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Residents urge stronger enforcement on stored vehicles, distracted driving; commissioners press daylighting implementation
Summary
During public comment at the Salinas Traffic and Transportation Commission meeting, residents urged the commission to push for more proactive enforcement of vehicle storage and parking rules, stronger action on distracted driving and consideration of lower speeds and no‑right‑on‑red measures near schools.
Several residents used the general public comment period at the Salinas Traffic and Transportation Commission meeting to press for stricter enforcement of parking and vehicle‑storage rules, to urge enforcement of the state’s daylighting law near crosswalks, and to call for lower neighborhood speed limits in school zones.
Stored vehicles and parking enforcement
Peter Zalai, a North Salinas resident, commended the city for a designated no‑parking day for street sweeping and the city’s education and warning program connected to the new daylighting law. "I commend the city on 2 initiatives that will improve safety. A designated no parking day to permit effective street sweeping and the education and warning program to implement the new daylighting law which prohibits parking within 20 feet…
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