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Worcester committee moves to fast-track flashing pedestrian beacons after woman describes near-fatal Harding Street crash
Summary
After a Worcester resident, Caitlin R. Doyle, described severe injuries from a May pedestrian crash on Harding Street, the city’s Parking & Traffic Committee voted to pursue rapid rectangular flashing beacons (RRFBs) and interim signage at multiple Harding crosswalks, and approved chair’s orders for lane markings and a secondary stop sign at one intersection pending funding.
Caitlin R. Doyle, a Worcester resident who said she was struck by a car while using a Harding Street crosswalk in May, urged the Parking & Traffic Committee on Dec. 18 to install solar-powered flashing pedestrian crossing signals and other treatments to improve safety.
"I was hit by a car as a pedestrian… I almost died," Doyle said, recounting multiple fractures and a stent procedure that followed the crash. She told the committee she wants measures that increase motorist awareness at the Harding Street crossings near her building in Kelly Square.
Transportation and Mobility staff told the committee that crash data for the nearby Winter/Harding…
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