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Discussion of the idea for putting a stop sign at Vernon and Lee. (Bottom line: bulbouts and speed bumps will be more effective.)

City engineer Joe Wang introduces a meeting on a study about traffic problems on the Harrison Street/Oakland Avenue corridor and concerns about the effect of Whole Foods

"We also found out that 11 percent of the accidents along these corridors involved either a pedestrian or a bicycle, compared to 6 percent city wide."

"There are also problems with the existing layout of the Harrison, Oakland and Fairmount intersection that sometimes creates confusion, especially from cars coming down on Harrison and wanting to make a left onto Orange."

Jason Patton gives a report on the Bay Street/27th Street Bike Study

"There's a flashing beacon by the school that goes on about 30 minutes too late so we are going to make adjustments to that."

"because the streets are so wide, if we are going to reduce the number of traffic lanes from three to two there is going to be a lot of excess space, instead of leaving that space open and giving drivers the impression that they are driving down a street that is wider than necessary we are going to have parking as well as a designated width for bicyclists...but that requires further study as well."

Claudia Cappio, the director of the Community Economic Development Agency, said trucks leaving Whole Foods "it's apparent and going to happen that those trucks...they will turn around and make a left turn onto Harrison and go up 27th Street."

We are going to improve all the crosswalks by making sure all signs are installed and replacing paint with tape.

There are a lot of crosswalks that are faded or not visible. The city is recommending removing the crosswalk on Hamilton Place.

There's a midblock crosswalk on Oakland Avenue that has very limited visibility and the advance warning signs are blocked by overgrown vegetation.

City engineer Joe Wang says the median island on Harrison Street and Fairmount is confusing and forces people to either make dangerous U-turns or travel on the wrong side of the street.

A neighbor reminds us that Harrioak has been paying the price for a bad decision to install an unnecessary freeway access between Grand Avenue and 27th Street.

The First Christian Church presents a declaration in support of the Westlake Coalition's requested traffic-calming measures. The declaration is endorsed by an array of community groups.

There is a proposal to improve the midblock crossing at Oakand Avenue by installing an overhead flashing beacon (a great idea!)

City engineer Joe Wang reviews the improvements suggested by the traffic-engineering report of the problems on Harrison Street and Oakland Avenue.

The Transportation Services Department would like to relocate an existing bus stop to a better location in front of the First Congregational Church

Speeding along the Harrison Street, Oakland Avenue corridor

City engineer Joe Wang discusses how the city would prefer to receive public input on the TETAP study

Traffic engineer Joe Wang talks about when traffic-calming measures can be taken in the absence of a petition from the community

Everyday about 17,000 cars travel on Harrison Street and Oakland Avenue

Carletta Starks, an aide to Councilwoman Nancy Nadel, says there should be one point of contact for public input

A suggestion to narrow Harrison Street and Oakland Avenue from three lanes to two lanes

A proposal to reduce the lanes on Harrison Street and Oakland Avenue from three lanes to two lanes

A resident of Harrioak makes the point that city officials often ignore. Harrioak is a densely populated residential neighborhood

The city says it wants to install a speed feedback sign on Oakland Avenue

Discussion of the problem of speeding drivers on Harrison Street and Oakland Avenue

Discussion of when the traffic light can be installed outside of Whole Foods

Traffic engineer Joe Wang discusses proposed bulb outs at Vernon & Lee

Traffic engineer Joe Wang discusses the new design for traffic improvements at Vernon and Lee

speaks at Whole Foods meeting May 7, 2007