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From: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board walkmgw@yahoo.com Date: January 24, 2012 12:30:57 PM EST To: Bill Reger-Nash wreger@hsc.wvu.edu, Bob Anderson randerson@hsc.wvu.edu, Christiaan Abildso cgabildso@mail.wvu.edu, David Small dsmall1@mix.wvu.edu, Dwight Harshbarger dwight.harshbarger@gmail.com, George Lilley mgranlil@frontier.com, Ilana Chertok ichertok@hsc.wvu.edu, Jan Derry jderry@nwvcil.org, Jimmie Simmons Jsimmons2642@yahoo.com, Margaret Stout Margaret.Stout@mail.wvu.edu, Maria Smith mariasmith@busride.org, Martha Summers msummers@hsc.wvu.edu, Mary Gutmann maryg1010@comcast.net, Michael Graham migraham@hsc.wvu.edu, Regina Mayolo reginam@verizon.net, Sarah Bias sarahbias@gmail.com, Stan Cohen Stanley.Cohen@mail.wvu.edu, Tom Bias tbias@hsc.wvu.edu, Angela Wiley wileya120@gmail.com, Bill Austin baustin@labyrinth.net, Claire Chantler cchantler@nwvcil.org, Damien Davis ddavis@cityofmorgantown.org, Ella Belling ella@montrails.org, Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@gmail.com, Hugh Kierig Hugh.Kierig@mail.wvu.edu, Jim Rye Jim.Rye@mail.wvu.edu, Jonathan Rosenbaum freesource@cheat.org, Josh Woods joshua.woods@mail.wvu.edu, Kevin Leyden Kevin.Leyden@mail.wvu.edu, Matt Cross crossnyc@hotmail.com, Michael Simms michael.d.simms@gmail.com, Mike Breiding mike@EpicRoadTrips.us, Nick Hein info@positivespin.org, Roy Nutter roy.nutter@mail.wvu.edu, Sera Janson Zegre sera@downstreamstrategies.com Subject: For Mileground Meeting-Comparison w/Patteson Reply-To: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board walkmgw@yahoo.com
Many thanks to Damien in the City Engineer's office for information about Patteson Drive, see below and attached. 17% of City accidents on that 1.6 mile stretch of road The Mileground could very easily become the Patteson/Chestnut Ridge corridor...4 lanes & turn lane, many access points and many conflicts.
Additionally, there were 12 pedestrian-vehicle accidents on that corridor from mid 2005 to mid 2010; that represents 13% of the 95 accidents in the City during that time frame. Thanks to Michael Graham for putting together the map which we can reference quickly: http://www.communitywalk.com/accidents/map/942917
Is that the type of road we want...dangerous by design? Christiaan
Walk more, safely
Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board Christiaan Abildso, Chair Bill Reger-Nash, Vice Chair http://www.morgantown.com/ped-safety-board.htm
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Christiaan Abildso Christiaan.Abildso@mail.wvu.edu To: walkmgw@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:25 AM Subject: Fwd: Re: Feb. Traffic Commission Meeting
On 1/24/2012 at 9:36 AM, ddavis@cityofmorgantown.org wrote:
Christiaan,I was going to present this at the meeting tonight but since you're offering here is the info. Between 6-19-2008 and 12-11-2011 the crashes on Patteson, Van Voohis and Chestnut Ridge Rd (1.6 miles, all of it 5 lanes) between Mon Blvd to the City Limits (by Sheetz) represent 17% of all the accidents in the City. Head on collisions - 13 Angle (Front to Side) Opposite Direction - 57 Angle (Front to Side) Same Direction - 28 Angle - Direction Not Specified - 17 Right Angle - 108 Sideswipe, Opposite Direction - 13 Sideswipe, Same Direction - 47 Rear End - 381 Single Vehicle Crash - 20 Rear-to-Side - 1 Grand Total of Accidents - 685
I've attached a map also.
J. Damien Davis, PE, CFM Assistant City Engineer City of Morgantown Public Works Department - Engineering Division 389 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304.284.7398 Fax: 304.284.7409 www.morgantown.com From: "Christiaan Abildso" Christiaan.Abildso@mail.wvu.eduTo: ddavis@cityofmorgantown.orgSent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:13:15 AMSubject: Re: Feb. Traffic Commission Meeting Damien - Do you have a quick summary list of vehicle accidents in Morgantown? I'd like to recommend at the Mileground meeting this evening that they not turn the MG into Patteson/Chestnut Ridge Road because that is one of the most dangerous designs...but I would like to have some data. Thanks Christiaan