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Safety The MSIC Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Team (TPST) was formed in November 2003 with an initial grant from the City of Oakland to address the type of traffic and pedestrian safety issues that are beyond a single street's issues, or beyond a single neighborhood association's sphere of influence in the areas surrounding Montclair Village. The TPST task force team members are noted here. The Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Team has been merged with the Crime Prevention Team One area being addressed involves drop-off traffic issues at Thornhill School, Montclair School, and Montera/Joaquin Miller Schools. Individually these issues could be addressed by a local neighborhood association, the school representatives from PFA/PTA, and the school itself. Because there are three public schools and two private schools in the MSIC area, all with similar drop-off traffic issues, the MSIC Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Team can identify the COMMON issues for all of the schools, and work with the appropriate agencies (city, county, state, etc.) to effect solutions with the added weight of representing thousands of residents and proposing solutions that would work within all contexts.
Another area being addressed is the numerous pathways and stairs throughout the hills neighborhoods. Each one of these can be addressed individually by smaller groups (as was successfully done with the Lower and Upper Merriewood Stairs). What the Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Team can add to the mix is addressing an overall plan for pathways and stairs that smaller groups either couldn't or wouldn't attempt. Because of the larger physical area represented, and the added support of community activists, application to organizations for grants and the possible success of receipt of grants is improved greatly. Further, because of the larger physical area represented along with the large population represented, it is anticipated that working with the city, county and state organizations will receive far better response than when individual neighborhood associations or individuals apply for action. Click on the menu items to the left to learn more about our traffic and pedestrian safety activities. For examples of MSIC-led community projects that resulted in improvements to traffic and pedestrian safety, check out the Lower Merriewood Stairs Cleanup and the Gaspar Stairs Cleanup activities. How to Suggest a Safety Issue to the Team The MSIC Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Team wants to know what safety issues you feel should be addressed in our neighborhoods, and what solutions you envision. To provide feedback, please contact the MSIC by calling 510-759-1131, or send us an email. Be sure to include the following in your communications:
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Traffic &
Pedestrian Safety
One
effort, already completed, is a mural on the wall of Montclair
School that faces the intersection of Mountain Boulevard and
Cabot Drive, where school children cross the street. This mural,
executed by a group of MSIC and PFA/PTA personnel, reminds all
drivers to SLOW DOWN at this busy intersection.