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Petition to PennDOT re West Carson St

BikePGH created a petition: WE CALL ON PENNDOT TO FIX WEST CARSON STREET http://localhost/2016/09/07/call-penndot-fix-west-carson-street/ Have you signed it? excerpt: What can PennDot do to fix the dangerous West Carson St. Corridor? First, when striping travel lanes at widths meant for highways, you unsurprisingly get highway speeds. Streets that serve neighborhoods should never be striped to encourage speeding. We think they should get rid of the seldom used turning lane, especially if the street design itself encouraged slower speeds. Not a single car used it on our entire half-hour ride back to the city last night. Reports are already surfacing of drivers using the turning lane as a passing lane, another indication that the design encourages dangerous behavior. The PennDOT narrative is that there isn’t room due to the constraints of the hillside and the railroad. However, as we’ve seen on numerous transportation projects throughout the region, where there’s a will, there’s a way. PennDOT has literally moved mountains to complete projects that they’d like to accomplish, yet when it comes to non-motorized mobility, we are constantly facing a litany of reasons and excuses as to why it can’t happen. We understand that every decision has tradeoffs, but the decision to prioritize “level of service” over the safety of all users should not even be debated.
paulheckbert
2016-09-13 22:16:47
I'm all for petitions, but what about BikePGH taking a trip downtown and petitioning affected city counselpeople and then sending a few people to Harrisburg to talk to the State Reps and Senators involved in the flesh?  And try to meet with someone on the governor's staff? This usually gets more accomplished than a petition, which is nice but is easily ignored.
edronline
2016-09-14 17:44:48
We did meet with the Mayor, Councilwoman, & State reps on this issue. The petition now has over 1000 signatures
erok
2016-09-15 10:02:43
Erok, I hope all people who signed petition before the ride are in this list, correct?
mikhail
2016-09-15 10:09:50
Good. I think a good media relations thing would be a bunch of cyclists delivering the petition to law makers and take the press along.
edronline
2016-09-15 10:42:21
Mikhail - yes
erok
2016-09-15 10:55:46
ah, good, was just coming to ask if this was separate from what we signed at the ride, or do we need to sign again...
epanastrophe
2016-09-15 12:59:41
The petition to PennDot got a positive mention on the WYEP/WESA hourly news highlights this morning.
edmonds59
2016-09-26 11:22:27