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City to relocate bus stop on Tunnel Road, consider parking adjustments on Clingman and assign speed limits in Burton Street neighborhood
Summary
Staff briefed council May 8 on a proposed relocation of a Tunnel Road bus stop to improve safety, parking and loading changes proposed for the Clingman Avenue extension and a staff plan to assign speed limits in Burton Street neighborhood to enable future traffic calming.
City transportation staff presented three short traffic and transit items to the council May 8: moving a bus stop on Tunnel Road for safety, monitoring parking impacts on the Clingman Avenue extension and establishing speed limits in the Burton Street neighborhood.
Assistant Transportation Director Jessica Morris said the current bus stop at Tunnel Road and Buckstone Place is mid‑block, on a curve with limited sightlines, and has seen pedestrian crashes. “We're proposing to move the bus stop from where the yellow circle is to the green circle,” Morris said, referring to staff slides; the new stop would be near a signal at White Pine Drive to give riders access to a marked crosswalk and signalized crossing.
City traffic engineer Chris Kearns described parking and loading changes associated with the Clingman Avenue extension, including a reduction in informal parking along one side of the street to maintain emergency access and create loading zones. Kearns said the developer-provided garage will add publicly available spaces and staff will let the new street and uses settle before considering additional adjustments. Business owners requested consideration of workforce or long‑term parking permits; staff said options such as time‑of‑day loading zones and future agreements with nearby garage operators could be explored.
Kearns also said staff will bring recommendations this summer to assign speed limits across the Burton Street neighborhood to better match street character and enable future traffic-calming work. He told council that over half the streets in the neighborhood currently lack codified speed limits and that assigning consistent limits would support safety improvements.
Staff said they will notify affected neighborhoods and provide public notices about the bus‑stop relocation and upcoming speed‑limit proposals; council members asked staff to pursue complementary outreach and to monitor signal timing at the suggested Tunnel Road crossing to ensure pedestrian crossing time and visibility are adequate.
