Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Washington Street Dangerous
In his report to Northampton County Council last Thursday, Exec John Stoffa stated that 8.000 cars pass by the courthouse along Washington Street every day. One County worker has already been struck by an automobile, although fortunately, there was no serious injury. "We're trying to work with the City of Easton, struggling for grants, so we can get people safely across the street."
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My experience has always been if you want traffic to stop for pedestrians, you put up "stop" signs. These little signs that require drivers to stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk are useless.
Bernie, do you know if Washington Street a state or local street?
"These little signs that require drivers to stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk are useless"
Erv McLain was plastered a few years ago while walking between thse little signs.
"Bernie, do you know if Washington Street a state or local street?"
I'm guessing local, but Stoffa did state that PenDot did the traffic study.
Sal Panto says:
Bernie, infortunately this is a PennDOT issue. Their rules are made for the burbs and most have no bearing on urban life. The city did place stop signs there earlier but we were able to get a temporary permit during courthouse construction. The issue is that there would be two stop signs within the permitted footage. Well that works well in 1/4 acre subdivisions but doesn't work in cities and core communities.
Another one that annoys me is parking 30 feet from the curb. Most of our buildings are ten feet from the curb so we lose two spaces on every intersection in town.
Just a point of clarification.
Thanks, Mr. Mayor
You know.. why doesn't Stoffa worry about the pressing County issues and not these local issues. This matter should be taken to the City of Easton for resolution, if in fact there is a real problem, not a perceived one.
Oh, I don't know, but when a County worker is struck by a car while trying to cross the street, that sure sounds like something that mght concern the Executive.
Is Stoffa still around? I thought Angle was running the County and Stoffa was staying home painting birdhouses.
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