2019-199 Ordinance Establishing an All Way Stop Intersection at East Walnut Street and North Lowber Street

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Excerpts from Traffic & Parking Commission Meeting Minutes September 26, 2019 ITEM#1. Request for a four-way stop at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North Lowber Street. RECOMMENDATION: City staff received a request from a resident for a four-way stop at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North Lowber Street. Upon reviewing the accident records at this intersection, three accidents have occurred within the last three years involving vehicles and cyclists not stopping at the stop signs. These types of accidents may be corrected by requiring all vehicles to stop at the intersection, thus reducing the chance of an accident if a vehicle runs their stop sign. A moderate amount of traffic passes through this intersection, with around 1,167 vehicles travelling through this intersection on a weekday. Within a recent three-year period, there has been an average of 2.35 accidents for every million vehicles entering this intersection. For reference, the Traffic and Parking Commission has used 1.5 accidents per million vehicles as a threshold for requiring stop signs at intersections. Because the accident rate exceeds this threshold, City staff recommends installing two more stop signs at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North Lowber Street making it a four-way stop. Ed Hurst motioned to move forward with installing two more stop signs at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North Lowber Street making it a four-way stop. Seconded by Joselyn Strewart, and on call of the roll, Commission Members Broderick, Caswell, Hurst, Wigginton and Stewart voted aye. The chairman declared the motion carried.