Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Forest Hills intersection needs to be made safer
From WPIX:
We hear about the speed cameras, we hear about the “slow zone,” we hear about the speed bumps that get added. We hear about this “Vision Zero.”
At this intersection, there are seven lanes to cross before the countdown timers finish. For many, it’s not enough time.
New Yorkers from all over the city are asking officials to look into this. And they are — trying to get it all on a map.
10 comments:
The city could start by repainting the crosswalk markings!
The red turn signal is perfectly clear. Antisocial drivers just don't care. What makes it worse though is that it isn't a right angle turn, so the reckless drivers running the red do so at speed.
"Vision Zero" is political theater.
Yes, it's a wide intersection. I just want to say that for the cars in some directions, it's already the longest red light in the world. I'm not on the side of cars usually, but I'm not sure how much longer you can reasonably extend that. If you're walking across and can't make it all the way, for god's sake, stop at an island!
Grandma needs to walk faster.
Drivers turning on anything bigger from a one-lane to a one-lane road hit the accelerator, and ignore the the presence of pedestrians before them - crossing at the green light in the intersection.
Scatter at the presence of my unyielding unbrakeing car/truck! Or die!
Anon if you mean the cars on 71st/108 face a long red you're right. The long crossing that old people struggle with is QB, so it would be lengthening the green for those drivers, not the red.
If you mean the QB drivers, it's not a grade separated highway, and won't be. So sometimes you have to stop so people can cross the street. Telling someone they need two light cycles, so five minutes (?) to cross the street is unreasonable, as is asking old women to use the rape tunnels.
To reply and to be more specific-- the intersection pictured is 67th Road, not 71st. And the hella-long red light applies to cars on the East-bound service road, whether waiting to turn or go straight. That's the only situation I can speak with authority about.
He starts the video at 67th, then talks to the guy with the kid at 71st/108.
Is the wait at 67th so much longer than any other intersection with a QB left turn? Would an extra ten seconds per cycle be so torturous?
The big issue is this has been an issue for decades and to this day, it is still an issue.
It is not brain surgery or a really hard difficult problem to solve.
Again, poor leadership.
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