Traffic Safety Committee

Safer streets for Crestline Park

The Traffic Safety Committee works on the problems you can see from your front porch: speeding, cut-through traffic, stop signs, crosswalks, and traffic calming. The committee deals directly with Birmingham DOT and city officials, and reports to the neighborhood at the monthly CNA meeting.

Committee reports are posted below as they are submitted.

Map of new stop signs and speed-limit signs in Crestline Park, September 2026
New stop signs, striping, and speed-limit signs in Crestline Park, as reported at the August 27, 2026 meeting and updated September 6 — with the intersections still in the works. Tap the map for the full-size version.
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Hagood Street Traffic Calming Suggestions

Presented by Crosby Taylor at the September 24, 2026 CNA meeting
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Co-Chair
Caroline Bundy
carolinebundy@gmail.com
Co-Chair
Sherry-Lea Bloodworth
bloodworthla@gmail.com
Committee Member
Crosby Taylor
crosby.taylor2393@gmail.com
City References

These open on the city’s own websites, which hold the current official documents.

Committee Reports
August 27, 2026

Traffic & Infrastructure Committee — Report to the Membership

Where we are. Birmingham’s Department of Transportation has rebuilt its Traffic Calming Program. Applications for the Fall 2026 cycle are open now and close October 31. Neighborhoods may submit up to two projects. Applications are reviewed together and scored on traffic data, crash history, equity, and proximity to schools and parks. Projects are jointly funded by the City and the neighborhood association. Submitting does not guarantee installation.

The City’s process has two steps. Step one is a vote at a neighborhood association meeting. Step two is the association submitting the application. Tonight is step one. We have not taken it since the program changed in January, and the window closes in nine weeks.

What the committee has done. Sherry-Lea Bloodworth has been working with BDOT on this since last fall and is completing the City’s application, along with a visual presentation of the proposed projects. Crosby Taylor prepared a detailed measures package for Hagood Street with supporting data and renderings. Caroline Bundy is out of town tonight. Crosby is in the hospital — he and his wife had a baby over the weekend, and we send them our congratulations.

What tonight’s vote does — and doesn’t do. It authorizes the committee to submit an application. It does not lock in which measures get built, and it does not commit any money. BDOT evaluates the request and tells us what they would actually build. The specific measures and any neighborhood cost share come back to this Association for a separate vote before anything is spent.

The standing priority. The most common safety concern raised in this neighborhood is speeding on Hagood Street. Our committee’s written priorities list, published in the October 23, 2025 meeting agenda and transmitted to BDOT by the City that same month, includes a pedestrian crossing at the church entrance on Hagood. That crossing remains on the committee’s list.

MOTION

That the Crestline Neighborhood Association authorize the Traffic and Infrastructure Committee to submit an application to the Birmingham Department of Transportation’s Traffic Calming Program for the Fall 2026 window, covering Hagood Street and Hoadley Drive — with the specific measures and any neighborhood cost share to be brought back to this Association for approval before any commitment is made.

Recorded in the minutes with the sign-in sheet, as the City’s process requires.

Submitted with the minutes: the committee’s application materials and visual presentation, Crosby Taylor’s Hagood measures package, and BDOT’s February 26, 2026 Crestline recommendations.

Original report (Word)
From the City

What the City recommended, and what has been done

In the fall of 2025, the Traffic Committee compiled a list of intersections and streets that needed attention. It was presented at the October 2025 meeting and sent to the Birmingham Department of Transportation that month. In January 2026 the City Traffic Engineer toured those locations in Crestline, and in February 2026 he sent these written recommendations. Under each item, the concern, evaluation, and recommendation are his words. The status line is the committee’s record of what has happened since.

Forrest L. Johnson, P.E., Deputy Director and City Traffic Engineer, Birmingham Department of Transportation. Written recommendations, February 26, 2026.

  1. Monarch Ave Speed Limit is too high.
    Installed
    City evaluation
    Existing speed limit is 30mph. Average speeds are between 16 and 22mph currently.
    City recommendation
    Lower the posted speed limit to 20mph to match Hagood Street.
    Since then
    Two new 20 mph signs are up between Hagood and Montevallo.
  2. Cresthill Dr at Gladstone has no stop sign control.
    Installed
    City evaluation
    Due to the slope of the hill, there appears to be a need for signage to stop motorists as they approach Gladstone.
    City recommendation
    Add a stop sign on Cresthill. We will not make this an all-way stop.
  3. Concord, Browning, and Regal do not have stop signs when meeting Royal St.
    Installed
    City evaluation
    These streets exist as MUTCD compliant uncontrolled intersections today. We commonly receive complains about these streets.
    City recommendation
    Install stop signs on Concord, Browning, and Royal St. where they intersect with Royal. We will not make these all-way stops.
    Since then
    Signs went up on Concord, Browning, and Regal where they meet Royal, as the concern line describes.
  4. Royal at Dunston is a yield sign and would like to make this a stop sign.
    Installed
    City evaluation
    Royal terminates at Dunston with a yield. Relatively minor traffic volumes are on Royal, but this seems fine to swap for a stop sign.
    City recommendation
    Swap yield for a stop sign.
  5. Gladstone at Royal needs an all-way stop.
    Installed
    City evaluation
    Gladstone has over ¼ of a mile of uncontrolled crossings. Traffic volumes at Royal and Gladstone are balanced. Sight distance is limited when pulling out from Royal onto Gladstone.
    City recommendation
    Make this intersection an all-way stop.
  6. Speeding on Monarch south/east of Montevallo and potential all-way stop at Warren/Monarch.
    Installed
    City evaluation
    Speeds are low, volume is minimal, but road is steep.
    City recommendation
    Sign this section of road as 20mph to match the proposed change on the north/west portion of Monarch. We will not make this an all-way stop.
    Since then
    One new 20 mph sign is up between Montevallo and Mountain Dale.
  7. Hoadley Drive near entrance to Montevallo Road.
    In the application
    City evaluation
    Wide pavement widths, large curb radii, and lack of controls encourage motorists to make the turning movement quickly.
    City recommendation
    Apply for traffic calming program.
    Since then
    On August 27, 2026 the Association voted to authorize the committee to apply to BDOT’s Traffic Calming Program for Hagood Street and Hoadley Drive.
  8. Crosswalk striping at Gladstone and Hoadley.
    No change recommended
    City evaluation
    There is no ADA compliant receiving cross ramp here.
    City recommendation
    Leave as is at this time to ensure compliance with ADA and PROWAG.
  9. Gladstone between Montevallo Road and Strathmore needs closing to traffic.
    No change recommended
    City evaluation
    While the street is narrow, it seems to operate fine. Closing this would distribute the traffic elsewhere into Crestline and could increase volumes on Dunston and Hoadley by as much as 50% each.
    City recommendation
    Do not close Gladstone.
  10. Hope Community Church Crosswalk on Montevallo Road.
    Future street work
    City evaluation
    This crosswalk has operational flashers and well maintained striping. The road width is wide at this crossing.
    City recommendation
    Include adjustments in any future planned street work to provide a traffic calming effect as needed. No short-term changes.
  11. Dunston at Montevallo intersection is wide and potentially confusing.
    Future street work
    City evaluation
    Wide pavement widths, slip lane, large curve radii.
    City recommendation
    In any future resurfacing work, evaluate striping narrower radii at this intersection, removing slip lane, and making intersection more of a "T" design.
  12. Park at Dunston Stormwater Issues.
    Referred, still open
    City evaluation
    There does appear to be a stormwater system in place at this issue. It was dry during our visit, so I was unable to see any potential issues. I am not a stormwater expert, so I will defer this to others at City Hall.
    City recommendation
    Provide this information to City Engineer Jesse Miller for evaluation.
    Since then
    Referred to the City Engineer. The committee has not received a response.