We – the below signed Denver residents of the Stapleton neighborhood – are writing to express our safety concerns regarding the traffic in our neighborhood. Specifically, we are referencing the area on the East side of the neighborhood, along both Havana Street and Iola Street, between Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and E. 25th Avenue.
The speed limit is currently listed at 30mph for both Havana Street and Iola Street. This seems fast for residential neighborhood streets. Aside from the more major arteries through the neighborhood (i.e. Central Park Blvd and MLK Jr Blvd) speed limits on most streets within the neighborhood are set to 20-25mph. This seems more appropriate for an area that has many residential homes as well as parks, pools, and schools. With a speed limit of 30mph, many vehicles are driving 40-50 mph through our part of the neighborhood.
Furthermore, unlike a majority of the rest of the neighborhood, there are currently no stop signs or pedestrian crosswalks at the intersections along Havana St. and Iola St. between 25th Ave and MLK Jr Blvd. People (including many children) often seem to get trapped trying to safely cross Havana and Iola. The excessive speeding and the lack of a safely designated place to cross make it terrifying and dangerous to walk or bike yourself, your children, or your pets between home and the pools/parks/schools/recreation center in the area.
Stapleton was designed to be a walkable/bikeable community. With the current state of traffic in our neighborhood, this is not at all the case. Between the excessive speeds of those using our streets as a through-way, the lack of stop signs and crosswalks for pedestrians, and the multitude of folks speeding the wrong way down our streets, the neighborhood amenities are far from being safely accessible.
With the increased traffic from the proposed Eastbridge Town Center, these speeding and safety issues are likely to persist/increase and create an even more dangerous situation for our neighborhood. We have had an increasing number of vehicular accidents due to these abovementioned issues. In the last month alone, there have been at least two major accidents in this area (one at the intersection of E. 28th Ave and Havana Street, and one at the intersection of E. 28th Place and Iola Street). If things do not change, it is only a matter of time before a more serious incident involving more than vehicular damage will occur.
We are respectfully asking that the city work to enact some changes to increase the safety of the neighborhood and avoid a potential tragedy like the one on Central Park Blvd back in 2010.
Specifically, we are requesting the following:
1) Decreased speed limits to a maximum of 25mph on both Havana Street and Iola Street
2) Addition of four-way stop signs at 28th Ave and 28th Place on both Havana Street and Iola Street
3) Addition of painted crosswalks at 28th Ave and 28th Place on both Havana Street and Iola Street
4) Additional signage indicating that both Havana Street and Iola Street
are one-way streets
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Updates
June 8, 2015
im honestly so blown away by how many of you stepped up this week. it really feels like people are starting to pay attention to the danger on our streets and that momentum is exactly what we need to get change moving.
Reached 100 supporters
June 8, 2015
37 Comments
My husband and I live on Havana St. This situation is a nightmare. I totally agree with the requests. It will only be a matter of time before something seriously happens. The trucks and traffic are way to fast for this road.
My kids and I frequently cross this intersection and it's such a wide road that it's not safe for them to do on their own. Please help us make it safer. Thanks,dan
The comparable sections of Iola Street in Aurora (also a residential neighborhood) have regular stop signs to create a safer traffic pattern; we're in a neighborhood where kids walk to school and have no safe route to get there. Let's fix this.
Havana / Iola are the only through streets to Aurora without stop signs. Yet they are the busiest, with direct access to I-70. This should be fixed!
While driving south on Havana, I was passed by a speeding truck going the wrong way on Iola. After nearly hitting my car, it went right through the stop sign at 26th without stopping. These problems are the direct result of connecting the two neighborhoods.
Turd - you are certainly entitled to disagree with this petition, and choose not to sign it. Your points about the potential hazards of additional stop signs are of course valid concerns to consider. Those of us who have signed the petition have just weighed those risks with the existing traffic and safety concerns, and concluded that the potential benefit of this solution may outweigh the potential risks. Again, as is the nature of a petition, folks are entitled to choose not to sign if they disagree. There's no need, however,for your aggressive and negative comments. Congratulations on selling your home, and best of luck in your new neighborhood.
This is by far the dumbest thing I've heard from the residents of this part of town. Stop signs? Just wait until the town center opens and traffic is backed up because of your genius idea. And then people will start ignorning them and one of your precious children will get hit in the stop sign. Go ahead, put in your stupid stop signs. I just sold my house and am leaving this god forsaken neighborhood.
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We – the below signed Denver residents of the Stapleton neighborhood – are writing to express our safety concerns regarding the traffic in our neighborhood. Specifically, we are referencing the area on the East side of the neighborhood, along both Havana Street and Iola Street, between Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and E. 25th Avenue.
The speed limit is currently listed at 30mph for both Havana Street and Iola Street. This seems fast for residential neighborhood streets. Aside from the more major arteries through the neighborhood (i.e. Central Park Blvd and MLK Jr Blvd) speed limits on most streets within the neighborhood are set to 20-25mph. This seems more appropriate for an area that has many residential homes as well as parks, pools, and schools. With a speed limit of 30mph, many vehicles are driving 40-50 mph through our part of the neighborhood.
Furthermore, unlike a majority of the rest of the neighborhood, there are currently no stop signs or pedestrian crosswalks at the intersections along Havana St. and Iola St. between 25th Ave and MLK Jr Blvd. People (including many children) often seem to get trapped trying to safely cross Havana and Iola. The excessive speeding and the lack of a safely designated place to cross make it terrifying and dangerous to walk or bike yourself, your children, or your pets between home and the pools/parks/schools/recreation center in the area.
Stapleton was designed to be a walkable/bikeable community. With the current state of traffic in our neighborhood, this is not at all the case. Between the excessive speeds of those using our streets as a through-way, the lack of stop signs and crosswalks for pedestrians, and the multitude of folks speeding the wrong way down our streets, the neighborhood amenities are far from being safely accessible.
With the increased traffic from the proposed Eastbridge Town Center, these speeding and safety issues are likely to persist/increase and create an even more dangerous situation for our neighborhood. We have had an increasing number of vehicular accidents due to these abovementioned issues. In the last month alone, there have been at least two major accidents in this area (one at the intersection of E. 28th Ave and Havana Street, and one at the intersection of E. 28th Place and Iola Street). If things do not change, it is only a matter of time before a more serious incident involving more than vehicular damage will occur.
We are respectfully asking that the city work to enact some changes to increase the safety of the neighborhood and avoid a potential tragedy like the one on Central Park Blvd back in 2010.
Specifically, we are requesting the following:
1) Decreased speed limits to a maximum of 25mph on both Havana Street and Iola Street
2) Addition of four-way stop signs at 28th Ave and 28th Place on both Havana Street and Iola Street
3) Addition of painted crosswalks at 28th Ave and 28th Place on both Havana Street and Iola Street
4) Additional signage indicating that both Havana Street and Iola Street
are one-way streets
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Updates
June 8, 2015
im honestly so blown away by how many of you stepped up this week. it really feels like people are starting to pay attention to the danger on our streets and that momentum is exactly what we need to get change moving.
Reached 100 supporters
June 8, 2015
37 Comments
Ideally Havana and Iola north of 25th should be like Havana and Iola south of 25th, which means calm residential streets with stop signs at each intersection. It makes no sense for those streets to resemble highways north of 25th.
My husband and I live on Havana St. This situation is a nightmare. I totally agree with the requests. It will only be a matter of time before something seriously happens. The trucks and traffic are way to fast for this road.
My kids and I frequently cross this intersection and it's such a wide road that it's not safe for them to do on their own. Please help us make it safer. Thanks,dan
The comparable sections of Iola Street in Aurora (also a residential neighborhood) have regular stop signs to create a safer traffic pattern; we're in a neighborhood where kids walk to school and have no safe route to get there. Let's fix this.
Havana / Iola are the only through streets to Aurora without stop signs. Yet they are the busiest, with direct access to I-70. This should be fixed!
While driving south on Havana, I was passed by a speeding truck going the wrong way on Iola. After nearly hitting my car, it went right through the stop sign at 26th without stopping. These problems are the direct result of connecting the two neighborhoods.
Turd - you are certainly entitled to disagree with this petition, and choose not to sign it. Your points about the potential hazards of additional stop signs are of course valid concerns to consider. Those of us who have signed the petition have just weighed those risks with the existing traffic and safety concerns, and concluded that the potential benefit of this solution may outweigh the potential risks. Again, as is the nature of a petition, folks are entitled to choose not to sign if they disagree. There's no need, however,for your aggressive and negative comments. Congratulations on selling your home, and best of luck in your new neighborhood.
This is by far the dumbest thing I've heard from the residents of this part of town. Stop signs? Just wait until the town center opens and traffic is backed up because of your genius idea. And then people will start ignorning them and one of your precious children will get hit in the stop sign. Go ahead, put in your stupid stop signs. I just sold my house and am leaving this god forsaken neighborhood.
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Ideally Havana and Iola north of 25th should be like Havana and Iola south of 25th, which means calm residential streets with stop signs at each intersection. It makes no sense for those streets to resemble highways north of 25th.