No Pedestrian Signal

It appears that temporary signals are in place at each corner. Thank you, TTP! This is a good (though to be fair, very much-delayed) first step.

Additional traffic improvements -- including all of those referenced in the petitions listed above -- are still urgently needed at these intersections before the area will contribute to the city's vitality.

The current situation is not acceptable and should be given the same rapid attention that went into the addition of the traffic signals.

Tonight at 6pm the Downtown-Wooster Square Community Management Team is meeting for our regular monthly meeting (3rd Tuesday of every month) at 6pm in a meeting room at City Hall (165 Church Street).

Tonight, our first guest is Yale-New Haven Hospital and if you are interested in any further reports, please come. It's an open meeting, and we welcome all community members.

DWSCMT
E-Board

This issue actually applies to crosswalk signals at all intersections at College and Route 34, not just the one at North Frontage.

Until crosswalk signals are installed throughout the intersection, this issue will not be closed. Please reopen (when I try to , there is a site error)

saw this functioning around 2am last night - thanks!

The Pedestrian Signal at College and North Frontage will be operational tomorrow.

Big kudos to the Yale Traffic Safety Group and the faculty/staff for all of their follow-up, as well as the countless other volunteers and employees that have been monitoring this situation closely.

also - a big thank you to Mike Piscitelli of the Traffic, Transportation and Parking for expediting this install and to the Yale-New Haven Hospital for helping speed this along as well.

This is a much needed improvement that will aid in the walkability to downtown and help connect the medical district with the downtown business district and overall improve the quality of life for a lot of members of the new haven community.

early holiday present for our city! looking forward to the other improvements - but this was the biggest concern coming out of the November meeting:

http://newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/11/traffic_improve.php

Let's keep our fingers crossed: this is good news!

UI is there today! Thanks everybody for pressing this issue.

When will the signals be operational? They currently are covered with black garbage bags.

that's terrific! anyone close to the project have an official update?

thanks for the info jamie -

They actually are installing pedestrian cross signals at this intersection. It must have happened within the past couple of days. The signals are not working yet, as they are covered with plastic, but it looks like something is being done to aid in crossing this intersection

Anyone have details on the construction taking place in this area?

That's great, Doug... I hope some of the most pressing concerns will be addressed before 12/15, though. This is an emergency situation.

The Downtown-Wooster Square CMT will be hosting the Yale-New Haven Hospital at their December meeting (12/15/09 @6pm at a City Hall Meeting Room).

http://groups.google.com/group/dwscmt

You will have a forum to address your concerns at this meeting to hospital administrators and city staff that are responsible for the completion of this project.

Coverage: Improvements Will Take (at least) Another Year: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/11/traffic_improve.php

This intersection must be a traffic engineer's worst nightmare. The traffic is so heavy that putting in walk signals is going to increase the congestion in this area. This has already increased with the new traffic light on North Frontage.
I cross this intersection almost daily in both directions. The lack of a walk signal creates very hazardous conditions especially when motorists do not want to give pedestrians the right of way when they are entitled to it, which contrary to many pedestrians, is not all the time. I have seen pedestrians walk right out in the intersection against the light with oncoming traffic. It is very difficult to cross with the "go" when cars from the north want to make a right turn especially after grid lock has prevented them from making the turn. There should be signs about not blocking the intersection with more police monitoring to keep motorists out of the intersection when the traffic backs up. In the years I have been crossing this intersection, I have never seen any police present to control the flow of traffic.
Changes are definitely needed at this intersection. In the interim, education of motorists and pedestrians on their roles for safe travel is needed to prevent more injuries.