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

[Theresa Mathiesen]

Hi, all,

Well, it always comes down to this, doesn't it:  enforcement, whether
it's shoveling sidewalks, stopping for pedestrians in the crosswalks,
or anything else.

For the record, I always cross in crosswalks, or at the corners.  (I
don't understand why not all of the corners are marked.)

I think that the new "zebra stripe" crosswalks make pedestrians a lot
easier to see.  I confess I don't stop all the time, either, and it's
usually because I'm going too fast.  The speed limit on Hope St. is 25
mph.  Almost no one goes that slowly.

I can believe that the pedestrian traffic from the ballet school on
the corner of 4th and Hope, added to the Seven Stars traffic, makes
that intersection a mess.  And that if the pedestrians aren't using
the crosswalks (or corners), it's even more of a mess.  I wonder if it
would help if we had those signs that stand up about 3 feet tall, in
the middle of crosswalks, reminding drivers that they have to stop for
pedestrians and it's the law.  Mass. has these.  The signs sound
serious!  (I have the impression that they're backed up with action,
but I don't know it for a fact.)  They'd be cheaper than traffic
lights and stop signs.

Sincerely,
Elva

On Dec 29, 2007 10:13 AM, marco pereira <markenid2004 at mac.com> wrote:
> what about make the 4th ONEWAY?
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> On Dec 29, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Coryndon Luxmoore wrote:
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> I've lost count how many times I have almost hit pedestrians coming out from
> between cars in the middle of the block.
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> 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.
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> I say bring on the chaos at all times  --C
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> Coryndon Luxmoore
> Interaction Designer
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> coryndon (at) luxmoore (dot) com
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> On Dec 28, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Theresa Mathiesen wrote:
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> 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.
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> -- Elva Mathiesen
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> 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.
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> Paul
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> ---- 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.
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>   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.
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>   Karlo Berger
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