the results of the study,<\/a> which showed that at most only 13 people were at a given intersection during peak hours.<\/p>\nThe approach<\/p>\n
Engineering firm BGE observed four areas over two days during morning and evening peak hours. Morning observations were from 7-8 a.m., and evening observations were from 2:30-3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Observations took place at these four intersections:<\/p>\n
Wesleyan Street at Rice BoulevardWesleyan Street at University BoulevardWesleyan Street at Case StreetWesleyan Street at Marquette StreetRecommendations also included a pedestrian-activated flashing sign and high-visibility crosswalk striping, as well as flashers for motorists\u2019 awareness.<\/p>\n
The discussion<\/p>\n
Megan Siercks, a traffic engineer with BGE who led the study, said all of the recommended changes are still conditional.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want these crosswalks to give pedestrians a false sense of security,\u201d she said. \u201cThey still have to be aware.\u201d<\/p>\n
Siercks also added that the city does not have to implement all of the recommendations. They could add bulb-outs but not lights, or vice versa.<\/p>\n
However, council member John Bertini said that when putting up traffic signals, it has to be reasonable.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to be reasonable and be driven by the data,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you put in a traffic-controlled campaign in places they aren\u2019t warranted, bad things happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next<\/p>\n
Officials agreed that including families who use the intersections would be effective before making a decision, and they will survey residents about the intersections. Council is set to revisit the issue in May.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West University Place officials were hesitant to approve recommendations that would make traffic improvements along several intersections in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,272,95386,39287,95385,10105],"class_list":{"0":"post-252151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-traffic","12":"tag-traffic-study","13":"tag-west-u","14":"tag-west-u-traffic-improvement","15":"tag-west-university-place"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}