Traffic and Street Signs

Description

44th and New Kent Ave. needs to be turned into a three-way stop. Children are in this block, and used alleys to walk to the bus stop because of the speed of morning traffic along New Kent Ave.

History

1. June 26, 2022
   The service request is submitted.
2. June 26, 2022
   The service request status has been changed to Assigned to Department.
3. June 30, 2022
   The service request status has been changed to Completed.

Comments

• Staff · June 26, 2022
  Cityworks ID: 474828
• Staff · June 30, 2022
  The Department of Public Works (DPW) must perform an engineering study in accordance with the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices before installing an all-way stop. All all-way stops must meet the warrants in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). This is a federal publication that applies to all streets open to pubic travel. The MUTCD conditions are mainly about a combination of traffic on the free flow street and thestopped street. This is basically how the MUTCD warrant works: - The traffic volumes along the free flow street (major street) and the stopped street (minor street) must be at a certain level for each hour for eight hours of a week day to meet therequirements of the MUTCD all-way stop warrants. o Major street minimum requirement (total of both approaches) = 300 or more vehicles an hour. o Minor street minimum requirement (total of both approaches) = 200 or more vehicles an hour. - Both of these traffic conditions must be met. This intersection does not have the volume conditions for an all-way stop.