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