By Age-Friendly Carbondale The first eight columns in this series reported the results of Age-Friendly Carbondale’s year of work on State Highway 133 inside town limits. We reviewed many previous studies and reports, spent four months listening to residents and eight months analyzing over 4,000 responses from more than 500 individuals. Last week’s column, the […]
Dangerous as Designed
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133, Dangerous as Designed:Our paved futon
By Age-Friendly Carbondale We conclude our review of crossings along 133 with Snowmass and Meadowood Drive, the only two where survey respondents did not report perceiving unsafe conditions. That said, let’s take this week to examine the nature of 133. Roads move people from point A to point B quickly, efficiently and, usually, safely. In […]
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133, Dangerous as Designed: Designated crossings
By Age-Friendly Carbondale The next intersection in the 133, Dangerous as Designed series is Hendrick Drive and Sopris Avenue. This is an oddly configured intersection because Hendrick and Sopris are not aligned, adding to its complexity and making it more difficult to negotiate safely. Several factors make this intersection unsafe. The first is speed. Leaving […]
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133, Dangerous as Designed: Village Road
By Age-Friendly Carbondale This week’s focus on State Route 133 in Carbondale highlights the heavily trafficked and signalized intersection at Village Road. There are side paths on both the east and west sides of Highway 133, with a crosswalk located on the south side. However, the sidewalk along Village Road is situated on the north […]
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133, Dangerous as Designed: Jaywalking –Pt. I
By Age-Friendly Carbondale The 2013 Access Control Plan for Highway 133 reads in part, “The Town is concerned with the lack of locations where they feel pedestrians/bicyclists can safely cross 133 from the east to the west and vice versa. With only three signalized intersections and long distances between these signals, the Town feels that […]