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Shae

ID ng Isyu:

961570

Submitted To:

Komunidad

Kategorya:

Wala

Tiningnan:

5100 beses

Lugar:

Lowell

Inireport:

noong 27/02/2014

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The walk signal at this intersection allows pedestrians to cross on the south crosswalk from Kerouac Park to French St. However, it gives traffic on French St. a left turn arrow making it impossible to cross French St. Also, although there's a second cross walk across Bridge towards French, there's no button on that pole. Plus, a walk signal allows traffic to turn left from French onto Bridge making it dangerous to use that walk.

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Jan (Rehistradong User)

Just a comment

I have to agree that this a major painfors a pedestrian at this intersection. To get around the problem the original poster mentioned above, if your intention is to walk westbound on French from the Kerouac Park side of Bridge Street, you have to cross on the south side of the intersection to get the walk signal and then cross French Street because the sidewalk on the parking garage side of the road isn't cleared. If the sidewalk was cleared of snow, this would at least alleviate some of the problem.

28/02/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Shae (Rehistradong User)

This is true, if your destination is @ or after John St., you could cross there, provided the sidewalk were plowed.
The other issue: What about people walking on Bridge St. that just need to cross French?

28/02/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Conor Baldwin (Rehistradong User)

Itinalaga ni Conor Baldwin ang isyung ito kay Eric Eby

25/03/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Kinilala Conor Baldwin (Rehistradong User)

Thank you for reporting. This issue has been assigned to the Traffic Engineer for attention.

25/03/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Isinara Eric Eby (Rehistradong User)

The only pedestrian signal at this intersection is the one to cross Bridge Street closest to Kearney Square. The other two crosswalks do not have pedestrian signals and never did. These two crosswalks allow for concurrent pedestrian crossings. When traffic is turning left out of French Street, pedestrians have the right to use the Bridge Street crosswalk and motorists must yield to them. The green left arrow for motorists does not give them the right to cut off pedestrians. When traffic is flowing on Bridge Street, pedestrians have the right to use the crosswalk to cross French Street. Again, motorists turning from Bridge onto French must yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. This is basic rules of the road that, unfortunately, many motorists do not know or obey. There are signs that can be installed to inform motorists of this law, and I will work with our sign shop to install them at this location.

31/03/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Reopened Shae (Rehistradong User)

If signs is the best, then signs please. Is it possible to just turn off that left turn arrow? That would be the safest option for pedestrians. It's a busy pedestrian intersection.

31/03/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Kinilala Conor Baldwin (Rehistradong User)

Thank you for reporting. This issue has been assigned to the Transportation Engineer for follow-up.

01/04/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Eric Eby (Rehistradong User)

The left green arrow cannot be turned off because it indicates to drivers that they can only turn left when the pedestrian crossing signal on the Kearney Square side is activated. The green arrow still requires motorists to yield to pedestrians when turning.

03/04/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Jan (Rehistradong User)

I agree that signs are better than nothing and I really do hope that the motorists will obey them, but I don't expect things to change. I have been nearly hit no less than 7 times in the 5 years I have lived here and I can attest that drivers just don't care. I just hope it doesn't take someone getting seriously injured or worse, killed, before the whole situation is re-evaluated.

Thank you for spending the time looking into this.

03/04/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan
Paulumba (Rehistradong User)

This is not the only intersection where the turn arrows cause dangerous situations for pedestrians. The intersection of Wood and Westford St and Central and Market Street are also quite dangerous for pedestrians. At least at Wood and Westford the pedestrian trying to cross can see the drivers coming on, but at Central and Market, the pedestrian has to turn his/her back to the turning traffic. I am aware that there is a walk signal there but using it causes more traffic tie-ups.

04/04/2014 · Hudyatan Hinudyatan

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