Video and data show close calls at Irvin Street intersection; staff flags potential beacon project
A 60‑hour camera study presented to the board found varying conflict rates at the 2nd Avenue South and Irvin Street intersection and video clips of near misses; staff framed the results as informative for potential CIP improvements such as a pedestrian rapid‑flashing beacon.
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Staff presented a 60‑hour Miovision camera safety assessment of the Irvin Street and 2nd Avenue intersection and played representative video clips that show pedestrians stepping into moving traffic and vehicles braking hard to avoid collisions. Jared Holter summarized the data and noted that some legs of the intersection exceeded the consultants' conflict‑rate threshold of 1.0, a commonly used risk indicator.
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