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Resident urges traffic-calming on Dakota after videos and accident counts
Summary
Resident Daniel Dodson told the council he collected videos and data showing reckless driving, crashes and near-misses on Dakota and asked the council to take action on traffic calming, crosswalk striping and signage; no formal council action was taken at the meeting.
Daniel Dodson, a city resident, urged the Everett City Council to take action to reduce speeding and crashes on Dakota, a short residential street between 100th Street and Holly.
Dodson told the council he compiled photos, video links and a traffic report that, he said, shows 16 accidents on Dakota in 2024 and six at the intersection with Holly. He said he has video of a school bus being passed on the left during student drop-off and described other "reckless driving" and "excessive speed" evidence. "The traffic engineer said that $1,520,000 dollars was too much to spend to cure these problems on Dakota," Dodson said, adding he did not believe treatments such as speed bumps, signage, and painted crosswalks would cost that much.
Dodson asked the council to review the materials and consider traffic-calming measures, and he requested staff contact Jennifer Gregerson from his team to receive video and supporting materials. Council members thanked him for bringing the information; no motion, referral, or staff direction is recorded in the meeting transcript.
The transcript includes no city staff engineering analysis, cost estimate breakdown, or formal referral to a department during the meeting; Dodson said a traffic engineer had provided the $1,520,000 figure but the engineer did not speak at the July 2 meeting.
