Comments for “Luzerne County Transportation Safety Action Plan”
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Need to put lines coming off market st going over the Market st Bridge intersection of Market & River st. People dont shift over to the right and cut the inside lane off literally forcing cars into the on coming lane of traffic coming from kingston. Same at kingston corners on Rt 11 Wyoming Ave near cvs & walgreens, those lines need to be repainted for the lane shift. And please fix all the manhole sinkage. Bent tire rim repair is expensive.
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Pittston Primary Center traffic is out of hand. There is cursing and near accidents almost every drop off and pick up. Cars lined out into the street and they pull out without stopping. Going to work is dangerous every morning.
Calls to the Superintendent went unanswered until finally confronted, at which time they were unconcerned and childish. The Superintendent blamed the Hughestown PD for not patrolling 24/7 when they have 2 schools to patrol. They're supposed to be our town PD, not the school traffic/crossing guard PD. Yet they will ticket residents who park away from the school as there is no street parking and we can't park in the street because of the school traffic.
They added another grade level and did nothing to mitigate the already dangerous traffic on a bad residential street with blind driveways and no sidewalks. This is a terrible location for a school, yet nothing is done to make it safer for the residents. Please do something. The school administration doesn't care.Liked 1 time -
Vehicles traveling towards kidder Street at this intersection consistently fail to stop at the red light. Additional signage may be needed.
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115 was always awful for accidents due to speed, but now traffic has increased significantly and is being used by tractor trailers that want to forgo using 476 or 81. This road already has ongoing accidents. The only thing that will slow down traffic is stop lights and speed traps. There is also constant tractor trailer traffic going down the section that is prohibited.
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Vehicles speed up Northampton Street in the night or particularly on Friday/Saturday nights. High rates of speed.
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Traffic light for N Sherman Street stays Red for long time and only allows 4 or 5 cars out into the intersection when it turns green. It should stay green longer for traffic.
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This area of the roadway needs better markings. Drivers think it's 2 lanes of travel. Just before the turnoff to Northampton Street.
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This area of the road after Sheetz is dangerous because it funnels drivers into one lane without any signs. There needs to be better traffic control in this area.
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Light here would be great! Trucks pull out from 80 off ramp and truck stop right in front of traffic constantly with no regard to 93 traffic.
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Area of the Little League field has poor sides of the road. Could use a sidewalk and road markings/signage for pedestrians and traffic.
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Several near misses, yield sign not working on ramp. I suggest speed bums and or stop sign. Happened to me several times.
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This ramp has a yield sign which drivers disregard and cut off the drivers who have the right of way. This should be a stop sign or put in a large speed bump to force those drivers to adhere to the yield. Someone is going to be seriously injured or killed.
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Plants obstructing sidewalk at the railroad tracks. This forces people out into the street to continue walking.
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Market Street in Kingston needs a separated bike lane. Almost no one parks on the street, so it acts as a bike lane now anyway, with a little engineering it could be something awesome for the people of Kingston.
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This would be a great place for an scenic vista/overlook. It's part of the park but it's shrubs and trees. You would have a great view of downtown if you ran a sidewalk up the hill and leveled out a section. How great would it be with picnic tables or something?
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Coal Street needs a "HAWK" signal here. I know people are supposed to walk up 2 blocks, cross at Sherman then walk down 2 blocks, but they just jaywalk here and it's not safe. The people flying up and down Coal Street can stop for a few seconds and let the people who live in this neighborhood safely access their park.
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too many accidents due to speeding. A 4 way stop is needed.
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Pedestrian and Bike "cut through" would be awesome here. This would give people living in Edwardsville/Kingston the ability to walk or bike this potential shortcut to Market Street without making the neighborhood a shortcut for vehicles. Right now you have to go all the way around to Pringle or Northampton.
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Give the people walking from Edwardsville to get groceries some dignity here and widen the sidewalk. The sidewalk is about 2 feet wide and vehicles fly by them.
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"Bike Valet" where there are manned parking lots downtown. Many cities are doing this now. One reason people don't bike downtown is because they don't want their bike stolen, or their office has nowhere to store a bike. It's hard to describe. Look up "bike valet" and you'll see it's easy to implement with existing paid parking areas. I would pay the standard parking fee to know my bike is safely stored.
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I know there are like 5 signs that say no right turn here (onto the one way South Washingston) but it happens almost every day and it is extremely dangerous. Maybe the intersection or sidewalk can be redesigned to make it difficult to even attempt turning the wrong way onto a one way street.
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Traffic coming up the hill doesn't stop, but the cars that are stopped need to creep into the intersection to see if a not stopping vehicle is coming.
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THIS IS THE WORST ROAD IN NEPA. It's the responsibility of the tiny borough of Pringle but used almost exclusively by people from Kingston and Edwardsville as it connects thousands of people to 309. The road is not wide enough for 2 cars, it has no lines, it's overrun by plants, there's no sidewalk or streetlights. It is extremely dangerous for many reasons, and I'm sure there's no incentive for Pringle to do anything about it. Just put a traffic counter there and you'll see it's insane the volume on a road that's engineered like a driveway.
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Light needs to stay longer crossing wbt blvd there is a lot of traffic in that area but the light is not long enough crossing wbt blvd this is why there are so many accidents there
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There is a handicapped parking sign here and a sidewalk that must be horrible for the handicapped person who lives there.
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