Especially when you consider that there is a very similar situation at Frisbie & Harrison. Why is it okay there and not at 15th & Jackson?

Since this subject was last discussed, a stop sign was apparently approved at 4th & Webster. But all efforts to get a stop sign at 4th & Alice and 3rd & Madison were dropped. Now we have to start over on efforts to get those other intersections stop signs. THIS is why I asked a newbie local resident to work with JLDA and not on their own. Because two other stop signs that are just as important – and had the proper petition signatures from all parties residing and working at those other intersections – got dropped. Frustrating!!!

Actually the conclusion of the report cited is that either bike lanes or wide curb lanes can be used, and the authors drew no conclusions regarding relative safety, In fact, they admitted that there were too few accidents to make any conclusions about safety. You should also read the critique by John Forester which concluded the the study was too small and poorly designed to say much of anything. It seems the only thing you can really say is that bike riders like bike lanes, even if they don’t have any impact on actual safety.

Ralph – 3rd between Oak & Jackson (specifically at Madison in front of the Sierra Deli) is awful, but in some ways 4th between Jackson and Broadway is even worse (specifically at Alice where it’s hard to see around cars).

So NN didn’t stay on top of this? Shocker. Now she says she will? Don’t hold your breath. I’ve never figured out Joe Wang. He seems to be the biggest barrier for new business, specifically small business, in Oakland. Right up there tied with Francine Lakryth Thompson (parking).

I thought that was you flying through the air with your “jazz hands”!

Anyway, I’m delighted that fellow neighborhood activists decided to take matters into their own hands.

Question: do you think it would be a good idea to send an email to PW and NN that says something along these lines: While I don’t condone vigilante crosswalk painters (even though I sort of do, but just to be diplomatic), the willingness of ordinary citizens to sacrifice their own money and risk jail time to install this crosswalk underscores the danger at this intersection. I would hope that PW can understand this need, and install a proper crosswalk with the accompanying ADA accessible ramps so that able-bodied, young and disabled residents can all safely cross at this intersection.

Or, should we just leave good enough alone and not bring to PW’s attention this guerilla crosswalk? I had originally envisioned the crosswalk on the other side – the south side – of the Jackson/15th street intersection. That’s why I staged to pedestrian/car accident on the south side of the intersection. I’m interested to hear your thoughts.

Cyclists are not too reckless on the sidewalk. I wreck things all the time.

it has been a while since i spent regular time there, but that strip of road is just long enough to see how fast an idiot can drive before applying the brakes at the last minute and still safely stopping at jackson