Archive of everything with tag “crosswalks”

An Analysis of the Intersection of East Orange, North, and Mill Streets

The village received some complaints about the safety of the crosswalk on Mill Street where it meets East Orange Street and North Street, so I spent some time observing it, studying its design, and thinking about how it can be improved. An Analysis of the Intersection of East Orange, North, and Mill Streets

Safety Committee July Meeting

Yesterday’s Crash at East Orange, North, and Mill Streets

Safety Committee November Meeting

Stop signs are coming to East Orange Street and North Street at Mill Street. Traffic Notice: New 3-way stop at Orange, North, Mill Streets

Safety Committee July Meeting

I’ve shared my notes from last night’s Safety Committee meeting where we talked about a number of changes we could make to improve the downtown streetscape. Safety Committee July Meeting

I think traffic engineers are often so focused on cars that common sense goes out the window and anyone outside a vehicle is endangered. Here they’ve completely obscured the crosswalk entrance by placing this giant highway-sized sign on southbound Main Street. Be careful out there!

Safety Committee November Meeting

I just published my recap of Monday’s Safety Committee meeting, where we reviewed a variety of improvements we can make to the streetscape in the wake of the North Main Street bridge project. Very happy with the progress we’ve made so far and I’m cautiously optimistic that these changes will actually be implemented. If you care about this stuff (and you should!) take a look and let me know what you think. I’m planning to call another meeting for December 9 to keep the momentum going, so please join if you can… Safety Committee November Meeting

Safety Committee December Meeting

Safety Committee January Meeting

All of the recent injury-causing vehicle/pedestrian collisions in Chagrin Falls that I’m aware of – including the two women struck in 2023 and the death of Eli Sacharon in 2014 – were pedestrians in crosswalks with the right of way. So I think instead of lecturing people about walking we should be addressing the root causes of actually dangerous situations, like poor street design, driver recklessness, and oversized vehicles. As residents we’re only really able to influence the first item on that list, and that’s what we’ve been doing for the last couple of years on the Safety Committee. I encourage anyone concerned about pedestrian safety to join us as we plan improvements to our village! (comment from Village Block Club)