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Renton residents press council for traffic safety at Logan/North Third after bus-stop plans; pedestrian-signal proposal offered
Summary
Residents raised safety concerns about an elementary school bus stop at Logan and North Third, reporting frequent traffic violations and urging cameras and design changes; a resident proposed all-way pedestrian crossings and right-turn-on-red bans during school hours.
Residents urged the City of Renton to address traffic and pedestrian safety near Logan Elementary after the addition of a school bus stop at Logan and North Third was made part of the Logan 6 program.
Sharon Volstead, who said she has lived in Renton since 1964, told the council she has observed numerous safety problems at Logan and North Third including wrong-way drivers, speeders and “red light runners.” “As many as 100. 100 in 2 hours,” Volstead said when describing observed red-light running during picketing at the intersection.
Volstead said she inquired about traffic cameras at that intersection; she said the city’s responses were limited and that the city had declined broader traffic safety expansion because it would require evaluation by Public Works and an outside vendor she was told would be costly. She suggested money spent on other projects should instead be used to protect residents and resolve traffic issues.
Separately, resident Tristan Coshin raised a design proposal for the city after a recent pedestrian incident at Sartori. Coshin said his review of local reports showed “well over 20 reports in the last 2 weeks” requesting traffic improvements around one intersection and recommended implementing all-way pedestrian crossings, a daytime right-turn-on-red ban, and dedicated pedestrian signals during school-zone hours. He said these crossings give pedestrians a dedicated signal and prevent turning vehicles from proceeding while pedestrians cross in all directions.
Coshin argued that Park Avenue, North Fourth and North Third were built when “speed was prioritized above everything else” and that full redesigns are needed; he recommended at minimum an all-way crossing at school-time hours while longer-term reconstruction is planned.
No formal policy action or vote was recorded on the bus-stop placement or the crossing proposal at the June 2 meeting. Council members acknowledged the comments but did not announce an immediate decision; staff follow-up was not recorded on the meeting transcript.
