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Council hears proposal for Main Street road-diet changes; resident flags scooter safety
Summary
A safety service director urged the council to proceed with Main Street road-diet elements including removing the Tiffin-Main stoplight, making downtown stop signs permanent and fixing crosswalks; a resident raised concerns about electric scooters and scooters jumping into traffic.
A safety service official asked the City Council on Aug. 5 to advance parts of a previously proposed Main Street road-diet project, and a resident during public comment raised separate concerns about scooter and electric-micromobility safety.
At the start of new business, a council member reported talking with a colleague named Eric about moving a stop sign near South Main Street to Perry Street to improve visibility; the council member said Eric would review that location. Later in the meeting, an unidentified safety service director (who stepped out of the room) asked the council to "take a look at the Main Street portion of the road diet" and proposed removing the stoplight at Tiffin and Main, making stop signs permanent downtown, and repairing crosswalks. The safety service director asked the council to take on that work as a project this fall and to prepare the necessary language to proceed.
During public comment, resident Deb Tyson raised concerns about electric bicycles and scooters, saying scooters "are just, like, jumping into traffic and stuff." Tyson said she did not have detailed information but wanted the council's attention on the issue.
No formal votes or budget authorizations for the Main Street road-diet elements were taken at the meeting; the safety service director asked staff to prepare proposed language and next steps for council consideration.
