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Final supporters
Fed-up
with the surge in traffic here in Lexington?
You are not alone.
Please join your friends and neighbors in our effort to
Save Our Lexington Streets (SOLS).
How?
By petitioning our Town Officials for help controlling the overwhelming surge in traffic at Hancock and Adams Streets, as well as at other major stress points in Lexington, MA.
Our children should be able to leave school in the morning without their parents fearing for their safety.
Homeowners should be able to exit their parking spaces without unyielding cars whizzing past, horns blaring.
Joggers and power walkers should not be inhaling fumes from rush hour traffic backed up for blocks.
And seniors should be able to use Lexington's crosswalks without being forced into a game of chicken with streams of commuters taking shortcuts between Route 128 and Route 2.
But
this is not the case.
Commuter traffic from these main routes has taken over to the point where noise, near-misses, road rage and crashes have become an onerous burden on residents, outweighing perhaps any other factor.
At the same time, the surge in traffic has put an ever-increasing burden on our police and fire departments.
One
of the worst intersections in Lexington may be a good place to start taking
back control of our streets: Hancock and Adams.
While there's a stop sign at the island (valiantly maintained by the Lexington Garden Club), that sign may as well not exist, because commuter congestion has turned it into a yield sign - if that.
Abutters find themselves penned inside their driveways, inching forward at great risk to themselves and others.
Children on their way to Fiske and Diamond Schools meet with a confusing impasse. A wrong decision could prove a disastrous one.
Flaring tempers and smash-ups are common. Police and fire/rescue find themselves called upon at regular intervals.
As one of our traffic experts commented at a recent meeting, "the island type intersection that's there now was fine for handling the kind of traffic we had forty years ago, but not now."
Now is the time to start modernizing our streets, creating solutions for today's problems. Let's begin this journey one beleaguered and overworked intersection at a time.
Lexington should be and can be a safer, more pleasant place to live. For this reason we would like to support a pilot study on how to best manage the traffic flow streaming into Hancock and Adams.
Hopefully,
this will lead to informed discussion and debate, followed by prompt action, not
only at Hancock and Adams, but ultimately in every one of our besieged
neighborhoods.
Save Our Lexington Streets - now.
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Updates
June 3, 2015
The stories shared in the comments regarding near-misses at the intersection of Hancock and Adams are both sobering and revealing. I am currently coordinating with local officials to present these accounts as evidence of the need for immediate traffic mitigation.
Reached 100 supporters
June 3, 2015
99 Comments
Burlington and Simonds intersection across from Kinneens Park is our bugaboo. People really start to speed up on this stretch of road. And there are lots of kids etc. using the park. It's gotten noticeably worse in the 5 years we've lived here. I like the speed limit reader on Spring Street.
Where are the the police in all this? Growing up here there were speed traps and the police monitored intersections such as the one at Adams and Hancock. You want safer streets? How about a greater showing of police presence?
The intersection at Adams Street and Hancock Street is very dangerous. I often travel this way and have had many near-miss accidents. Please do the right thing and prevent a real tragedy from happening someday.
I'm currently in Mexico, where they use speed bumps every 25 yards or so, very effectively. Why not add speed bumps to keep the speed down. Less expensive than a study or a light, less disruptive than a stop sign.
The number of new businesses in the Burlington Mall area has only increased the traffic in Lexington, especially the Adams and Hancock street area. What can the town do to prevent the congestion caused by this?
Agree that Lowell St and Maple area is not a very safe school zone.
What country to you people live in? Your streets a public roads. Paid with TAX DOLLARS. You do not live on a PRIVATE ROAD. Get over yourselves. If you don't like the traffic I would suggest you move. Wait, I have a few suggestions: DETOUR SIGNS? A TRAFFIC Cop? Traffic Lights.. HAHA non of this will stop the traffic. Welcome to America
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Fed-up
with the surge in traffic here in Lexington?
You are not alone.
Please join your friends and neighbors in our effort to
Save Our Lexington Streets (SOLS).
How?
By petitioning our Town Officials for help controlling the overwhelming surge in traffic at Hancock and Adams Streets, as well as at other major stress points in Lexington, MA.
Our children should be able to leave school in the morning without their parents fearing for their safety.
Homeowners should be able to exit their parking spaces without unyielding cars whizzing past, horns blaring.
Joggers and power walkers should not be inhaling fumes from rush hour traffic backed up for blocks.
And seniors should be able to use Lexington's crosswalks without being forced into a game of chicken with streams of commuters taking shortcuts between Route 128 and Route 2.
But
this is not the case.
Commuter traffic from these main routes has taken over to the point where noise, near-misses, road rage and crashes have become an onerous burden on residents, outweighing perhaps any other factor.
At the same time, the surge in traffic has put an ever-increasing burden on our police and fire departments.
One
of the worst intersections in Lexington may be a good place to start taking
back control of our streets: Hancock and Adams.
While there's a stop sign at the island (valiantly maintained by the Lexington Garden Club), that sign may as well not exist, because commuter congestion has turned it into a yield sign - if that.
Abutters find themselves penned inside their driveways, inching forward at great risk to themselves and others.
Children on their way to Fiske and Diamond Schools meet with a confusing impasse. A wrong decision could prove a disastrous one.
Flaring tempers and smash-ups are common. Police and fire/rescue find themselves called upon at regular intervals.
As one of our traffic experts commented at a recent meeting, "the island type intersection that's there now was fine for handling the kind of traffic we had forty years ago, but not now."
Now is the time to start modernizing our streets, creating solutions for today's problems. Let's begin this journey one beleaguered and overworked intersection at a time.
Lexington should be and can be a safer, more pleasant place to live. For this reason we would like to support a pilot study on how to best manage the traffic flow streaming into Hancock and Adams.
Hopefully,
this will lead to informed discussion and debate, followed by prompt action, not
only at Hancock and Adams, but ultimately in every one of our besieged
neighborhoods.
Save Our Lexington Streets - now.
Updates
June 3, 2015
The stories shared in the comments regarding near-misses at the intersection of Hancock and Adams are both sobering and revealing. I am currently coordinating with local officials to present these accounts as evidence of the need for immediate traffic mitigation.
Reached 100 supporters
June 3, 2015
99 Comments
Lowell St by Harrington is a dangerous place and it is a school zone. I have witnessed many accidents and near misses. Very few people obey the school zone speed limits all school zones should have flashing yellow lights when kids are arriving or leaving the school.
Burlington and Simonds intersection across from Kinneens Park is our bugaboo. People really start to speed up on this stretch of road. And there are lots of kids etc. using the park. It's gotten noticeably worse in the 5 years we've lived here. I like the speed limit reader on Spring Street.
Where are the the police in all this? Growing up here there were speed traps and the police monitored intersections such as the one at Adams and Hancock. You want safer streets? How about a greater showing of police presence?
The intersection at Adams Street and Hancock Street is very dangerous. I often travel this way and have had many near-miss accidents. Please do the right thing and prevent a real tragedy from happening someday.
I'm currently in Mexico, where they use speed bumps every 25 yards or so, very effectively. Why not add speed bumps to keep the speed down. Less expensive than a study or a light, less disruptive than a stop sign.
The number of new businesses in the Burlington Mall area has only increased the traffic in Lexington, especially the Adams and Hancock street area. What can the town do to prevent the congestion caused by this?
Agree that Lowell St and Maple area is not a very safe school zone.
What country to you people live in? Your streets a public roads. Paid with TAX DOLLARS. You do not live on a PRIVATE ROAD. Get over yourselves. If you don't like the traffic I would suggest you move. Wait, I have a few suggestions: DETOUR SIGNS? A TRAFFIC Cop? Traffic Lights.. HAHA non of this will stop the traffic. Welcome to America
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Lowell St by Harrington is a dangerous place and it is a school zone. I have witnessed many accidents and near misses. Very few people obey the school zone speed limits all school zones should have flashing yellow lights when kids are arriving or leaving the school.