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The Arcadia City Council has recommended approval of a contract with Steiny and Company, Inc. to update the traffic light system on Baldwin Avenue. The project will link eight signals between Camino Real and the Gate Seven entrance of Santa Anita Park race track with the city's master computer control system. Article discusses costs and funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3523
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1982
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p. A-1
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Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3407AN
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The Arcadia City Council voted to authorize closure of California St. between Santa Anita and First Avenues so that the Arcadia School District can install temporary classrooms while First Avenue School is being rebuilt.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3521
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 9, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 9, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3405AN
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Arcadia police are using SMART, or Speed Monitoring Awareness Radar Trailer, to educate residents into "voluntary compliance" with posted speeds. Placed at various locations, the trailers have a changeable sign for legal speed limits and an electronic readout of the actual speed of each car that whizzes by. The device can read speeds from about 1/4 mile away.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3534
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3417AN
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Arcadia police issued 653 speeding tickets in June. In June of 1987, 134 tickets were issued. Other traffic violations and crime statistics are included in the article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3535
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 31, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 31, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Violations
Item ID
3418AN
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Arcadia's Public Works Department is preparing a new computerized traffic flow system to replace the 20-year-old timed system now in use.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3518
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 1, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 1, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3402AN
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Article on usage of radar unit by Arcadia police.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1979
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p. A-1
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Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3412AN
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Changes in posted speed limits will have a second reading and adoption at the City Council meeting on February 20, 1979.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3528
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1979
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1979
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p. A-3
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Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3411AN
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Citizens responded negatively to a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to close several streets north of Foothill Boulevard, and to the introduction of an ordinance raising posted speed limits.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3527
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3410AN
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A continuous left turn lane will be provided in the center of Duarte Road from Lovell Ave. to Baldwin Ave., and directional left turn lights will be installed at the Baldwin and Duarte intersection. This was passed by the Council, requested by the West Arcadia Business and Professional Association.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3519
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1979
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1979
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p. A-2
Subjects
Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3403AN
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Controversial traffic barrier on San Carlos at Orange Grove Avenue apparently wasn't as useful in reducing speed on San Carlos as has been the installation of stop signs at the intersections of San Carlos with Oaklawn Place and Hacienda Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3531
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1983
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1983
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3414AN
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The death of Sean O'Brien who was killed walking across Campus Drive from the High School, has caused increased concern over the need for greater traffic safety measures in the area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3511
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 13, 1980
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p. A-1
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Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 13, 1980
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p. A-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Traffic Accidents
O'Brien, Sean
Item ID
3396AN
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Despite the protests of relatives and friends of the victims, 21 year old Arcadian Jim Bates will face only misdemeanor charges for the freeway deaths of two people. Bates drove across three traffic lanes in an attempt to make the Baldwin Avenue offramp of the Foothill Freeway. The accident happened on April 16, 1982.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3512
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1982
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p. A-1
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Traffic Accidents
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3397AN
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James Bates of Arcadia was ordered to spend 6 months in county jail for the freeway deaths of Denise Wilson and David Hawkins. A two-year sentence was suspended. Bates is on five years probation and must abstain from use of alcoholic beverages. Though Bates had been drinking during the afternoon before, his blood alcohol level was only .03 after the 1 A.M. accident.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3514
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 28, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 28, 1982
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p. A-1
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Traffic Accidents
Item ID
3399AN
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James Herbert Bates has pleaded innocent to charges of vehicular manslaughter and has requested a jury trial. A trial date of Ocober 25 has been set.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3513
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
3398AN
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A new computer, scheduled to begin operating by January 1, will store information about reported traffic accidents and citations. The computer will be used to analyze traffic problems in the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3524
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1988
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p. A-1
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Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3408AN
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The Police Department's request for funds to provide traffic control for the Santa Anita racing season drew vigorous debate at city council meeting. The possibility of indexing (tieing the cost of traffic control to the amount the track pays the city) was considered.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3522
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3406AN
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Posted speed limits on most of Arcadia's main streets will be raised, making the speeds more realistic according to prevailing road conditions and travel patterns.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3525
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3409AN
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Residents in the Santa Anita Oaks area should receive some relief from the current traffic problems. Instead of barricading the streets as originally suggested, islands will be constructed to restrict some of the traffic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3520
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
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p. A-1
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Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3404AN
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A semi-activated traffic signal will be installed within the next few months at the intersection of Warren Way and Las Tunas Drive in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3532
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3415AN
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Speed limits on 17 Arcadia streets will be going up by five miles per hour as a result of a recent study conducted by the police department and public works.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3533
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 20, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 20, 1988
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p. A-1
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Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3416AN
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