Comments on: Piedmonters and Montclarions Protesting Today http://montclairoak.com/2009/12/05/piedmonters-and-montclarions-protesting-today/ Your Faithful Montclair Blogger Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sandra Pohutsky http://montclairoak.com/2009/12/05/piedmonters-and-montclarions-protesting-today/#comment-1304 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:50:20 +0000 http://montclairoak.com/?p=10565#comment-1304 My Moraga/Harbord Neighborhood Group and nearby neighborhood groups have been trying for more than eight years to improve the traffic situation here, working with the City of Oakland traffic engineers. Because Moraga Avenue is a fire/ambulance route for emergency response to Highway 13, no speed bumps permitted. No stop signs, no traffic lights because the road curves too much to permit the required line-of-sight.

What we need is for drivers to adhere to the speed limit which varies from 20 mph to 30 mph. It is mostly 30 mph in Oakland, then drops to 25 in Piedmont. This is a residential street, not a highway. I’ll skip the stories of car crashes here and the dead deer. Stories of hostile drivers who think they are unknown to others and who freak out if someone is driving 30 mph.

EVERYONE: PLEASE SLOW DOWN! Take it easy, enjoy the scenery, respect us,your neighbors. Hundreds of us will appreciate it!

]]> By: Andy K http://montclairoak.com/2009/12/05/piedmonters-and-montclarions-protesting-today/#comment-1295 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:47:28 +0000 http://montclairoak.com/?p=10565#comment-1295 If we really want to “Save Moraga Canyon”, close it to through traffic. Do so at the entrance to the parking lot. Put in the barricades that can be bypassed by bikes and emergency vehicles.

Riding up Moraga on Sunday, the traffic was heavy in both directions. Constant flow of traffic. Driving down the hill, it is hard to maintain the 25 MPH speed limit in Piedmont. Speed bumps?

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