Comments on: 7th & Washington

By: Wayne Eaker

Wayne Eaker — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:10:01 +0000

I've now got a webcam pointed at this intersection, so we can see exactly what is happening in these accidents. [link] I've already caught one accident on camera: [link]

By: Nick Beeson

Nick Beeson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:07:18 +0000

As of Feb 3 the count was ten times since it was installed Oct 8, 2009, FOUR months ago.
October: 16, 19
November: 4
December: 11, 16, 21, 23
January: 4, 13, 20

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:44:08 +0000

How about a stop sign on 7th?

By: Eric Boyd

Eric Boyd — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:36:44 +0000

This is a nice post about options: [Link]

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:58:12 +0000

There are mini-roundabouts on Easy St. that are kind of interesting to think about there.

By: Eric Boyd

Eric Boyd — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:21:15 +0000

It would have to be very visible of course, with physical massing and appropriate signage.

By: Eric Boyd

Eric Boyd — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:20:31 +0000

Sorry, I didn't mean to say traffic island. I meant to say "mini roundabout." Something like this: [link]

By: suswhit

suswhit — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:50:09 +0000

@Trevor — Does that turn require a wide swing? Meaning if you cut sharply left off Washington onto 7th (like perhaps people were used to) you’d drive across the island? I was driving north on 7th the other night and thought the spot wasn’t very well lit and is so small that a person not paying attention could easily miss it. (Or NOT miss it, as the case may be.)

By: trevor

trevor — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:43:32 +0000

At least two of the times the sign was hit, it was from people turning from Westbound Washington onto Sounthbound Seventh.

By: Rici

Rici — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:27:33 +0000

As a frequent crosser of that street, I don’t think it’s due to YMCA traffic – it’s more likely the people who come barreling south on 7th and continue going south on 7th, not people turning on or off of Washington.