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Meaningful public input
Residents should have clear opportunities to understand proposals and share their perspectives before major changes move forward.
A community conversation about our streets
Safer streets.
Connected neighborhood.
University Park can pursue effective traffic-safety solutions without unnecessarily limiting access to our neighborhood. We support transparent, data-driven decisions and meaningful opportunities for residents to be heard.
Our position
We can support traffic safety without supporting every traffic-control proposal.
This website is intended to help University Park residents follow the discussion around traffic diverters and other traffic-control concepts, review public information, and participate in decisions affecting neighborhood streets.
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Data-driven decisions
Traffic interventions should be evaluated using clear data, stated goals, and measurable results.
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Consider all impacts
A change that improves one intersection may affect nearby streets. Those potential impacts deserve careful consideration.
“Before permanent changes reshape how residents move through University Park, the community deserves clear information, meaningful input, and a full discussion of alternatives.”
Traffic-control concepts
Locations identified in Town concept materials
The Town's PTPS page links to traffic-control concepts and additional traffic-study resources. The locations below are presented as locations appearing in publicly available concept materials—not as a statement that each location has been finally approved or will necessarily be built.
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Clagett Road & Pineway
Concept location identified for a semi-traffic diverter.
Concept location identified for a semi-traffic diverter.
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Van Buren Street & 40th Avenue
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
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Queens Chapel Road & Van Buren Street
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
4
Wells Parkway & Chansory Lane
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
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College Heights Drive & Van Buren Street
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
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Beechwood Road & Van Buren Street
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
Concept location identified in Town traffic-control materials.
Important: Planning concepts, recommendations, approvals, pilot projects, and completed installations are different stages. This website should be updated as the Town publishes new information.
Questions worth asking
Good public policy starts with clear answers.
Will traffic simply move to another residential street?
When access is restricted at one location, residents should understand how traffic patterns may change elsewhere and how those effects will be measured.
What alternatives have been considered?
Residents should be able to compare diverters with other approaches such as traffic calming, intersection improvements, enforcement, or other measures discussed in public materials.
How will success be defined?
Before implementation, the Town should clearly identify the safety and traffic outcomes it intends to achieve and how it will evaluate results.
What opportunities will residents have to comment?
Public meetings, committee discussions, agendas, minutes, and Council decisions should be easy for residents to find and follow.
Public information
Start with the Town's own documents.
The best community discussion is based on primary sources. These links take residents to University Park's publicly available information.
Police, Traffic & Public Safety Committee
Committee role, current traffic-study documents, meetings, and agendas.↗ Traffic Studies, Reports & Data
Town page for additional traffic-study documents and resources.↗ Meeting information
Check the Town's PTPS page for current meeting and agenda information.↗
Committee role, current traffic-study documents, meetings, and agendas.↗ Traffic Studies, Reports & Data
Town page for additional traffic-study documents and resources.↗ Meeting information
Check the Town's PTPS page for current meeting and agenda information.↗
Get involved
Stay informed. Ask questions. Participate.
Community participation is strongest when residents have the information they need before decisions are finalized.