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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44910 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:03:45 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44910 Dana is right about Ridge Road, the plan will decrease traffic on Ridge Road which is good because of the number of churches and schools along Ridge Road.
On the subject of changing ramp geometry to favor pedestrians; it’s the least we can do to help. Anyone who walks and crosses streets knows the first rule is to catch the eye of the driver before entering the intersection. You can’t do that now at the Glenwood Ave interchange, the way the ramps curve. It’s not as if traffic is moving very fast now anyway.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44906 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:43:21 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44906 I don’t understand what you mean. Moving the access of Ridge Road/440 over to Glenwood won’t put more cars on Ridge. In fact, it will make it more difficult for Westbound 440 traffic to use Westbound Ridge as an alt. route when 440W is backed up.
They are not closing off any part of Ridge Road. For those ?going east?:
* to 440E – will proceed to Glenwood’s current offramp, and go straight through the light to a straightened 440E onramp.
* to inbound/outbound Glenwood – will proceed to Glenwood’s current offramp and turn onto the appropriate Glenwood direction.
The changes of access for Eastbound Ridge Road traffic will have zero affect on traffic counts for Ridge Road, as all possible current moves for this traffic will be only slightly altered.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44905 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:25:30 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44905 Need to look further and deeper but I don’t support more traffic on Ridge Road. Why run more traffic through a neighborhood street when an interstate and a major road run nearby. Not sure if that is happening but the idea of closing off the end of Ridge road for those going east (I think) is good. Not to mention Ridge Road is a bike path.
Call me a NIMBY as I lived in this area for years.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44762 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:10:50 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44762 I agree that the signs are necessary, but there are not very many of them on each structure. More modern over-reaching arms could hold them on each side of the street as needed. The signs could also be suspended by dual cables crossing the street. I was not suggesting getting rid of the signs. I just would like to see the area cleaned up visually, as it’s really ugly right now.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44729 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:56:41 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44729 The signs are necessary due to the volume that road receives. If they don’t alert drivers what lane they need to be in well before hand, there would be even more utter chaos than there is now.
If you have a better idea of signing the road, I’d love to hear it. I agree the aerial signs are ugly but it’s necessary.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44680 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:28:03 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44680 Thanks for the comments here – I would ask that anyone wishing to have their comments officially included for consideration to please send them to us at valleystudy@gmail.com .
To respond to a couple of specific items:
1) Yes, the recommended changes in ramp configuirations are specifically for pedestrians. there is a slight tradeoff between safety and efficiency that has to be considered. We’ve been very pleased with the Western Boulevard changes that we implemented several years ago with respect to improving pedestrian safety.
2) No, this isn’t a plan to “benefit developers,” but is an objective long-range transportation plan. In fact, one of the recommendations of the land use element of the plan is to scale back some of the more intense land uses from what was originally contemplated in the Raleigh 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
Many thanks to everyone to took the time to read the plan. And please let us know if you have any other questions or comments!
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44675 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:20:51 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44675 something only slightly related that i’d like to see is the removal of the 3 eiffel-tower-on-its-side signage structures along Glenwood. I’ve never seen anything as heinous as those rusted old things, and all they do is hold a few signs. It makes the whole areas seem too industrial and fugly. Can’t we use a more modern minimalist approach to the signage? Truly, if we’re going to change the traffic patterns we should put the lines underground and beautify the corridor as many people enter Raleigh this way.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44645 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:14:01 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44645 This is a horrible plan that I can only assume benefits the future developers of land in this area. It does not benefit anyone else.
The idea that sending more traffic through this area will somehow increase safety and walkability is absurd.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44641 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:15:32 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44641 previous post i meant to say Crabtree Valley and edwards mill …sorry
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44640 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:12:56 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44640 just wanted to comment on the “The plans to reroute Crabtree Valley Avenue up the Edwards Mill hill behind where Brendle’s was” and how wrong this is.
I work off this road and you have no idea how many crazy drivers come out on crabtree valley and glennwood. I know because i have to be one of them at times. You literally have to get in the left turn lane and pretend to want to go left up edwards mill so folks let you in only to change your mind and go right in the third lane on edwards mill toward creedmor. One of the main reasons for this is this is a major bus route. By re-routing traffic up basically a block it puts you just a bit further away from the traffic light and gives you more of a chance to turn right or place another traffic light there. 30% of the time i have to go up through a neighborhood and come out farther away from the mall just to turn right.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/comment-page-1/#comment-44635 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:47:17 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/09/30/city-mulling-crabtree-roadways/#comment-44635 I agree with you about the 90 degree turns at off-ramps, and I had already emailed my input. Apparently the 90 degree turns are an attempt to deliberately slow down traffic. That’s amazing, given one of the project’s objectives is to increase traffic capacity. I support pedestrian-friendly design, but instead of the 90 degree turns a pedestrian bridge should be built over I-440.
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