Sharraxaadda
There apparently used to be a crosswalk at Nicoll and Mitchell, but it has faded almost completely out of existence. How are people from East Rock supposed to access the playing fields or the school? By jaywalking? The crosswalks should be restored and pedestrian signage deployed in the street, like most other towns in the Northeast have. That would begin to bring the speeds down on this street, which is posted at 25mph but in reality has traffic speeds of 35-40 -- especially dangerous considering the limited visibility around some of the corners.
10 Faalladas
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
This is what every crosswalk in London looks like. A similar solution would be great at intersections like those next to Wilbur Cross.
It isn't that expensive to raise a crosswalk like this, and it adds tremendously to property values by making it easier to walk around and reducing the number of outright speeders.
If we want to see higher property values (not to mention reduce the chance of a child, family or elderly person getting hit on their way to the school for a community program), our streets need to be great places to live, work and play, not just drive down at 35 miles per hour.
Transportation Dept. (Martida)
Transportation Dept. (Martida)
Justin Elicker (Martida)
Many people have complained about the lack of crosswalks along Mitchell in front of Wilbur Cross.
I'm hosting a meeting tonight (Tuesday, June 9) to discuss traffic and crime issues in Northern East Rock. The meeting will be at Wilbur Cross High School at 7pm. Please come and help us design an overall plan for addressing these issues in East Rock. And email me at justinelicker@gmail.com if you can't make it but want to be involved.
Justin Elicker
www.elicker2009.com
Brian Tang (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
I recently learned that the law in Connecticut—just as in every other state in the U.S.—indicates that every corner at every intersection is legally a crosswalk, unless explicitly stated otherwise, regardless of whether a crosswalk is painted on the road.
I have also learned that, in the State of Connecticut, a pedestrian need only place one foot in the crosswalk for oncoming vehicles to be required to yield the right of way.
Therefore, state law requires that drivers (or riders) of vehicles approaching any intersection on Mitchell (even T intersections) yield the right of way to any pedestrian with even one foot in the hypothetical crosswalk area.
A nifty animation explaining the law on this matter, which is more or less consistent across the states, can be found here:
http://animatedtrafficlaw.org/ror/index.php/RoR:Every_corner_is_a_crosswalk
(courtesy of the Animated Traffic Law Center)
Enjoy!
sjbj (Martida)
Justin Elicker (Martida)
This intersection clearly needs some pedestrian and traffic calming safety infrastructure, as does Mitchell and Anderson. I plan to aggressively advocate for these issues if elected alderman.
Justin Elicker
www.elicker2009.com
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
It sounds from another nearby issue that a crosswalk will be added here.
For a discussion of how to improve safety at these intersections, see http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/66758-bushes-obstruct-view. Mitchell Drive has been an issue for a long time and I would like to see some type of long-term improvements.
La xidhay CB (Martida)