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March 02, 2005
A shared speed monitoring trailer(s) for Folsom, Sac County and Rancho Cordova?
After contributing my .02 to the "Why not ride a bike to work?" discussion on www.50corridor.com, I began to think about how I might address the driving behavior in south Rancho. I do enjoy riding, and the distance is reasonable, just not the "San Andreas" tactics of some of the younger, more "stimulated" members of the driving public.
About the same time as I was pondering this, the City of Rancho Cordova City Council received a memo from the city's Police Dept. concerning the CITIZENS’ OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS)
2004/2005 ALLOCATION and recommended expenditures for the city's $100,000 share. I checked out how Elk Grove, Citrus Heights and Folsom spent their funds, and it seemed reasonable to consider a speed trailer. The council has already approved the shopping list submitted by the RCPD, but one item I'd thought should be considered for the future was a speed monitoring trailer with radar.
I'd also thought that if the cities of Rancho Cordova, Folsom and the County of Sacramento pooled their resources, they could jointly purchase a couple of these trailers, and share them, reducing the cost to each government. The trailers could rotate through each jurisdiction ( Folsom, the uninc'd communities east of Watt-Gold River and Rancho Cordova) and be deployed on streets with speeding problems, especially on streets near job centers, where commuters using alternate modes to travel to work (bicycles) and pedestrians are present, either crossing streets after arriving by transit, or walking to nearby dining/shopping sites.
Is this something the Rancho Cordova city council would look into supporting and endorsing with the City of Folsom and the County?
Posted by cystdog at March 2, 2005 04:25 PM
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