1. What is your past involvement with the Traffic Calming Program? (check all that apply)
I am interested in petitioning for traffic calming on my street
2. Which of the following do you view as benefits of the Traffic Calming Program? (check all that apply)
Reduced speed
Increased safety
Support for different modes of transportation (vehicles, bikes, pedestrians and transit)
3. Please check any concerns that you have about the Traffic Calming Program
Slowed emergency response
4. Do the proposed thresholds for community participation and support seem reasonable?
Yes
5. Does the community engagement format and strategy seem effective?
Yes
6. Do you have additional comments or questions related to the proposed engagement process?
I have heard complaints that some people don’t want sidewalks in front of their homes because then they will be responsible for clearing it and be liable if they don’t clear it. With that information, perhaps 50% is too high, if the mentality is more of an individual benefit/deterrent, rather than a general public safety concern.
7. Do the proposed program objectives capture what you think is important?
Yes
8. Have we missed anything in the proposed objectives that you think should be added?
I believe that cyclists and pedestrians also need education and ownership. The current and proposed guidelines seem to put the majority of the onus on the vehicular traffic and if we are sharing the roads, we should be sharing the responsibility to be aware as well, lest we continue to create pedestrian and bicyclist elitists.
9. Do you have concerns about any of the proposed qualification criteria?
No response.
10. Have we missed any other factors that should be included in determining eligibility for the Traffic Calming Program?
Arteries such as Huron River Parkway and Newport Road which are favored, but often unsafe bicyclists routes, should be highly considered.
11. Do you have concerns about anything included in the proposed toolbox of devices?
No
12. Have we missed any devices that should be added to the toolbox for traffic calming on local streets?
Permanent radar signs should also be considered
13. What questions or concerns do you have about how the Traffic Calming Program will function?
No response.
A2 Open City Hall is not a certified voting system or ballot box. As with any public comment process, participation in A2 Open City Hall is voluntary. The responses in this record are not necessarily representative of the whole population, nor do they reflect the opinions of any government agency or elected officials.
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1. What is your past involvement with the Traffic Calming Program? (check all that apply)
2. Which of the following do you view as benefits of the Traffic Calming Program? (check all that apply)
3. Please check any concerns that you have about the Traffic Calming Program
4. Do the proposed thresholds for community participation and support seem reasonable?
5. Does the community engagement format and strategy seem effective?
6. Do you have additional comments or questions related to the proposed engagement process?
I have heard complaints that some people don’t want sidewalks in front of their homes because then they will be responsible for clearing it and be liable if they don’t clear it. With that information, perhaps 50% is too high, if the mentality is more of an individual benefit/deterrent, rather than a general public safety concern.
7. Do the proposed program objectives capture what you think is important?
8. Have we missed anything in the proposed objectives that you think should be added?
I believe that cyclists and pedestrians also need education and ownership. The current and proposed guidelines seem to put the majority of the onus on the vehicular traffic and if we are sharing the roads, we should be sharing the responsibility to be aware as well, lest we continue to create pedestrian and bicyclist elitists.
9. Do you have concerns about any of the proposed qualification criteria?
No response.10. Have we missed any other factors that should be included in determining eligibility for the Traffic Calming Program?
Arteries such as Huron River Parkway and Newport Road which are favored, but often unsafe bicyclists routes, should be highly considered.
11. Do you have concerns about anything included in the proposed toolbox of devices?
No
12. Have we missed any devices that should be added to the toolbox for traffic calming on local streets?
Permanent radar signs should also be considered
13. What questions or concerns do you have about how the Traffic Calming Program will function?
No response.