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Staff advises filing multiple Gold Star Boulevard RFB petitions, citing design limits
Summary
Multiple petitions sought rapid flashing beacons on Gold Star Boulevard; staff told the committee that multi-lane, one-direction traffic and side-street geometry make RFBs unlikely to improve safety and could mislead pedestrians, recommending filing while planning corridor reconfiguration.
Several petitioners asked the committee to install rapid flashing beacons (RFBs) and other crossing improvements along Gold Star Boulevard. Traffic staff advised caution, saying that a single RFB would not address the root safety problem on a multi-lane, one-direction stretch. "The difference being in this case, all the traffic's going 1 direction ... a rapid flashing beacon is not going to improve the safety at this location with 4 lanes all traveling in the same direction," Commissioner Raleigh said.
Raleigh explained that a pedestrian in the middle two lanes might not be visible to drivers and that an RFB could create a false sense of security. For that reason staff repeatedly recommended filing and urged a larger reconfiguration or signalized crossing as the safer option. The committee filed the petitions and asked staff to include Gold Star Boulevard in future resurfacing and redesign planning.
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