[Summit] Illegal parking at 4th and Hope St. and the need for stop signs

[Coryndon Luxmoore]

I've lost count how many times I have almost hit pedestrians coming  
out from between cars in the middle of the block.

Personally I am not surprised at the lack of incidents most of the  
time simply due to the chaos that exists in that stretch of hope st.  
The time that I find the street most dangerous is when there are few  
cars and peds and the cars are speeding down the street. When  
Saturday is in full swing speeds are low and caution is high due to  
the complete lack of predictability.

I say bring on the chaos at all times  --C


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Coryndon Luxmoore
Interaction Designer

coryndon (at) luxmoore (dot) com
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On Dec 28, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Theresa Mathiesen wrote:

> I agree.  I'm getting more and more scared of crossing Hope Street at
> Lauriston Street.  I suggest the drivers clean up their act about
> stopping for pedestrians, or some day they will find themselves slowed
> down by 4-way stops or traffic lights.
>
> -- Elva Mathiesen
>
> On Dec 28, 2007 1:06 PM,  <pjaceto at cox.net> wrote:
>>     I've lost track of the number of times I've almost been hit  
>> crossing Hope at Fourth to go to the CVS.
>>   And don't forget about the cars that park on the sidewalk in  
>> front of Seven Stars (partly in the lot and partly on the  
>> sidewalk). The bakery should move those two planters off of the  
>> sidewalk and onto the edge of their parking lot. That would  
>> prevent people from  parking half in and half out. it would also  
>> allow pedestrians to actually walk on the sidewalk.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> ---- Karlo Berger <karloberger at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> I live on Fourth Street just east of Hope, and find that turning  
>>> left  from Fourth Street (northwards) onto Hope is also daunting  
>>> and  hazardous due to additional parked cars around the ballet  
>>> and the  chocolate shop, so much so that we try to avoid driving  
>>> that way and  head to Hope via Lorimer and Rochambeau instead.
>>>
>>>   Such a hazardous street corner at a place where so many kids  
>>> cross the  streets is an accident waiting to happen.  I think  
>>> that Hope and  Fourth should have four-way stop signs.  Enforced  
>>> ticketing is not  going to fully address the safety issue, not  
>>> when there are so many  people quickly stopping their cars to  
>>> drop the kids off at ballet or  grab a coffee at Seven Stars.   
>>> Not to mention the cars picking up  speed there as they head  
>>> south on Hope.
>>>
>>>   Karlo Berger
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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