Description
This intersection is incredibly dangerous with cars coming flying down Whalley, running the red light, and with the light timing on the pedestrian signals and York St not set up right so that cars do not have time to clear intersection.
Reporter
This intersection is incredibly dangerous with cars coming flying down Whalley, running the red light, and with the light timing on the pedestrian signals and York St not set up right so that cars do not have time to clear intersection.
14 Comments
Jenn (Guest)
Edward Anderson (Registered User)
Here's video of cars consistently running the red light during rush hour.
Is Yale and/or the City going to do anything to make this intersection safer? Over the years several students have been seriously injured here. What are folks waiting for, another pedestrian death?
Brian Tang (Registered User)
If you are concerned about this issue, please contact your state representatives and senators to ask them to try again next year to pass legislation to allow New Haven to use automated camera enforcement of red lights at troublesome intersections.
Status of bill (defeated):
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=149&which_year=2009&SUBMIT1.x=0&SUBMIT1.y=0&SUBMIT1=Normal
Testimony in favor of bill from practically everyone in New Haven:
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/JFR/S/2009SB-00149-R00TRA-JFR.htm
Blog post from the New Haven Safe Streets Coalition:
http://www.newhavensafestreets.org/2009/03/red-light-camera-legislation-passes.html
Ben (Guest)
Great Video. That's a case for traffic enforcement for sure!
Resident (Guest)
Community Neighbor (Guest)
Great point resident!
I'll do york/frontage this weekend and link them to the CTLivableStreets.org website as well as post them on SeeClickFix.com
Ed - you should send your link to the list as well so that they're all documented similarly
or should we just use seeclickfix for it? might be hard to go back and find later if we want to use them for advocacy. thoughts?
Ben (Guest)
All issues become archived and you can search for them whenever.
You also can save this page:
http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/708
Resident (Guest)
Resident (Guest)
The Yale PD should ticket and/or warn pedestrians at the intersection. Many do not respect the traffic lights.
Drivers should also be ticketed for running reds if it's as bad as the video shows.
Resident (Guest)
Acknowledged CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Hunter Smith (Guest)
ali (Guest)
avgahdcl (Guest)