Comments for “Duke/Gregson Corridor Study”
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Most drivers do not respect the marked pedestrian crosswalk at this location. Additional traffic calming measures are needed.
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Pedestrian crossing distance across Willard is wayyy longer than it should be / needs to be. Additionally, there is no safe way to cross W Chapel Hill here.
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Sidewalk is needed along the south side of W Corporation at this location. Additionally, the sidewalk along the north side is often overgrown with vegetation during the warmer months.
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Pedestrian crosswalk needed across W Corporation at this intersection.
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Most drivers do not respect the marked pedestrian crosswalk at this location. Additional traffic calming measures are needed.
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Why does the sidewalk on the west side of the street abruptly end here? Please extend the sidewalk to create a safe space for pedestrians.
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Please provide some sort of buffer between pedestrians and vehicle traffic at this railroad crossing. Drivers speeding down S Duke Street pass extremely close to pedestrians, and it is dangerous and unnerving.
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Many drivers do not respect the marked pedestrian crosswalk at this location. Additional traffic calming measures are needed.
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Marked pedestrian crossings are needed at this intersection.
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Most drivers do not respect the marked pedestrian crosswalk at this location. Additional traffic calming measures are needed.
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Some of the pedestrian crossing push buttons at this intersection do not appear to function. In the past, I've waited through multiple light cycles without ever being given a pedestrian crossing signal.
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There is a long, unmarked pedestrian crossing along the east side of this intersection. To make matters worse, the walking path has loose gravel and potholes, making this a very dangerous intersection for pedestrians.
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The Gregson "super highway" corridor needs to be addressed ASAP. It's only a matter of time until deaths start to pile up. The speed limit is far too high. But the slight decline in this passage leads to massive speeding. A lower speed limit is great, but I think there also needs to be bigger changes such as turning them into two-way streets. We need change now.
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Too many approach lanes on Trinity - seems very oversized for this neighborhood. Also needs a crosswalk on the east leg of the intersection.
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When exiting this alley, it's very hard to see cars from Trinity coming up the hill, especially with parked vehicles on the west side of the street. It would feel a lot safer to exit if there were two-way traffic here.
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There are near accidents at the DSA crosswalks on a regular basis. People speed through this area as the road flattens out and they get closer to downtown.
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This is a BLIND hill. We live in the 3rd house on the left over this hill. Cars travel unimpeded from the light at Club to the light at Markham, apporximately 1/2 mile. They are going so fast over this hill - including large trucks (another issue) and buses - and we cannot see them coming and they cannot see us. They cannot see us trying to pull into or out of our driveways. They are often going 50 - 60 mph.
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I have seen multiple serious accidents here in the last several years! Visibility needs to be improved by racing the canopy of the trees. I have to pull too far out into the road to see the traffic coming down the hill from club Boulevard as I am trying to turn left onto Gregson. If the visibility can’t be improved, then a stoplight needs to be placed at this intersection. There should also be a marked pedestrian crosswalk here.
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Traffic coming out of the Vickers/Lakewood intersection going west down Lakewood is consistently 10+ MPH over the posted speed limit and runs right through a school zone. Kids, parents, and pets cross this poorly marked intersection frequently and measures should be taken to slow this traffic down through the school zone at minimum.
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If converted to two-way operation, a roundabout is a natural here in some configuration, either at University/Duke, or even Duke/Lakewood (with some redirecting of traffic. The grade at Duke/Lakewood would seem to make University/Duke the better option.) Even with keeping Duke/Gregson/Vickers one-way, a roundabout here could clean up operations and make pedestrian crossings safer.
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A roundabout here (bringing both ramps into the roundabout) would help with speed and pedestrian crossings (especially the non-stop off-ramp.) This would especially be valuable if Duke/Gregson are converted to two-way operation. (The grade may be tricky to bring the off-ramp up to the intersection. I'd look at moving the roundabout north a bit to try and handle the grades.)
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Eliminate the Parker St. connection to NC 147 and re-direct to the Chapel Hill ramp (plenty of capacity there.) This eliminates a somewhat blind turn onto Parker, changes the environment here, and also helps operation and safety on NC 147 (the Chapel Hill on-ramp can be lengthened to allow better merging.)
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The limited AADT volume data available tends to indicate that volume has decreased since the completion of the East End Connector, redirecting volume to 85/885 that is heading to RTP. That likely allows conversion of Duke and Gregson to two-way streets, IF appropriate intersection measures, such as roundabouts (mini roundabouts?), are installed to control speeds and provide safe intersection operations. Just converting to two-way operation with signals will increase the speeding, since signal coordination is tougher (one-way operation allows the signals to somewhat control speeds if timed appropriately.)
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Given multiple roads intersecting, and problems with pedestrians, looks like a good place for a roundabout. Simplify the intersection by eliminating the west leg of Forest Hills Plaza, realign the east leg, and you have a four-leg intersection. I trust Kittleson has the expertise to design one to fit!
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I am very much OPPOSED to making Duke Street two-way south of, say, Morehead Ave. because Duke Street is much too narrow for that here. Yes, some cars go too fast but there are other ways to slow them. Making the 1000 block of Duke St 2-way will cause other problems - namely ingress and egress for those of us who live here and parking issues. Don't do that to us! Making it 2-way north of Morehead or 147.is fine, but not in my front yard.
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