Dayton Wants To End The Drag On Main!

Dayton trying to slow down North Main Street for good.

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The City of Dayton, Ohio is looking forward to taming a wild beast. That wild beast is Main Street, one of the main thoroughfares in the city. 

I guess they read my postings. 

A few years ago, a girl named Makayla White was killed on Main Street after she ran in the street in front of a speeding car. She was killed on impact. She along with dozens of other pedestrians were seriously injured or killed by vehicles on Main Street.

Not to mention the deadly accidents. The stretch between Main Street at Turner/Shoup Mill Road heading towards Interstate 75 is the most dangerous stretch of road in the area. The speed limit is 35 and many have traveled faster than the posted speed. 

It is also a depressing area where businesses and homes are boarded up. Prostitution is frequent in the North Riverdale, Hillcrest and Santa Clara neighborhoods.

The city has shooting spotter devices in the area. 

The city now wants to ask the U.S. Department of Transportation and Ohio Department of Transportation for funds to make Main Street go on a “road diet.”

The city expects to find out early this year if it will be awarded grant money to help transform the corridor by investing in safety upgrades meant to slow down traffic and improve pedestrian experience.

The road diet is to trim down North Main Street (State Route 48) from four lanes to three lanes.

The city wants to have one lane in each direction and a center left-turn lane. It will also allow on-street parking and bicycle lanes. It also is advocating curb extensions, visible key-style crossings and rapid flashing beacons that pedestrians can activate with a push of a button.

Dayton is in need of serious change. North Main Street will be the first of many changes in hopefully a Biden presidency.

Dayton has suffered under President Donald J. Trump. We lost two hospitals, had a destructive tornado rip through the city, had a handful of  mass shootings, the Klan coming to the city and lost so many businesses under his presidency. Of course this pandemic has taken it toll on the city.