<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you so much Dennis for your understanding and accommodation! I know late and unpredictable hours make finding a parking spot challenging so this is very much appreciated. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Many years ago, we had an MPD captain who lived at 115 Kentucky and he would park his cruiser on the block all the time too. It was definitely a deterrent. We were sad when he moved. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thank yo for your service and for all you do to keep our city safe. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Gina A </div><div dir="ltr">123 Kentucky </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 27, 2024, at 6:36 PM, Stefanie Kendall <stefkendall@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">I’m glad you’re in the neighborhood, Dennis, and am grateful that you took steps to offset crime as much as possible. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What if the roads around LP were just pedestrian? I’m sure DDOT could figure out ways to detour traffic to alternative arteries. Those arteries might get congested but congestion slows cars. A good thing. In terms of resident parking, not a worry. Plenty of that to go around. Then the end blocks of Tennessee NC Ave Mass East Cap and 12th that bottom at the park could just be cul de sacs. Delightful! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Happy Thanksgiving Folks! </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 5:48 PM Dennis Jones <<a href="mailto:dennisjones1@me.com">dennisjones1@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:26px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:".SFUI-Semibold";font-weight:bold;font-kerning:none">Good Evening All,</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:26px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:".SFUI-Semibold";font-weight:bold;font-kerning:none">Thank you, Jessica and Sandra, for sharing your concerns regarding my cruiser potentially obstructing visibility at the southeast corner of Kentucky Avenue and East Capitol Street. As a long-time resident of The Hill, I share Peter’s view that this intersection has been a longstanding safety concern. Having experienced the challenges firsthand—particularly when my children, now 19 and 13, attended Maury Elementary—I am well aware of the stress caused by limited visibility and speeding vehicles while crossing East Capitol Street.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:26px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:".SFUI-Semibold";font-weight:bold;font-kerning:none">My intention in parking at that location while off duty was to help deter crime and reduce speeding, both on East Capitol Street and along Kentucky Avenue, especially where vehicles frequently turn without stopping. However, I fully understand the concerns raised and will ensure that I refrain from parking on the corner moving forward.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:26px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:".SFUI-Semibold";font-weight:bold;font-kerning:none">Thank you for bringing this to my attention.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:26px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:".SFUI-Semibold";font-weight:bold;font-kerning:none">Best regards,</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:26px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:".SFUI-Semibold";font-weight:bold;font-kerning:none">Dennis</span></p><div><span style="font-family:".SFUI-Semibold";font-weight:bold;font-kerning:none"><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 27, 2024, at 5:23 PM, Jeni Schoemaker <<a href="mailto:jaschoemaker@gmail.com" target="_blank">jaschoemaker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Hi Gina,</div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Do you know why they don’t make the road around Lincoln Park one lane? I’m sure most of us have had close calls crossing the street there and I have witnessed more than one biker get hit crossing into the park. I have written to Charles Allen numerous times but nothing ever changes. </div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the lanes around the park, I was curious why the street markings and the signage for turning left onto 11th street are contradicting. My family came very close to a car plowing into us two days ago because they were in the far left lane and wanted to go down 11th.</div><div><br></div><div><br id="m_-7193245947778196379lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 27, 2024, at 3:46 PM, <a href="mailto:citymom92@gmail.com" target="_blank">citymom92@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Well the best “reason in the world” to remove a car space at a crosswalk is so children, elderly folks, just, I don’t know people, trying to cross the street will be more visible in the crosswalk (also called “daylighting” a crosswalk) and hopefully seen by car drivers so that maybe they won’t get hit and injured or killed. That’s a pretty good reason to me. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">FYI the crosswalks around Lincoln Park are called “double threat” crosswalks in the transportation world. In a double threat crosswalk, pedestrians have to cross two lanes of traffic with no stop sign or traffic signal controls. While the car driver in the lane closest to the curb where the person is crossing *might* see the pedestrian and stop, very often cars behind them (OR in the next lane the person has to cross) DONT see the person crossing and try to drive around the stopped car and hit the pedestrian. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Vehicles today are so much bigger than even ten years ago. The hood of a typical SUV hits an average size adult at their vital organs and kills you even at very low speeds. Smaller cars would break your leg. A child doesn’t have much of a chance surviving a hit even at very low speeds with the size and weight of most cars on the road now. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Some jurisdictions have eliminated double threat crossings in heavy residential and pedestrian areas like our neighborhood by going down to one lane before the crosswalk, and opening it back up again after the crosswalk. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And so ends today’s unsolicited lesson on why traffic engineers and planners pull parking back and away from crosswalks. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Gina Arlotto, AICP</div><div dir="ltr">DDOT transportation planner, focusing on child pedestrian safety for the last 15 years. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 27, 2024, at 12:15 PM, Steven Cline <<a href="mailto:scline@scbtechnologygroup.com" target="_blank">scline@scbtechnologygroup.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
There is no reason in the world to take away residence parking for those of us who live on East Capitol St, unless you are proposing all parking be removed from city streets!<br id="m_-7193245947778196379lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature">
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<blockquote type="cite">On Nov 27, 2024, at 11:28 AM, Peter Barclay <<a href="mailto:barclaypj@gmail.com" target="_blank">barclaypj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> The crosswalk across KY at East Cap has been an issue for a long time - several accidents. When the bike lanes were added/designed, we requested bump outs so that cars were forced to slow down before turning. They added the little poles,
which was an improvement from what was there before - nothing. I hope the bump-outs will be built out, eventually, when the bike lanes become permanent. Lights and no parking on east cap would also help, but forcing people to slow down before turning would
make a huge difference, IMO.
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<div>On Nov 27, 2024, at 11:09, Sandra Caron George <<a href="mailto:sandracgeorge@gmail.com" target="_blank">sandracgeorge@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks for sharing this, Jess. I have the same concerns, particularly about the police car parked by the crosswalk. There is never anyone in that police car, which is particularly odd to me (although, I appreciate that its presence may generally
serve as a deterrent). Just as it's hard to see around this car to safely cross and for cars to see pedestrians, it similarly is difficult to see around legally parked cars at the crosswalk further north on East Cap SE. The legal parking just comes too close
to the crosswalk for pedestrians and drivers to be able to see. </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 9:01 AM Marche' Maine <<a href="mailto:markrichardgrace@gmail.com" target="_blank">markrichardgrace@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Speaking to the officer in the vehicle directly might be the most efficient way. Dealing with CM Allen's office, particularly his community representative Kimberly proves a black hole.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 8:54 AM Jessica Davis <<a href="mailto:jpedavis@gmail.com" target="_blank">jpedavis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi All,<br>
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I am writing with concern about the safety of the crosswalks across East Capitol Street into Lincoln Park. In the winter months when it is dark early safely crossing this busy street with my young children is very difficult. <br>
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I can't be the first person to have this concern and would love to know the history of any prior attempts and how I can best advocate. I have written to Charles Allen but would love other suggestions.<br>
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I have one easy request -- to get the police to stop parking a car on the western side of the crosswalk near Kentucky Ave. I assume they are doing this as a speeding/crime deterrent however the result is that traffic can't see you around the car when you want
to cross.<br>
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I would also love to see: bright streetlights at the cross walks, a button with flashers for pedestrians to activate, stop signs, and speed bumps to slow drivers.</div>
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<div>Thanks,<br>
Jess Davis<br>
132 Kentucky</div>
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