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May 4th at 3PM / via: adamdeibert / op: adamdeibert / 3 notes
You can still park at the stop sign during all other hours. adamdeibert: Story: For the past 3 years I’ve lived on an intersection with a two-way stop. Most people are unaware it’s two-way, so nearly every day I see a sketchy situation involving not only cars, but bicycles, pedestrians, dogs, babies, etc. One day I wondered if I, just one dude, could do something about the problem, so I went to the City of Long Beach website and emailed their traffic department to request a “Cross Traffic Does Not Stop” sign. Three months later, I got a reply from an intern asking me to call to discuss the situation. I called him, explained the problem and he said they would do some research. A month later, I got an email saying the sign was approved. Three months after that (last week) the sign was installed. Instantly the intersection became sane — no more brake squealing, people squealing, fighting, me looking out the window tensely as a bicyclist with earbuds in rolls through the stop without looking. Lesson: sometimes you have to be that guy who calls the city to let them know there’s a problem, and sometimes they even fix it.

You can still park at the stop sign during all other hours.

adamdeibert:

Story:

For the past 3 years I’ve lived on an intersection with a two-way stop. Most people are unaware it’s two-way, so nearly every day I see a sketchy situation involving not only cars, but bicycles, pedestrians, dogs, babies, etc. One day I wondered if I, just one dude, could do something about the problem, so I went to the City of Long Beach website and emailed their traffic department to request a “Cross Traffic Does Not Stop” sign. Three months later, I got a reply from an intern asking me to call to discuss the situation. I called him, explained the problem and he said they would do some research. A month later, I got an email saying the sign was approved. Three months after that (last week) the sign was installed. Instantly the intersection became sane — no more brake squealing, people squealing, fighting, me looking out the window tensely as a bicyclist with earbuds in rolls through the stop without looking.

Lesson: sometimes you have to be that guy who calls the city to let them know there’s a problem, and sometimes they even fix it.


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    You can still park at...sign during all other hours.
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