Dayton Continues The Fight To Slow Speeders Down!

Dayton is pushing for a road diet after another fatal accident.

Another fatal accident on Dayton, Ohio streets. The Ohio State Patrol, Dayton Police, Montgomery County Sheriff and Greene County Sheriff had enough of this. The community is seeking input to calming the lead foot on Dayton streets.

The rise of ATV and drag racing on city streets has prompt the law enforcement to step up patrols in areas where its known for the speed.

Multiple people are dead after a car crash on Gettysburg Avenue, a major road on the western edge of the city. The Dayton Police and Ohio State Patrol said there are multiple fatalities. It happened on North Gettysburg Avenue between West Hillcrest Avenue and Prescott Avenue. 

The vehicle hit a power pole at the St. James Avenue intersection and ended up landing on its top.

The Montgomery County Regional Dispatch had calls arriving around 9:15pm. 

Gettysburg Avenue carries about 43,000 vehicles daily. The road speed limit is mostly 35 mph with the remainder south of Ohio State Route 4/Germantown Pike being 45mph.

A woman lost her life after speeding on Dayton, Ohio's road.

As with Gettysburg, there are a handful of roads that Dayton confirm are the most fatal for speeders.

North Main Street from Great Miami Boulevard to Turner Road-Shoup Mill Road in Harrison Township.

West Third Street from James H. McGee Boulevard to Liscum Drive.

Gettysburg Avenue from Salem Avenue in Harrison Township until it becomes Main Street in Moraine.

Wayne Avenue from East Fifth Street to Wilmington Avenue.

Wilmington Avenue from Wayne Avenue to Dorothy Lane in Kettering.

Harshman Road from Needmore and Brant Pike to Airway Road and Woodman Drive.

Riverside Drive from Shoup Mill Road to East Monument Avenue and Patterson Boulevard.

U.S. Highway 35 from Liscum Drive to West Main Street in Xenia Township.

Ohio State Route 4 from Interstate 75 to Interstate 70 and Ohio State Route 235.

North Dixie Drive from Keowee Street and Embury Park Road to U.S. Highway 40 in Vandalia.

Interstate 75 from mile marker 64 to the Ohio-Kentucky state line (near Cincinnati).

If Dayton does finally get federal and state approval, they could enact this in 2022. They already have funds to remove nuisance properties, demolish unsafe structures, add more white street lights, make RTA pay for removal of abandoned trolley poles and lines. 

They could line up trees, make parking spots on Main Street. Try to encourage businesses to invest in Northwest Dayton's neighborhoods. Eliminate food deserts. Make the community rise from the years of depression.

The most population Dayton, Ohio had at one time was in the 1960s when it was 223,000 residents. It has seen a decline to the current population of 138,000 residents. How can the Rust Belt bounce back?

The only city in the Rust Belt that doing reasonably well is Columbus. With a population over 1 million, Ohio's state capitol has been the Midwest hub for innovation. Cincinnati will eventually become the second largest city in the state.

Will Dayton be the next boom of business and travel safety?