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There was an accident this morning at 4th N and 12th. A car pulled out into 4th street into the path of a Lexus SUV - seen in the picture. According to what I heard, both drivers noted that the visibility at the intersection was blocked a great deal by the parking very close to the corner. Please take action to make this intersection safer. Perhaps remove the space near the corner?
The driver that pulled into the traffic on 4th should have been more careful, but the visibility had to be a big factor.
There was a ticket earlier but it was wrongly archived and marked erroneously as a duplicate of a ticket submitted about a tree causing an accident on 4th. This is NOT the same issue and should be addressed properly. The driver was ok, but this could have been fatal and the City of St Pete really needs to take action on this. That's what this forum is for and I'm sad to see some issues like the original ticket swept under the rug, so to speak.
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Michael Frederick, Mgr Transportation (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
The police have advise me that 4th Street is part of their regular patrols. I will again make them aware of these concerns.
Transportation is currently programming a new crosswalk at 12th Avenue N as part of the Complete Streets Program. See more at: http://www.stpete.org/transportation/complete_streets.php
We will also review the cause of this recent crash and sight lines and report our findings here once completed.
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Using the history of crashes is not really an absolute measure of the hazard caused by the parking proximity to the corner. Close calls are some things that aren't measured or recorded. Just this past Sunday, I personally was heading north on 4th St to see what became of the damage and ironically as I approached 12th Ave, a black car that had inched out, pulled out and made a left turn in front of me, and without exaggeration - if I had not slowed down, I would have hit the car broadside. Sure - this type of thing happens every day all over town, but this is a location that's worse than normal. I think the City (Michael Frederick) gets that, but I somehow got the impression that the situation was being downplayed with the crash history being mentioned.
I was honestly unsure what the City's Parking Management statement (http://www.stpete.org/transportation/parking_management/index.php) meant with -
"This team is responsible for parking management through ...... ; investigate and improve safety and accessibility needs as identified through public contact, staff studies and committee involvement"
Can't this thread be left open until the DOT responds back to the City? It sounds like the City and DOT have to work together on downtown parking safety if what I read about the Parking Management's area of responsibility is correct. If this is closed, then tracking any of the "fix" part of seeclickfix would be lost ... thanks
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Thanks for keeping this open for DOT feedback.
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