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Bear Creek Drive BCD Safety Concerns and Traffic Survey

Concerns. Speeding BCD is used for the most part as a freeway for access from West Glade Road to the Heatherwood Estate and Versailles Parc sub-divisions. BCD is also used at all hours as a pedestrian walk by residents. . Statistics. BCD ConfigurationSecondary Collector: 41ft. widthAlmost 1800 ft. of unobstructed and straight roadwaySpeed limit: 30 MPG No other speed control devices currently in place.

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Bear Creek Drive BCD Safety Concerns and Traffic Survey

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    1. Bear Creek Drive (BCD) Safety Concerns and Traffic Survey Madison Place HOA July 2004 - JR Hofmann, D. Hrebin

    3. Statistics BCD Configuration Secondary Collector: 41ft. width Almost 1800 ft. of unobstructed and straight roadway Speed limit: 30 MPG No other speed control devices currently in place Population Madison Place: 121 residences Versailles Parc: 51 residences Heatherwood estates: 128 residences

    4. Views of Bear Creek Drive

    6. Resident Observations 7/10/ 04 - Contractor’s child (lot 5) darts from between parked cars, speeding northbound vehicle narrowly misses. 7/08/04 - Two Papa John’s pizza delivery vehicles racing north on BCD at approximately 50 MPH. 6/04 - Vehicle speeding northbound on BCD almost collides with vehicle exiting Dalton Drive. Visibility restricted due to construction vehicle parked overnight on BCD at lot 1. 5/04 - Blue Eclipse runs stop sign on Dalton Drive and almost collides with a speeding southbound Jeep on BCD. Both vehicles almost jumped curb. 11/03 - Pizza delivery vehicle almost collides with BMW entering BCD from Dalton Drive. BMW driver threatens to shoot pizza driver.

    7. Next Steps According to the US Department of Justice…, a driver's perception of the roadway determines the speed at which they think it is safe to drive. If drivers are speeding through your neighborhood, then the road may be too wide and straight. Accordingly, the roadway may need to be changed in order to cause drivers to perceive that a fast speed is not okay on your neighborhood streets. Higher speed crashes are much more lethal to pedestrians, with an 85% chance of a fatal injury to a pedestrian at 40 mph compared to a 5% chance of a fatality at 20 mph. Trraffic calming approaches should be used to reduce speeding. More information can be obtained at: http://www.walkinginfo.org/cps/guide_issue1.htm

    8. Traffic Calming Treatments Curb Extensions Chokers Crossing Islands Chicanes (example on right) Mini-Circles Speed Humps Speed Table Raised Intersections Raised Pedestrian Crossings Gateways Landscaping Specific Paving Treatments Serpentine Design Woonerf

    9. Who Pays for Traffic Calming? The city or town may cover part or all of the cost of the traffic calming device depending on how serious the speeding problem is and how expensive it is to fix it. Likewise, it is also possible that you and your neighbors may be asked to cover part or all of the cost of the device. Your homeowner's association (if you have one in your neighborhood) or some other neighborhood association may be able to cover the expense if it decides the issue is important enough. Because many localities have more requests for traffic calming than funds to implement them, if your neighborhood is able to raise some funds on its own, then your city or town will be more likely to provide matching funds to construct traffic calming in your neighborhood.

    10. Status The Madison Place HOA has worked with the Hurst City Engineer’s office for one year regarding viable avenues to control vehicle speed on BCD. Madison Place HOA contacted Versailles Parc HOA and requests residence awareness level raised in April 2004. The City Engineer feels that it is now a law enforcement issue - 7/13/04

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