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I wonder if someone who votes against the stop sign is someone who comes past my house at rush hour at 60mph! Worried about my 4 little Grandkids who come to visit.

I disagree with the disagree-er. There are not too many stop signs, but might be some poorly placed or inconsistently placed stop signs. The speeders are a serious matter and the odds are in favor of someone being severely injured soon. This is a neighborhood not a speedway thoroughfare. We see and hear drivers going past our house hitting 4th gear!

Firstly, I doubt someone is actually doing 60 mph so that is more than likely an exaggeration but to some I can see it might seem that fast but in all likelihood it is much less. Noisier cars can also give this perception of going too fast. In the past I have been flagged by cyclist for going too fast in the neighborhood Wednesday nights and I'm only doing 25 mph and to them for some reason it seems too fast. In order to determine the actual speeds what is required is a technical study using a calibrated speed measurement logged over a reasonable duration. By the way it's not likely to be me, I drive at or often below the speed limit. I do enjoy the easy access in and out of the neighborhood even though it has gotten more restrictive with the number of stop signs added over the last 14 years. I will continue to vote for a continued limit of stop signs. I have two 4 1/2 year olds and there is no way they would be outside in the street especially at rush hour. Mine go to the park to play.

Mr. Nash, I appreciate that you are traveling below the speed limit. However there are others who do not abide. While the norm is more likely 35-45mph there are some who I'm sure do hit 50-60mph.
When I moved to this street, the parking on both sides was an automatic deterrent to speeders. Now that the city has totally done away with parking on our part of the street, these two blocks of Asbury have become a thoroughfare for speeders.

The person disagreeing because it slows down cut through time is obviously not a resident & does not care about the people who actually live here. Stating it will slow you down is almost an admittance that you speed. If you don't want to 'stop' stick with Westcott, Memorial, Shepherd & Washington that have no stop signs.

BTW, Mr. Nash. We do not allow our Grandkids to play in front of the house but when our children drive here with their kids there is no choice but to unload them in our front driveway. I have become terrified that one if them will slip from their parents' hands at the wrong moment. There is not much room for error.

AdeBaldo with all due respect to you, I have been a resident of Rice Military for 14 years so its not obvious is it. Of course I care. It does not at all "almost" suggest that I speed because I am against more stop signs. We have plenty of stop signs already, please try and refrain from making inaccurate assumptions about me.
Requesting a study of vehicle speed is the most appropriate data to perform an accurate analysis to determine if truly high speed cut-through commute drivers are in our neiborhood., or ask the police to speed trap them at rush hour.

Mr. Nash, we are requesting an analysis. Thank you.
I am thankful for the newly developed potholes as they have helped decrease the overall speed on some streets. I hope they are never fixed.

SG, I totally sypathize with your worries. A slip into the street could still be a devastation no matter what and you are right to always be cognizant of risk. What person wouldn't? The more I think about it though, restricting access to only residence and guests for Rice Military and directing what we are defining as cut-through comute traffic to stay on Memorial/Westcott/Shepherd and Washington would be a smarter long-term solution. Statistically, less traffic is much safer and would create a higher qualify of life for all residents. Perhaps that's what we should be asking for. I would be be up for that, but not after we have installed stop signs on every street corner which based on observations in 14 years I have lived here is where it is currently headed.

Mr. Nash, how do we decrease the traffic on our streets? I think we're all open to suggestions.

I don't suppose this is going to be easy and I'm no traffic engineer. Since we have excellent high flow-rate roads surrounding our section of Rice Military, one could pursue the concept of restricting access on every entrance to the neighborhood surrounding the periphery of Washington Av/Durham/Memorial and Westcott . We have good reasons; the streets are particularly narrow, we have a high density population, poor or non-existent side walks, poor lighting, we are at high-risk from speeding pass-through commute traffic, and have excellent high flow safe roads surrounding us. Typically, this could be performed with road signs that state something like; "No Through Traffic" etc. Have this policed a couple of times a year and it could work. There are experts in this field of traffic management that would have a better ideas than me. There are a few businesses inside to consider. Most I think are on the periphery within one block of the circumference except the cycle shop etc. and their cyclist customers seem to be anti-car anyways. (Don't get me started on cyclists who refuse to stop at stop signs!). All the more reason not to have stop signs in the first place - LOL.
You are not serious about pot holes are you? really?? They are a hazard to pedestrians who are at high risk from ankle injuries, cyclists, and it causes damage to car suspensions. We have to concentrate on long-term sustainable solutions that lowers risk, and I for sure don't want to increase my driving risk in narrow streets by having to swerve to avoid pot holes. We need to maintain our streets as well. NO MORE STOP SIGNS! (Got to love the round-about though with its Give Way signs)

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