[OldNorth] 5th Street

[Valerie Vann]

5th Street had a bad week:

Type:ACCIDENTCase #:05-2740
Date:May. 05, 2005 Time:11:15 
Offense Location:A ST / RUSSELL 
Offense Desc.:INJURY ACCIDENT 
Synopsis:INJURY ACCIDENT REPORT. 

Type:ACCIDENTCase #:05-2747
Date:May. 05, 2005 Time:16:39 
Offense Location:5TH / C ST 
Offense Desc.:INJURY ACCIDENT 
Synopsis:INJURY ACCIDENT REPORT. 

Type:CRIMECase #:05-2722
Date:May. 04, 2005 Time:14:13 
Offense Location:G ST / 5TH ST 
Offense Desc.:20001(A) VC - HIT AND RUN WITH INJURIES 
Synopsis:THE VICTIM WAS RIDING HER THRU THE 
INTERSECTION WHEN A SUV TURNED RIGHT 
HITTING THE VICTIM. THE DRIVER OF THE 
VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. 

I'm also noticing quite a few accidents this year on 
D and E streets downtown, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th street
intersections.

As for the buses, you can observe the same thing 
almost anytime of day on 5th and on F Streets, where despite
the redlined curbs for bus stops, yard trash, garbage cans,
multiple buses arriving simultaneously, or just plain
sloppy bus driving often results in part of the bus 
encroaching on the traffic lane. Note also that the London
buses of UniTrans, which operate on F St. load passengers
at the LEFT REAR (with a flagperson/conductor). The same
is common in midtown Sacramento (speaking as a 32-year
bus commuter in Davis and Sacramento).

But I'd bet that few buses are rear-ended: in my
experience, the typical bus accidents involved a turning 
bus and a bike, pedestrian or other vehicle, a sideswipe
by a vehicle pulling out of parking place, a driver
side door opening of a parked car, or a bike or motorcycle
trying to pass on the right..

Valerie Vann
valerie at vanngroup.com
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Tracy-Marshall wrote:
> 
> Neighbors.
> 
> Yesterday evening, I decided to attend the meeting of the Safety
> Advisory Commission to see how they run their public input, in
> preparation for our meeting on the 5th Street project (next Thursday,
> May 12th, at 7 pm, in the City Council chambers).  I happened on this
> interesting scene in front of the Hattie Weber Museum.  Looks like we
> still don't have the final solution Public Works promised with the
> split-phase signals.
>