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Downing Street and many of the side streets in Fair Haven have become a mecca for excessive speed and racing. I saw a driver go down Downing Street going about 100 miles per hour early this evening. Moments after he blew through the intersection of Downing and Chatham headed northbound, a man with a child in a carrier on the back of his bike crossed this same intersection. Please, NHPD, take notice. This is incredibly dangerous!
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jmb (ضيف)
Steve Brown (مستخدم مسجل)
Man with child on bike was me. Honestly, of all the speeding cars that race up Chatham Street, and there are plenty, I've never seen a car going as fast as this one was. They flew through the stop sign at Downing and Chatham doing at least 60 mph, maybe more, and I could clearly see the driver and his buddy laughing as they did. They then proceeded west on Lombard, south on Clinton, and who knows where from there. These pigs are using our neighborhood streets as their own personal speedway. It's disgusting. When they kill somebody, will they even feel remorse?
Fortunately my son and I were nowhere near the intersection when they went through. And of course, thanks to the driver's illegal modified exhaust system, I could hear them coming from several blocks away anyway. But truly, what a shame that doing something as simple as going for a leisurely bike ride on my neighborhood street has to be a gamble with my and my son's safety. We need traffic calming now.
guest (ضيف)
Chatham Square Resident (ضيف)
Steve Brown (مستخدم مسجل)
from fair haven (ضيف)
Kathleen Galo (مستخدم مسجل)
crg215@nyu.edu (ضيف)
As I understand it, traffic calming can be obtained by having multiple uses for the street--I and many other walk, bike, and run, on our streets, and yet things like this are still a common occurrence.
Are speed bumps the solution here? Any other ideas?
Steve Brown (مستخدم مسجل)
I plan to submit a Complete Streets request with the city, covering Chatham Street and this particular intersection. Chatham Street has been a constant hot spot for speeding due to how unnecessarily wide it is, and this has led to a serious problem of stop sign running at the Downing Street intersection. These streets are apparently too local to warrant regular police patrols. Physical traffic calming measures to bring speeds down to an appropriate level for these types of streets is the appropriate solution. I'd certainly encourage you to contact Ald. Bauer, NHPD, and also city transportation director Jim Travers.
You can view the city's Complete Streets Manual here: http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Engineering/pdfs/CS-Manual-FINAL.pdf
The request form can be found in Appendix A.
And yes, as the previous commenter mentioned, I think there's some merit to staying visible and "taking back our streets." But as a parent I have to balance that with thinking of my and my son's safety. I'm not willing to be a martyr for this cause. However, there's plenty we can do, such as walking more, and leading by example when we drive. I'd encourage all of our neighbors to drive at 20 mph or less on local streets, acting as a "pace car."
golazo (ضيف)
Bravo Steve! You have my full support, let me know how and when to help. I mean that.
BTW, when is dining out at Grand Pizza?
crg215@nyu.edu (ضيف)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (مستخدم مسجل)
Alder Rodriguez (ضيف)
I will chat with our District Manager Sgt. Johnson today and see if he can put a plan of action in place for the area. I know at times depending on availability he trys to see if we can get a traffic unit out here for enforcement.
I will see what he recommends as our local police rep. for the neighborhood.
Chatham Square Res. (ضيف)
Livesinfairhaven (مستخدم مسجل)
It seems any street that has been paved smoothly has this problem. Like Dover St where we've had a request in for a year for speed bumps. Only thing I can think of that is going to slow things down. We have very similar things happening such as described at the intersection of Downing & Chatham. However it is the entire length of the street between Clinton & Ferry.
Alderman Rodriguez, when you are speaking to Area Manager Johnson, please mention Dover St as well.
Rob Smuts (مستخدم مسجل)
مغلق City of New Haven (تم التحقق رسميا)