From valerie at vanngroup.com Mon Oct 25 12:01:38 2004 From: valerie at vanngroup.com (Valerie Vann) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:01:38 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] Traffic accident log Message-ID: <417D4D92.F6FDB03D@vanngroup.com> Below: update of 5th Street accident list from police blotter on web. Note that 5TH & E ST intersection has half the total, and on two days there were 2 accidents reported on the stretch of 5th between B and G inclusive. (I haven't been tracking the stretch between the RR and L Street; should we be?) Also, the Pedestrian vs. Auto accident of Oct. 1st has finally been posted to the blotter, but doesn't mention pedestrian, just says injury accident. Val ---- Valerie Vann valerie at vanngroup.com =====Totals by Intersection: B 2 C 1 D 0 E 5 F 1 G 1 All 10 Totals by Day of Week: SUN 1 MON 1 TUE 0 WED 4 THU 1 FRI 2 SAT 1 There were 2 accidents each day on Sept. 29th and Oct. 1st. Type:CRIME Case #:04-6415 Date:Oct. 23, 2004 Time:14:10 Offense Location:5TH ST / E ST Offense Desc.:20002(A) VC - HIT AND RUN Synopsis:UNKNOWN SUSPECT MADE LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ON-COMING VICTIM. VICTIM SWERVED TO MISS THE COLLISION, AND STRUCK A TREE. SUSPECT FLED SCENE WITHOUT PROVIDING INFORMATION. Property Description Value DAMAGE TO VEHICLE $200.00 Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-6378 Date:Oct. 21, 2004 Time:20:50 Offense Location:F ST / 5TH ST Offense Desc.:ACCIDENT Synopsis:ACCIDENT REPORT TAKEN. Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-6252 Date:Oct. 17, 2004 Time:20:39 Offense Location:5TH STREET/B STREET Offense Desc.:VEHICLE ACCIDENT Synopsis:A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE ABOVE LOCATION. ONE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-5996 Date:Oct. 06, 2004 Time:12:00 Offense Location:5TH ST / E ST Offense Desc.:TRAFFIC COLLISION Synopsis:NON INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISION. Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-5862 Date:Oct. 01, 2004 Time:22:12 Offense Location:5TH / E ST. Offense Desc.:TRAFFIC COLLISION Synopsis:INJURY ACCIDENT Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-5854 Date:Oct. 01, 2004 Time:18:00 Offense Location:5TH ST / C ST,DV Offense Desc.:TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORT Synopsis:SINGLE VEHICLE NON-INJURY COLLSION. VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ISLAND AND STREET SIGN WHICLE MAKING A TURN AND WAS BLINDED BY THE SUN. DOCUMENTATION ONLY. Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-5790 Date:Sep. 29, 2004 Time:01:25 Offense Location:RUSSELL BL/ B ST Offense Desc.:TRAFFIC COLLISION Synopsis:TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORT TAKEN. Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-5806 Date:Sep. 29, 2004 Time:16:55 Offense Location:5TH ST / G ST Offense Desc.:ACCIDENT Synopsis:ACCIDENT REPORT Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-5599 Date:Sep. 22, 2004 Time:13:04 Offense Location:5TH ST/ E ST Offense Desc.:TRAFFIC COLLISION Synopsis:TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORT TAKEN Type:ACCIDENTCase #:04-5538 Date:Sep. 20, 2004 Time:09:01 Offense Location:5TH ST/ E ST Offense Desc.:TRAFFIC COLLISION Synopsis:TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORT TAKEN. From valerie at vanngroup.com Mon Oct 25 17:54:22 2004 From: valerie at vanngroup.com (Valerie Vann) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:54:22 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] New Trash Can System Message-ID: <417DA03E.346313D2@vanngroup.com> This morning we had our first pickup day with the new 95 gallon trash cans and the one man truck with pickup arm. At 7 am there were only about 6 new cans out, 5 in the street against the curb as prescribed, one still up on the planting strip. 2 facing the wrong direction. A couple of cans were out on 7th Street, along with one old style can on the planting strip (apparently didn't get the message.) The truck came about 7:30. It doesn't look to me like the grabbing arm could quite reach the can if it were against the curb and a parked car between the truck and the can, even if the car were 3 feet from the can side. But that didn't really get demonstrated, because at the only case of that situation, the driver got out because the can was facing the wrong way, plus he had to retrieve one down off the planting strip. What surprised me was that all the COMMERCIAL customers, even though they have (and have had for some time) the same big 95 gallon cans, get their cans retrieved from wherever they keep them. I asked the driver about that, and he said it slowed him down, but that's the way commercial service works. I presume that's to keep those cans from being put out 1 or 2 days in advance; but then residential customers do that anyway on weekends quite a lot on this block. This led to the truck using the arm to pick up a residential can from an alley apartment set out front, and then the driver getting out of the truck to retrieve multiple cans from back beside the businesses on the the same parcel, and maneuvering them down over the curb so the arm could pick them up. (My driveway allows the driver to roll my commercial neighbors cans out to the street.) So I'm wondering now if the fact that there were fewer cans than I expected means that some of the rental apartments are handled under a commercial license, and don't have to put theirs out front in the gutter. I was also amazed that one household of 2 persons and 2 cats, in one week managed to fill their 95 gallon can full to overflowing (the lid wouldn't close), so that it spilled stuff while being emptied. The driver did get out of the truck and pick up what spilled, but maybe he saw me watching. Makes me wonder too how much stuff will get scattered around when it's windy, especially after the change to the new recycle cans, which haven't been delivered yet. You're not supposed to mix plastic and paper in those, but I don't think I'd want to put shredded paper in the can unbagged. My brother, who's been using a similar trash system for years says he still bags his shredded stuff and puts it in the regular trash. One of the businesses here puts out a lot of shredded paper in their can, and that, along with packing peanuts, regularly scatters all over on windy days. By 5:30pm there was only one can still out, and it was up on the planting street, not in the gutter. That is a better "put away" rate than has been typical in the past. Whether it's the novelty, or the potential interference with parking remains to be seen. Valerie Vann valerie at vanngroup.com