The location: Sequoia Avenue at Highpoint Place in Simi Valley

The problem: Highpoint Place is a side street off Sequoia Avenue, which is a main artery, and when pedestrians want to cross Highpoint at Sequoia, they put their lives in danger due to the lack of a stop sign at the location and the high volume of traffic on Sequoia. A motorist could easily hit a pedestrian crossing the street, in one reader’s opinion.

Possible solutions: If the city installs a stop sign on Sequoia at Highpoint, pedestrians would be safer.

Immediate action: The city of Simi Valley hasn’t noticed a problem at the intersection and therefore has no plans to take action, according to Ron Fuchiwaki, Simi Valley Assistant Director of Public Works.

“Typically, any resident of the city can contact our offices and request a study for additional stop

Bsigns, and they can add some reasons, their opinions or their thoughts about the need for additional stop signs,” Fuchiwaki said. “And then we’ll do a traffic study and respond back to them.”

A traffic study would include checking traffic volume at a given location, researching the accident history and seeking visibility issues.

“We would go out and physically conduct field observations of traffic at the intersection,” Fuchiwaki said. Based on the findings, the city would then determine if the location warrants a stop sign or other traffic control device.

To contact the public works department with traffic questions or suggestions, call Fuchiwaki at (805) 583-6400.

Have a traffic-related question or concern? Send it to “Acorn Traffic Man” in care of the address on page 4 or by email to pic@theacorn.com. We’ll try to respond as soon as possible.