To be honest, there is a problem with Hope St, but I hesitated to even mention this because I personally fear someone will want to put a stop sign or traffic light at the corner of Fifth, Sixth or Seventh/Overhill which would most likely mean I WOULD HAVE TO MOVE. I am chemically sensitive and the stopping and starting/accelerating would radically increase the amount of car exhaust. Already on some days, when 95 backs up, and tons of cars take Hope Street as an alternate route, the pollution is so bad that I have take medication. (which can NOT be taken daily).
<br><br>Traffic was not like this when we moved here 11 years ago.<br>No one likes moving, but for us it would be especially disruptive. Besides this being our home, it has otherwise worked out well for us, which can be tricky to find with the sensitivities and health problems I have, especially on a limited budget. In addition, we are also self employed, so all our work materials would be disrupted.
<br><br>Rude and criminal drivers are everywhere, but there is something especially annoying weaving through the restaurant section of Hope Street. The ditsy parking jobs and the window shopping drivers- choosing a restaurant from their cars, really sets off the impatient drivers. They get past Seven Stars and STEP on the GAS. But people come up the hill from Pawtucket pretty fast too.
<br><br>Maybe, but only maybe, a overhead sign bar or two, with blinking warning light and with a sign "Hospital Area" and a posted speed limit, would help. Since we moved here there have been a fair number of car accidents on the three corners where you turn down to Miriam. The worst ones have involved the Hospital. People going to visit sick loved ones are probably not focusing fully on their driving. By far the worst accident involved a college age man who had just come from seeing his seriously ill girl friend.
<br><br>But I tend to doubt that any light will much help people spaced out by distress over a sick person meeting speeding idiots who think they are above the law.<br><br>Maybe some of us on Hope should offer our driveways to a cop who hasn't made his ticket quota??? (Unfortunately our driveway is on the Sixth Street side) And patrolling the congestion in the business area might help too. Could the restaurants get together and buy some small lot for parking? Maybe a house that is beyond fixing up, will come on the market, somewhere right behind the rows of stores? Or would that be likely to become a hot spot for trouble after hours??
<br>Parkers really are a problem on Hope near Rochambeau.<br><br>Elianna<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:Hapfra@aol.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Hapfra@aol.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:Hapfra@aol.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Hapfra@aol.com</a>> wrote:
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<div>HI---DID THIS HAPPEN ON HOPE STREET? I STRONGLY THINK IT IS
HIGH TIME A GROUP IS FORMED TO CONFRONT THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT- MOR
SOMEONE OF AUTHORITY OF JUST HOW DANGEROUS IT HAS BECOME TO CROSS ON
HOPE STREET. I HAVE NOTICED MUCH SPEEDING, AND CARS DO NOT STOP TO LET YOU
CROSS AT A CROSS WALK. PERSONALLY FROM JUST THE FEW YEARS I HAVE BEEN IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD---I CAN JUST SEE HOPE STRRET BECOMING A DANGEROUS
TO PLACE FOR THE PREDESTIANS TO WALK. I HAVE EVEN BEEN
TOLD THAT THE POLICE ARE AWARE OF THIS EVER GROWING PROBLEM. SO
WHAT IS NEXT?</div>
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<div>I SURE HOPE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT IS
OK--- </div>
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<div>ANY COMMENTS OR THOUGHT ON THIS SITUATION?</div>
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