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Once we receive your Citizen Action Request form, you will be notified
of your enrollment in the program. Next, we review your concerns
and collect initial traffic data. From this information a proposed
improvement plan is formulated for the location, and you are informed of
the findings and recommendations for Phase I solutions. A personalized newsletter is mailed to your neighborhood.
The newsletter explains traffic volumes and speed study results in your
area. Recommended traffic calming measures, along with information
about traffic laws, pedestrian and bicycle safety are included in the
neighborhood newsletter. The goal is to heighten traffic safety
awareness within the neighborhood. Many of the inattentive drivers
who cause the majority of the neighborhood traffic problems live in the
immediate area.
Posting appropriate traffic control signs is a Phase I
solution. Signs may include speed limit, parking, dead-end, school
signs, etc.
Painting legends and other markings on neighborhood roadways can
also be a Phase I solution. Pavement markings can include
centerlines, fog lines, school crossings, and speed limits. Sight distance is improved when brush is trimmed and vegetation
is cleared by homeowners or City crews.
Increased enforcement by the Redmond Police Department's Traffic
Division can be a recommended Phase I solution.
In addition,
Redmond Police offer the Neighborhood Speed Watch Program.
Residents who participate in Neighborhood Speed Watch are trained by
police staff to use radar equipment to record vehicular speed.
Records are turned over to Redmond Police, who contact by letter the
registered owners of those vehicles found traveling above the posted
neighborhood speed limit. These letters are not citations, but
serve to remind violators about the posted speed limit and the concern
for community safety. A portable trailer equipped with a radar unit detects the speed
of passing vehicles and displays it on a digital reader board.
This device shows drivers their "actual" speed versus the
posted speed limit. This information helps to promote compliance
with the posted speed.
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