Petition calls for safety improvements at University Heights intersection | NBC 7 San Diego
NBC 7 San Diego
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '4.240', 'text': 'So, after years of accidents, near'}, {'start': '1.839', 'end': '5.759', 'text': 'misses, horns, and screeching breaks in'}, {'start': '4.240', 'end': '7.359', 'text': 'the heart of University Heights,'}, {'start': '5.759', 'end': '9.120', 'text': 'neighbors have a chance to tell local'}, {'start': '7.359', 'end': '11.040', 'text': 'leaders just how dangerous a certain'}, {'start': '9.120', 'end': '12.400', 'text': "intersection can be. Okay, so we're"}, {'start': '11.040', 'end': '14.880', 'text': 'talking about the intersection where'}, {'start': '12.400', 'end': '16.880', 'text': 'Park Boulevard, Alcohon Boulevard, and'}, {'start': '14.880', 'end': '18.880', 'text': 'Normal Street all meet in a big tangle'}, {'start': '16.880', 'end': '21.359', 'text': 'of traffic and directional confusion.'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '24.240', 'text': "NBC7's Dave Summers tells us how you can"}, {'start': '21.359', 'end': '25.760', 'text': 'add your two cents.'}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '27.599', 'text': 'Oh,'}, {'start': '25.760', 'end': '30.560', 'text': "you can't stand near the intersection"}, {'start': '27.599', 'end': '32.960', 'text': 'where Elcohone and Park Boulevards meet'}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '34.800', 'text': 'Normal Street too long before this'}, {'start': '32.960', 'end': '36.800', 'text': "conversation comes up. If you're turning"}, {'start': '34.800', 'end': '38.320', 'text': 'left, uh, you know, people might be'}, {'start': '36.800', 'end': '40.000', 'text': 'turning right on red. Every time I hear'}, {'start': '38.320', 'end': '41.280', 'text': 'a siren, I like praying. Even when you'}, {'start': '40.000', 'end': '44.399', 'text': "make turns right here, people don't know"}, {'start': '41.280', 'end': '47.399', 'text': "if it's the bus lane or not. Nothing's"}, {'start': '44.399', 'end': '47.399', 'text': 'clear.'}, {'start': '47.680', 'end': '52.559', 'text': 'It has a bus lane, bike lane, and car'}, {'start': '50.719', 'end': '55.520', 'text': "lanes. I've seen people turn into the"}, {'start': '52.559', 'end': '57.360', 'text': "bus lane. I've seen people like try to"}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '59.199', 'text': "go straight, realize that's not where"}, {'start': '57.360', 'end': '61.520', 'text': "they're going. Traffic is directed by an"}, {'start': '59.199', 'end': '63.760', 'text': 'assortment of signs and street lights'}, {'start': '61.520', 'end': '65.760', 'text': 'that are easily missed. It is so'}, {'start': '63.760', 'end': '67.040', 'text': 'confusing. If you ever try to drive it,'}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '68.720', 'text': "you really don't know which lane you're"}, {'start': '67.040', 'end': '70.960', 'text': 'supposed to be in. District 3 council'}, {'start': '68.720', 'end': '73.360', 'text': 'member Steven Whitburn pledged Thursday'}, {'start': '70.960', 'end': '75.680', 'text': 'to circulate his standup for safety'}, {'start': '73.360', 'end': '77.920', 'text': 'petition concerning the dangers of this'}, {'start': '75.680', 'end': '79.200', 'text': 'pass through. Whitburn is vying for the'}, {'start': '77.920', 'end': '81.280', 'text': 'attention of the San Diego'}, {'start': '79.200', 'end': '83.200', 'text': 'Transportation Department, Sandag, and'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '85.600', 'text': "the state. He says he's asking for"}, {'start': '83.200', 'end': '88.240', 'text': 'funding and action and hopes that the'}, {'start': '85.600', 'end': '90.799', 'text': 'signatures on this petition illustrate'}, {'start': '88.240', 'end': '95.560', 'text': "the community's wants and that this is"}, {'start': '90.799', 'end': '95.560', 'text': 'not just on some political wish list.'}, {'start': '95.840', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'Robert Nixon lives in the neighborhood.'}, {'start': '98.159', 'end': '103.119', 'text': 'He says approaching this intersection'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '105.520', 'text': 'can make you anxious. If he had the ear'}, {'start': '103.119', 'end': '107.840', 'text': 'of traffic coordinators, Nixon would'}, {'start': '105.520', 'end': '110.240', 'text': 'tell them keep it simple. The best thing'}, {'start': '107.840', 'end': '113.759', 'text': 'to do would be to just make sure that'}, {'start': '110.240', 'end': '115.680', 'text': "it's very clear where every lane leads."}, {'start': '113.759', 'end': '118.159', 'text': 'Uh, very clear signage, very clear'}, {'start': '115.680', 'end': '120.560', 'text': 'markings. Carly Frederick lives on one'}, {'start': '118.159', 'end': '123.360', 'text': 'side of the intersection, but works on'}, {'start': '120.560', 'end': '125.520', 'text': "the other. There isn't a work day that"}, {'start': '123.360', 'end': '127.680', 'text': 'goes by without passing through it. You'}, {'start': '125.520', 'end': '129.679', 'text': 'can go straight, you can go down, make'}, {'start': '127.680', 'end': '131.440', 'text': 'it more normal, just like a, you know,'}, {'start': '129.679', 'end': '133.280', 'text': 'like a four-way intersection. The'}, {'start': '131.440', 'end': '135.840', 'text': 'council member could only hope to'}, {'start': '133.280', 'end': '139.920', 'text': 'collect as many signatures as there are'}, {'start': '135.840', 'end': '143.360', 'text': 'concerns about this intersection.'}, {'start': '139.920', 'end': '146.959', 'text': 'Dave Summers, NBC7. And Woodburn says a'}, {'start': '143.360', 'end': '146.959', 'text': 'petition went into circulation'}]