Tim_D

  • Street Lamp Archived
    47 Edwards St New Haven, Connecticut - East Rock
    Street light pole #1035 is dark. I previously reported #1036 out a couple weeks ago, and it is still out. Two lights out in a row now makes for a very dark and unsafe area.
  • 45 Edwards St New Haven, CT 06511, USA - Bishop-Hine
    There is a street pole located on the odd number side of the street.(Pole#1036) Now that the time has changed it is more noticeable that there is a large dark zone in this area. Walking towards Orange street there are regular lights that provide nice illumination. The area noted is very dark on both sides of the street. There was a rash of car break ins this time last year and just recently break ins reported in the news. This area seriously needs better illumination for the safety of the neighborhood
  • 41-103 Forbes Avenue New Haven, Connecticut - New Haven
    Is it possible to specify times that are blacked out for boat crossings on the Forbes Ave. (Route 1) drawbridge raising times in New Haven? Nearly every time I cross the bridge in the morning I hit it raised or rising. There seems to be no specific times so there is no way to adjust your travel by a few minutes in order to try and miss it. Sometimes, if I am dropping my daughter off at school, I get caught on it going and returning, maybe 15 minutes later. Hundreds of cars back up on both sides during these rush hour raises. The tension and anger is palpable and as the gates go up and the lights change to green, annoyed drivers typically stomp on the accelerator and try to get the pole position. It is particularly irritating when the boat passing under the bridge is but a small, maybe two man fishing vessel. I suggest to have time periods where boat passage is not allowed during high traffic commuting times (7-9am & 4-6pm), except for emergency of course. Or at least make the boats wait until on the hour or half hour, then it would be somewhat possible to plan your car bridge crossings. Picture is from about 8am on a Tuesday the line of cars behind me is even bigger than in front.
  • Car Break-Ins Archived
    42 Edwards Street new haven, ct - Bishop-Hine
    Late Wednesday, the early morning of November 27th, at least two cars were robbed near 42 Edwards Street. One had front window smashed. Thieves were sloppy and fast took my GPS unit on the floor in a small case, change on lower shelf and a small camera in glove compartment and made a general mess. I found the case down the road going towards State Street. Both cars were parked in driveways. I heard some tapping noises late at night about 1:30am and thought it was someone shoveling or scrapping ice off car, it wasn't.
  • 889 State Street New Haven, Connecticut - SOHU
    The intersection of State and Humphrey Street in New Haven is very pedestrian unfriendly. There are several very active businesses and restaurants in the vicinity, additionally the probate and probation building have great pedestrian activity. I cross this intersection back and forth at least three times a day on foot and have seen and experienced many close calls. Typically after pressing the pedestrian pole button it take 2-3 cycles or cars in both directions before the pedestrian crossing is indicated, even if there is little or no vehicle traffic. If there are two or three fellow pedestrians at adjacent corners pressing the buttons sometimes it will trigger a little faster. One side of the intersection is quite a bit wider than the other and the pedestrian timer gives barely enough time to get across without breaking into a trot. Most of the time drivers make right turns on reds while the walking man signal is up anyway and ignore the pedestrian crossing lights all together. I have learned to simply cross when there are no cars coming and it's safe, not by the pole indicators. Perhaps additional signage to alert drivers that they need to yield to pedestrians when the crossing lights are active would be helpful. It's really only a matter of time before someone is hurt at this intersection.
  • Farnam Dr Hamden, CT - Hamden
    There are two very big potholes, one right after the other, on Farnam Dr off Davis St near the East Rock summit entrance. Heading south-west the are right before the rock blocked off turnoff. It is a blind turn and with all the cyclists and runners heading up and down the hill cars often swerve into oncoming traffic to avoid them and the potholes. If you do hit the holes they could be very damaging.