Description
Every morning when I walk my daughter to preschool I am dodging traffic and have almost been hit a number of times at the corner of marina village pkwy and constitution (please note that a pedestrian was recently killed in this intersection). The issue is that at both of the corners of this intersection there is no turn light and right turns are allowed on red. As there is nothing to stop drivers, they do not yield to pedestrians in either of the 2 (but especially the right from marina village to the tube) crosswalks. There desperately needs to be a no right on red and/ or a ticketing presence (there seems to be one about a block closer to the tube recently that has been ticketing illegal turns but none here) before someone gets killed by a driver that fails to yield at the crosswalk.
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A. Request for New Traffic Signal
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City of Alameda (Verified Official)
Acknowledged Public Works Transportation Alan (Verified Official)
Requests for many transportation issues, including stop signs, curb painting, and traffic calming measures, typically require 8-12 weeks to complete before staff can develop a recommendation. These requests involve review of current plans and policies, compilation of accident and/or other history, coordinating with Alameda Police and other stakeholders, outreach to residents or others who may be affected by the proposed change, on-site data collection and analysis, and sometimes consultation with outside experts.
I will follow up with you about your request when your request is at the top of the queue. Unfortunately, due to limited funding, there is a backlog of these requests and they are being handled in the order of receipt. Due to that backlog, some requests may take six months to a year to complete the analysis and recommendation.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Public Works Transportation Alan (Verified Official)
Closed Public Works Transportation Alan (Verified Official)
Thank you for submitting your request to the City of Alameda Public Works Department. We are currently developing a new process for handling traffic calming requests. Each request will be scored based on various quantitative and qualitative traffic related criteria. The requests with the highest scores will then be added to a list (to be reviewed for the next 1-2 fiscal years). Requests that are not selected will remain in the pool for consideration at a later time. We will add your request to the pool so that it may go through the selection process.
Also, since you are interested in bicycle and pedestrian safety issues, please note that the City will be updating its Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans starting in mid-2019. If you’d like to receive notices about opportunities to provide input on these updates, please send your email address to transportation@alamedaca.gov.
In the meantime, we will reassign this case to APD so that they may enforce the area.
Reopened Public Works Transportation Alan (Verified Official)
Acknowledged Public Works Transportation Alan (Verified Official)
Public Works Transportation Alan (Verified Official)
Public Works Transportation Alan (Verified Official)