HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-21-19 Public Comment - D. Fleming - Neighborhood Traffic Safety ConcernFrom:Chris Mehl
To:Mitch Reister
Cc:Agenda
Subject:Fwd: Safety Concern
Date:Thursday, November 21, 2019 11:06:34 AM
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From: Drew Fleming <dflemingdrums@gmail.com>Date: November 21, 2019 at 12:05:01 PM CST
To: <cmehl@bozeman.net>, <mriesyer@bozeman.net>,<bmurray@bozeman.net>
Subject: Safety Concern
Hello Chris, Mitch, Bob. (and all others on BCC)I appreciate your time addressing the speed and volume issue on N Yellowstone
Ave. I know that construction is going to wrap up soon for the winter season, andI want to stress the importance of making those stop signs you've placed
temporarily on the Yellowstone and Cascade intersection to be permanatyinstalled like you had mentioned on your walk through of the neighborhood with
us. Cars need to be forced to stop on Yellowstone, not just Cascade. To becompletely blunt, Yellowstone as you know, has always had a problem with speed
and volume, but now that you have trained the entire city of Bozeman to useYellowstone during this construction detour, it's going to still be a huge problem.
I can't stress enough how fast (45 MPH + sometimes) people roll through here.It's not safe. Lots of children, let alone an elementary school zone warrants your
attention to this problem. Please, please do not overlook this. If you must do moreinvestigations,do so. This is not just a case of a fired up home owner with too
much time on my hands, talk to the Hylite School crossing guards, come by andsit in my driveway and just watch it all happen for yourselves. It's bad, and very
dangerous. I trust you'll do the right thing, and let me know how I my assist. Side note: Even the Streamline bus service has been a problem. Crushing peoples
review mirrors w/o even stopping, killing my elderly neighbors cat with outstopping. (true story) To some it up, it's always been bad, and will now be worse
because everyone thinks, "oh yeah, I'll buzz through Yellowstone instead ofFerguson... because you've now trained them to do so.
Thank you very much,
Drew.