Increase In Traffic, Speeding, Near Miss Pedestrian Incidents
Several residents have reached out to the Marda Loop Communities Association mobility committee with concerns over increased traffic and speeding vehicles in our neighbourhood. The traffic volumes will continue to increase with all the new development and increased business traffic now that Marda Loop Main Street is finally complete.
If you have concerns about traffic volumes, speeding, pedestrian, or cycling safety in our community please take a few moments to note the issue and submit your requests and incidents to the City of Calgary 3-1-1 system. Submitting a request or incident with 3-1-1 is the first step to get the issue resolved. The City uses the data from this system to help decide which locations have most pressing concerns and how work gets prioritized. You can make more than one request, and it takes less than five minutes.
To Report Traffic Safety Issues or Requests: Go to the following address and click the link to the 3-1-1 “online form”: https://www.calgary.ca/roads/safety.html.
You can put your address as the location (or wherever you are witnessing the issue) and choose “Traffic Calming Measures” as the nature of concern. You can provide any details regarding the request, but an example might be something like the following:
“Please look into lowering the speed limit or some type of traffic calming on 20 Street between 31 and 28 Avenue, up and over the blind hill cresting at 29 Avenue. This street has become a busy thoroughfare for vehicles from Crowchild Trail and the Marda Loop business area going to and from 26 Avenue and Bankview, often with large construction vehicles speeding through the neighbourhood.”
To Request a New Crosswalk: You can do that at this link, then scroll down the page and click on “Request a new painted crosswalk location”: https://www.calgary.ca/bike-walk-roll/request-crosswalk.html.
Again, you can put your address as the location (or wherever you are witnessing the issue). You can provide any details regarding the request, but an example might be something like the following:
“We need to have a crosswalk and low-profile speed humps on 20 Street and 30 Avenue. There are two school buses dropping kids at 29 Avenue but the crosswalk on the crest of the blind hill is unsafe. Speeding traffic cannot see pedestrians in time when they are driving up and over the blind hill.”
Submitting Requests from The Main 3-1-1 Screen
If you go to Google or any Search engine and type in “Calgary 311” it will take you to a page like below. Click on the arrow beside 3-1-1 online request.
You will then need to page down to select the “Roads – Safety and Education” category for your request.
Similar if you have concerns about construction vehicles or bins, blocking your street, tripping hazards on sidewalks such as the new “tactile strips” becoming dislodged or similar issues, those should also all be reported to the Calgary 3-1-1 system.
There is also a Calgary 3-1-1 App that you can download to your phone to report items to the City that way.
You can also submit a service request by phone by calling 3-1-1 within Calgary or 403-268-2489 from outside the city.
Mobility Update
Through diligence of one individual presenting to council and working with the City, along with concerned neighbours reporting 3-1-1 requests, the City has installed new speed humps and “Slow Down” signs on Vimy Way SW.
There are several areas of concern that we will be meeting with our new Councillor to discuss including:
• 21 Street
• 20 Street, between 31 and 28 Avenues over the blind hill
• 19 Street, around 39 Avenue and requesting four-way stop at 42 Street
• 16 Street, around 40 Avenue
• 16 Street at 31 Avenue
• 28 Avenue at 17 Street
• 15 Street between 38 and 42 Avenue SW
• Passchendaele Rd before Flanders Park
• Mons Avenue
• Flanders Avenue around Masters Academy
• Somme Manor SW
We have also received several requests for slow down signs and need to order more. Residents are also welcome to order those directly from the City using the 3-1-1 system as well.
Please feel free to contact the MLCA Mobility Committee at [email protected] with any questions or if you would like to discuss further.
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