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intersection counts and observations) and letters are sent to offenders. <br />Other Options <br />Education <br />This technique can involve a range of activities from newspaper articles to flyers <br />delivered to houses or flyers handed to motorists at specific locations. The Traffic <br />Engineer or Public Works Director talks to many of the driver education classes at <br />the high school and addresses neighborhood traffic problems during his <br />presentations. Education could also include signing, such as advance warning <br />signs for new devices. Some communities use additional signs such as <br />"Neighborhood Speed Watch in Effect but this is sometimes viewed as excess <br />signage or deemed unsightly. <br />Arterial Improvement <br />One of the main reasons people divert from the major arterials is that they save time <br />by cutting through local streets. Some amount of cut- through traffic can be <br />tolerated on most local streets, especially if motorists travel at reasonable speeds <br />and observe other traffic laws. However, when they travel too fast or run stop signs <br />or disobey other traffic control devices, they endanger the local residents. One way <br />to minimize the cut through volume without taking specific measures in the <br />neighborhood is to review the arterial street system to ensure that it is working as <br />efficiently as possible. This means that traffic signal timing and phasing (left -turns <br />arrows, etc.), lane use (left-turn lanes, right -turn lanes), and signal progression (the <br />time relationship between adjacent signals) need to be reviewed regularly and <br />adjustments must be made so that the traffic control matches the current traffic flow. <br />Sometimes, minor widening is necessary to increase the capacity of intersections. <br />These matters can be quite controversial as we struggle with balancing the need to <br />move traffic through the City with the protection of the neighborhoods through which <br />this traffic must pass. The cost of arterial improvement varies from several <br />thousand dollars to perform the analysis and adjustment of traffic signal timing for a <br />series of arterial signals to much more expensive projects, if intersection widening is <br />needed. Obviously, we try to concentrate on those projects which can be <br />accomplished with minimum expense. However, we do need to examine the <br />feasibility of the more major projects. <br />For more information on Traffic Calming and the Neighborhood Traffic Management <br />Program in the City of Evanston, contact the Senior Traffic Engineer, Rajeev Dahal, at <br />(847) 866 -2922 (VOICE) or (847) 448-8118 (FAX) orrdahal @cityofevanston.org. <br />12 <br />
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