2018-05 Installation of Stop Signs at W Olive Street and N College Street

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Excerpts from Traffic & Parking Commission Meeting Minutes January 25, 2018 Item#1 Request for stop signs along North College Street at its intersection with West Olive Street. A request was made from a resident to install stop signs at the intersection of N. College Street and W. Olive Street citing accidents as the reason for the request. Upon review of the accident records at the intersection, three angle crashes have been recorded at this intersection over the last three years. Angle crashes occur when a vehicle on one street collides with a vehicle on a crossing street. Stop signs can help reduce angle crashes. 1.5 accidents per million vehicles is usually the threshold used to determine if stop signs are warranted. Two-way stop controlled intersections usually stop the street with less traffic. It was assumed that Olive Street has less traffic than College Street, but the counts showed opposite. Traffic counts were collected after the agenda was released and the results of those counts were handed to the commission members before the meeting. The counts show 331 vehicles entering the intersection per day which results in an accident rate of 8.28 accidents per million vehicles. City staff recommends placing two stop signs at the intersection of W. Olive Street and N. College Street facing N. College Street. Lyle Meador motioned to move forward with placing stop signs at the intersection of W. Olive Street and N. College Street with the signs facing N. College Street. Seconded by Ed Hurst, and on call of the roll, Commission Members Broderick,Newell, Hurst, Meador and Stewart voted aye. The chairman declared the motion carried.