Summary In the neighborhood, the residents can walk to many different activities. The neighborhood has eleven playgrounds, (some which are for younger children considered tot lots), four basketball courts, a pool, a recreational center, and mailboxes at the end of each resident’s street. Seems like a lot of places you are able to walk, right? One thing missing in the neighborhood is crosswalks and crossing signs leading to each of these different places and more. This can cause a safety concern for residents, non-residents, and drivers. What I am proposing is to have cross walks put up throughout the neighborhood so residents are safe when crossing the road. Problem The neighborhood main road is a large circle, with the same entrance …show more content…
Families each day walk around the neighborhood to different activities such as the playgrounds, the basketball courts, and the pool. The problem is when residents have to walk to different places there are no safe places to cross the road. Currently there are no painted crosswalks or even pedestrian crossing signs. This can cause a major safety concern for residents and drivers. Children and teens can be affected largely by this due to the school bus dropping them off at the entrance of the neighborhood where they eventually have to cross the street. Marked crosswalks are an essential tool for helping pedestrians move safely, conveniently and predictably across roadways. Crosswalks can also provide a unique streetscape design treatment to emphasize pedestrians’ presence and primacy (crosswalks). Also, a lack of crosswalks creates an unsafe …show more content…
One is the cost of the project. The office might consider the money could be used towards other upgrades such as the playgrounds, the pool, or other necessities. Another is the construction. The office might not want to have to block traffic when residents are trying to leave or come home. Furthermore, will the residents and others actually use the crosswalks when finished? However, the money should be spent on crosswalks because of a safety issue. Spending the money on the crosswalks can end up saving residents’ and others’ lives preventing further tragedies from occurring. As far as the construction, whomever is putting up the crosswalks can split the road up into different sections to keep the traffic flow. A detour could also be created having drivers go around the opposite way to their house or wherever they need to go in the neighborhood. The neighborhood office should send out a letter to all residents addressing the crosswalks are for their safety and should be used at all times. As for all non-residents to help them understand the importance of using the crosswalk, put a banner at the entrance stating a certain date all crosswalks will be utilized when crossing the
When inditing, authors incline to tell their own personal story through their literature work, sometimes done unknowingly or deliberately. Albeit some components of the author’s work are fabricated and do not connect with their own personal lives whatsoever, this is sometimes what causes a reader to do their own research about the author and their background of the story. Upon researching Wallace Stegner’s novel Crossing to Safety, one may discover that he did indeed, reveal bits and pieces of his own experiences in his novel. “You break experience up into pieces and you put them together in different amalgamations, incipient cumulations, and some are authentic and some are not… It takes a pedestrian and literal mind to be apprehensive about
Sacramento is a bustling city with a diverse population and a city structure to match. In the last few decades the growth and development within our area has grown exponentially, land that was completely vacant fields and farmland has been replaced with shopping centers and freeways, expanding with the population increase in recent years. With the fast-track building of these areas before the economic collapse, more areas were developed than can currently be filled, which unfortunately has left many new buildings empty and lots paved for new construction or parking lots left unused. This is in addition to the expansion of roads and freeways in an attempt to relieve the traffic congestion that comes from rapid urban growth.
...o suggest that occupation exists, providing a paradox for a scheme intended initially for its ‘walkability’. Unfortunately, it appears that residents are required to drive out of the development for essential amenities and services. Originally, plans for Upton aspired to establish a network of streets that would provide a connection into existing developments. Conversely, residents who inhabit these conventionally designed cul-de-sac developments may object to through traffic connections within the Upton scheme. In regards to public transport accessibility, the scheme is currently served by low floor busses which appear detached from the housing developments at a five minute walk away. This will have possible implications for residents with mobility and visual impairments, particularly as there is a general deficiency of tactile paving at key pedestrian crossings.
Sidewalks are different shapes and sizes, people tend to make their own decisions to which way they would want to go. Going through the motions on a sidewalk is similar as going through the motions of life. There are many turns that could get you to your final destination and turns that can also get you into places you would not feel so comfortable being. Staying on the right path and trying to get to where you need to go isn’t so hard but when you have other sidewalks with nice grass and big beautiful street lights that can be a very big distraction to the eye and that could cause problems in your life. Nice sidewalks sometimes don't always tend to continue a nice path so they can be very believing at first but when you make it to the end
An aging population, a younger generation who prefer walkable places, economic shifts, and the environmental impacts of suburban development are all contributing factors” (Beatz 141). Reshaping Metropolitan America gives an argument, as well as a blueprint, on how we can transform our infrastructure and housing demands by 2030.
Neighborhoods are comprised of communities of people who are closely related by either birth, heritage, clan, culture, tribe, or ethnic identity or language. Neighborhoods arose due to humanistic natural desires to socialize, associate and form relationships with others humans. The formation of a neighborhood is done to preserve their unique sense of identity, culture, cherished traditions, and common values. However, affordability is a huge element in determining the type of neighborhood a person might live, grow up and rear children. Choosing a neighborhood that will help foster positive, healthy children’s development is very important. A neighborhood that will help shield the child, help nourish positive growth and foster good education
Safety is a major issue within the city of Detroit. About 40 percent or more of Detroit’s 88,000 streets were not functioning. This is very dangerous for these specific reasons such as since the crime rate in Detroit is at an all-time high it puts citizens more at risk because if it’s dark out it is very hard to see your surroundings and makes an easy target for criminals. Another reason is that it will be very hard for you to see walking around. Suppose if a car doesn’t have its lights on and you walk across the street while the car is coming and your life could be taking away that quickly due no streetlights being functional which could have been avoided if the streetlight were functional in the first place .
* Levinson, H. (2004). Highways, People, and Places: Past, Present, and Future. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 130 (4), 406 – 412.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as "the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property"—a traffic and not a criminal offense like road rage. Examples include speeding or driving too fast for conditions, improper lane changing, tailgating and improper passing. Approximately 6,800,000 crashes occur in the United States each year; a substantial number are estimated to be caused by aggressive driving. 1997 statistics compiled by NHTSA and the American Automobile Association show that almost 13,000 people have been injured or killed since 1990 in crashes caused by aggressive driving. According to a NHTSA survey, more than 60 percent of drivers consider unsafe driving by others, including speeding, a major personal threat to themselves and their families. About 30 percent of respondents said they felt their safety was threatened in the last month, while 67 percent felt this threat during the last year. Weaving, tailgating, distracted drivers, and unsafe lane changes were some of the unsafe behaviors identified. Aggressive drivers are more likely to drink and drive or drive unbelted. Aggressive driving can easily escalate into an incident of road rage. Motorists in all 50 states have killed or injured other motorists for seemingly trivial reasons. Motorists should keep their cool in traffic, be patient and courteous to other drivers, and correct unsafe driving habits that are likely to endanger, antagonize or provoke other motorists. More than half of those surveyed by NHTSA admitted to driving aggressively on occasion. Only 14 percent felt it was "extremely dangerous" to drive 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. 62 percent of those who frequently drive in an unsafe and illegal manner said police for traffic reasons had not stopped them in the past year. The majority of those in the NHTSA survey (52 percent) said it was "very important" to do something about speeding. Ninety-eight percent of respondents thought it "important" that something be done to reduce speeding and unsafe driving. Those surveyed ranked the following countermeasures, in order, as most likely to reduce aggressive and unsafe driving behaviors: (1) more police assigned to traffic control, (2) more frequent ticketing of traffic violations, (3) higher fines, and (4) i...
This area is a street corner that is very dark with limited yellow lighting. In this area, there is narrow drive way that is barely visible without any source of lights. There is a store with a cagey thick glass protecting it from outsiders after business hours, trees that block your visibility, a dark alleyway that leads to a secluded parking garage, a lot of blind spots where offenders could potentially be stalking victims undetected, etc. The average individual would experience the fear of crime in this area because of these factors. Walking in this area and not being able to see what is five feet in front of you due to pitch blackness, seeing a store taking safety precautions to protect its goods, walking by narrow dark alleyway that leads to a sketchy empty garage with only one way to exit, and more factors are things that might potentially trigger fear in individuals. This area during the day would be the place where legitimate business took place, a driveway where residence took to emerge on the way the main road, a sidewalk that saw people come and go as the went on with their day. At night, when the area cleared out it potentially turn into the location of crimes such as the sale of drugs, robbery, rape, etc. The design I would implement to drive away the fear of crime in this area, is similar to the one I described for the alleyway that is present on
...can watch out for each other and families. The neighborhood can provide funds for a safe place for teens and youths to hang out instead of being left at home and alone. Keeping neighborhoods free of excess trash and graffiti lets outsiders know that the community is well maintained and watched over by those that live there. Community policing with help from the police officers that patrol that area will help residents learn what and who to look out for in regards to what is considered an undesirable person.
Economic benefits for local and national economy as well as some less tangible benefits play a major role when investments are made on bicycle, pedestrian, and open space facilities. Some of the economic benefits from such infrastructures come from increased retail sales, conservation and creation of jobs, reduced health care costs, and real estate appreciation. The facilities discussed also ease road traffic and lead to a better preservation of roads. Investing in these facilities also improves the air quality, preserves carbon-based energy, and aids in creating more active communities. I will review five articles that will quantify each benefit and translate them into economic value.
The original intent of street development in our country appeared to be for the legitimate reasons of postal service and agricultural shipping routes. Not until the automobile industry and economic opportunists got involved did the transportation system in America start to change. The system of buses and streetcars in the cities appeared to be functioning reasonably well. The theory of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” was not applied here. The auto industry convinced numerous cities to rid their streets of the streetcars and cut back on bus transportation. Overall results were good, for the auto industry. Urban centers started to lose large portions of their downtown populations to urban flight out of the city. The stereotypical suburban style living be...
Traffic engineers and planners need information about traffic. They need information to design and manage road and traffic system. They use the information for planning and designing traffic facilities, selecting geometric standards, economic analysis and determination of priorities. They use this to justify warrant of traffic control devices such as signs, traffic signals, pavement markings, school and pedestrian crossings. The also use this information to study the effectiveness of introduced schemes, diagnosing given situations and finding appropriate solutions, forecasting the effects of projected strategies, calibrating and validating traffic models.
The two neighborhoods that I chose to use for this assignment are vastly different. The main reason is because they are on opposite sides of the country. The first neighborhood that I visited is the one that I grew up in. This neighborhood is in Connecticut, on the East Coast, all the way across the country from the neighborhood that I currently live in here in West Hollywood. Most of my family lives in Connecticut and Massachusetts and I’m the only one who lives on the West Coast. A big difference is that the neighborhood in Connecticut has houses that are more spaced out, have larger lawns, and very many more trees. There are very few apartments there, unlike where I live now where my entire street is almost all apartment buildings.