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Northeast Sector
NE 125th St / 25th Ave N, map
Respondent #4, 5/19/08
Posted speed limit is 30 MPH, but vehicles are typically doing 40 to 50 down the hill (and up the hill for that matter.) People making left turns into the neighborhood at the many entry points along 125th halt traffic, causing blind spots to oncoming traffic. Vehicles trying to switch lanes and accelerate do so with limited vision around the stopped vehicle. Many people use this particular crosswalk. There are at least 3 separate school bus stops that pick up and drop off at or within 50 feet of this intersection. There are stops for both the east and west bound Metro 41 route within 50 feet of this intersection as well. A "road diet", re-striping the street so that there is one lane in either direction plus a center turn lane, would
1. (limit) traffic would flow (to) the speed of the slowest driver with no option to pass and accelerate with a blind spot, (making) the speed limit much easier to enforce;
2. vehicles making left turns would be out of the traffic flow and would not only have one lane to judge before turning, but would also be visually offset to the left by a full vehicle length to make that judgment;
3. three lanes would be much easier for a pedestrian to make the critical judgment that all vehicles are stopped before crossing.
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