GIRL SCOUT TROOP 3205 PETITION FOR BLINKING RED LIGHT ON 218TH STREET AND SEAMAN AVENUE
Girl Scout Troop 3205 PETITION to make the intersection of
218th street and Seaman Ave.
SAFER for people to cross!
Concerned neighbors please join Girl Scout Troop 3205 in making the corner of 218th street and Seaman Ave safer for people to cross the street. Please sign our petition to Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee:
TO: Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee
In alignment with the mayor’s Vision Zero campaign, Girl Scout Troop 3205 would like your help in making our neighborhood safer to cross streets. The corner of 218th street and Seaman Ave is particularly worrisome to us for many reasons:
1. There is a noticeable increase in traffic as drivers avoid the Henry Hudson toll and use the route via Seaman and 218th to bypass the Henry Hudson Bridge in both directions. Drivers have been observed going very fast and failing to slow down and make a complete stop at this intersection.
2. Both streets (218th and Seaman Ave) are wide streets, so it takes people longer to cross them, but the cars do not respect the pedestrian cross way. We have witnessed several near accidents between pedestrians and cars at this intersection.
3. Vehicles repeatedly fail to stop at this 4-way intersection.
4. The stop signs are not visible enough to the driversdue to the wide streets and the signs being blocked by parked cars, especially on the North side of 218th street as cars travel West.
Here are some ideas we have to improve this intersection:
1. Make more visible to drivers a signal to stop at this intersection by installing blinking red lights. It is a four way stop signal
2. Imprint textured rumble patterns into the street to warn cars to slow before the intersection
Neighbors please sign here:
Updates
May 3, 2016
I have finalized the formal proposal for the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee. This document details the specific safety hazards we identified at the intersection of 218th and Seaman. I am currently coordinating with the committee office to secure a place for this item on their public hearing agenda.
May 3, 2016
The scale of local support has officially caught the attention of the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee. I am currently preparing the formal request for a blinking light installation to be added to their upcoming meeting agenda.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2016
32 Comments
I live at 270 Seaman right on that corner, and have taken to crossing 218 on the east side of the intersection then walking west on the north side of 218 to avoid accidentally getting hit by lazy, inattentive drivers coming into that intersection. I've often thought that road spikes would be be appropriate, but a blinking light and rumble strips will certainly help!
I cross this (three way, not four way) intersection nearly daily as I walk to the gym. Despite being an adult and cautious, I've nearly been hit by negligent and unobservant cars many times.
I have lived a block from this intersection for 18 years and tense up every time I have to cross here, or know that one of my family members is headed in that direction. When you also consider the general failure of the 34th Precinct to look out for traffic safety, a traffic light is necessary here, and so I have thought for years.
It's a tricky issue, as a traffic signal could actually make things worse (cars speeding to catch the green, or even running the red). A blinking light, more visible stop sign with rumble strips is a good suggestion.
I used to live at 560 W. 218th on the corner of W. 218th and Seaman Ave. and noticed all of these things occurring. I was nearly hit by cars on multiple occasions while crossing at the crosswalks at this intersection with my infant child in a stroller. It is incredibly dangerous and scary the sheer number of vehicles that do not stop or even slow down for the stop signs at this intersection.
Plus double parking is a big issue in inwood
With you all the way! Join Troops #3257, #3258 as we support Families for Safe Streets on the #EverySchool (Everyschool.nyc) campaign as well. Speed cameras for Every School in NYC.
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GIRL SCOUT TROOP 3205 PETITION FOR BLINKING RED LIGHT ON 218TH STREET AND SEAMAN AVENUE
Girl Scout Troop 3205 PETITION to make the intersection of
218th street and Seaman Ave.
SAFER for people to cross!
Concerned neighbors please join Girl Scout Troop 3205 in making the corner of 218th street and Seaman Ave safer for people to cross the street. Please sign our petition to Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee:
TO: Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee
In alignment with the mayor’s Vision Zero campaign, Girl Scout Troop 3205 would like your help in making our neighborhood safer to cross streets. The corner of 218th street and Seaman Ave is particularly worrisome to us for many reasons:
1. There is a noticeable increase in traffic as drivers avoid the Henry Hudson toll and use the route via Seaman and 218th to bypass the Henry Hudson Bridge in both directions. Drivers have been observed going very fast and failing to slow down and make a complete stop at this intersection.
2. Both streets (218th and Seaman Ave) are wide streets, so it takes people longer to cross them, but the cars do not respect the pedestrian cross way. We have witnessed several near accidents between pedestrians and cars at this intersection.
3. Vehicles repeatedly fail to stop at this 4-way intersection.
4. The stop signs are not visible enough to the driversdue to the wide streets and the signs being blocked by parked cars, especially on the North side of 218th street as cars travel West.
Here are some ideas we have to improve this intersection:
1. Make more visible to drivers a signal to stop at this intersection by installing blinking red lights. It is a four way stop signal
2. Imprint textured rumble patterns into the street to warn cars to slow before the intersection
Neighbors please sign here:
Updates
May 3, 2016
I have finalized the formal proposal for the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee. This document details the specific safety hazards we identified at the intersection of 218th and Seaman. I am currently coordinating with the committee office to secure a place for this item on their public hearing agenda.
May 3, 2016
The scale of local support has officially caught the attention of the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee. I am currently preparing the formal request for a blinking light installation to be added to their upcoming meeting agenda.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2016
32 Comments
My kids have been within inches of being hit by cars on numerous occasions. This is a terrible accident waiting to happen. Cars fly through the stop signs all day and night.
I live at 270 Seaman right on that corner, and have taken to crossing 218 on the east side of the intersection then walking west on the north side of 218 to avoid accidentally getting hit by lazy, inattentive drivers coming into that intersection. I've often thought that road spikes would be be appropriate, but a blinking light and rumble strips will certainly help!
I cross this (three way, not four way) intersection nearly daily as I walk to the gym. Despite being an adult and cautious, I've nearly been hit by negligent and unobservant cars many times.
I have lived a block from this intersection for 18 years and tense up every time I have to cross here, or know that one of my family members is headed in that direction. When you also consider the general failure of the 34th Precinct to look out for traffic safety, a traffic light is necessary here, and so I have thought for years.
It's a tricky issue, as a traffic signal could actually make things worse (cars speeding to catch the green, or even running the red). A blinking light, more visible stop sign with rumble strips is a good suggestion.
I used to live at 560 W. 218th on the corner of W. 218th and Seaman Ave. and noticed all of these things occurring. I was nearly hit by cars on multiple occasions while crossing at the crosswalks at this intersection with my infant child in a stroller. It is incredibly dangerous and scary the sheer number of vehicles that do not stop or even slow down for the stop signs at this intersection.
Plus double parking is a big issue in inwood
With you all the way! Join Troops #3257, #3258 as we support Families for Safe Streets on the #EverySchool (Everyschool.nyc) campaign as well. Speed cameras for Every School in NYC.
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My kids have been within inches of being hit by cars on numerous occasions. This is a terrible accident waiting to happen. Cars fly through the stop signs all day and night.