Description
The intersection of Versailles and Encinal is the only 4-way stop to enable North-South vehicle traffic to cross Encinal between Broadway and High, both of which are congested. Since the designation of Versailles as a Slow Street, the intersection can't be used, which definitely increases the difficulty and maybe danger of driving across Encinal.
While the section of Versailles North of Lincoln makes sense as a slow street, the section South of Santa Clara makes none. If you want to keep a slow street in the area, make it Mound, which also has the advantage of running past Otis Elementary.
And please make up your mind: are slow streets temporary or permanent? If temporary, when does the designation sunset? If permanent, bar and sign them properly.
also asked...
A. Unsafe crossing
5 Comments
Alameda, CA (Verified Official)
Cynthia Happe (Registered User)
why it has been zoned with a stop sign. Recently someone ran it over telling you the danger at that intersection. Also, my complaint is when turning onto Grove St where I live people hug each others bumpers not allowing you passage. If your dropping off your high schooler what happened to walking to school?
Alameda Resident (Registered User)
Acknowledged PW Engineering - 3 (Verified Official)
Thank you for reporting your concerns about street safety in Alameda. Versailles Avenue is identified as a future Neighborhood Greenway in the Active Transportation Plan (adopted by City Council in December 2022). This will be a traffic-calmed pedestrian- and bicycle-priority street (still open to autos) with crossing improvements at key intersections. Project managers will receive your report when designing the corridor. In 2024 staff will be developing a Neighborhood Greenway Design and Implementation Guide. This year we will also begin the transition of at least one Slow Street to a formal Neighborhood Greenway, with the two remaining Slow Streets being transitioned in 2025. More information here: alamedaca.gov/SlowStreets. To receive updates on this project, join the Neighborhood Greenway mailing list at www.alamedaca.gov/subscribe.
Examples of crossing interventions on Neighborhood Greenways (sometimes called bicycle boulevards) are here: https://www.activealameda.org/files/assets/public/departments/alameda/transportation/bikeboulevards_11x17.pdf
Your report will help inform the City of Alameda’s work to achieve our Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries. Staff will retain your report and refer to it the next time we undertake a project on this street, whether it is pavement resurfacing or a corridor update. For selection of new safety improvement projects, the City refers to High Injury Corridors, equity indicators, Active Transportation Plan projects, and street resurfacing needs, augmented by Street Safety Concerns. See the links below for more information.
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jwtm (Registered User)