Location of Traffic Safety concern (please be specific): Meriam Street from Hayes Avenue to Adams Street.
What concerns do you have with this location? Drivers use Meriam Street as a means to avoid traffic congestion along Mass Avenue. As a result, there are a large volume of cars utilizing the road. Cars and trucks exceed the speed limit regularly and over the last few years there have been several accidents at the corner of Meriam/Hayes Ave. The houses on Meriam Street are home to many school aged and younger children as well as active retirees and dog owners who regularly walk in the neighborhood. In addition, many children and families use Meriam Street to walk to Fiske and Diamond Schools. Unlike the streets that feed onto Meriam, there are NO sidewalks on Meriam Street so PEDESTRIANS MUST WALK ON THE ROAD with cars and trucks that are often driving at unsafe speeds.
What solutions do you feel would address your concerns? Traffic calming measures are necessary for the safety of Meriam St. residents and drivers.
- Installation of speed humps along Meriam St - from the intersection of Meriam/York to Adams St – similar to the ones installed on Shade Street.
- If speed humps are not possible then change the 2-way stop sign at Hayes Ave/Meriam St to a 4-way stop.
26 Comments
Intersection at Merriam & Hayes very dangerous for children walking home from Fiske. There are always construction and lawn care vehicles blocking visibility and drivers speeding down the hill over speed limit. A tragedy waiting to happen!
Thanks for raising this serious issue- a major accident is forthcoming if changes are not made...
On 6/22 I was crossing Meriam on Hayes (coming from Woodland) and realized that with several trucks parked on Meriam between Hayes and York, I could not check for oncoming traffic without walking fairly far into the road. This would be dangerous for children to have to do in order to cross on their way from school. A four-way stop might help with this -- if drivers of cars coming over the hill on meriam could be sure of seeing the stop sign when trucks are parked there. As an aside, I don't think any of the proposals suggested for the intersections of Meriam with Hayes or Somerset would improve safety where we live near corner with stetson, yet there are school bus stops all along Meriam between somerset and Patriots Dr.
Meriam street has become a speedway of driving & texting parents and teens alike . The cut through traffic shows a complete disregard for the safety of children in our neighborhood. This problem will only be exacerbated with the proposed traffic rerouting.
We are at Meriam and Hayes and this intersection is getting dangerous as more and more cars are increasingly speeding up and down Meriam st especially at commuting time. In fact, we witnessed a car accident last year when a car did a rolling stop at the Hayes stop sign... We do not let our kids play ball on our front lawn anymore. Why would the town not install a 4-way stop or a speed bump? Wait till we have a bad accident?
Thank you for organizing this. Traffic is heavier and faster. It's time to address it and find traffic-slowing solutions.
I absolutely agree that something has to be done to control the speed of traffic on Meriam Street
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Location of Traffic Safety concern (please be specific): Meriam Street from Hayes Avenue to Adams Street.
What concerns do you have with this location? Drivers use Meriam Street as a means to avoid traffic congestion along Mass Avenue. As a result, there are a large volume of cars utilizing the road. Cars and trucks exceed the speed limit regularly and over the last few years there have been several accidents at the corner of Meriam/Hayes Ave. The houses on Meriam Street are home to many school aged and younger children as well as active retirees and dog owners who regularly walk in the neighborhood. In addition, many children and families use Meriam Street to walk to Fiske and Diamond Schools. Unlike the streets that feed onto Meriam, there are NO sidewalks on Meriam Street so PEDESTRIANS MUST WALK ON THE ROAD with cars and trucks that are often driving at unsafe speeds.
What solutions do you feel would address your concerns? Traffic calming measures are necessary for the safety of Meriam St. residents and drivers.
- Installation of speed humps along Meriam St - from the intersection of Meriam/York to Adams St – similar to the ones installed on Shade Street.
- If speed humps are not possible then change the 2-way stop sign at Hayes Ave/Meriam St to a 4-way stop.
26 Comments
I'd be interested to see what the numbers were for the "car counters" before the closing of Harrington and after. It didn't make sense to me that they counted the both times before the start of school when the traffic was light. Just about all our streets are affected by cut-through traffic but the Hayes/Meriam one is particularly dangerous. I'm not a fan of speed bumps but I think the four way stop is crucial.
Intersection at Merriam & Hayes very dangerous for children walking home from Fiske. There are always construction and lawn care vehicles blocking visibility and drivers speeding down the hill over speed limit. A tragedy waiting to happen!
Thanks for raising this serious issue- a major accident is forthcoming if changes are not made...
On 6/22 I was crossing Meriam on Hayes (coming from Woodland) and realized that with several trucks parked on Meriam between Hayes and York, I could not check for oncoming traffic without walking fairly far into the road. This would be dangerous for children to have to do in order to cross on their way from school. A four-way stop might help with this -- if drivers of cars coming over the hill on meriam could be sure of seeing the stop sign when trucks are parked there. As an aside, I don't think any of the proposals suggested for the intersections of Meriam with Hayes or Somerset would improve safety where we live near corner with stetson, yet there are school bus stops all along Meriam between somerset and Patriots Dr.
Meriam street has become a speedway of driving & texting parents and teens alike . The cut through traffic shows a complete disregard for the safety of children in our neighborhood. This problem will only be exacerbated with the proposed traffic rerouting.
We are at Meriam and Hayes and this intersection is getting dangerous as more and more cars are increasingly speeding up and down Meriam st especially at commuting time. In fact, we witnessed a car accident last year when a car did a rolling stop at the Hayes stop sign... We do not let our kids play ball on our front lawn anymore. Why would the town not install a 4-way stop or a speed bump? Wait till we have a bad accident?
Thank you for organizing this. Traffic is heavier and faster. It's time to address it and find traffic-slowing solutions.
I absolutely agree that something has to be done to control the speed of traffic on Meriam Street
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I'd be interested to see what the numbers were for the "car counters" before the closing of Harrington and after. It didn't make sense to me that they counted the both times before the start of school when the traffic was light. Just about all our streets are affected by cut-through traffic but the Hayes/Meriam one is particularly dangerous. I'm not a fan of speed bumps but I think the four way stop is crucial.