Traffic Report Card - Invitation to
Nominate Intersections for Study
TRANSPORTATION
ADVISORY COMMISSION
February 21,
2005
Dear
Neighborhood Leader:
Late last year,
the Pasadena City Council adopted a new General Plan
Mobility Element, including specific policy recommendations from the
Transportation Advisory Commission (TAC). TAC recommended that
the
Department of Transportation (DOT) publish an annual "Report Card" to
measure progress in the City's efforts to protect neighborhoods from
traffic
and make it easier to get around town without a car.
We are
estimating that DOT will publish its first Report Card in December
2005. The Report Card will measure traffic speed, volume and
delay at
key
intersections and street segments throughout Pasadena. The Report
Card
also
will measure ridership on the Pasadena Area Rapid Transit System (ARTS)
and
the Gold Line. TAC is working with DOT to develop the format and
content
of
the Report Card. And we need your help.
The Report Card
will be simple and easy to read. Most importantly, it
will
report on traffic conditions on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis,
so
Pasadena residents can track the City's progress at key intersections
in
their own neighborhoods. As a neighborhood association, you and
your board members know better
than
anyone the traffic "hot spots" in your neighborhood. We are
writing to
ask
you to nominate the top five (5) intersections that your association
would
like to see included in the annual Report Card. Your
association's
feedback
will help TAC and DOT select a representative cross-section of
intersections
Citywide.
Please nominate
your top five intersections by sending an e-mail to
vince.farhat@sbcglobal.net <mailto:vince.farhat@sbcglobal.net> and
crnaber@earthlink.net <mailto:crnaber@earthlink.net> . Please let
us
hear
from you by March 31.
With your
assistance, the DOT annual Report Card will be a critical tool
in
measuring the success of our efforts to protect neighborhoods from
traffic
and make it easier to get around town without a car. Thank you in
advance
for your help!
Very truly yours,
Vince Farhat, District 6 Appointment
Carolyn
Naber, Mayor's Appointment
Transportation Advisory Commission Members
Annual Traffic Report Card Sub-committee
Response:
East Eaton Wash Neighborhood Association nominates the following for
the
annual report card:
Sierra Madre Villa Ave. / Foothill Blvd.
This busy and crucial intersection has been dramatically
upgraded
recently but more new development is rapidly coming on-line nearby and
the Gold Line is only lightly used so far. Will the intersection
be
able to handle load increases well? Also, residents walking
to/from the
Gold Line report problems with drivers turning right as they attempt to
get across in the cross walks. While drivers report large backups
due
to cars waiting for pedestrians to cross before turning right.
Foothill / PCC-CEC driveway
This area of Foothill is a big problem, particularly
eastbound on
Foothill during the afternoon/evening crunch time. The city is
talking
about adding a traffic signal at this intersection and another a few
feet away at Foothill / Titley, in addition to the signal already a
very
short distance away at Santa Paula Ave. They are all to be
coordinated
in some manner. It will be interesting to see how this all
actually
works out.
Sierra Madre Villa Ave. / Alameda Ave
This intersection is roughly in the middle of the stretch
of Sierra
Madre Villa Ave. between signals at Orange Grove-Rosemead Blvds and at
Foothill Blvd. This is where cars seem to be going the fastest as
they
speed down the hill toward the freeway, or up the hill to work/home
from
the freeway or stores. As the number of cars and their dispersal
increases, it becomes increasingly difficult for pedestrians from our
neighborhood to find a safe traffic hole in which to cross Sierra Madre
Villa so they can go to/come from stores or bus stops via Electronic
Drive.
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