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East Sacramento Preservation Supports the Mercy Hospital Neighborhood Traffic Management Program

Posted on 03/28/2011 by admin

In response to neighbors’ concerns, the Sacramento Police Department and Parking Enforcement will write citations in the neighborhood as part of the Mercy Hospital Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (Traffic Calming Committee).

Police and parking enforcement officers will enforce traffic laws in support of the plan.

They will be looking for:

Speeding ($214 to $328)

Running stop signs ($214) and signals ($436)

Driving using cell phone, not hands free (1st offense-$148, subsequent offense – $256)

Amounts listed are total bail amounts due for a traffic fine. This does not include any additional assessments for prior violations.

For more information go to the city fine break down page.

To report moving violations or request traffic enforcement, please call 277-6128. There is a Police officer assigned to the Mercy Hospital campus and the surrounding blocks. You can mention this when you place your call requesting help.

Did you know that you should never park a vehicle:

‘backward’ (opposing traffic) ($35)

in a crosswalk (marked or unmarked) ($50)

blocking a sidewalk access ramp ($445)

blocking a driveway ($50)

in a bike lane ($50)

in an area marked no parking or no parking during certain hours ($35)

For more information on parking violations, go to the city traffic violations page.

To report parking violations or request parking enforcement, please call 808-5354

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East Sacramento Preservation Offers a Possible Solution to SHPS Traffic Problem

Posted on 03/12/2011 by admin

There is a possible solution to this problem

Square footage is the crux of the Sacred Heart Parish School traffic problem. The new school is built on a very small area in the middle of two of the busiest streets in East Sacramento. The school’s designers did not plan for the traffic problems that now beset the neighborhood.

Problem

Chronic gridlock and traffic congestion on 39th between J and H, caused by Sacred Heart Parish School parents dropping and picking up school children.

Possible Solution

  • Ask Sacred Heart Parish Church to provide its parking lot as a student zone for morning and afternoon drop offs. The parking lot has adequate spaces for waiting parents. Employ a crossing guard to help children cross J Street safely.
  • Ask Catholic Health Care West to extend the Mercy Hospital community van service to pick up and drop children from the school loop to the church parking lot.
  • Convene a parent meeting to stress the need for car pooling, biking and walking to school, and offer a small but attractive tuition reduction to parents who pledge to drop their children at the church.
  • Teach and emphasize bike safety in PE and encourage walking.
  • Ask parking control and the SPD to patrol the area at the drop-off time and ticket red zone and double parking violators to reinforce your policy.
  • Close the traffic loop to pick up and drop off during morning and afternoon drop off times once the new system is in effect, unless there is an extenuating circumstance.


These ideas use resources already in place and help SHPS address and try to solve its problem.


How would you solve this problem? Let East Sacramento Preservation know.

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