DPW000201124
Report Neighborhood Roadway Safety Concern
Public Works
- Requested
- April 14, 2025
- Subtype
- New Speed Control
- Location
- 316 W 29th St, 23225
- 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
- Woodland Heights
Description
Request for 4 way stop to slow vehicles below 35mph. Feel free to put traffic measurement devices in to verify.
History
- April 14, 2025The service request is submitted.
- April 14, 2025The service request status has been changed to Assigned to Department.
- April 14, 2025The service request status has been changed to Completed.
Comments
- Staff · April 14, 2025Cityworks ID: 554026
- Staff · April 14, 2025The Department of Public Works (DPW) must perform an engineering study in accordance with the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) before installing an all-way stop. All all-way stops must meet the warrants in the MUTCD. 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. (The hourly volume on W. 29th St and on McDonough St is around 10 vehicles and 15 vehicles a hour, respectively.) The intersection of W. 29th St and McDonough St does not meet the traffic volume requirements for an all-way stop. Furthermore, the MUTCD states in Section 2B.06 “Yield or stop signs shall not be used for speed control.”