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Chris Perelstein was working in the living room of his Roxboro Street apartment in early November when a cacophony of noises \u2014\u00a0squealing tires, a honking horn, and a loud boom \u2014 forced him outside.<\/span><\/p>\n

A van barrelling the wrong way had hit an apartment building further down his block. By the time Perelstein arrived on the scene, the van had already run over a tree and destroyed a brick wall by the apartment. Perelstein watched as the car headed south towards downtown, still driving in the wrong direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey were gunning it \u2014 full throttle,\u201d Perelstein said. \u201cI think they panicked when they saw oncoming traffic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While the incident was scary, it wasn\u2019t surprising. Since moving to Durham from Raleigh about a year ago, Perelstein has witnessed five crashes outside his own door.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In July, Perelstein set up a speed detection camera on his rooftop aimed at Roxboro below. And in December, the system began automatically tweeting to an X (formerly Twitter) account known as @Reckless Roxboro when a car drives over 62 mph. He\u2019s since seen people driving up to 101 mph on his 35 mph road and has measured<\/span> 33,250 speeders going 15 mph above the limit \u2014\u00a0over the threshold for legal recklessness \u2013 during daylight hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the account has generated attention, Perelstein hopes it might catch the eye of the N.C. Department of Transportation, which owns Roxboro Street. And there\u2019s the rub. While Perelstein and others want big changes to Roxboro Street, the NCDOT, which owns the street, has the final say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chris Perelstein’s rooftop camera captures speeding cars on Roxboro Street. Photo by Abigail Bromberger \u2014 The 9th Street Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perelstein is not the only Durhamite advocating for changes to his street and neighboring Mangum Street. On March 12, over 200 people came to a public meeting to discuss the scheduled repavement of Roxboro and Mangum. The repavement follows a recommendation from a <\/span>2020 city study<\/span><\/a> to convert the one-way stretch of Roxboro from the I-85 interchange to Lakewood Ave. to a two-way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Members of Safe Streets Durham, an organization run by Bike Durham and neighborhood volunteers, are asking for a complete redesign of the street with pedestrians and bikers in mind, including conversion to a two-way street.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got involved as we were hearing from neighbors from along the corridor that were expressing interest in safe streets and wanting to make sure that this opportunity wouldn’t pass by,\u201d Bike Durham Director John Tallmadge said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two-way streets tend to reduce vehicle speeds due to visual friction, according to Tallmadge. Seeing oncoming traffic in the other direction sends a signal to drivers to slow down. Tallmadge envisions a potential Roxboro Street where bikers feel more comfortable riding due to decreased speeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sixty-five years ago, Roxboro and Mangum \u2014 which connect traffic from NC 147, to downtown Durham, to I-85 \u2014 used to be two-way. In<\/span> 1959, the streets were converted to one-way in an effort to increase traffic flow in and out of downtown during rush-hour periods.<\/span><\/p>\n

The call for a return to two-way traffic on Roxboro and Mangum has united families with children, avid bikers and local entrepreneurs who say that walkability is good for business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Carl Rist, a City Council member who serves on the city\u2019s <\/span>Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission and the Durham Chapel-Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, acts as a liaison between community members and the city for the repavement project.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s an impatience,\u201d Rist said of the project. \u201c\u2018Why is it taking so long?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2022 opening of the East End connector \u2014 which links the Durham Freeway and U.S. 70 \u2014 redirected traffic that used Roxboro<\/span> and Mangum by about 20%, according to the <\/span>repavement project\u2019s website<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> This makes it an optimal time for redesigning two residential streets that aren\u2019t designed for the high speeds seen today, says city Department of Transportation Director Sean Egan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roxboro and Mangum are among many state-owned Durham streets, along with Gregson and Duke. The city\u2019s oldest and most heavily trafficked streets<\/span> tend to be state-owned, Egan explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe also tend to see the highest number of fatalities and serious injuries on those state-owned surface streets,\u201d Egan said.<\/span><\/p>\n

John Sandor, the NCDOT district engineer for Durham County, says the state will consider a number of things before converting Roxboro and Mangum to two-way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow many cars use this road every day? You\u2019re creating congestion, which is going to make it very challenging to handle that same amount of cars. Where are those cars going to go?\u201d Sandor said. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAre they going to use smaller streets? Are they going to go through neighborhoods now? Are they going to upset neighbors? There\u2019s a lot of things that have to be considered to really understand the ramifications of a decision like that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

NCDOT will look to the city to address these potential issues before they move forward with the project. Sandor also wants to avoid making a decision based on resident wishes alone, given the important role Roxboro and Mangum play in many people\u2019s commutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a bigger responsibility than just those citizens that live down in that corridor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He also questions the assumption that a two-way street design will prove safer for pedestrians and vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHas it been done successfully? I think you\u2019ll see a mixed bag of results. It\u2019s not a magic pill that\u2019s going to go in there and fix all these things for these people. It actually changes the road completely. Whereas if I\u2019m a pedestrian on a one-way street, all I have to do is look one way, right?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, the Roxboro and Mangum street redesign project is in its engagement phase, with community members encouraged to attend open houses and meetings to give input. The city\u2019s Department of Transportation has<\/span> contracted with a traffic engineering firm that is analyzing the potential traffic patterns of a two-way street.<\/span><\/p>\n

Community input is requested at upcoming pop-up events, including the Central Park Earth Day Festival on April 21 and the Bimb\u00e9 Cultural Arts Festival on May 18.<\/span> Durham residents can also leave comments on the project\u2019s <\/span>public survey<\/span><\/a> or the <\/span>interactive map<\/span><\/a> until May 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

If NCDOT approves it, the project will move forward to construction starting in 2026 and continuing through 2027. While the repavement itself is under the jurisdiction of the state, the city would be responsible for any traffic lights or other materials needed for the two-way conversion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roxboro and Mangum will serve as a trial run for Duke and Gregson, another pair of one-way streets with a serious crash history, according to Egan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the scheduled repavement of Roxboro and Mangum will likely move forward by this summer, Sandor said. If a decision about the two-way street design has not been reached, the streets might temporarily be repaved using the current one-way design, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

During his time as @RecklessRoxboro, Perelstein hasn\u2019t seen a person hit yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut it just feels like a matter of time, if we keep doing nothing about these conditions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Above: Chris Perelstein surveys Roxboro Street from the rooftop of his apartment building. Photo by Abigail Bromberger \u2014 The 9th Street Journal\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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