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Staniford Road in the New North End of Burlington desperately needs traffic calming completed. Cars speed down this street constantly, and there are dozens of children and pets living on this street. One of our neighbor's cats was just killed today by a speeding car and left without stopping.
Please help our street ASAP.
13 Comments
Acknowledged DPW Pine Customer Service (Verified Official)
Joanne Kalisz (Registered User)
Yes, the speeding gets bad... it’s all ages. I am often tailgated (and a couple times passed) while going over the speed bumps.
While a separate but similar concern, it is VERY DANGEROUS where the bike path intersects Staniford Rd. Many cars do not stop, many bikes don’t stop, there is a blind curve, and my personal favorite... I have been yelled at BY DRIVERS for trying to cross IN THE CROSSWALK as a pedestrian! It is hard to see if cars are coming when one is crossing from the “Leddy direction” to the “causeway direction), often by the time people have begun to cross, a car (even going 25 mph) can hit them.
It is AMAZING and very lucky no one has gotten hit yet.
Gil (Registered User)
Joanne Kalisz (Registered User)
I walk 2-3 hours a day (total) and I see police cars and fire engines drive thru this neighborhood. I see... A LOT. This is a BIG walking and biking neighborhood... year round! Lots of kids play outside in their yards, ride their bikes, and lots of people own dogs and cats.
It isn’t worth the cops time to pull someone over unless they are in great excess of the speed limit. Speed limit is 25 mph, which means people can drive up to 35 (possibly more) without fear of being pulled over. Time and money is better spent on ways to slow people down as well as BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY. I slow down when I see kids, walkers, bikers, runners, animals, etc., because I know they are unpredictable and I would rather take a couple minutes longer to get where I am going than risk scaring or running over someone! Seems like most people don’t think the same way. So maybe we need to focus on helping people decide that driving slower is beneficial to all.
Lastly, we get a LOT of trucks and commercial vehicles down Staniford rd. We get a lot cars going to Appletree and other side streets. Even with a 25 mph speed limit, that is too fast where Staniford intersects the bike path... really needs to be a 4 way stop.
Gil (Registered User)
DPW Pine Customer Service (Verified Official)
DPW Pine Customer Service (Verified Official)
I’ve been meaning to write for a while now. We bought our home on Staniford Rd seven years ago and we were one of the few houses with children. Now I count at least 15 families with little kids on this street between North Ave and Oakland Terr alone. Cars travel down this wide street at terrifying speeds. Today our cat was victim of a hit and run and I can only conclude that speed was involved. It was mid day, bright and clear as can be. Today not only did we lose our family pet, we have the heartbreaking task of telling our seven year old daughter that her beloved Teddy has passed away. I can’t even imagine the pain if such an event were to happen to a person in our neighborhood. The unmaintained speed bumps do nothing to slow drivers down, please help us make this street safe for the dozens of kids that live and play here
Jennifer Reno
124 Staniford Rd
802-777-7672
Gil (Registered User)
New North Ender (Registered User)
Gil (Registered User)
DPW Planning NL (Verified Official)
Burlington, VT (Verified Official)
Gil (Registered User)