I am encouraged how, now, finally, it seems focus will be given to finding solutions for the serious safety issue around the Greenhill Ave/Jack Glenn St intersection with its logjam of pedestrians/vehicles/school buses/kiss 'n ride traffic and parking problems.
When attending outside Elsie MacGill elementary school at dismissal time on Thursday November 9th with Mayor Carter and Senior City staff, they agreed to investigate options to improve this nerve-racking 'accident-waiting-to-happen' situation.
Please email me [email protected] and [email protected] to share any ideas for improvement you may have.
Imo the issues are similar to how the City took action when Tim Horton drive thru line-ups were snarling traffic on arterial roads. Now they are required have two order-lanes and/or longer turn areas in place to prevent customer line-ups on the road. Also, some are accessible by Right-in/Right-out road lane turns only. But the school zone traffic problems should be considered worse, since children, in a hurry to arrive at school on time or get home quickly, are involved.
Imo Council could pass a firm new policy to ensure compliance of parking regulations around schools, including having:
Below are pictures of Mayor Carter helping with the bus traffic by moving the pylons.
SIDENOTE: Checkout the rectangular red & white sign a business posted overlapping the NEW All-Way Stop sign at Greenhill and Clearbrook, a couple hundred feet west of where the Mayor, City staff and I were standing on Greenhill Ave and Jack Glenn St.
Some may think it an effective location, but really, how could anyone would think this acceptable?
I took it down and called Service Oshawa to remove other signs randomly placed on Greenhill Ave boulevard in contravention of the City's by-laws. I've also asked if City staff call the phone numbers on these signs for more compliance.
When attending outside Elsie MacGill elementary school at dismissal time on Thursday November 9th with Mayor Carter and Senior City staff, they agreed to investigate options to improve this nerve-racking 'accident-waiting-to-happen' situation.
Please email me [email protected] and [email protected] to share any ideas for improvement you may have.
Imo the issues are similar to how the City took action when Tim Horton drive thru line-ups were snarling traffic on arterial roads. Now they are required have two order-lanes and/or longer turn areas in place to prevent customer line-ups on the road. Also, some are accessible by Right-in/Right-out road lane turns only. But the school zone traffic problems should be considered worse, since children, in a hurry to arrive at school on time or get home quickly, are involved.
Imo Council could pass a firm new policy to ensure compliance of parking regulations around schools, including having:
- signage that parking violations have increased fines during school start and end times.
- municipal by-law officers committing to clocking patrols during school start and dismissal time at schools that are chronic hot spots for non-compliance.
- city traffic technologists co-ordinate with city planners and DRPS traffic constables to determine the site design mistakes that have lead to traffic/parking problems in school zones and come up with a checklist for new schools to have optimal paths of travel for pedestrians/buses/family vehicle drop off/pick up and parking spaces around new school properties.
- right-in/right-out only access to the kiss 'n ride/parking lot
Below are pictures of Mayor Carter helping with the bus traffic by moving the pylons.
SIDENOTE: Checkout the rectangular red & white sign a business posted overlapping the NEW All-Way Stop sign at Greenhill and Clearbrook, a couple hundred feet west of where the Mayor, City staff and I were standing on Greenhill Ave and Jack Glenn St.
Some may think it an effective location, but really, how could anyone would think this acceptable?
I took it down and called Service Oshawa to remove other signs randomly placed on Greenhill Ave boulevard in contravention of the City's by-laws. I've also asked if City staff call the phone numbers on these signs for more compliance.
