Signalized Crosswalk Needed
If one is heading to the Winco shopping center, it is counter-intuitive to have to walk a block down the street from the main entrance of the Ada County courthouse, to either Avenue A or 3rd Street, in order to cross Front Street at a crosswalk. Instead, many people take the quicker, straight-line-across, approach.
Despite past efforts by the Boise Police Department to ticket jaywalkers in front of the courthouse, countless people still make the mad dash to-and-fro, playing chicken with the motorized vehicles.
Possible solutions would include the installation of a pedestrian overpass or underpass, or a signalized crosswalk, timed in conjunction with the lights at Avenue A and 3rd Street to be less disruptive to the flow of traffic on Front Street. The most cost-effective solution appears to be the latter.
It’s high time the powers that be at the Idaho Transportation Department take action and install such a crosswalk now, BEFORE someone gets hit.
posted by Sharon Ullman @ 12:47 PM
2 Comments:
My first thought was NO.. let's not put any more stops on Front Street and that the J-walkers can surely walk one way or the other to a light. Also.. likely they are parking illegally in Winco's lot to visit the Courthouse (or on 2nd Street. Then I thought that given the cost of parking at the Couthouse, maybe it would be ok. Then I thought, St Luke's has their own crosswalk on Main; URS has their own on Park Blvd; ITD has their own stoplight for crying out loud... and they could easily reroute to the signalized street to the east. So why not Courthouse patrons and employees. Are you sure it's ITD and not ACHD?
A cross walk signal for the courthouse would be a bandage for a larger problem. The parking arrangement at the courthouse is just plain silly. It is closer and cheaper to walk across from the Winco lot. What has come of CCDC's decision to start charging everyone for parking?
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