[Durham INC] [cranfordrd] Oppose repaving Cranford Rd; goal of modifying traffic patterns on streets

[Joshua Allen]

I don't think we should start a habit of not maintaining our roads as a way to calm traffic.  Traffic calming measures and enforcement should be used for that. Crappy roads lead to car damage and worse the impression that we don't take care of our neighborhoods which can lead to homeowners not caring for their homes and crime etc... Broken glass theory. 

My 2 cents. 

--Joshua 
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> On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:33 PM, ggossett at duke.edu wrote:
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> Laura.Cranford Road is supposedly closed to commercial vehicles. I spent a lot of time way back in the seventies calling those companies whose drivers were cutting through Cranford and I did have a positive effect. You can help in this regard also. In addition, I'm afraid you really don't realize that the speed humps really DO slow folks down. You should have seen it before!!!. The Durham Police Department is happy to "stakeout" our street looking for speeders. Laura, I'm tired of continually realighing the front end of our car, which gets knocked out of line by the rough road. I AM very much IN FAVOR of repaving the street --especially if it is done correctly. I too, would LOVE to see sidewalks and ADA approved corners and intersections.  But also know ing how tight the City budget is (and I'm showing my political leanings here), I seriously doubt we'll see sidewalks anytime soon! I would love to be proven wrong. By the way, repaving is street maintenance, NOT modification.,I think.
> Glenn Augustus Gossett
> Streetcook to the World
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> Dear Marvin Williams, Dwight Murphy, Durham Council members and Durham Mayor, Cranford Rd neighbors, InterNeighborhood Council members, the Elf company, transportation activists,
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> Is repaving Cranford Rd a done deal? If not or if so for future reference what measures are in place for residents to appeal having their street repaved? Is there a certain percentage of property owners that need to sign a petition? If so how does one go about getting such a petition or does the interested party, or parties, need to draft the wording his, herself or themselves? The problem as I see it is when people are notified only one week prior to repaving those people who oppose the repaving cannot take any action to try to stop the repaving.
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> How does a person or a neighborhood go about getting a speed bump installed or getting existing speed bump(s) altered to actually slow down and lessen the amount of traffic? Does the same apply to getting a round-a-bout, closing the end of a street to public traffic and/or other traffic measures? (In the 1980s I helped the resident on Dollar Ave. who was the organizer who was trying to decrease the amount of traffic on Dollar Ave. I was not aware which method(s) the city had in mind to try to achieve these goals, although if I had known that the roundabouts did not slow down or decrease the amount of traffic I would not have participated in getting the first circle in all of Durham. I very much regret Dollar Ave. having its circles. If I recall correctly a petition was needed back than to be signed by 51% of the property owners in order to make modification(s) on the street.) 
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> Thank you in advance for the information you provide. Others feedback is welcome as well.
> Laura
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> On Jul 18, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Laura Drey lauradrey @ncrrbiz.com [cranfordrd] <cranfordrd at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Dear Marvin Williams (Durham Director Public Works Department), Dwight Murphy (Durham Supervisor Public Works Department), Durham Council members, Cranford Rd neighbors, InterNeighborhood Council members, Elf and transportation activists,
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> I would really like it if the city would not repave Cranford Rd (near the Nasher Art Museum) between 751 (also called Academy Rd) and Anderson St for a number of negative reasons relating to the street being a cut through street and the layout of the road.
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> 1. If/when the street is resurfaced I can guarantee that the traffic will increase.
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> 2. I thoroughly believe that the speed of the vehicles will intensify. Faster vehicles will be dangerous to pedestrians as well as the numerous joggers, bicyclists and dog walkers that frequent the street and the few Elf (solar powered vehicles with 3 bicycle tires that are produced in Durham), especia lly given the curves. The street is driven on by those who live on the street, use the street to get to Duke's Fitness trail and others. When driving on the road you do not see the others on the road until you are very close to people.
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> 3. It is already extremely difficult to back out of my driveway and with more vehicles this will make getting onto the street even harder.
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> I wish the city would reconsider and leave the indentations in the road as a means to having the number and speed of the vehicles remain as is. I understand that this is a last minute request but I did not learn until today that repaving the street is planned for next week. 
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> I realize that there are 2 speed humps. I did not live here prior to the speed humps being installed but I did live on Dollar Ave. Dollar has speed circles and in all of my years of living on the street I did not notice that the speed helped to decrease the speed of many vehicles, except perhaps to the few vehicles that were unfamiliar with the circles and those who were already driving slowly.
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> I would not have moved onto the street if I had realized that Cranford Rd was a cut through street because I do not find cut through streets to be peaceful.
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> I would appreciate your considering my position. I am speaking only for myself and not any other residents on the block. Could you please pass the note along to other appropriate departments?
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> Thank you.
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> Laura
> Laura Drey
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