Hello neighbors! We are grateful for the feedback you’ve been providing on Engage Lancaster regarding the Artful Intersection over the past few weeks. Our top priority is creating safe and accessible facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists, and we take your concerns seriously. Staff members from the Bureau of Police and Department of Public Works took another look at the intersection and we are making the following changes, effectively immediately:
• expanding the width of the lanes to accommodate two passing vehicles
• moving the new stop sign on W. Vine Street down the hill a bit to increase visibility
• adding stop bars (thick white line on the pavement to designate where a vehicle should stop) and STOP pavement markings on both legs of Vine Street to highlight that there is a stop ahead.
The delineators are meant to help motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists navigate the new traffic pattern and will stay up temporarily. They will be removed on Monday, November 29, or prior to the first plowable snowfall – whichever comes first.
Please remember that this is a pilot project. We are continuously monitoring the effectiveness of the intersection and these new changes, and we appreciate your patience and cooperation as our staff work across departments to determine solutions. As the City explores new and innovative ways to improve pedestrian and traffic safety throughout Lancaster, we welcome your continued comments on Engage Lancaster.
We will follow up shortly with an FAQ about the intersection to help address additional questions and concerns.
How is the new parking? ¿Cómo es el nuevo aparcamiento?
From "Artful Intersections: Cabbage Hill"
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Additional parking was installed along South Mulberry Street. Have you used the new back-in angled parking?
Se instaló estacionamiento adicional a lo largo de South Mulberry Street. ¿Ha utilizado el nuevo estacionamiento en ángulo trasero?
Official updates
Last update: October 18, 2021
Posted on October 18, 2021
Thank you for your comments and feedback regarding the project. We will continue to post updates here on the Engage Lancaster project. We are compiling your comments and questions to create a frequently asked questions section.
Posted on October 8, 2021
Thank you for your comments and feedback regarding the project. We will continue to post updates here on the Engage Lancaster project. We are compiling your comments and questions to create a frequently asked questions section.
Posted on October 8, 2021
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Profile of Karen Rothschild
Posted by:Karen Rothschild
5 years ago
As someone who lives right here, the parking has been better with the diagonal spaces. Still, parking is tough anyway and we need a long-term solution (maybe using some of the lot space at the school for people who live nearby??)
Profile of Jaylan Martin
Posted by:Jaylan Martin
5 years ago
The angled parking is fine but why take others spaces away around vine street?
Posted by:unknown author
5 years ago
Spots were removed along the hill if anything it’s gotten worse
Profile of diane baker
Posted by:diane baker
5 years ago
We were told parking spaces wouldn't be affected yet numerous spots were removed. Why the conflicting info?
Profile of Dean Evans
Posted by:Dean Evans
5 years ago
@diane baker Diane. The loss of parking spaces was expected, but with the addition of angled parking, there was a net gain of three spaces around the immediate intersection.
Profile of Robin Ehst
Posted by:Robin Ehst
5 years ago
The angled parking on Mulberry is great. But there is no reason to eliminate the parking spaces on the right/downhill side of Vine and the corner of W. Strawberry (as attempted by the no parking signs). People have been parking there for years with no problem and every spot is valuable here.
Profile of Dean Evans
Posted by:Dean Evans
5 years ago
@Robin Ehst Are you talking about the widened area of West Vine across from the former Strawberry Hill restaurant? If so, parking has NEVER been permitted on that side of the street.
Profile of Robin Ehst
Posted by:Robin Ehst
5 years ago
@Dean Evans no. Imagine you are at the end of the 400 block of Vine and you take a right on Strawberry-- the parking spaces that are on the right side of Strawberry going down the hill. They put up no parking signs there where there were none before, and parking authority is ticketing people all the time now. It's especially important to have that extra spot or two on Thursday street cleaning days because Strawberry is a Wednesday st.
Profile of Dean Evans
Posted by:Dean Evans
5 years ago
@Robin Ehst I’ll take a look at it tomorrow. It is illegal to park within a certain distance to a corner of an intersection and there are parking limitations on both sides of a crosswalk. I’ll take measurements and see if that’s the reason for the no parking signs.
Profile of Robin Ehst
Posted by:Robin Ehst
5 years ago
@Dean Evans Yes, I'm aware of the crosswalk rules, which are by no means actually/consistently enforced city wide or the loss of parking would be devastating. The reason for the no parking on that section only now is the paint. Immediately on the other side of the crosswalk people are parking with no resulting tickets.
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