DPW000178550
Traffic and Street Signs
Public Works
- Requested
- July 15, 2024
- Subtype
- Request New Traffic Sign
- Location
- Ripley Ave & Kensington Ave
- As reported by the submitter and published by the City. May be the submitter’s address or another party’s; the City does not anonymize to block level.
- Council District
- 1
- Neighborhood
- Three Chopt
Description
Many drivers use Ripley Ave as a cut through between Patterson and Three Chopt. This traffic has only increased exponentially since the sewer repairs were done on Three Chopt. Because there are no stop signs for Ripley Ave, people go dangerously fast through this intersection. Even if your obeying the stop signs on Kensington, because there are so many cars that park on the street in this location, your view can be obstructed and I have seen many accidents almost occur.
Details
- What kind of sign is it?
- Stop sign
History
- July 15, 2024The service request is submitted.
- July 15, 2024The service request status has been changed to Assigned to Department.
- July 26, 2024The service request status has been changed to Completed.
Comments
- Staff · July 15, 2024Cityworks ID: 534089
- Staff · July 26, 2024All-way stop requests - Stuart & Ripley, Kensington & Ripley and Hanover & Ripley The Department of Public Works must perform engineering studies in accordance with the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) before installing an all-way stop. The MUTCD conditions are mainly about a combination of traffic on the free flow street and the stopped 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 weekday to meet the requirements 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 traffic conditions must be met for the major and minor streets to meet the MUTCD requirement. This means at a minimum one street must have at least 2400 vehicles per day and the other street must have at least 1600 vehicles a day. In the case of Ripley, the 24hour traffic sample was about 450 vehicles a day. None of these intersections meet the traffic MUTCD traffic requirements for an all-way stop. DPW will plan to install No Parking signs on Ripley on the corners at Kensington in reference to your concern about sight obstruction from parked vehicles.