DPW000195166
Report Neighborhood Roadway Safety Concern
Public Works
- Requested
- February 17, 2025
- Subtype
- New Speed Control
- Location
- 2024 Idlewood Ave, 23220
- 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
- 5
- Neighborhood
- Byrd Park
Description
Excessive speeding, no stop sign, and poor visibility
History
- February 18, 2025The service request is submitted.
- February 18, 2025The service request status has been changed to Assigned to Department.
- February 26, 2025The service request status has been changed to Completed.
Comments
- Staff · February 18, 2025Cityworks ID: 548479
- Staff · February 26, 2025The focused approach on speed management in the City’s Neighborhood Traffic Management Program first considers the distance of a free flow street of at least 1200’ in length in a tangent section without traffic signals, existing traffic calming measures or stopped conditions on the major street. Idlewood between Stafford and where motorists stop (at the all-way stop) at Shields measures about 750’. Idlewood then stops at Meadow or at about 720’. The distances do not meet the recommended free flow distances. Furthermore, the 85th percentile speed, the speed that 85 percent of drivers travel at or below, is one of the best indicators of a reasonable and safe speed. The 85th percentile speed sample on Idlewood between Stafford and Meadow St measured 22mph. Traffic calming measures are not currently planned.