What Areas of Humboldt Roadways Do You Think Are Unsafe?

TC by Stormy Taylor

[Stock image of a crash by Stormy Taylor]

Press release from Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities:

Road users in Humboldt County now have an easy way to let local decision makers know directly where they feel safe and unsafe on local roads and streets. The Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities (CRTP) is partnering with the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center at the University of California, Berkeley (SafeTREC) for the local roll-out of an online safety tool called Street Story.

Using Street Story, members of the public can identify locations where they have experienced a collision or a near-miss, or areas they feel are hazardous to certain road users. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California O­ffice of Traffic­ Safety through the National Highway Tra­ffic Safety Administration. It is free and easy to use, and is already in use in several other communities across California.

“We wanted to create a more complete picture of safety than is available from current data sources,” Kate Beck, Street Story Program Lead said. “The stories of what happens in a collision or a near miss tend to get lost. We were looking for a way to collect these stories and give them more weight in discussions about safety improvements.”

“Traditional sources of road safety information like police reports are extremely valuable,” said CRTP Executive Director Colin Fiske. “But they don’t tell the whole story—especially when it comes to people who are walking or biking. Street Story lets people directly and anonymously report where they’re not safe or not comfortable using local roads. We’ll be looking at the Street Story reports regularly and using them to advocate for infrastructure and policy improvements to make the roads in Humboldt safer for everyone—particularly the most vulnerable users.”

The groups and agencies involved with the local Street Story roll out encourage everyone who lives or travels in Humboldt County to use the tool whenever they have relevant information to report. Simply visithttps://streetstory.berkeley.edu and follow the simple prompts to enter information about a collision, near-miss, hazardous or safe area in just a couple of minutes. Street Story is not a substitute for a police report.

Media organizations can help promote the use of Street Story as a way to crowdsource information about local road safety conditions. Data from Street Story is publicly available and can be used by members of the public as well as agencies, community groups, and the media.

For more information about SafeTREC, visit https://safetrec.berkeley.edu/. For more information about CRTP, visit www.transportationpriorities.org

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Dot
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Dot
4 years ago

Great tool! Thanks for posting

Susan Nolan
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Susan Nolan
4 years ago

I just did this and it’s quick and easy.

Bushytails
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Bushytails
4 years ago

I just filled one out. It seems very strongly biased towards cyclists and pedestrians, making it pretty useless as an accurate tool for generic street issues. Also, with only a third of people reporting they _don’t_ attend public meetings on road safety, it seems the study population is also very biased.

hmm
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hmm
4 years ago
Reply to  Bushytails

Extremely biased towards bicyclist. We already have laws that create very dangerous situations by excessively catering to bicyclist.

CnD
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CnD
4 years ago
Reply to  hmm

Aw gee! It must be such a drag to have to watch the road ahead while driving, instead of taking selfies and posting on Facebook or Instagram.

hmm
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hmm
4 years ago
Reply to  CnD

My comment had nothing to do with having to watch the road. I have to wonder exactly what law(s) you think I have a problem with? I have only taken “selfies” to examine injures that I could directly see, I don’t use facebook or Instagram.

TQM
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TQM
4 years ago
Reply to  hmm

You mean injuries that you could not directly see (but could feel)
Such as your ….

Antichrist
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Antichrist
4 years ago
Reply to  CnD

yeah it is a pain in the ass when that jack wad on abike blows a stop sign at 30 mph and ya gotta lock up the brakes spilling coffee all over yourself on the way to work. bike are great. put plates on them and chatge users over 16 a yearly fee as well as a useage tax that compares to the fuel tax to pay for their bike lanes

GUEST
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GUEST
4 years ago
Reply to  Antichrist

Thanks.

Doggo
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Doggo
4 years ago
Reply to  hmm

I always say a little prayer for the moronic bicyclists on the Avenue of the Giants, who do not understand that it is a 55mph state highway. I sold my bike after one Avenue ride, realizing it was a suicidal adventure☺

flatman
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flatman
4 years ago
Reply to  Doggo

WOW, Thank you for being the voice of REASON.

It takes a truly suicidal mentality to bike on the Avenue, and a TRUE gambler to actually LIVE along the avenue and try to go about their daily lives driving to town and back.

It is MIRACULOUS that there are so few fatal accidents here, it is a testament to the local’s driving skills and attentiveness.

I personally believe it is time to SERIOUSLY consider banning bicycles on the Avenue. Even lowering the speed limit from 55 to 25 wouldn’t mitigate the risk to cyclists. We NEED to COMPLETELY ban bicycles, or create WIDE shoulders THROUGHOUT the ENTIRE length of the avenue.

Jeffersonian
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Jeffersonian
4 years ago
Reply to  Bushytails

What do you expect in these worthless surveys. Nothing meaningful will result.

R.Valentine
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R.Valentine
4 years ago

You must be joking! All of Briceland Road from Redway to Shelter Cove is a disaster. Unrepaired slip outs, huge & constant pot holes left unrepaired. Constant close calls with crazy drivers.
Everyone complains, but it is claimed there is no money to fix road.

It is just my opinion, but if Briceland Rd is rebuilt & made safe, Shelter Cove would become an economic dynamo for Humboldt County.

I strongly dislike lowlifes
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I strongly dislike lowlifes
4 years ago
Reply to  R.Valentine

If you think Briceland Rd. is bad try Old Briceland Rd. Its nearly impassable with the depth and frequency of pot holes.

Guest
Guest
Guest
4 years ago

This in the Terms of Use- “This study involves minimal risk, but you may become uncomfortable if you recall a particularly upsetting collision or close call. ” How University of California is that…

Thirdeye
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Thirdeye
4 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Roll eyes. Fill out form. Problem solved.

Bushytails
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Bushytails
4 years ago
Reply to  Guest

I’m just amazed no one has complained they offer a non-binary gender option.

LostCoastEMP
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LostCoastEMP
4 years ago

101 is sweet. So hum will never get the funding it needs for roads. Newsom, your a wolf in sheeps clothing.

Central HumCo
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4 years ago
Reply to  LostCoastEMP

NOT short on funds. WAAAY top heavy in the Sheriff’s Dept., Staff, Managers, Attorneys, Specialists and Analysts to Analyze the Analysts.

I posted a list here: https://kymkemp.com/2019/06/18/workshop-on-crafting-hemp-regulations/?unapproved=826222&moderation-hash=c87239c00eae738a8288ea6edab95c28#comment-826222

Rowdy
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Rowdy
4 years ago
Reply to  LostCoastEMP

It isn’t just so him , I live in north east humbolt on hwy 96, and it is also a complete joke. Slip out, slides, unpaved and rough roads. The highway hasn’t been paved from Weitchipec to Happy camp in over 30 years!!!

Willie Caos-mayham
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4 years ago

🕯🌳Well let’s see…..

Steve Parr
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Steve Parr
4 years ago

Well, I would say the areas off the edges would be the most unsafe parts of any roadway.

Yes, that’s my final answer.

Guest
Guest
Guest
4 years ago

2 miles up Titlow on the steep hairpin turn. Needs a guardrail. In winter when it ices, between 10 and 20 cars go
Off the cliff every year. It is a constant
Serious danger spot. Ask the Buddies and CHP, they spend weeks at the spot every year.

tax payer
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tax payer
4 years ago

they probably already know the dangerous spots of the road but i just want to point out the 299 101 interchange. they have accidents all the time there

Guest
Guest
Guest
4 years ago
Reply to  tax payer

I agree. The ramp to move from 299 to north 101 is blind until way too late and the speeds too high to merge in the short time available.

Trippyhippie
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Trippyhippie
4 years ago

Hwy 169

OrleansNative
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OrleansNative
4 years ago
Reply to  Trippyhippie

The road near 169 that is an disaster waiting to happen is the road from 96 to the Weitchpec elementary school. There is extremely poor visibility at the junction of the road with 96 whether one is driving either direction of 96 or coming off the Weitchpec school road onto 96. Plus coming down from the school there is a switchback where it would very easy to sail off into nothingness in the fog.

I drove to Pecwan and Johnsons for the first time in several years and 169 is what it is but is in by far the best condition in nearly 70 years of living on the Rivers. Plus logging trucks and associated traffic are no longer abundant. Bet lots of the downriver folks would rather the road not be improved for their own privacy. Some downriver folks did not like the coming of electricity.

The Cal approach does not seem all that applicable to much of rural Humboldt (and I am pro-Cal as have BS and MBA and that education is one of the best things about my life).

Pet peeves of mine on the coast are Harrison by St Joes and Broadway.

In both cases drivers are the main hazard.

Humboldt Original
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Humboldt Original
4 years ago

Statutorily this job of ensuring safe streets and roadways falls on the squishy useless shoulders of Caltrans. Oh yes, and the equally complicit local municipalities and some stupid thing called HCOG. Collectively these morons are required by law to ensure your safety. Good luck!

Enter nonprofit organization and state university to democratize the conveyance of basic information (publicly!) about unsafe and downright criminally f’d feelings on roadways that we all have experienced.

Result? It’s up to YOU!!!

We could actually make the streets and roadways safe for all users…!??!!??

Meanwhile, the morons dictate, with their guidance to:

1) Build a concrete escarpment that will sink into the Bay mud and otherwise be underwater soon at Indianola. Moron idea #1.

2) Desecrate Ancient Redwoods at the now extinct festival of the white man’s Reggae (equally appalling). AKA “Richardson’s Grove” as if this whitey actually “discovered” the trees that simply don’t care but actually hate humans. Moron idea #2.

3) Clearcut forests and bury creeks to access some poorly done “casino” full of tweakers and shady characters from a Bulgarian gangster film. But there is a nice view of Trinidad anyway. Moron idea #3.

Conclusion:

A) Trust your own experiences and those of your good friends and confidants.

B) Tell the Morons to please move back to the southern areas where their ideas are more acceptable by their moron peers.

THE END

tax payer
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tax payer
4 years ago

the times they are a changin’ . just some good advice for you grumpy old person that likes to brag that they have lived here longer (which doesnt hold water in any argument in the USA). go listen to some bob dylan