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The crosswalk signal at this intersection (Trumbull / Orange) is incredibly short. I make it across either with no time to spare or with cars already starting and having to run the last steps as though I wasn't
even supposed to be there — for anyone with children, on crutches/in a wheelchair, or who is just a little slower, this is a real hazard and adds to the feeling that getting around by car is prioritized over moving on foot.
Particularly because this intersection is already so pedestrian unfriendly with cars coming off the highway at high speed and always lots of traffic, a basic and easy step would be to give pedestrians a more reasonable amount of time to cross.
A further improvement could be making it possible (or at least legal and encouraged since everyone already does it) to cross directly from the northeast to southeast corners of the intersection by striping and having crosswalk signs facing that way. The longer signal would certainly be needed for that.
4 Comments
TT&P Workflow Inegration (Verified Official)
jim (Registered User)
Closed Manager of Operations, Process Improvement - Transportation, Traffic, & Parking (Verified Official)
Mchaoulideer (Registered User)
The point of my post was precisely to suggest that when a highway ends it should end. Having it encroach on our city streets with speeding, pedestrian safety issues and a priority of cars over others just furthers the problem. It would seem to me that pedestrian infrastructure and signage is the beginning of a way to change that instead of taking it for granted.
I'm sure you have good for reasons for saying what you do but I'd like to learn further and understand how the city can continue to improve its streets for local citizens.