Sheridan at Maxwell looking south with traffic coming down the hill from the west.
Maxwell at Sheridan looking east as traffic rounds the bend heading north on Sheridan.
Sheridan at Maxwell looking north with traffic coming down the hill from the west.
The aerial image is from the Pictometry module of Monroe County’s online property lookup system.
Residents who live near the intersection of Maxwell Lane and Sheridan Drive, which is located in a central Bloomington neighborhood, want to be able to walk across Maxwell, without “scurrying” to the other side.
As Stephanie Hatton put it, when she addressed Bloomington’s traffic commission on Wednesday night, “We feel that the only way to make this intersection truly safe for all is to legally require vehicles to cease—not just slow down or be calmed.”
Hatton added, “An all-way stop ensures pedestrians of all ages and abilities have the time and right-of-way to cross safely.”
Neighbor and former city clerk Regina Moore called Hatton’s presentation to the commission at its Wednesday meeting “one of the most extensive and well-presented citizen presentations that I’ve witnessed in my over 30 years of attending city meetings.”
Despite Hatton’s presentation, if the requested all-way stop is installed, it won’t be with the support of the city’s traffic commission.
On a 5-2 vote the commission instead supported the engineering department’s staff written recommendation, which stated: that “[T]his intersection does not meet the MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) guidelines for all-way stop control…”
The added stop signs would require Maxwell Lane traffic to stop at Sheridan Drive. Continue reading “Stopping not slowing: Bloomington neighborhood pushes for all-way stop, traffic commission says no” →
