How many master planned communities in the city of Lewisville? How many traffic calming remediations in the city of Lewisville? How many traffic calming remediations are in master planned communities? How was the data and experience of those remediations used to inform and guide the King Arthur project?
I live on King Arthur and have seen how this project has not succeeded its intended purpose as I drive it and walk it multple times a day. Speeders are still speeding, those that run stop signs are still running them, and a higher % of cyclists are not using the designated bike lanes as was intended. The bump outs and concrete barriers are a hazard to motorists and cyclists alike. Please remove them and simply paint the roadway as it is done on Lady of the Lake.
Billy Hixon, Retired Certified Public Accountant
2 months ago
I have found the changes to King Arthur to be unsafe; areas of the street have been narrowed to what is now dangerous widths; with extended new concrete curbs promoting auto and wheel damage. Please take out all the concrete barriers and simply paint the street to show where to direct traffic, with what I hope is a completely proven and safe new traffic pattern. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Lewisville. Billy E. Hixon
As a 27-year Castle Hills resident, I am deeply concerned that a project intended to improve safety has introduced new hazards. Repeated vehicle impacts with the new concrete infrastructure and a serious cyclist injury demand more than assurances. I urge Lewisville to commission an independent Road Safety Audit, verify the as-built project against sealed plans, investigate the root cause of these incidents, and modify or remove unsafe elements before more harm occurs.
We want King Arthur to be safe, but the current design has serious issues. There is little room for normal driver error, and many cars have been damaged after hitting bump-outs and concrete separators. Cars are passing into oncoming traffic, and the bike lanes are very narrow with frequent obstructions. It is not clear that speeding or running stop signs have declined. Let's get white diagonal stripes painted before relevant bump-outs while the City gathers data to guide longer-term changes.
I oppose the cement barriers down King Arthur. It has and will continue to cause unsafe driving conditions especially when ice and snow are present. I would also like to ask how much of the cities future projects including the trails impacted the current design of the traffic calming project. I’d also like to know who is responsible for reporting any damage done to barriers, bump outs and reflectors, the city or residents? What is the time frame for correcting the damage?
While there were occasionally distracted/bad drivers before that one could see drifting around the wide lanes, now when a driver is distracted and going the opposite direction toward you - if they drift from their narrow corridor into your side, you have to drive over barriers that affect immediate and devastating vehicle damage to avoid them (which has already happened, per police reports attached). The margin of safety has been reduced to zero in what was an upscale neighborhood before.
1) An experienced cyclist crashed into one of these new obstacles placed in our previously safe street, requiring surgery for his broken collarbone.
2) I've personally helped change 4 tire blowouts with ruined rims with Lewisville residents who hit one of these non-crashworthy obstacles.
3) These are dangerous road hazards for everyone and will continue to cause problems unless they are removed. Please do so before winter snow and ice.
Emergency Access: Narrow travel lanes, parked vehicles, concrete separators, and bump-outs may restrict emergency access along King Arthur. Motorists cannot always move to the right, forcing emergency vehicles into the opposing lane while oncoming traffic has limited room to yield. Demonstrating that a large vehicle can make one turn does not address actual emergency conditions. Please conduct a realistic test with vehicles legally parked and opposing traffic present.
I believe the traffic calming project started with good intentions, however the final result has had the opposite effect. I have a few questions regarding how we got here.
-What studies or data were gathered to determine that such drastic measures were warranted?
-Was an official survey completed?
-Were there any official complaints submitted or was this decision based on hearsay?
-Can the data regarding the number and types of complaints received be shared without disclosing the complainants?
The completed calming project represents a significant and abrupt departure from KA. Installation of large bump outs and barriers fundamentally altered traffic flow. While intended to slow traffic, structures have instead created new, measurable safety risks. Drivers now huge center line, elevating collision risk. Now wide turns to avoid bumpouts, increasing turns into traffic. Larger vehicles struggle to navigate narrow roads, damage concrete and cross center lanes - page 1 of 4
How many master planned communities in the city of Lewisville? How many traffic calming remediations in the city of Lewisville? How many traffic calming remediations are in master planned communities? How was the data and experience of those remediations used to inform and guide the King Arthur project?
I live on King Arthur and have seen how this project has not succeeded its intended purpose as I drive it and walk it multple times a day. Speeders are still speeding, those that run stop signs are still running them, and a higher % of cyclists are not using the designated bike lanes as was intended. The bump outs and concrete barriers are a hazard to motorists and cyclists alike. Please remove them and simply paint the roadway as it is done on Lady of the Lake.
I have found the changes to King Arthur to be unsafe; areas of the street have been narrowed to what is now dangerous widths; with extended new concrete curbs promoting auto and wheel damage. Please take out all the concrete barriers and simply paint the street to show where to direct traffic, with what I hope is a completely proven and safe new traffic pattern. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Lewisville. Billy E. Hixon
As a 27-year Castle Hills resident, I am deeply concerned that a project intended to improve safety has introduced new hazards. Repeated vehicle impacts with the new concrete infrastructure and a serious cyclist injury demand more than assurances. I urge Lewisville to commission an independent Road Safety Audit, verify the as-built project against sealed plans, investigate the root cause of these incidents, and modify or remove unsafe elements before more harm occurs.
We want King Arthur to be safe, but the current design has serious issues. There is little room for normal driver error, and many cars have been damaged after hitting bump-outs and concrete separators. Cars are passing into oncoming traffic, and the bike lanes are very narrow with frequent obstructions. It is not clear that speeding or running stop signs have declined. Let's get white diagonal stripes painted before relevant bump-outs while the City gathers data to guide longer-term changes.
I oppose the cement barriers down King Arthur. It has and will continue to cause unsafe driving conditions especially when ice and snow are present. I would also like to ask how much of the cities future projects including the trails impacted the current design of the traffic calming project. I’d also like to know who is responsible for reporting any damage done to barriers, bump outs and reflectors, the city or residents? What is the time frame for correcting the damage?
While there were occasionally distracted/bad drivers before that one could see drifting around the wide lanes, now when a driver is distracted and going the opposite direction toward you - if they drift from their narrow corridor into your side, you have to drive over barriers that affect immediate and devastating vehicle damage to avoid them (which has already happened, per police reports attached). The margin of safety has been reduced to zero in what was an upscale neighborhood before.
1) An experienced cyclist crashed into one of these new obstacles placed in our previously safe street, requiring surgery for his broken collarbone.
2) I've personally helped change 4 tire blowouts with ruined rims with Lewisville residents who hit one of these non-crashworthy obstacles.
3) These are dangerous road hazards for everyone and will continue to cause problems unless they are removed. Please do so before winter snow and ice.
Emergency Access: Narrow travel lanes, parked vehicles, concrete separators, and bump-outs may restrict emergency access along King Arthur. Motorists cannot always move to the right, forcing emergency vehicles into the opposing lane while oncoming traffic has limited room to yield. Demonstrating that a large vehicle can make one turn does not address actual emergency conditions. Please conduct a realistic test with vehicles legally parked and opposing traffic present.
I believe the traffic calming project started with good intentions, however the final result has had the opposite effect. I have a few questions regarding how we got here.
-What studies or data were gathered to determine that such drastic measures were warranted?
-Was an official survey completed?
-Were there any official complaints submitted or was this decision based on hearsay?
-Can the data regarding the number and types of complaints received be shared without disclosing the complainants?
The completed calming project represents a significant and abrupt departure from KA. Installation of large bump outs and barriers fundamentally altered traffic flow. While intended to slow traffic, structures have instead created new, measurable safety risks. Drivers now huge center line, elevating collision risk. Now wide turns to avoid bumpouts, increasing turns into traffic. Larger vehicles struggle to navigate narrow roads, damage concrete and cross center lanes - page 1 of 4