Welcome to the Trailwood Community. Trailwood Community Conservation Overlay Primarily R-2 R-2 R-6

Welcome to the Trailwood Community

Trailwood CommunityConservation Overlay

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Trailwood Drive• Primarily residential – single family homes – seniors, kids, pets – 30 driveways – 13-home project approved – apartments S of Beltline

• Centennial Middle School – school crossing, bus stops

• Raleigh Fire Station 20

• Method Child Care Center

• Designated Minor Thoroughfare – 1.5 miles long

– 2 lanes – no shoulder – 3 stop lights – blind curves and hills – student traffic – deer crossings – 45 mph speed limit

• 50% Wake County inholding (donut hole)

Trailwood Drive, Monday morning, October 19

Congested Traffic

Child-Care CenterChild-Care Centerentranceentrance

On Trailwood Drive near Tryon Road

Parking Overflow

Trailwood Drive Auto Accidents

2006: 30 collisions reported… so farOne fatality

2005: 36 collisions reported

• many others at intersections• many unreported• at least two other recent fatalities

Head-On CollisionFriday, 1 December 2006

Deer Road KillFriday, 1 December 2006

Memorial to Student Fatality13 August 2006

Primary Arterial

Secondary Arterial

Major Thoroughfare

Minor ThoroughfareCollectorProposed Road

Raleigh Comprehensive PlanSouthwest District

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Avent Ferry

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Thistledown

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Centennial Parkway

Road Comparisons

Road Designation Lanes Use Speed Limit

Tryon Major thoroughfare 5 lanes Commercial 45 mph

Gorman South Major thoroughfare 5 lanes Commercial 45 mphGorman North Minor thoroughfare 2 lanes Residential 35 mph

Avent Ferry East Major thoroughfare 5 lanes Commercial 40 mphAvent Ferry West Minor thoroughfare 3 lanes Residential 35 mph

Centennial Minor thoroughfare 5 lanes Campus 40 mph Parkway

Thistledown Minor thoroughfare 4 lanes Commercial 35 mph

Trailwood Minor thoroughfare 2 lanes Residential 45 mph

– Trailwood speed limit is inappropriate –

Physics, Time, and Safety

Trailwood Drive1.5 miles long, three stop lights

Travel Time2.0 min at 45 mph2.5 min at 35 mph

Stopping Distance45 vs 35 mph: 1.7 times longer

50 vs 35 mph: over 2 times longer

What is safety worth?

Proposal and Request

What we propose and request:

• Reduce Trailwood Drive speed limit to 35 mph

• Increase police enforcement of reduced speed limit

• City Council and Mayor support and action

(Public Works Committee)

What we do not propose:

• Widening, lane additions, shoulder construction

stop lights, or changes in City boundaries

Thank you from the Trailwood Community!

Please Help Us Keep Raleigh SafeFor All Our Citizens