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Four Ways Traffic Engineers Thwart Public Will
November 14, 2020/
Last month, three city council members in Springfield, Massachusetts, submitted a request for a signalized crosswalk to be installed along State Street in front of the entrance to the Central Library. I didn’t know about this request, but I became aware of it when a negative response by the city’s Director of Public Works appeared in the newspaper (Report slams proposed crosswalk at Springfield library as unsafe, bad for traffic).
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I’ve witnessed thousands of people who have to wait for numerous cars to pass when they attempt to cross Hilda at 5th as well as 6th St. There are no crosswalks and drivers usually ignore pedestrians. I’ve also seen many near misses as one lane stops but the other one doesn’t on these 2 lane one way streets.
I was told that a traffic study must be completed before crosswalk markings could be considered. The study was finally completed late this summer. I’ve been told that the data has not been analyzed due to staffing constraints.
This is an example of the concerns in this story being exemplified in Missoula. I urge the City to do something before someone is seriously injured or killed. It’s not fair to Missoula’s citizens to have this potential huge liability let alone the every day danger and inconvenience to the public.