NW 190th St between 8th NW and Richmond Beach Rd marked for no thru traffic
Sunday, August 11, 2024
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| Photo by Michelle Brown at 8th NW and NW 190th |
NW 190th at this location is a short, neighborhood street running between NW 8th and Richmond Beach Road.
The reason?
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| Photo by Michelle Brown |
Residents and staff had witnessed high volumes of traffic and full sized semi-trucks using the street, which is not appropriate as a daily through traffic pattern given the street’s characteristics.
While staff tried reaching out to wayfinding applications to have the routing removed, they received no response and the apps remained unchanged.
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| Wayfaring applications have been steering traffic to NW 190th at avoid the light on 8th and Richmond Beach Road. |
The hope is that these signs will allow the city to formalize the request to remove this as a routing option in the wayfinding applications.
--Diane Hettrick
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7 comments:
Just pull the signs.
Cut the road in half!! It is not a big deal to come off Richmond Beach rd for the folks that live on the bottom end of the road. It would be a lot safer and I would think a lot less money to do.
It would be better to cut off the road in the middle.
Ridiculous decision
So grateful for this. We live on NW 190th street, and have been frustrated by the growing number and speed of “shortcutters.” Cutting the street in two would not be comfortable for us - we live in the lower half and always arrive from 8th avenue, much safer and more peaceful, that’s the neighborhood we’re part of.
I used 190th as a shortcut from 8th Ave to Richmond Beach Road when driving to the library and in reverse coming back. There are several speed bumps which encourage drivers to slow down. I was surprised to see the new signs and had no idea that traffic was an issue on this street. Oh well, now I will take the long route from now on.
Must be nice to have a house on the hill. There are countless other lower income streets in this situation that are not being labeled as a “non-through street”
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