seems like a very reasonable and minimal request. With the amount of traffic flying by my house at the moment it seems like the city could pay this off with just a few days of speeding tickets at this intersection!

I live on East Rock and in years past would often see speed traps posted in front of my building. That hasn't happened in a long time. I disagree about the safety in other parts of the area. Drivers ignore stops and lights and speed all along Whitney. I used to walk to work but don't feel safe anymore. Drivers ignore stops even when I'm mid-cross.

I want to add to a further comment: I must get in the left lane of Whitney Ave. (coming from New Haven) to turn onto Cliff St. where I live. People coming up the hill from Hamden are going so fast and are so close to the center lane that I always fear a head-on collision. It is always an act of trust to be in the left lane so close to oncoming traffic barrelling up the hill at up to 50 MPH. I think that it is clear that those of us in the area know that there is a real problem.

I contacted the Mayor's office again and they told me to call and ask for a "complete street application". I called and left a message. Anyone else interested can also call 203-946-6417. We'll see...I really don't get why people feel the need to speed, they are breaking the law and endangering lives including their own-very selfish

Thank you for this number, I will use it too and I encourage everyone to call as well. I'm happy to report that the dog found its owner. I also wanted to report an incident that happened two weeks ago now. My husband and I were crossing Whitney to go to the park with our two kids on their bikes and a friend and her children. A yellow car came up the hill from Hamden, at full-speed. We all ran to safety on the other side of the avenue but my husband didn't. The car screeched to a halt. My husband started screaming "25! The speed limit is 25!" A furious woman opened the car door on the passenger side and yelled at him: "I gave one million dollars to this city so I'm not going to run you over!" (in fairness my husband heard "so I can run you over" but I'll stand by the more charitable interpretation). Anyway, this is just to emphasize that something needs to be done asap. We are all getting fed up.

Research from London (UK) department for transport shows the following relationship between the speed and fatal injury for pedestrians:

20mph impact speed = 0.8% fatal injury
30mph impact speed = 5.5% fatal injury
40mph impact speed = 30.3% fatal injury
50mph impact speed = 78.3% fatal injury
60mph impact speed = 98.2% fatal injury

Analysis based on Bayesian approach using OTS and police fatal file dataset, for more details check: http://nacto.org/docs/usdg/relationship_between_speed_risk_fatal_injury_pedestrians_and_car_occupants_richards.pdf (data was taken from page 38, and attached picture from page 39)

Looking at this data I am even more convinced that we must to something to improve safety. It is unacceptable that average speed of 50mph is tolerated in 25mph zone, and this research shows that.

Drivers are in too much of a hurry. They speed through parking lots, city streets and on highways. It is very dangerous. I called the mayor's office again. Her assistant asked why I didn't call the police. I told her I called or emailed anyone possible with no success. She said she would talk to the mayor. We'll see.. I'll keep trying..

An accident just happened on this dangerous spot and I saw what happened. An older man was slowly turning from Cliff to Whitney. It looked like he didn't (or potentially even couldn't) see the car coming up the hill at the moment when he was turning, and it also looked like the car coming up the hill was traveling above the speed limit of 25mph. The car coming up the hill moved left, but couldn't change the lane as he had a car on his left and the accident happened.

Same spot, similar accident. An older person was trying to turn left from Whitney Ave to Cliff St. A car coming up the hill tried to avoid the accident by swerving right, but ended up hitting first the car that was turning left, and then the electrical pole. I heard the crash, but didn't see the accident at the moment when it happened. Nevertheless, it looked like the car that was coming up the hill was speeding, and it had to take evasive action as breaking was not enough to avoid the accident. It is also fair to assume that the person turning left was not able to see the car coming up the hill.
Accidents keep happening (and as Barbara mentioned there was even a fatality). When are city authorities going to do something about this?

It's been over a year since I registered my concern about safety in this area on this site and still nothing has been done. Sad that people are having accidents and still nothing is done

Dear Neighbors, I am trying to work with city engineering and the Dep't of Transportation, traffic and parking to figure out what can be done. I will keep you posted of any developments and/or meetings that may occur. I grew up on Whitney about a block from St Thomas and often walk with my boys to the park and feel like I'm playing the video game Froggers. I appreciate your patience and look forward to working with the city departments and residents to come up with a solution.
Regards,
Anna Festa
Alder Ward 10

I live on Whitney Ave near Edgerton Park and have been following this discussion board closely. It's mind-boggling to me how much talk there is on the subject with such little action. Honestly, how difficult is it to paint a cross walk and put up a "yield to pedestrians" sign so that people can safely cross the street? Our neighborhood representatives and the city should be ashamed about the lack of progress on this issue over so many years.

Thank you Alder Festa, I hope what is done will translate to greater safety all along Whitney especially near schools. I'm afraid it will take more than a crosswalk and sign. When school is in session I witness daily drivers running the light even when a crossing guard is in the middle of the street. We need something more serious to impress on drivers that they must obey the law

Thank you Alder Festa, it's good to know that you are on our side. We're looking forward to hearing more details about upcoming meetings and such. It would be fantastic to have a sense of when we can expect something to happen (next month, next year?). And don't hesitate to reach out if you need more information from us.

Thank you Anna Festa. In case it helps, here is a link to research that analyzes effectiveness of radar feedback signs in 25mph zone: http://www.bellevuewa.gov/pdf/Transportation/2005_Radar_Report.pdf The conclusion of this research is that radar feedback signs should be placed on two-lane roadways that does not qualify for typical physical traffic calming measures due to high traffic volumes and/or roadway characteristics, and 85th percentile speeds 10 mph or higher than the posted speed limit. (which are all exact conditions on Whitney Ave passing Cliff St.) Another paper: http://www.westernstates.org/projects/coats/Documents/Radar%20Warrants%20_Final%204-7-11.pdf summarizes 30 researches proving that radar feedback signs achieve their objective of speed reduction.

Thank you Darko! I will pass this information along to the engineering and TTP departments.

I spend a lot of time walking on Whitney and to Edgerton Park and crossing at Whiney and Cliff is terribly dangerous. Please consider putting a crosswalk at this intersection across Whitney.

When the new Hooker School was built on Whitney Avenue a new light and cross walk was installed on Whitney at Huntington Street. Meanwhile, there is a church that is also an elementary school and the most commonly used entrance to Edgerton all at the west end of Cliff by Whitney, yet no safe means of crossing Whitney at the end of Burns, which is a connector to East Rock Park on the east side. I'm not a traffic engineer, but a regular traffic light at Cliff would seem to make sense. In the absence of a light, then a HAWK beacon, with a pedestrian island in the middle, might do the trick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAWK_beacon

Unfortunately the presence of a crosswalk/light doesn't guarantee safety. Cars don't even stop in the presence of a crossing guard. We need more police presence in the area. If drivers know there are consequences they would be more likely to obey the law. We used to have speed traps posted often on East Rock and Whitney. This hasn't happened in years.

Thank you leofernande. HAWK beacon sounds like a good idea. U.S. Department of Transportation recommends it as a proven safety countermeasure. Research from Federal Highway Administration shows 97% drivers compliance, 95% pedestrian compliance and 69% reduction in pedestrian crashes. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/10042/10042.pdf
Since other researches showed reduction in crashes by 5% for every 1mph of speed reduction, combination of radar feedback sign, pedestrian safety island and HAWK beacon would make this crossing very safe indeed.
Anna Festa, from what I can find on the internet, I see that the price for installed HAWK beacon is more than ten times the price of a radar feedback sign (traffic lights are even more expensive). Do you know what is the correlation between a cost for the project and a chance of the project being implemented? I would like to see at least some solution, so please advise us what can we realistically aim for, and we will adjust our request accordingly.

Dear Alder Festa, I would just like to check what is current status of your work with city engineering and the Department of Transportation, traffic and parking regarding this issue. Any progress? Have you met them recently? Anything more we can do to help you make this part of the road safer? Thank you.

Thank you, Darko, for bringing this back up; this neighbor would also appreciate an update!

Not sure whether anyone noticed but the police did set up speed traps recently (thanks to the help of New Haven Alder Alfreda Edwards). I expressed my thanks and heard others do the same. I really hope this will happen more often and hopefully deter dangerous driving

There will be a traffic calming meeting at Mactivity Gym conference room 285 Nicoll Street on Thursday March 2 at 5:30pm to discuss the challenges of speeders in the East Rock area. If you are able to attend with concerns and suggestions that would be helpful. Thank you.

Fantastic. Thanks for letting us know Anna. We will see you there. I encourage everyone on this board to show up as well. All the best, Hélène

Unfortunately I cannot attend but I hope someone will bring up the HAWK Beacon proposal I mentioned earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAWK_beacon

Thanks Anna for your diligence in organizing the meeting. I feel more hopeful about the situation after hearing what was said

Hello everyone, here is a report on how the meeting went: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/whitney_avenue_traffic/

Accident on Whitney near East Rock this AM. Looked bad; a car was up on the sidewalk probably going too fast. Police and firefighters on the scene and drivers still continued to speed. Does nothing faze aggressive drivers?!

Thanks Helene for the great article.

Another accident last night, just two blocks away on Whitney.

Knocked down pedestrian crossing sign on Ogden/Whitney corner

I live on Cliff Street and frequently cross at this intersection to get to the trails in East Rock Park. There have been times when it looked as if I could cross with plenty of time to spare but I've misjudged the well-above-the-speed-limit speed of the cars.
Often when I cross there are others coming from the east side of Whitney to walk their dogs in Edgerton park. It looks like an accident waiting to happen. Any or all of the solutions proposed in the article (linked above) would help.

Can't they at least install a speed feedback sign? Pretty please?!

The speeding problem exists all along Whitney Avenue from Whitneyville in Hamden south into New Haven. It is particularly dangerous at the Whitney/Cliff intersection because a) so many people, often with young children, cross there to gain entrance to the park; and b) children and adults often cross there on their way to and from the day school associated with the church.

I have personally seen class groups trying to cross Whitney while on their way to The Eli Whitney Museum and Water Center, and the lack of courtesy and common sense of drivers who don't slow down creates a dangerous situation for all concerned. Also, equipment such as soccer balls that the children use during recess occasionally go over the playground fence into the street. While the kids aren't allowed to leave the playground, it is a dangerous proposition for the adults to cross the street to recover the equipment.

As others have mentioned, strict enforcement of the speed limit and the installation of a crosswalk would help to make this intersection safer for both pedestrians and drivers. Additional traffic calming measures, as local government resources would allow, would be a wise investment for the safety of all concerned.

Has there been ANY progress on this issue over the past year?

I think this neighborhood deserves an explanation.

Hi Sean. I was hoping some of the officials will answer, but since they didn't let me do it instead.

On June 9th city transit chief Doug Hausladen replied to my email stating: "We are in process of designing a number of projects, and this one is a priority for both the Alder and the neighborhood. More will be forthcoming on design progress through the Alders and CMT’s –" . In the same thread State Representative Michael D'Agostino offered his help in interfacing with DOT.

So things are looking good, but we are still missing exact dates.

Hi Darko. I was hoping some officials would respond too! But thank you for the update!

It does sound promising; I'll look forward to hearing more about the plans when they are available!

New Haven Independent survey results

Yet another traffic accident in front of St. Thomas Church. Very heavy. Person severely injured.

That crossing by Edgerton Park is terrifying, especially with cars speeding up the hill. Cars go wayyyy too fast on Whitney. I hope something comes of these efforts!

I just happened to come across this post. The first one was posted July 2016.
It is mid September 2018. Honestly I feel it's despicable that nothing has been done, that this has not been addressed as an urgent matter by the city . Schools , church and park goers, children , dogs , parents , commuters on bikes or foot, all with their lives in danger. 66 comments so far....Two years and ongoing........

Can someone contact me and explain why my comment just posted was rejected? I wrote about my concern that this issue is going on two years now with concern for all citizens in this area...I am new to seeclickfix and just want the process explained . thank you

I agree. This has been an issue much longer than two years. I’ve been begging everyone I could think of (police, mayor, alder, traffic) with no improvement after several years.

Thank you for your response and input. And I see my original post is no longer blocked. thank you.
the last post was a yer ago. I hope these posts motivate neighbors to continue posting to make this active again. Another school year has begun.

I also would like to know why this issue remains open. Cars are still speeding and pedestrians of all ages still trying to cross here.

More than a year ago Director of TPP informed me that this issue is a priority for both the Alder and the neighborhood. I wrote in the meantime and got no response, so I am not sure if we are any step closer to the resolution. Please feel free to contact Alder Anna Festa directly at WARD10@newhavenct.gov to check what is the current status regarding pedestrian safety island crossing on Whitney Ave to the Edgerton Park.

We are trying to delineate issues that are current and need the city's attention to resolve and as a result a number of historical issues are being closed. If your issue remains and needs to be addressed by the city, please open as a new See Click Fix issue with updated information and details. Thank you.

Reopening as the issue has not been resolved. We are expecting Director of TPP Douglas Hausladen and State Representative Michael DAgostino to deliver on their written promise from June 2017 that Whitney/Cliff pedestrian crossing will be implemented.

It would be wonderful if somebody would actually take into consideration all these comments! I think we need to do more to alert the drivers that it is necessary to slow down to the posted speed limit of 25 mph.
There are many possible solutions to this: 1) adding additional pedestrian crossing closer to the Edgerton Park (Cliff Street), 2) making the speed limit sign more visible to the drivers, 3) adding additional traffic signaling, 4) installing speeding cameras and increasing the presence of the police in the area.
This area is full of children! There are 2 elementary schools on the Whitney Avenue between Cliff St and Huntington St.

We are a family of 3 and we live close to the intersection of Whitney Avenue and East Rock Road.

We love to walk and use the pedestrian path along the Whitney Avenue!

Just adding my voice to also note the large volume of well-documented comments here, placed alongside past promises of a fix followed by an absolute lack of progress or recent communication.

Thanks Steve

And Lea

Dear residents. I do take these concerns seriously and appreciate your comments. I also forward these comments to TTP. I have asked numerous times for dates to hold a community meeting with updates on traffic calming but to no avail. I will be sending the directors of TTP and engineering another email requesting a meeting. Please keep posting! We also have a new District Manager, Lt. Manmeet Colon, I have been introducing her to Ward 10, and have mentioned the speeding concerns. I will be walking the neighborhood with her soon, and take her to the high priority spots. I'm sorry I don't have answers but know that it is a topic of great concern for me. I will keep you posted on a meeting date.
Best,
Anna Festa

Thanks so much Anna. I really hope your efforts bear fruit. The hardest thing for me to accept/understand about this issue is how people can feel entitled to endanger others and break the law with impunity

I also live close to this area and a couple of months ago I was part in an accident at the intersection of Whitney and East Rock Rd. I was stopped on Whitney waiting my turn to turn left and was hit by a car that was speeding. It was a hit-and-run and my 2 kids were in the car. We were all safe but it could have been a tragedy. Something needs to be done, I understand that people tend to pick up speed coming on the hill but that is exactly why measures have to be taken to discourage it. I would suggest that any proposal should also include cameras.

This issue was recategorized from Traffic/Road Safety to Complete Streets Request.

Thank you for letting us know this concern is still an issue. By doing so you have brought current attention to this matter. We are looking into this request again and will be exploring ways to help resolve this issue.

The city seems now to be making some effort to slow people down with a traffic stop at Huntington and Whitney, near the school. Unfortunately, while better than nothing, that approach is at best a temporary measure. Even if it leads to a general slow down in traffic speeds to something within 10 MPH of the posted limit, it is highly unlikely to result in a permanent increase in the safety of the area. I suspect within a few weeks of the end of the speed checks, any average speed reduction will be largely undone. A physical structure such as an island that prompted drivers to treat that area as a residential zone rather than a highway would likely help. A crosswalk and light, perhaps linked to the lights up and down Whitney Avenue so that it did not unnecessarily impede traffic flow (hopefully closer to the actual posted speed) would be an effective complement.

Very bad THREE car accident intersection Whitney and East Rock Rd. Sunday Dec 2nd. sometime around 11 am.

My intersection. Very sorry to hear it. Hope injuries weren’t severe. Wish people would drive more carefully 😪

It didn't look good. no occupants in any of cars by the time I walked by with my dog.

Nothing has been done since first request in 2016 ???!!!!!
I really can't believe this.

Not nothing exactly. There have been meetings with alders and Officer Colon has been very diligent in terms of helping with speed traps and liaising with the city. Her efforts are much appreciated

I am in total support of Darko's design above which he posted above on 7/13/2016 for a median strip to aid crossing Whitney at Cliff Street . Brilliant solution and needs to be built STAT. Thank you!

Proposed solution

What do you say we buy some traffic paint to get things started... it’s been three years!

Or the bright yellow signs for either side of the road.

Many good comments here in this feed. I am in complete support of Darko’s suggested pedestrian safety island and crossing. It is way too easy to absentmindedly pick up speed through this area and for people crossing back and forth across the Hamden line, it hasn’t historically been easy to know and see the speed limit. I know before Hooker building on Whitney was complete, I had no idea what the speed limit was supposed to be. I cross over at willow anytime I leave my house to go to the Park to avoid having to cross that stretch of road and it seems ridiculous for the amount of foot traffic that there isn’t a safe place to cross near the park.

Would like to see TTP provide regular updates to these people that took the time to provide feedback and express concerns.

If I was a politician in a position to influence this situation, I'd be smart.

Coming from the north this is the first intersection going into the city of New Haven from the north.
If you can get cars to slow down there, you will benefit from lower speeds further all the way down Whitney Ave.
Using the Cliff st. intersection as an early sign to tell drivers they're now entering an area with pedestrians and bicycles, schools and kids – will not only serve the immediate neighborhood but, in fact, all that part of Whitney Ave.
It's not about this one intersection – it's half a mile of fewer accidents due to lower speeds coming in.
I'd say it's the smartest investment you could make to produce a safer Whitney Avenue.
In other words – use Cliff st/Whitney Ave. to reduce speeds early on and benefit from it all the way into town.
I think we'd be surprised by the effects that would have for a reduction in speed along a good part of Whitney and, hence, fewer traffic accidents not only around this one spot but over a much larger area.
I'm assuming it's common sense for traffic management and they just didn't look into it properly yet.
For once, here's an opportunity to make a serious difference with a minimal investment.

I agree this issue needs to be fixed. Cars speed like crazy along this stretch of Whitney Ave and there are many pedestrian that cross here due to the park, school and church.

Hello, I just saw a flyer about this issue on a telephone post near Edgerton Park and I immediately took a tear-off. I'm new to living in New Haven (under a year) and Edgerton Park is one of my favorite spots in the city, but I quickly noticed how perilous it is to get there. I can't understand how there isn't a designated crosswalk here, particularly since it's a public park and there is a children's day school at the church right across the street. I'm discouraged seeing that this issue was flagged in 2016 and yet there is still no crosswalk...

Finally some visible progress. Temporary radar feedback sign has been installed, and it's having a positive effect already. As it can be noticed on attached picture, speeding car is hitting breaks when noticing the flashing sign.

Agreed with Darko, seeing the city take action is very encouraging, and the radar sign is having an impact.

I noticed the sign too although it’s not very visible. Unfortunately the effect is temporary, the drivers are speeding again when they reach East Rock Rd. We need a sign on every block 😢

Another example of a temporary measure meant to put off taking any meaningful action to fix the problem.

New Haven Promises Roundabout to end traffic issue next to Yale Bowl

NEW HAVEN — Jory Harris estimates there’s a fender bender once a week at the intersection of Yale Avenue and Chapel Street near where he and his wife have lived for two years. “In our first month …
full article...https://www.ctinsider.com/nhregister/

https://www.newhavenct.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=23184
New Haven complete streets design Manuel..

I just stood by radar feedback sign and recorded speed of first twenty cars, and here is what was shown on the sign: 43-44-43-36-37-32-42-32-43-39-40-28-35-36-33-38-35-39-44-43. Compared to three years ago when I did the same experiment with the same sample size, same time of the day, same road conditions and similar time of the year (June vs. July), average speed of vehicles dropped by 16% from 45.5mph to 38.1mph. Interestingly - top speed recorded today was lower than average speed recorded three years ago, which in effect means that the most dangerous drivers now are less dangerous for pedestrians than average drivers when radar feedback sign is not present.

Interpolating on data from "Relationship between Speed and Risk of Fatal Injury: Pedestrians and Car Occupants" (link to document in comment on 08/20/2016), if a pedestrian is hit with 38.1mph (current average speed) compared to 45.5mph (average speed without radar feedback sign), chance of survival are twice as high.

Darko, thanks for your continued work on this. I also noticed the brake lights as cars approach the temporary sign; they slow down quite noticeably. It is still quite dangerous to contemplate crossing Whitney to get to the park and your more permanent suggested solutions are still necessary.

Drivers are still going too fast in the school zones, and they aren’t stopping at intersections (especially Whitney and Highland)

Dear “Newhavenresident”. If you take a look at the research posted on 08/27/2016, and look at the measured speeds posted on 07/18/2016 and 06/11/2019 the effect of radar feedback sign is exactly aligned with results in the research. This measure, according research added in the comment on 08/20/2016, would reduce chance of fatal accident by 50% (actually more as probability for accident to happen in the first place is lower at lower speed). Adding pedestrian safety island with appropriate signalisation (the same as on few other places in the city, such as Olive st, Temple St, Prospect St, Audubon St, etc…), according to research posted on 10/01/2016 would result in 97% drivers compliance.

Complete elimination of speeding and complete drivers compliance did not happen in any study that I am aware of. If you are aware of any, please let the city officials know. Help us resolve this particular issue by having realistic expectations (aligned with multiple researches), and staying focused on safe pedestrian crossing towards Edgerton Park. More general and more complex issue that you are trying to solve is better aligned with issues #3724998 and #4496582, so please raise your concerns there, and please don’t derail the resolution of this particular issue when finally something started to happen.

Whitney Avenue at Edgerton Park/St. Thomas would seem to be a good place for a traffic-calming structure like the speed table at Livingston and Edwards St., or Audubon St and Whitney Ave. I've been impressed at how effective those are at slowing traffic, especially when pedestrians can activate flashing lights to cross. If such a thing were installed at Cliff Street, it would also serve to define a slower speed zone within New Haven city limits.

These are things I know/feel: I don’t like hearing I’m derailing the discussion. I was invited in the first place because of posts I’ve made in the past (as far as I know this site is open to anyone as long as they are respectful). Car accidents are the leading cause of death of children. Studies show the U.S. fails to control speed on urban streets where speed limits should not exceed 31 mph. We lead the “developed” world in traffic deaths. CT drivers rate among the worst in the U.S. because of excessive speed, aggressiveness and phone use. I live on Whitney and see/hear vehicles speeding 24/7. I ask why nothing is done especially in an area with two school zones. I ask the police, the mayor, my alder and traffic safety but the situation doesn’t improve. I feel ashamed that my home city, state and country are doing such a poor job protecting it’s citizens. We all have to do more in whatever way we can

I am a resident of lower Whitneyville but walk down to the park all the time. Whitney Ave is truly scary - people drive way too fast and you often can't see them coming. I witnessed a mother holding hands with what looked like a six year old girl and trying to cross. She had to carry the child across running to make it before the oncoming traffic. I strongly support this request. In fact, I wish all of Whitney (and not just the part that runs through New Haven) could be given back to the towns it runs through so they could do street scapes and traffic calming that fit the needs of their residents and are more pedestrian friendly. Very frustrating. So yes, I am in strong support of this!!!!!

Darko, your relentless work on this issue is commendable. I haven't read all of the comments going back 3 years but can we get this issue on a meeting agenda where we can all show up and speak? Our family is forced to cross that dangerous intersection every day! Cory

It's positively infuriating that Darko's highly organized analysis of this insanely grave traffic problem on Whitney Ave is being roundly ignored by our city government (The Speed Awareness Monitor that was placed on upper Whitney in June is a half-measure at best). I would very much like to be part of any civic action that would gain the city's actual attention, including a specific traffic hearing, forum, etc. The hearing room at 200 Orange Street is calling our name. It's time for specific and more permanent solutions to be mapped out concretely.

Good afternoon. Alder Festa requested the department re-engage on this issue on SeeClickFix. As of this moment, there is no design nor construction approved for Whitney Avenue due to limitations in staff and budget. Alder Festa has requested that representatives from Engineering and TT&P attend the October East Rock CMT meeting to discuss the corridor.

The departments are in construction season and in design on a number of projects, and the City Engineer marked Whitney Avenue as a State funded project which funds would become available in 2021.

I look forward to receiving folks' remarks and comments at the upcoming East Rock CMT meeting. Giovanni Zinn, the City Engineer, will be in attendance.

Thank you. Alder Festa, would you mind letting us know when and where is the upcoming East Rock CMT meeting?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/696613120446762/

I have 10/28/19 at 7pm as the next meeting (4th Monday of every month)

TTP Director Hausladen, would you mind clarifying why the funds for this project would only become available in 2021?
This is not a big project. Driver Feedback Sign cost $ 2,720, and according to Federal Highway Administration a median price for pedestrian crossing island is $10,460. In 2017 State Representative promised that he will help resolving this issue. On June 9, 2017, in email addressed to you and me, State Representative Michael DAgostino wrote that you should not hesitate to contact him to resolve this issue. Yet, four years will pass between that email and the time when funds will become available. Would you mind clarifying why?

Good morning - here is the list of speed signs we have unresolved before moving into a new batch of speed signs:

1. Dixwell Ave both sides at Argyle
2. Winchester SB at Read St
3. Olive NB b/w Greene and St John
4. Front Street both sides at Chambers
5. Chapel St EB at Wooster Place
6. Wintergreen SB Common Ground and Job Corps
7. Edgewood EB near Ellsworth
8. Quinnipiac SB north of East Grand
9. Burr Street - towards east haven before Dodge
235 Kohary Drive SB

These were ordered for install in December of 2018. We are out of speed signs, and about out of money for the next two years. Therefore, 2021 funding will begin to be available -

There is another batch of signs ordered already, however due to funding and staffing, we are still unable to complete work orders placed about a year ago. I hope this helps -

I do not have a relationship with the Hamden State Rep. Thank you for your interest in this issue. The City Engineer will be at the CMT meeting in October where you can request additional information on curbing and islands.

TTP Director Doug Hausladen. On June 9, 2017, you responded to State Representative Michael D'Agostino and me: "We are in process of designing a number of projects, and this one is a priority for both the Alder and the neighbourhood." That was the exact quote from your email.
If speed sign on Whitney Avenue was priority for both the Alder and the neighbourhood in June 2017, how come it was not on the list of list of speed signs that were supposed to be installed in December 2018? Please clarify?
Our first email discussion regarding pedestrian crossing on Whitney Avenue towards Edgerton Park was on June 24, 2015. More than four years passed since then. A lot of promises were made in the meantime, but nothing has been done.
Please clarify what is the average time for a priority project (as you stated yourself) to be implemented in this city?

Thank you to everyone who was at the East Rock CMT meeting yesterday evening. As discussed, we will be installing a speed sign as soon as we have new signs in stock which we are ordering shortly.

More importantly, we are slated to receive $1.2 Million in state money through the Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program (LOTCIP) for Whitney Ave to address traffic calming through the entire corridor and create a street that serves all users of the road, in particular pedestrians.

We thank you for your patience and advocacy, which has lead to this substantial funding for Whitney Avenue. While the construction funding will be available in 2021, we will be starting a community input process in 2020 for this project and hope that you all will be part of it! Once specific dates/times are set we will publish through the CMT and the alders.

NHED,
This is great news and thanks for keeping the community updated!

We are closing this request due to its historic nature. If this concern still requires attention and you still believe SeeClickFix is a viable tool for its resolution the best way for it to be addressed is for you to create a new request including a current description of what is occurring and what solution you hope to see regarding this matter, citing/linking this request in the details. Thank you for your dedication to improving the quality of life in our community.

No one has asked for this thread to be closed and I don't understand how the "historic nature" of a thread--whatever that means--is a reason to close it against the opinions of the affected interests here, i.e. we who opened that thread in the first place. The issue is far from resolved from our perspective. We don't want to open a new thread and lose all the valuable comments this one generated. Please re-open our thread as soon as possible. Citizens should decide when the issue is resolved. Many thanks in advance.

While I appreciate the update from 11/26/19, I cannot see the reason that this thread be closed as the actions outlined have not been completed and will require further updates to this thread. Please do not close it.

I really hope these comments as far back as 2016 do not get removed. #123 or so !

This thread is a natural place to communicate with those who want to part of the 2020 community discussion. If the thread is closed, many participants are unlikely to find their way to the new request.

Dear Ray Willis, Manager of Operations/Process improvement, would you mind clarifying your position that "the best way for it to be addressed is for you to create a new request"? This thread has detailed description of the problem, numerous reports from citizens how dangerous this intersection is, result of New Haven Independent survey of 116 citizens showing overwhelming support for resolving this issue, photographed cases of speeding, photographed cases of accidents, detailed analysis of potential solutions, recorded effect of temporary speed sign (coupled with research for pedestrians safety showing 50% reduction in probability that fatal injury will occur), proposed detailed solution, and cost analysis of such a solution.
105 citizens that voted to resolve this issue receive email updates when comments are posted on this thread. Number of them are for sure still eagerly waiting for an answer from your boss, Director of TTP Douglas Hausladen, why nothing has been done for two and a half years since this project was announced by Hasuladen himself to be priority for the neighbourhood. Please clarify why erasing 125 existing comments that were gathered over the last three and a half years is "the best way for it to be addressed".

Hi Everybody,

Thanks for the constructive feedback! I completely agree, this request should not have been closed and we’re re-opening it. This request is exceptional among the closed historic requests in that there is a robust dialogue that should be continued and not restarted. Please be aware that a change to the status of a request does not remove or delete any of the comments ever. The benefit of the re-implementation mass closure of outstanding requests older than 2 years is that it helps identify concerns that still require our attention. If you see any other legitimately outstanding requests that were erroneously closed please feel free to email them to me directly. It was our hope that the closure would highlight issues created prior to 2018 that still needed addressing, and this is a great example of it doing so. Thanks for working with us on this!

Ray Willis
Manager, Operations Process Improvement
Department of Transportation, Traffic, & Parking
City of New Haven
RWillis@newhavenct.gov

thank you !

Thank you Ray! Your responsiveness is much appreciated.

Bringing this back up since things have gone quiet; yesterday I nearly got hit trying to cross Whitney by a driver that made it from the light at East Rock Road to Edgerton in ~7 seconds (~68mph).
If nothing can be done to solve the problem, can the speed awareness trailer that was up for a week or two last summer come back, and stick around? It made a noticeable difference in reminding folks that it's 25, not 55.

Hi Ray. I can see the value in automatic closure of long-outstanding requests to see which are still pertinent. However, that can be quite confusing to many users. Instead of outright closure, can there be a warning stage, like a hibernation stage, where the status of long-outstanding threads is shifted to a hibernation status unless users request its continued maintenance as an open issue?

This should neither go to " hibernation" nor require users to continue maintenance to justify keeping this open. And what would over a hundred posts be considered anyway ? All due respect I am confused with the above post by Madhu. We are one month away of this being a problem of 4 years !!!

In the current situation, Edgerton Park is seeing greatly increased use, with (for example) many more cars parked on the surrounding side streets. This is great, but for the same reason there are also many more people crossing on foot across Whitney, I see folks running across all the time. There is no light and it is very dangerous, as speeding also seems to have increased recently.

Active Citizen: I am in full agreement that this post should remain active. I am trying to find a means for the city to keep genuinely active issues open while closing truly resolved issues. As someone that has been nearly hit at least half a dozen times when crossing Whitney (on a walk sign!), I am wholly in agreement that this issue should remain active.

I notice they are doing some road work along Whitney in the area nearby. Is this part of the calming efforts promised? 🤞🙏

The work is to decommission? rebuild? the UI? station near the eli whitney museum, I think? I remember getting a mailer about it sometime in the last couple of months.

Reiterating my ask, since it'll be 2021 before anything gets done on this (per the funding note above), can the speed awareness trailer make a showing for a few weeks? Park usage is WAY UP (which is good) but means families are playing Frogger on a daily basis while cars clip by...

Hello, I am a new resident in the area, and I just wanted to show support for introducing traffic calming measures on Whitney - the road should cater to local residents and pedestrians as a priority, not high speed car traffic. I am shocked that the funding is not becoming available until 2021 given the basic nature of the request and the risks to safety involved. Is there a way to speed up the funding? Is there a way to contribute to the funding? I believe a crossing with a pedestrian island in Option 1 (by the Edgerton Park) would be ideal, though I think high speed traffic is a more general problem along Whitney and an additional crossing, speed bumps, "road diet" and speed cameras should also be implemented long term, as they will improve safety and lower pollution as well as noise pollution, without diverting police resources to monitor speeding.

I am happy to see that current comments continue to get posted here. Absolutely NO to putting this post into hibernation as suggested in above post. Frankly, I am stunned ....OVER 130 posts, and OVER 4 years with residents begging for help for fear of their and their children's lives.

I was thinking the same as I drove up Whitney into New Haven and was overtaken by a very aggressive woman speeding and tailgating me. I blame the drivers who care little for others’ safety. We need help to protect our safety

I was told new Haven was going to use grant money to find traffic calming measures on Whitney. What happened to that? There was going to be a community meeting about it but then the Pandemic hit. My memory is that the plan came about because if all these posts but I don’t see any reference to it. As a frequent visitor to Edgerton I agree that this should remain open!

City officials - Director of TTP Doug Hausladen, city engineer Giovanni Zinn, and alder Anna Festa - what happened to all promises and guarantees from your side that this issue will be resolved? What was done in 2020, and what is going to be done in 2021?

Hi Neighbors. There will be a meeting with city officials on Wednesday Feburary 10 at 6pm via zoom. The meeting will discuss traffic calming updates and conversation with residents. A zoom meeting notice will be posted when available. Hope ypu can make it.

Anna, thank you so much for alerting us to the meeting (I posted the link below). I actually saw mention of it in the SoHu email and sent it to Darko, my next door neighbor and the person who has been so passionate about this problem. All throughout the day as I sit at my desk facing St. Thomas Church, I watch neighborhood families with children/strollers, old people, people with dogs, runners, parents and kids of St. Thomas School forced to dodge high speed traffic to get across the street. We do truly need a pedestrian crossing here BEFORE more time is spent talking about traffic calming and other matters. Regardless of any other actions taken, we all need to be able to safely cross Whitney Avenue at either Burns or Cliff Street. Here is the link to the meeting: https://bit.ly/39NznJY

Thank you Anna and coco - I just also got wind of the event. I'm glad you've already posted the information. Here's what I heard (you'd think someone official would have let us know...):
Join us on Wednesday February 10 at 6pm for a public input session on creating a safer, more connected Whitney Ave! The City of New Haven is starting design work on a re-imagining of Whitney Ave that is safer for all users of the road (particularly vulnerable users) and encourages active forms of transportation. Please join us to brainstorm ideas with your neighbors on how to improve Whitney Ave! Link to Zoom webinar: https://bit.ly/39NznJY

Thank you Cory and Sean for sharing the information and the link. Just to be clear, Giovanni, New Haven city engineer reached out to me today to let me know. It was on my private email and I was stuck with work (and still am), thus the delay in informing you all. I don't think he would mind to post all the information, so here it is:
"I just wanted to reach out to make sure you were aware of our meeting on Whitney Ave redesign tomorrow 2/10 at 6pm. The zoom link is: https://bit.ly/39NznJY This first meeting is for soliciting input. While we have received much input in the past as well and will be including it, we want to have a formal input meeting specifically for this project. We will then follow up with another meeting in a couple months with a concept design. I hope you are able to join us. Thank you for your advocacy on this issue."
I think this is an excellent news and everyone with a good and feasible idea should use the opportunity to point-out at dangerous portions of Whitney Avenue and present their solution (preferably a budget friendly one, I would assume)

Dear neighbors. City of New Haven received $1.2M, with optional additional $1.5 (~80%-90% chance this additional funds will be available) for renovation of Whitney Avenue. City engineering team created the following webpage: https://rebrand.ly/Whitney1 , to gather proposal. Proposals will be gathered until 3/1/21. I have added most important points from this discussion and summarized it in proposal called "Complete solution: PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISLAND + FLASHING PEDESTRIAN CROSSING INDICATOR + DRIVER SPEED FEEDBACK SIGN".
Vote on: https://rebrand.ly/Whitney1 and feel free to add additional proposals for safer Whitney Avenue. This is the last step in this effort to resolve the problem, so please spare 1 minute of your time, vote, and share with anyone interested.

Hi Darko, maybe I'm missing something but when I click on the link in your message to vote it takes me to a page that requires a sign in. I tried every possible sign in that I've ever used for anything to do with the city but nothing worked. There's no option to create an account. Not sure how to access. Thought I'd post the question here instead of texting you so that others can see the answer.

Thank you for pointing this out. It seems that the city is changing something on their webpage. Yesterday it was working without password. Today it doesn't even work with password from https://cityofnewhavenct.maps.arcgis.com/ , which is the page that link takes you. Something is broken, I'll write them an email. Thanks for informing me about this. I'll update you all when it's fixed.

Just a heads up - even city engineering department cannot log in, so something broke. They are trying to get a hold of IT department which has a holiday today. I'll update the post when the issue is fixed.

I agree and this dangerous crossing issue has been brought up several times over the years. Can we finally do something about it!!! I have been caught in the middle many times as it is hard to see a car, often speeding approaching from down the hill in Hamden.
25 Burns Street resident

Hello everyone. The issue is fixed. Please go to: https://rebrand.ly/Whitney1 and vote (actually like with a small heart). At the moment proposal for this issue is on the top of the list, so should be easy to find. Otherwise one can search by zooming in on the crossroad and pressing the dot.

Once again the link is: https://rebrand.ly/Whitney1

Some I can scroll to bottom of the page to like the heart.. Most important ones I cannot get to bottom to the heart...
Crosswalks (fading, raised crosswalk needed, new crossing needed, etc.) example this one...The ones with a lot of writing I am having a problem with..( the most important ones)

Hi everyone! I also live near this intersection and make the crossing over to Edgerton with a stroller regularly. I see multiple parents parking on Burns and having to make the dash across Whitney with their children to get to school in the morning. Families are *constantly* walking down Burns to go to Edgerton and are forced to cross without a crosswalk. It led me to want to take action and that's what led me here; it's a sad state of affairs that the city has taken no action despite your efforts going on for the past SIX YEARS! Here for updates and to throw any support i can to this cause!

Please join Street Plans, CARE, and the City of New Haven for the first (virtual) public workshop for the Safe Routes for All Citywide Plan on Wednesday, March 24th from 6:00-7:30pm. This active transportation plan will create a roadmap for citywide improvements, enabling residents and visitors to more safely and conveniently walk, bike, roll, and ride! The plan will build on previous studies and plans, and create a comprehensive set of priorities and recommendations to set the City on a path to implementing safe routes for all New Haven residents.

During the first workshop, attendees will hear about the consultant team’s data collection effort, and initial conclusions as to where improvements to streets and sidewalks can be made citywide. Attendees will be encouraged to provide the team with additional feedback, like particularly challenging locations and the current state of their streets.

Zoom Meeting ID: 948 7519 5028
Password: 67608179

Please note that our proposal "Complete solution: PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISLAND + FLASHING PEDESTRIAN CROSSING INDICATOR + DRIVER SPEED FEEDBACK SIGN" got 52 votes in https://rebrand.ly/Whitney1 survey, while the next most voted proposal got 37 votes. This is very strong indication that people want the issue of crossing Whitney Avenue to Edgerton park resolved. Thank you all for voting and encouraging others to vote.

meeting link is: http://bit.ly/2021SRFA01

Join us on Thursday October 21 at 6pm for a second public input session on creating a safer, more connected Whitney Avenue! Based on your input, the City of New Haven has completed the first phase of design work on a re-imagining of Whitney Avenue that is safer for all users of the road (particularly vulnerable users) and encourages active forms of transportation. At this meeting, we will be sharing a concept design we hope addresses many of the concerns you raised in our first session. Please join us to provide feedback with your neighbors on how to improve Whitney Ave! Registration link for Zoom meeting: https://bit.ly/3j1YLj4

I'll let seeclickfix reminder speak for itself

Join us on Thursday January 6th at 6pm for a third public input session on creating a safer, more connected Whitney Avenue! At this meeting, we will be reviewing feedback and answering questions about the concept design presented at our second meeting on October 21st. Please join us to provide feedback with your neighbors on how to improve Whitney Ave!


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Article summarizing the latest meeting: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/whtiney_ave_redesign_plan

The city is in a process of re-surfacing Cliff St, Edgehill Rd, and St. Ronan street. I walked up and down the entire Cliff St and there is not a single pot hole (pictures available as an evidence), just few asphalt cracks. Edgehill Rd and St. Ronan street were prior to renovation in great shape as well. Can any official explain the logic for spending ridiculously high amount of money to resurface perfectly good streets, while at the same time for full eight years there are no funds for driver feedback sign ($2,720), and pedestrian crossing island ($10,460)?
Who makes these decisions?

Whoever is the city official that decided to re-surface these streets, please find a pothole on the attached picture. I also talked with two workers that are doing resurfacing, and they are equally puzzled why these streets are resurfaced.
Since clearly this is way higher priority (as the cost is significantly higher) than safety for all the pedestrians crossing to Edgerton Park - city officials please provide the explanation why tax payers money are best spent or resurfacing Cliff St, Edgehill Rd, and St. Ronan streets.

Just to be clear - please find a pothole on the attached picture IF you can. I can't.

Keep calling the alderperson

Nice to see an epidemic of speed bumps on Cliff St, Odgen St, East Rock Rd, Edgehill Rd, and wherever other most influential part of this society lives, while we are promised for 8 YEARS that pedestrian safety island will be build towards the Edgerton Park, where an elderly person a was killed some years back. Nice way to signal whose lives matter the most. Mayor Justin Elicker, Executive Director Douglas Hausladen, City Engineer Giovanni Zinn and Alder Anna Festa - shame on you all for all the empty promises you made for the last EIGHT YEARS!

Nice to see an epidemic of speed bumps on Cliff St, Odgen St, East Rock Rd, Edgehill Rd, and wherever other most influential part of this society lives, while we are promised for 8 YEARS that pedestrian safety island will be build towards the Edgerton Park, where an elderly person a was ran over some years back. Nice way to signal whose lives matter the most. Mayor Justin Elicker, Executive Director Douglas Hausladen, City Engineer Giovanni Zinn and Alder Anna Festa - shame on you all for all the empty promises you made for the last EIGHT YEARS!

More needs to be done. Sadly a child was hit and badly hurt and I think that’s the reason for the additional bumps. Unfortunately drivers are still ignoring stops 😢. SLOW DOWN!!

I am wondering if the speed bumps are in reaction to comments made when the city held meetings about redesigning Whitney Ave with raised cross walks and other traffic calming/safety measures including the crossing to Edgerton. Residents on parallel streets worried that cars would speed on their streets as an alternative to the traffic calming on Whitney. If I remember correctly the city promised them that they would install speed bumps on those streets before construction began on Whitney. If that’s correct I take this as a hopeful sign that changes on Whitney are finally going to happen. So my big question is when construction on Whitney will begin? That’s important to know for us here in Whitneyville as we are pushing for changes on our stretch of Whitney (which unfortunately for us becomes a state road) or else it will become even more of a speedway for drivers emerging from the planned traffic calming on New Haven’s stretch of Whitney!

Hwrd, you are correct. The speed humps are being installed in anticipation of the Whitney Avenue Redesign, for which the state has dispensed the money to the City of New Haven, after years of hard work by East Rock residents and alders and officials of the City of New Haven.

That’s terrific! Do you know yet when construction will begin!

that was meant to be a ?

Thank you, City of New Haven, for installing speed bumps on the neighboring streets! This was much needed. As someone pointed out in an earlier post, I hope similar improvements will follow on Whitney Avenue, especially near our beloved Edgerton Park.

Happy New Year everyone!

Pedestrian safety island and radar feedback sing in 2017 "for sure": https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/article/whitney_avenue_traffic/

Then again in March of 2021, on Safe Routes for All Citywide Plan meeting, pedestrian safety island towards the Edgerton Park got the most votes out of all proposals for pedestrian safety in the neighborhood.

So, that's minus seven years since "for sure", and minus three years since it was democratically decided that the pedestrian safety island is a priority for the neighborhood.

I fully support this. Thank You Darko

Giovanni Zinn and by proxy the Mayor committed to a timeline of last month for an update on Whitney Avenue redesign which includes a raised crossing at Cliff and Whitney. The previous plan which was linked to from the Independent article on the subject has been removed from the city’s website. If anybody sees an update would they
Post it here?

Does anybody have a copy of the old proposal for Cliff and Whitney?

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/calls_renewed_for_crosswalk_to_edgerton_park

Great article! Hope it happens asap. Can’t help but think of all the money and work and most importantly lives that would be saved if only drivers obey the laws 😢

A number of people let me know that they saw the article, but majority seems to have missed the vote button, so please - if anyone wants to help this project - PLEASE VOTE (it's roughly in the middle of the article): https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/calls_renewed_for_crosswalk_to_edgerton_park Thank you all.

I cast my vote. 🤞

New Haven Independent article survey shows clear and overwhelming support for adding a crosswalk, just as it did also back in 2017. Can it be any clearer to the city officials that action should be taken to resolve this issue?

You can see the final design for the changes planned on Whitney here
https://www.newhavenct.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/20994/638403993476839151

You can see in the last image that a crosswalk at Cliff is part of the plan. My understanding is that construction of these changes is supposed to start in 2025.