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Nica's supply trucks are regularly blocking Bishop Street. They either park across a lane of traffic (see picture - this truck is parked!) or they park so close to the corner that it is nearly impossible to pull out onto Orange st. without endangering yourself.
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juli (Utilisateur inscrit)
also, in the spring, when the in-road pedestrian sign is in the crosswalk, it creates a spot where drivers often really aggressively pass cyclists where there is not enough room for both.
the management responded in an email that they have tried to address it with delivery people, but that they cannot control their actions, and it is more of an enforcement issue for the NHPD (as though they don't have more important things to do other than monitor nicas parking situation.)
after i receive that email response, i began boycotting nicas a few months ago.
Alex (Invité)
Roland Lemar (Invité)
novack (Invité)
So much that they have a cup of coffee and converse about everything from apples to ziti.
Reconnu Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Utilisateur inscrit)
Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Utilisateur inscrit)
Bishop St resident (Invité)
juli (Utilisateur inscrit)
this continues to be a problem, and they have the audacity to request the right to expand?!
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/nicas_plan_draws_fire/
Anonymous (Invité)
drivers yelling at each other out their windows, or a crash, flashing lights, and the wait for tow trucks also isn't uncommon.
more and more often, the trucks are parking on bishop street where residential parking is already at a minimum.
THEN what drives me crazy is their noise pollution. during decent weather when anybody might want open windows, the sound of idling trucks for what can be hours at a time is tedious. i didn't move into a loading zone.
i'm really starting to resent a store that i once loved.
juli (Utilisateur inscrit)
Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Utilisateur inscrit)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
TTP: Can you install temporary barrels / temporary curb extensions along the no parking zone near the Nica's exit? This would be extremely inexpensive and prevent vehicles from parking here.
Enforcement is great but if the activity can and does continue to occur here, you are still risking people's lives. I saw a truck parked here again just a few days ago. The city's doesn't have the resources to permanently park a cop on this (or any other) corner.
Let me know if you need help researching what products to use - other cities widely use them.
Anonymous (Invité)
juli (Utilisateur inscrit)
the curbs are likely too tight for the larger vehicles that park there, and reversing into the street would be a nightmare.
crazy idea, not just to solve this problem, but address the larger picture of traffic issues on orange: what if orange street was a one way all the way from willow street into downtown?
this would leave enough room for a full lane to be devoted to a two way bike lane, and commercial areas could take over the few on street parking spots in front of their businesses for large trucks. the trucks could be instructed to exit on willow and come up orange.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
I agree with Juli's suggestion that cycling infrastructure could use a lot of work on Orange Street.
Turning the street into a "neighborhood greenway," instead of a street that many residents are still afraid to ride on, is a great idea to explore.
Cutting typical travel speeds on Orange Street to 15-20 miles per hour (from the current 30+) would dramatically increase the comfort levels of pedestrians and cyclists, and also greatly reduce the chances of another severe crash caused by some of the volume and visibility issues at the intersections. We all know that the intersections of Orange with Canner, Lawrence and other streets are plagued with crash problems.
I'm not sure exactly how a one way street for vehicle traffic, two way for cyclists, would address the safety issues but it is a great idea worth looking into. Often speeds are higher on one ways, but they wouldn't necessarily have to be here, if the city used proper traffic engineering. There are a lot of beautiful one-way neighborhood "slow streets" in other cities that have appropriate speeds and allow contraflow bicycle traffic. The other typical downsides of a one way street, e.g., that it could increase traffic on side streets as people circle, would have to be studied.
I feel that improving Orange Street would be easy to accomplish, for example, using inexpensive temporary measures for the time being (for things like curb extensions and medians) until funding allowed permanent construction. This all applies to other important collector-type streets in New Haven as well, like Goffe, Willow, Prospect, Shelton and Davenport :-)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
juli (Invité)
AC (Invité)
This is an active intersection in the morning for Yale students walking to the bus stop, and these trucks make it very dangerous.
It happens at the same time each and every morning, and it's the same trucks each and every time. This is not something that would be difficult to fix. A few tickets to the offenders would certainly be enough to make them stop.
Must someone be hit by a car for this to be addressed? The department of transportation has suggested that we call in, so what is the point of this website?
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Hey Guys,
Is this still going on? I have not seen it in a while.
Thanks,
Ben
Duncan (Invité)
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
cjzurcher (Utilisateur inscrit)
juli (Utilisateur inscrit)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
The East Rock Management team and Aldermen should join together to address this. I think a complete streets request form would be helpful.
There are a variety of related suggestions posted at http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/46394-traffic-light-does-anyone-else-feel-unsafe-crossing-the-road-here
Attached is a photo of a typical intersection design in London; these types designs promote walkability and greatly improve visibility. Comprehensive research over 20 years has proven that fatalities and injuries have been directly, and dramatically, reduced through designs like these.