The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 4:00pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
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TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017 – 4:00PM
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM, MUNICIPAL CENTER
AGENDA
1. Minutes – December 15
2. Public Participation
3. Monthly Report on Pedestrian and Bicycle Incidents
4. Monthly Report on Traffic Data Collection
5. Street and Sidewalk Safety Policy Safety Action Requests (a) Guilford Street
6. Other Business
7. Adjournment
Pedestrian lights
Why does the town install automatic pedestrian lights which stop traffic in four directions (instead of the traditional two directions) to allow pedestrians to cross? This means that even when there are no pedestrians, the lights still hold up four instead of two directions of traffic meaning an extra cycle of waiting and idling for no reason. Why were the manually-activated pedestrian buttons taken out for these automatic pedestrian crossings at lights? There are not too many lights in Brattleboro but this occurs in all municipalities throughout the nation that I have encountered. And it makes no sense except if we want to burn gas for nothing.