Safety

Road safety of the residents of Greeley is a priority. This includes children's safety in school zones through reliable school flashers and other traffic control measures including crosswalks and proper signage. Staff also respond to residents’ concerns with speeding and cut-through traffic in neighborhoods to find solutions that will improve safety and enhance pedestrian travel.

Having safe routes to school is important for parents and students. If parents feel safe allowing their children to walk or bike to school, it creates an opportunity for the child to be active and helps relieve school-hour traffic jams. Greeley’s Public Works and Transportation department facilitates safe travel to and from school through pedestrian traffic control devices, route maps, and educational materials.

Drivers are allowed to turn left after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. (Oncoming traffic has a green light.) Drivers must determine if there is an adequate gap before turning! When in doubt, wait!

Why Have These?

Safety-Studies show that flashing yellow arrows actually improve safety at an intersection. It's all about efficiency; the arrow allows more vehicles to make left turns and reduces the overall number of vehicles that queue in left turn lanes.

Neighborhood traffic management responds to citizen concerns regarding speeds and traffic flow on residential streets. Staff conduct traffic studies in areas that have been identified by residents and assist residents with developing and implementing traffic calming solutions for their neighborhood.

Joining Speed Watch is simple:

• The first step is to download and fill out the Neighborhood Traffic Treaty. We ask that 50 percent of the residents in a targeted neighborhood agree to participate and sign the Neighborhood Traffic Treaty. Once complete submit the form to Transportation Services.
• The neighborhood designates a contact (or contacts) to help maintain neighborhood participation and communication.
• Neighbors hand out brochures to every house in the neighborhood.
• Neighbors provide speed reduction reminders in their HOA newsletter, website and other publications.

Speed Watch Neighborhoods receive:

• Yard Signs
• Safety and awareness brochures
• Signs entering the neighborhood
• Neighborhood listed on the city website

If you are interested and would like to know more, please contact Allison Baxter at 970-350-9326 or allison.baxter@greeleygov.com.