{"id":2295,"date":"2024-01-31T11:28:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T17:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/?page_id=2295"},"modified":"2024-02-24T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T19:21:12","slug":"north-main-street-pedestrian-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/north-main-street-pedestrian-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"North Main Street: Pedestrian Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2295\" class=\"elementor elementor-2295\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f7f5780 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f7f5780\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ca00c61\" data-id=\"5ca00c61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11294ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11294ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/North-Main-St-Hero-Image.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/North-Main-St-Hero-Image.png 780w, https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/North-Main-St-Hero-Image-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/North-Main-St-Hero-Image-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/North-Main-St-Hero-Image-350x196.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">North Main St - Future Rendering<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c552cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41c552cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<h2><strong>Additional Reading<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To learn more about additional efforts in improving street lighting on North Main Street, please check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/north-main-street-street-lighting\/\">Street Lighting<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>North Main Street: Pedestrian Safety Intervention Needed After Tragic Deaths<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>North Main Street needs rapid intervention before someone else\u2019s life is seriously altered or ended. As preventable deaths and injuries on North Main Street continue to occur with regularity, reimagining this corridor is long overdue.<\/p>\n<h3>Love and Remembrance on North Main Street:<br>A Vigil and Rally for Pedestrian Safety<\/h3>\n<p>Join us on (Date TBD) at the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/xV6oxN5b5TWwU4fPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corner of North Main Street and Doyle Ave<\/a> in Providence for Love and Remembrance on North Main Street: A Vigil and Rally for Pedestrian Safety. <br><b>Note:<\/b> <b>The image below for the event on Feb 14, 2023 was postponed due to inclement weather. A new date will be announced in the future.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With three fatalities in 2023, Zacory Richardson (38), Vanda Makovetskiy (85), and Edwin English (57), we cannot wait any longer for action on North Main Street. We hope you will join us to honor the victims of traffic violence and join together to prevent another tragedy from happening on this or any other street in PVD.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/WDm8DAYrqfcldAwyYM0FFkCV-VDph5RelgFMBHyRAL4UbVxs7nA9k5C-nWrBUUHTCxbxvu3z3exgGzSMmahvFXI1T3maxC_8LkiqjAAskT11AXggE5LvmIS0ZX9kiNvBuhvDu26oUN-JP4xYqnRm0bw\" width=\"589\" height=\"762\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3>Providence Streets Coalition\u2019s recommendations for the North Main Street Task Force:<\/h3>\n<h4>Short Term:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immediately repair any street lights currently not functioning. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implement an ongoing monitoring process to ensure that malfunctioning lights are handled swiftly.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initiate a review process examining the effectiveness of street light coverage over crosswalks, ensuring that all crosswalks are completely lit. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"#branchAveImage\">See Branch Ave<\/a> intersection as an example needing improvement.) This will likely require adding additional lights and replacing existing lights with brighter units that cast a broader pool of light to cover the street&#8217;s expansive width. Consult any relevant standards or guidelines for light intensity over crosswalks.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-street review of all pedestrian signals to ensure they are currently functioning. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent months, at least two malfunctioning signals were reported to PVD311 and RIDOT. Implement an ongoing monitoring process to ensure that malfunctioning signals are identified and repaired quickly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exclusive pedestrian phasing paired with no-turn-on-red signage at all NMS-signaled intersections.&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some intersections (ex. Branch) do not currently have pedestrian crossings in all directions. Exclusive phasing will allow for added crosswalks, which should be painted.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pedestrian phase should be pushbutton-actuated to prevent unnecessary vehicle traffic backups, with priority given to the pedestrian phase at the next change of signal after actuation to reduce pedestrian wait time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pedestrian phase duration should accommodate diagonal crossing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initiate a process to develop a Restriping Plan, with review and approval by the NMS Task Force and GCSC, to include:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narrower travel lanes, possibly enabled by shifting of parking zone slightly away from the curb.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tightening turn radii at all intersections (signaled and otherwise), possibly with temporary physical barriers for daylighting, for the entire length of N. Main Street from Pawtucket to Canal Street.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add temporary physical barriers (i.e. jersey barriers) where appropriate (ex. Rochambeau northbound) to prevent shoulders from being used as slip lanes. This is a big problem due to NMS\u2019s ample shoulder space and sparse parking at some intersections.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add mid-block crosswalks with temporary speed humps on all lanes, with physical barriers in the shoulder to daylight, and reduce crossing distance, at intervals that comply with current standards.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stretches north and south of Rochambeau are long and largely uninterrupted, and traffic moves fast. In a 0.7-mile stretch, Rochambeau offers the only pedestrian crossing. Expecting pedestrians to go 5-10 minutes out of their way to cross is not a reasonable expectation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(For example: businesses north of Branch rely heavily on parking in the southbound lane, which requires crossing.)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add temporary speed humps at locations with the five highest rates of pedestrian crashes.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speed humps should span shoulders as well as travel lanes to prevent the use of the shoulder as a bypass\/slip lane. According to the City\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providenceri.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Providence-Great-Streets-Plan-Appendix-B-High-Injury-Network-Update-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High Injury Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and PSC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/pvd-crash-data\/\">PVD Crash Data portal<\/a>, the locations that should be prioritized are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N Main St @ Doyle Ave<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N Main St @ Randall St\/Doyle Ave<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N Main St @ Rochambeau Ave<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N Main St @ Smithfield Ave<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N Main St @ 10th Ave<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure that existing stoplight cameras are updated to match any new or recent no-turn-on-red regulations. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Medium Term:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mid-block pedestrian signal with a stop light near Whole Foods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landscaping\/physical barriers on the median to encourage the use of established crossings.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the blocks north and south of Doyle Ave, pedestrians cross routinely mid-block. This is not a pedestrian problem, rather it&#8217;s an infrastructure problem that does not work for pedestrians.<br><\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This should only be implemented after substantial improvements are made to pedestrian crossings. Under current infrastructure, pedestrians may be avoiding signaled intersections because they feel unsafe. We should not remove this option until we improve the crossings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mid-block pedestrian signal with a stop light near Whole Foods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add additional stoplight cameras north of Branch Ave.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Long Term:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Shift vehicular traffic to I-95.\n<ul>\n<li>Add additional turning lanes at Branch Ave and Smithfield Ave to assist in diverting traffic from N Main St to I-95.<\/li>\n<li>N Main St should be less of a fast corridor through town.<\/li>\n<li>Discourage &#8220;early highway exiting&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reduce N Main St vehicle lanes to two lanes, especially north of Branch Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Advanced engineering work, design work, and funding work to actualize the concept within the N Main St Vision Study, to prioritize public\/active transit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Data Requirements:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>All traffic, pedestrian, and cyclist studies concerning volume\/speed on N Main St.\n<ul>\n<li>Data is to be provided by RIDOT and the City of Providence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Two years of traffic stop data, including:\n<ul>\n<li>Location\n<ul>\n<li>Direction (northbound\/southbound)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Date\/Time<\/li>\n<li>Offense\n<ul>\n<li>Include registered speed if the offense was speeding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Data is to be provided by the Providence Police Dept. This data is necessary to understand all hazardous driver behavior under the current N Main St infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Anonymized geospatial cell phone data that indicates the motorist&#8217;s intended destination.\n<ul>\n<li>This data could validate the need to divert traffic from N Main St to I-95\n<ul>\n<li>E.g.: If people are getting off at Smithfield Ave to head downtown, then strategies for re-routing traffic to 95 could reduce volume.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>These datasets could provide speed data along specific segments of N Main St, potentially more effectively than ground-based data collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Past Studies\/Reports:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providenceri.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/190320_StaffReport_NMainDoyle_conceptual.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providence Department of Planning and Development Staff Report: North Main Street intersection with Doyle Ave<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presented at the March 20, 2019, BPAC meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providenceri.gov\/planning\/north-main-street-corridor-revitalization-stud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Main Street Corridor Revitalization Study &#8211; City of Providence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>News Coverage<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/01\/24\/how-north-main-streets-design-is-killing-pedestrians-in-providence\/72202901007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast and furious: This Providence street pits pedestrians against cars, and pedestrians keep losing<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Providence Journal, 1\/24\/2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/01\/06\/north-main-street-in-providence-sees-another-pedestrian-accident\/72097423007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;I&#8217;m a little bit speechless&#8217;: Calls for action grow after another pedestrian hit on N. Main St.<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Providence Journal, 1\/6\/2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/news\/local-news\/providence\/data-3k-pedestrians-cyclists-hit-by-cars-in-providence-over-13-year-span\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data: 3K+ pedestrians and cyclists hit by cars in Providence over a 13-year span<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">(WPRI, 11\/15\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Intersections with poor lighting\/pedestrian infrastructure:<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2298\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"branchAveImage\" class=\"wp-image-2298 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Branch_in_map.png\" alt=\"branch-st\" width=\"745\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Branch_in_map.png 745w, https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Branch_in_map-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Branch Ave<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_2299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2299\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2299 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Doyle_in_map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Doyle_in_map.png 691w, https:\/\/pvdstreets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Doyle_in_map-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doyle Ave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Main St &#8211; Future Rendering Additional Reading To learn more about additional efforts in improving street lighting on North Main Street, please check out our Street Lighting page. North Main Street: Pedestrian Safety Intervention Needed After Tragic Deaths North Main Street needs rapid intervention before someone else\u2019s life is seriously altered or ended. 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