City-Wide Car Traffic Count First Step in Securing Safe Streets

Middletown’s Complete Streets Committee is working to make our city’s streets safer and more “friendly” to all users — including walkers, cyclists, and users of public transportation.  

The group is organizing a “traffic count” event on Sept. 17 to document the current number of motor vehicles or bicyclists and pedestrians at a few key locations. This documentation is required to secure funding for future projects.

We need volunteers who could spend 1 hour and 15 minutes, either near the Stop and Shop on Saybrook Road, or at Macdonough School. The task is to count (using a form and clipboard, provided) all cars, trucks, walkers, bicyclists who enter a specific intersection during the given time period.  Two volunteers will be at each location during each time slot — one to count motor vehicles and one to count other users. 

Locations and time slots

Snow School on Wadsworth Street
6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m.
7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m.

2:45 p.m. to 4 p.m.
3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Macdonough School on Spring Street
6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m.
7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m.

2:45 p.m. to 4 p.m.
3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Saybrook Road and entrance to Stop & Shop plaza
6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m.
7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m.

3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.
4:45 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Intersection of East Main Street and Saybrook Road
6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m.
7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m.

3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.
4:45 p.m. to 6 p.m.

You will receive instructions and a simple form to make a single mark for each vehicle or bicyclist or walker.