Second
Street
Speed Control
A map of the area in question
Speed Control Policy, adopted November
25, 1986 by Sacramento County Board of Sups
Speed Control Petition Process,
adopted March 29,
1994 by Sacramento County Board of Sups
The Traffic Count and Speed survey:
August 19 & 24, 2004
The "survey" letter received September, 1, 2004
"Survey"
postcard that is really a binding vote
Denial letter received from County
Counsel; further correspondence
Pictures of
the stop signs and the "proposed stop sign" signs
My statement to the CPAC
convened community meeting on October 12.
Letter received from R.W. Foust, dated November
15, 2004
Successful speed bumps on rural roads -
pictures
My experience over the years with the
arbitrary and
capricious DOT
Rio Linda Elverta News Articles:
Community
Governance Proposal presented to Rio Linda Elverta CPAC by
Cheryl Creson (1/22/04)
County
seeking way to give unincorporated communities more local control -
Paul Hahn (1/8/04)
County kicks off
neighborhood services - Paul Lake (4/22/04)
County Community Center
to open in September - Mark Manoff (6/10/04)
County Focus
Group Meeting (9/30/04)
County
Apologizes for stop signs at Shady Woods and 2nd Sts. (10/7/04)
Stop
signs installed per Board policy? more speed limit signs "unrealistic"
(10/21/04)
The Sacramento Bee:
Article
by Dirk Werkman about the October 12 CPAC meeting: stop signs (10/21/04)
State and Federal: "STOP signs
should not be used for speed
control."
United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway
Administration:
(adopted by California, with California supplements where applicable)
Manual
on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
Chapter 2B,
regulatory signs:
Section
2B.05
STOP Sign Applications -
"STOP signs
should not be used for speed control."
"STOP signs
should be installed in a manner that minimizes the numbers of vehicles
having to stop."
"A STOP sign
should not be installed on the major street unless justified by a
traffic engineering study."
Section
2B.18
Location of Speed Limit Signs -
"Speed Limit signs, indicating speed limits for which posting is
required by law, shall be located at the points of change from one
speed limit to another.
"At the end of the section to which a speed limit applies, a Speed
Limit sign showing the next speed limit shall be installed. Additional
Speed Limit signs shall be installed beyond major intersections and at
other locations where it is necessary to remind road users of the speed
limit that is applicable."
Caltrans Office of Signs, Markings & Permits:
Traffic
Manual:
Manual
of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) California supplement,
Chapter 2B, regulatory signs:
Section
2B.05 STOP Sign Applications:
"A
STOP (R1-1) sign is not a 'cure-all' and is not a
substitute for other traffic control devices."
4-03.6
POLICIES FOR INDIVIDUAL REGULATORY SIGNS
Traffic
Manual - Ch. 4 - Signs
(Policies for Individual Regulatory Signs):
"Stop signs should not be
used for
speed control."
Sacramento County
Department of Transportation
(DOT):
Stop Signs for
Speed Control:
"The installation of stop signs for speed control must be
carefully evaluated to avoid causing additional traffic problems, such
as: Undue
delays, Increased congestion, Diversion of traffic to other
streets,
Increased noise level, Increased fuel consumption and vehicle emissions"
Speed Limits:
"Sacramento County roads have an unposted maximum speed
limit of 55 mph."
Neighborhood
Traffic Management
Program (NTMP):
"Neighborhood involvement in developing and approving a
neighborhood traffic management plan"
NTMP
"Best Practices" White Paper (Feiir & Peers, 32 pages, June 2004)
Speed Bumps: