Transportation committee declines citizen request for stop sign at Fair Oaks Parkway and Triple Crown

The Transportation Safety Advisory Committee voted against installing a stop sign at the Triple Crown entrance to Fair Oaks Parkway on Feb. 4, 2026, after city staff said the intersection did not meet the technical criteria for a multi-way stop.

City staff member Carol presented the citizen submittal and underlying data, saying the submitter reported difficulty exiting Triple Crown onto Fair Oaks Parkway because of a blind curve. Carol summarized traffic enforcement and crash records: during October 2025 the police issued 14 warnings and two citations for speeding at the 8500 block of Fair Oaks Parkway and 18 warnings and four citations at the 8600 block; no warnings or citations were recorded on Triple Crown during that year. Using TxDOT crash data, staff reported two crashes between December 2005 and December 2025 near the intersection (one involving a wild animal and one a failure to yield), and said the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices multi-way stop criterion is five or more crashes in 12 months.

Carol also described vehicle counts from Jan. 15–19: peak hourly volumes during an eight-hour period were under 300 vehicles northbound on Fair Oaks Parkway (the cited multi-way-stop criterion is 300), under 310 southbound, and about 30 vehicles per hour at Triple Crown (the staff criterion listed was 200). Carol said the city had moved the stop bar and sign on Triple Crown closer to the Parkway, ordered additional caution signage in both directions, and recommended denial of the stop-sign request.

Committee members praised staff for a thorough analysis and asked clarifying questions about the moved stop bar and the advisory signs. John Wall said the location did not meet criteria and cautioned that approving a stop sign where criteria are not met could create an undesirable precedent. Several members echoed that view.

Vice Chair Chris Stepke called for a motion to approve the installation; a motion and second were made, the committee held a voice vote, and the chair recorded that the motion to approve failed (the committee declined to install the stop sign). Carol confirmed the submitter was not present and that staff will proceed with the mitigation measures already under way.

The committee did not direct further policy changes on stop-sign criteria; members instead emphasized reliance on the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices thresholds and on follow-up monitoring after the installed mitigations. The committee moved on to other agenda items and referred the matter to staff and the city council workflow as appropriate.