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Residents urge action after speeding and injuries on Lynn Avenue; council requests follow-up
Summary
Residents from Meadowbrook told the council that a traffic study showed Lynn Avenue did not meet thresholds for countermeasures; speakers described a crash and an injury while retrieving mail and asked the city to act. Councilman Knight asked staff to follow up with a review of the study and next steps.
Residents from the Meadowbrook neighborhood spoke during public comment on Feb. 10 about persistent speeding on Lynn Avenue and a recent personal injury they attributed to driver speed.
Gloria Davis, a Meadowbrook resident, told the council the traffic study conducted in August found an 85th percentile speed of 33.4 mph (the threshold is 35 mph), a daily volume of 169 vehicles (threshold 500), and a speed cushion score of 27.38 (threshold 45). “We did not meet these thresholds,” Davis said, and asked the council to hear from a resident who had been injured.
Sylvia Johnson, who said she lives in Meadowbrook, described walking to her mailbox when a car passed so fast she had to step back and fell, injuring her knees, face, shoulder and hands. “We got to slow down this traffic because it could have been a child,” Johnson said.
Councilman Knight asked City Manager Peter Varney to have staff follow up on the Lynn Avenue traffic study and the concerns raised by residents.
City staff earlier had provided the measurement thresholds used by the traffic division; residents asked council to pursue remedies despite the study’s results.
