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The crosswalk at Alcatraz and Herzog is VERY unsafe. There are two elementary schools and a new Oakland Recreation Youth Center in the area. In addition, there is a large apartment building nearby with a large senior population. Cars are coming from four directions. There have been several recent near misses where children and adults were nearly hit. Many cars also drive at unsafe speeds. School crossing guards have expressed concern for their own safety. Something urgently needs to be done now. In my opinion, there at least needs to be flashing "Slow Children" street signs from multiple directions and a raised crosswalk with flashing lights when pedestrians are crossing. Thank you for your attention to this serious safety issue.
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I definitely agree that this is not a safe crosswalk. I think best solution would be a stoplight, second best solution would be a stop sign, and third would be lighted up crosswalk.
Another solution I have seen is to get a cop out for a week issuing tickets to cars that don't stop in the cross walk. The people who drive that street are the same people who drive everyday and they will get the message.
I'd also like to see tickets for people who park in the "no parking zone" during posted no parking hours.
Paradise Parker (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
As a neighbor nearby, living in the area for the last four years, I think a stoplight and even a stop sign would be a bit over kill. The traffic zoo occurs for maybe 30 minutes before school starts and after school ends. Outside of school hours I've never had a problem at this intersection. Enforcement of the no-parking hours would help immensely. Also, having a crossing guard that follows the Safe Routes to School guidelines (here: http://guide.saferoutesinfo.org/crossing_guard/an_unsignalized_crosswalk.cfm) would help. The current crossing guard often fails to make eye-contact with drivers, walks from one end of the crosswalk to the other, fails to hold their sign up high (usually a chest level), makes small talk with parents and students, and does not assemble groups of children/parents for crossing - rather escorts each individual).
Before disbursing limited funds on signage, I'd encourage the City of Oakland to conduct a full traffic study that takes into account the time and frequency of crossing issues.
Ms Loathsome (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Hi Paradise Parker,
Thank you for the link to the crossing guard guidelines. We parents will make sure that the school administration gets a copy and that the crossing guard gets some tips and training. We understand that it is important for those representing the school to be respectful of neighborhood traffic flow just as we want motorists to be respectful of pedestrians and schoolchildren. Alcatraz is a speedway, though, and some traffic slowing, calming, and safety measures such as a lighted, raised, or creatively striped crosswalk would help everyone, pedestrians and motorists alike.
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A comprehensive study with solutions that lend towards better traffic calming and safety at this intersection is sorely needed. While it is true that much of the congestion occurs during the start and end of school during the normal school year, it does not take way from the fact that it is a dangerous intersection and lives are placed at risk, be it adults or children, pedestrian, cyclist or driver. The school would like to be a good neighbor and respectful of the existing community.
The city's traffic engineers should study the intersection and develop the appropriate response and/or solution. The existing conditions are too dangerous to remain as is.
There are many urban traffic calming solutions that applied appropriately would help the situation. Redesigning the intersection and improving sightlines, looking at the curbs at the intersection and widening and removing parking directly at the corners, ensuring ADA compliant curb cuts, appropriate stripping for traffic calming, raised crosswalks with painted or colored crossings, flashing safety domes embedded along the edges of the crossings, appropriate and right sized signage and traffic police presence, along with properly trained crossing guards could all be potential solutions. Note there is a traffic light just at the end of the block. Drivers don't save that much time in speeding through this block.
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I sometimes see parents park on the crosswalk there. It is extremely dangerous.
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