External Stakeholder Committee Meeting # 1 2-3:30 p . m ., Wednesday , March 6 , 2024 Virtual
Safe System Framework Solutions Board
• self-enforcing roadways traffic calming measures roundabouts , effective in slowing traffic on Calender Rd at Redstone Dr Red light running East Arlington potholes , cracks , narrow roads Daniel , Arkansas , Park Row
● speeds mitigated by road designs
● currently designed to accommodate volume
● concerns for pedestrians & cyclists
● technology in cars – how can it be utilized in traffic for safety coordination
● coordination of traffic signals on Cooper , 40mph , should be able to hit all green lights . have to go faster to get through
● Road design – downtown Arlington-Mansfield on Cooper St – high speed , feed-in parking lots
● Fatalities on Cooper St
● Red light technology
● Randol Mill needs repair
● Drainage dips – Pecan & North St as example
● lack of speed enforcement , particularly related to concerns for safety of conference visitors
● road design coordinated with new facilities development
● construction becomes an issue , particularly related to school zones
● Cooper St – street design
● Pedestrian and cyclist safety related to street design
● post-crash care – traffic management , worse participants of management program are Arlington PD and fire department – just 1 person 3X year
● education for roundabouts
● highways , I-20 , issues and concerns not being addressed by the City
● cars with paper license plate tags – fake ? esp older cars
● I-20 , a lot of high speed , motorcycles , cars
● pedestrian deaths – speed , size , visibility , age of driver
● downtown Arlington , cannot see traffic because of cars parked on road
● traffic safety mirrors
● one-way streets
● sidewalks aren ’ t keeping up with housing development ( Park Springs & Collard ( no sidewalks ) ( fatality )
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