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Neighbourhood Streets North Hill Area What We Heard VERBATIM COMMENTS ARE PRESENTED AS ENTERED WITH NO ALTERATION TO SPELLING OR GRAMMAR What is your overall impression of the changes in terms of making travel routes safer and more comfortable? You have not studied the problems. You are not fixing the right problem areas. 2nd street is not a problem. You have done nothing to improve the ability for residents to maintain their own ability to make travel choices. You can no longer travel, so I guess it's safer but incredibly inconvenient and anger inducing. You are moving the problem to another street. Improve the busy roads instead. You removed an lane off 4th street; you were part of the diversion problem. 2nd street isn’t bad at all as it was. I bike on it to work. This change was not needed. Would prefer Stop signs, however in the case of 30th Ave East and West bound, the existing signs are not totally effective. Check your records and you will see a number of accidents. Why put a diagonal at 2 st and 29 ave n.w. All ready a traffic circle at 2 st and 28 ave n.w. What a ridiculous move ! Did you even bother to count the traffic in the first place, before you effectively shut down the roads. Who actually asked for these? What was the problem? I never heard or saw 1 single complaint? Well, these changes may be throwing more traffic back onto main thoroughfares like 20 ave, 4 st NW and Centre St but that is likely where it belongs. Residential streets are not meant to be main thoroughfares and really should only be for local residents. We live in a neighborhood where there are alot of elderly people. I think these barriers are safety hazard for ambulance and fire trucks. way better Waste of tax dollars Waste of money Waste of money Very poor. We have one at 22nd Ave and 2nd St and it has just moved the problem to other streets like ours on 23 Ave. There are many small children on our street where you have increased traffic and travel speeds. Vehicle travel routes are much less comfortable and much more inconvenient. Less safe due to increased traffic on narrow streets on 21st and 23rd Avenues N.W. Unsure at first, but I've come to approve of the diagonal diverter at 1 ST and 18 AV, it improves the area. Unqualified FAILURE - its an attempt at a solution to a probelem that does not exist! Unfavorable opinion. Traffic is re-routed to busier streets where accessing community roads or businesses involves turning against traffic. Travel routes are not safer as more trips down house-facing residential streets are now required. This means more traffic in front of homes where kids may be playing in the yard or people trying to sit quietly in their front lawn Travel routes are not safer as a resident on 22 AV and 2 st nw I am now forced to do left turn onto 4th street and another left onto 20th to access 20th to edmonton trail. Left turns very difficult with rush hour traffic Traffic will now take 20th Ave rather than cutting through the neighborhood - specifically 22 Ave NW. No more high speed traffic on 22 Ave NW Safer for kids on the street Traffic is now rerouted to quieter residential areas like 23 and 22 Ave NW 1 Neighbourhood Streets North Hill Area What We Heard VERBATIM COMMENTS ARE PRESENTED AS ENTERED WITH NO ALTERATION TO SPELLING OR GRAMMAR Time to upgrade major streets Edm Tr, Centre St, 4th St NW to assist the residental diversions. Ie. 4th st -20th should have a turning light and made for full two lane traffic, centre to have absolutely no parking, all to have strategic a joining traffic This makes it more annoying for residents parking on the north side of the avenues as no people have to do left turns, or three point turns. This is far less safe for local traffic. To get groceries we are now forced to cross Edmonton trail or center street. This is a non-sensical change and not one that will make the streets any safer This has created very unsafe conditions as many people are ignoring them and finding ways around. For anyone who lives on the street as well it is infuriating as you are forced one way even if it is the opposite direction you need to travel. This forces me to turn left blindly on 4th during rush hour due to parked cars along 4th street. Very unsafe; I used 2nd street nw to 20ave to safely turn right to cross 4th street to bring my kids to King George school. This does neither. As a Tuxedo Park resident directly on 2nd St NW, I am now forced to make dangerous left hand turns onto commuter roads instead of being able to enter and exit my community in a safe manner. This causes accessibility and safety concerns. This directly impacts my travel route on a daily basis This change will likely divert traffic to 30th Avenue N., which already has a high-than-average volume of through traffic as a result of its East-West connection through Confederation Park from Edmonton Trail and Centre Street N. They're great!!! They make leaving my house very inconvenient. They don’t make roads safer and more comfortable - they divert traffic through what used to be quiet side streets. They don't help They do not achieve this. They are unnecessary and not needed. I live in the neighbourhood and have a young child, and my husband uses 1st St NE to ride his bike to work and we have never noticed a high amount of traffic or speeding traffic. They are terrible, change it back. They are not working. People are using other streets and alleys to get around diverters. They are irritating, ineffective and frustrating. Safety is lost because drivers ignore the signage and go around the diagonal diverters. This makes it unsafe for pedestrians that are crossing (cars often mount part of the sidewalk as a shortcut). They are effective, except for the snow and ice build up in the bike lanes around the barricades They are confusing and only move traffic to another place. Just pushing a so called problem elsewhere. Waste of time and money. they are awful-for the people not familiar with area and likely using SATNAV they get extra distracted trying to find their way around - for us that live here, you have actually CUT OFF access to my area's safest access to major streets These things are making traffic worse and more dangerous in my area These only serve to reduce traffic on some avenues and divert it to others. There is NO overall increase in safety as some streets get less traffic while others get more. These measures have made everyday travel more dangerous by diverting local traffic out into commuter traffic in Centre street and Edmonton trail requiring left hand turns which are statistically more dangerous. 2 Neighbourhood Streets North Hill Area What We Heard VERBATIM COMMENTS ARE PRESENTED AS ENTERED WITH NO ALTERATION TO SPELLING OR GRAMMAR These have made our trips MORE dangerous. Previously when heading west out of Tuxedo Park one could take 2nd St to 20th Ave. Now a left turn onto busy 4th St is required with no traffic lights. These diverters make it really hard to get around. I live in Tuxedo Park. 2nd St NW and 1st St NE are essential community corridors for getting groceries and shopping local. They really have a negative impact. These diverters are awful! They literally trap me in my neighborhood and force me to drive longer and on more streets! These are the complete opposite of making it more safe and comfortable. I've personally seen 2 cars almost hit head on because there are no lines or enough room comfortably to pass two vehicles through. These are ridiculous - diverting the little traffic there is onto Edmonton trail and Center street is ridiculous These are poor traffic calming measures that just make it a hassle for local residents to travel around their community. These are not making it safer as everyone is focused on going around them or unsure of what to do when they come to them. They also restrict access to residents making us going around the block to get to our houses or garages. 2 parking spots were removed These are great! 1 st NE feels safer and more pedestrian friendly. These are great - incredibly innovative ways to create cul-de-sacs for vehicles, but let quieter/slower people walking/biking through These are features that make bicycle use far more dangerous as they force cyclists and cars to squeeze together at the point of the diverter. There was no problem at the intersection of 1st Street & 18th Ave NE before this (I have lived by this intersection for over 25 years). The changes have made it more dangerous. There are now vehicles driving over the sidewalk to get around the diverters. The diverters have made walking less safe. The travel routes were fine before. The travel routes have been made unsafe and frustrating to navigate on 2nd street and 22 avenue NW. The drivers don’t stop at the stop signs on 22 avenue NW which never happened before the diverters were installed. Cars and trucks drive up on the sidewalk The travel routes have been made unsafe and frustrating to navigate on 2nd street and 22 avenue NW.