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Neighbors press council for speed bumps on Stewart Avenue; petitioners say traffic study mislocated sensors
Summary
Several Stewart Avenue residents urged the council to approve speed bumps or require a new traffic study, saying prior tests were biased by incorrect tube placement and citing accidents and close calls; Mayor Avila offered to meet residents on site the next afternoon.
Multiple residents of Stewart Avenue urged the Baldwin Park City Council to install speed bumps or redo a traffic study after what they described as persistent speeding and several accidents in their neighborhood.
Jeanette Cardoza (identifying herself as a Stewart Avenue resident) told the council she first raised the issue in February and that neighbors had followed staff instructions: meeting with engineering, collecting a petition and returning postcard votes — which she said were unanimous in favor of speed bumps. “Despite this overwhelming support, each time we completed a step, a new requirement was added,” Cardoza said.
Cardoza and other speakers, including a letter read from Robert Navarette (a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier who said he has delivered in the area for more than 10 years), argued the traffic study was flawed because speed tubes were placed near a stop sign instead of in front of their homes, skewing results. Cardoza said the report still recorded an average speed of 34 miles per hour on a 30 mph street.
Other residents described damage to vehicles and property, near‑misses and collisions; one speaker said a truck drove into a driveway and pushed a vehicle into a bedroom. “We need something done there,” Mary Garcia said. Maria Lourdes Mercado (through a translator) told the council she had been hit there and that her daughter had been struck on another occasion.
Mayor Avila responded that she would visit the Stewart Avenue area the following day around 4:00 p.m. and asked residents to leave contact information with the city clerk so staff could meet them on site. City staff and council did not immediately approve speed bumps at the meeting; Mayor Avila offered the on‑site visit as a step to review the concerns and next steps.
Ending: Council committed to an on‑site meeting and follow‑up; residents asked either for immediate installation of speed bumps or a new traffic study with sensor placement that reflects conditions in front of the homes.
