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we have a very dangerous intersection issue caused by two different factors. #1 is the weird traffic pattern that has 4 road entries feed into one intersection. Peachtree st, Gordon st, and Ashland st. don't actually meet at one point, there are several intersections within this intersection. Also because of the homes/trees at each intersection, you can't see cars coming from any much less all entries. Drivers aren't able to see pedestrians or cars coming or crossing any of those streets. And Peachtree is a 90 degree turn that is even more hidden.
The second issue is that the entire neighborhood has cars trying to avoid Daniels middle school. Instead they use Peachtree as a cutthrough, driving around and down Peachtree at high speeds.
Trying to exit a driveway at 8am is all but throwing dice not to be hit. All of this becomes a perfect storm because the way Gordon, Peachtree and Ashland meet. Please review the traffic pattern, adding signs/signal, Or consider making a dead end at Peachtree to stop thru traffic and avoid the "four-points" intersection issue. change something, anything....
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neighbor (Gast)
resident (Gast)
Wayland resident (Gast)
ekvisto (Registrierter Benutzer)
Charli Morris (Registrierter Benutzer)
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Meg Hill (Gast)
Annetta Hoggard (Registrierter Benutzer)
Annetta Hoggard (Registrierter Benutzer)
Parking Patrol (Gast)
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Reopened Peachtree mom (Gast)
This is a dangerous intersection and someone is going to get killed simply because there isn't a 4 way stop or anything that will slow traffic down or allow additional visibility at the intersections.
We need some kind of response from the city other than we don't meet generic requirements bacause we don't have a generic neighborhood. It doesn't matter that 600 vehicles don't pass thru, what matters is that the intersection should have never been constructed (75 years ago as my house is 1934) AND would never be constructed at all in the present day.
We have an old intersection, in an old neighborhood, with extremely narrow streets, no sidewalks and 90% parking on both sides of those narrow streets. This is now an incredibly dangerous situation because of complete lack of visibility in the intersection (tree growth/more cars/larger cars/home expansions) for children, families, drivers and walkers alike
also, you did one of these evaluations (peachtree street) on a vacation day for Daniels middle school so one whole day of traffic was lost.
if someone gets hurt or killed (or should I say when), will the city then be responsible?
neighbor (Gast)
Extremely disappointed that apparently nothing will be done to make this dangerous intersection safer. Hard to belive that it was given more than a cursory glance. Please take another look.
If you drive up Peachtree and stop at the STOP sign, you can't see if anyone is driving up Gordon on your right. So it isn't safe to just pull out as if you're sure that nothing is coming. When you pull forward far enough to see, you're "running" the STOP sign... AND pulling out into the intersection where you're in the line of fire from vehicles turning off of Ashland. Those vehicles are coming downhill at that point and are often moving too fast to avoid a collision.
This (Peachtree/Gordon/Ashland) intersection is an accident waiting to happen.
Parking Patrol (Gast)
Peachtree Mom, I empathize with you. I have gotten the brush off so many times when complaining about traffic issues. What it really takes is someone on City Council (Mary Ann Baldwin) almost getting hurt (how many times have I had to dodge crazy drivers on foot and in vehicles) to bring attention to these problems? You shouldn't be surprised that this intersection doesn't meet the criteria. The intersection of Clark and Oberlin, where all construction has been going on forever and the sidewalks have been marginally passable, was deemed safe for pedestrians. In fact, the post I saw concerning that intersection stated that City of Raleigh employees witnessed several pedestrians crossing safely. I wondered if they observed this at 3 am.
It's frustrating ...
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Reopened Peachtree mom (Gast)
This intersection is dangerous. plain and simple, to pedestrians and drivers alike. If the city doesn't do something, someone will get hurt or killed. Maybe a lawsuit will force this issue further. Please do not close this ticket until at least those issues are resolved.
neighbor (Gast)
neighbor (Gast)
Peachtree mom, thanks for your efforts and I'm glad to hear that they are still evaluating what can be done. I'm glad Mr. Fiorello mentioned the intersection sign on Ashland. Its the only thing alerting people that there's a messy intersection coming up. But the sign is poorly located, and obscured as he noted.
Still hoping he and his collegues will come up with something to improve this hazardous situation.
Julie Liddle (Registrierter Benutzer)
Anerkannt City of Raleigh 3 (Verifizierter Beamter)
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