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Lobby our state senators and the gubernatorial candidates for approval next time around for red light cameras. We sorely need them here.

I work at the hospital and agree it is really bad at that intersection! You have to wait for 2-4 cars or buses to blow the red light before you can cross. I too have seen the police do nothing about this. Very frustrating!!

I've seen the same thing Bob describes: police just watch it happen. Are they being instructed to ignore traffic violations because they're not viewed as a priority? If that's the case, I think it's shortsighted, because the flagrant violations of traffic laws contributes to a general sense of lawlessness--a sense that there are no rules and no consequences.

I agree Jeremy, there is a sense of lawlessness in New Haven concerning traffic laws. I frequently see people getting out of their cars to confront other drivers. The inaction of the police is only allowing this behavior to escalate. Soon this too will be a blight on the City just like the club fiasco on College Street. Too little too late then the zero tolerence enforecement.

How can this be viewed 522 times and not be acknowledged by anyone- please people you know this happens comment or they may just close RT 34 and make everyone exit at Church Street- Can you imagine that nightmare !!!!!!!!Wouldn't want to be stuck on I-91 or I-95 at a standstill and get flattened by a tractor trailer.

if anyone is interested in helping local citizen advocates establish a state law permitting municipalities the option of installing intersection safety cameras, please email ctlivablestreets @ gmail.com

we have been working on this and other issues in transportation policy for the past 3 years, and will begin our 2011 legislative effort shortly.

I'm not from CT but I can't understand why you don't get tickets for drivin like that, around my home town ya go 3 mph over the limit and you get a ticket.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/downtown_crossing_design_goe

Please take a look at the article and weigh in with your thoughts.

Below is one of the many insightful comments.

Several Elm City Cycling members were able to attend and can answer questions about the details of the Phase 1 plan (like the curb radii), which are not really shown in this article.

Mark

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posted by: Steve B on June 10, 2011 1:17pm

Mixed bag overall, some things to like, some progress, but overall I was pretty underwhelmed by what I saw last night. The marketing materials distributed at the beginning called this a “bold” vision. I disagree. If you take for granted the highway stub should be removed, this plan is the least “bold” way to accomplish that.

The upside of the current plan is mainly just that the median is reopened for development, which might sort of accomplish the goal of “stitching” neighborhoods back together, and it will build the tax base.

But the city’s stated goal of improving safety and making the streets more hospitable to pedestrians will not be accomplished under this plan. The stub highway wasn’t the problem, it was the frontage roads, and this plan makes them wider and more dangerous.

Likewise, the city’s stated goal of creating an appealing, walkable neighborhood street will not be accomplished under this plan. They claim that future development will be mixed use (retail, residential, office), but NOBODY wants to live in a building surrounded by eight lanes of high speed traffic and the accompanying noise and pollution. Dream on.

The truth is that the City is simply grossly overestimating the amount of roadway capacity that will be needed in the future. They claim to be concerned about traffic backing up onto 95, but I think other elements of the plan like funneling more traffic onto Orange and George Streets will deal with that threat. Once the city streets are reconnected and traffic is better distributed (Temple, Orange, two-way George, two-way College, and direct routes to Union Station), then Route 34 will be able to operate just fine with much less capacity than it has today. Furthermore, the direct ramps to Air Rights Garage will single handedly remove 4,000 vehicles from surface streets that are there today.

If they took the existing drawings, and replaced one entire lane of traffic in each direction with street parking, I would support the plan. Such a design would slow travel speeds, provide better access to ground level retail, and provide a buffer between sidewalks/bike lanes and auto traffic, and shorten crossing distances. THAT would be a much friendlier street. And I sincerely believe that motorists would not be adversely affected. The current design has unnecessarily generous car capacity.

Have the police given out any red light tickets here?

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