INC NEWS - Washington Street to reopen Friday (Herald-Sun)

[pat carstensen]

I had heard that the pace car idea has not been very successful in the Triad 
(people willing to get a bumper sticker that says "I drive the speed limit" 
and then drive at the speed limit everywhere, but is this an idea we want to 
try in Durham.

This is from Oakland:
http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/bicyclespedestrians/safety-education.htm

If you google "speed watch" and "pace car" you will get some more.

Regards, pat


>From: "Mike - Hotmail" <mwshiflett at hotmail.com>
>To: "John Schelp" <bwatu at yahoo.com>,<inc-list at DurhamINC.org>
>Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Washington Street to reopen Friday (Herald-Sun)
>Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:13:10 -0400
>
>fyi-
>
>Neighbors in Northgate Park have been anticipating the re-opening of the
>bridge with varying amounts of personal emotion ranging from anxiety to
>relief.
>
>Residents along various streets (Glendale, Ruffin, Ruby, Club, Lavender and
>Acadia) all will be affected either by increasing or decreasing traffic
>levels and speed.
>
>While we are the most immediately affected neighborhood NORTH of 85,  we
>empathize and ask our neighbors SOUTH of 85 along the Washington Street
>corridor to join us in requesting regular (or at least periodic) police
>patrols up and down this new route.
>
>We're also requesting that drivers respect the speed limits in all our
>residential neighborhoods.
>
>With a very successful Central Park Charter School along its route
>(including the fact that it intersects Club at an 'unusual' angle) where an
>urban trail also intersects,  we want to make sure that pedestrians and
>elementary students have their rights and well-being protected too!
>
>Thanks John for posting this notice.
>
>Mike Shiflett
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Schelp" <bwatu at yahoo.com>
>To: <inc-list at DurhamINC.org>
>Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 9:42 AM
>Subject: INC NEWS - Washington Street to reopen Friday (Herald-Sun)
>
>
> > Should expect to see more traffic here.
> >
> > Washington is part of a north-south corridor that
> > starts up at North Duke & Glendale -- and travels
> > south along Glendale, Washington, Foster, Corcoran,
> > Blackwell, and South St -- ending at South Roxboro...
> >
> > Washington Street to reopen Friday
> > Herald-Sun, 29 June 2006
> >
> > Weather permitting, the N.C. Department of
> > Transportation will reopen Washington Street in Durham
> > on Friday.
> >
> > The street was closed in May 2002 for widening and
> > lengthening as part of the Interstate 85 widening
> > project.
> >
> > For more information, call the resident engineer at
> > 560-6857.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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