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Claire Petersky
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Alex Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<bbl6jt$kr6
> Depends on the problem. Roads are meant to allow fast and efficient flow of traffic, otherwise why
> bother building a road. When you add a speed bump, you have just taken a step backwards. You
> analyze the problem. See what is causing the problem, and then formulate solution. Many times the
> people deciding on the solution, speed bump, have no formal training in traffic enginerring.
In the particular instance of the speed humps I mentioned in my post, the section of the street that
the humps are going into has these characteristics:
It's minor suburban arterial -- important enough to have a stripe down the center and a 25 mph speed
limit. It is lined with average suburban single-family homes (one story and two story ramblers built
in the 1960s, for the most part) with only slightly inflated values because of their location. The
surrounding neighborhood is mostly the same sort of homes. Lots of families live in the
neighborhood.
It has a high school and elementary school on one end. You have lots of small children walking to
school on the road. There are parents taking their kids to school on this road. There are also
some high school students walking and riding their bikes, and a fair number of inexperienced high
school drivers.
At the other end, about a quarter of a mile or so away, you have a major arterial and the Microsoft
Corporate Campus. Cars do not generally use the street to get to MS, though, because the only
access/egress from the campus at this street is for non-motorized means. However, when the more
major arterial to and from Microsoft gets clogged at rush hour, people are likely to take this minor
suburban arterial.
The neighborhood is well-organized politically, having a history of having fended off other
measurers that would mitigate Microsoft commuter traffic but add to the burden of their
neighborhood streets.
The neighborhood wants people to slow down on the street. The concern for pedestrian safety,
particularly for children, I think, is merited. Speeding on the street is rampant.
Mr. Rodriguez, if you think speed humps are a bad idea on this street, what are the alternatives
you'd propose?
Warm Regards,
Claire no sig this afternoon
> Depends on the problem. Roads are meant to allow fast and efficient flow of traffic, otherwise why
> bother building a road. When you add a speed bump, you have just taken a step backwards. You
> analyze the problem. See what is causing the problem, and then formulate solution. Many times the
> people deciding on the solution, speed bump, have no formal training in traffic enginerring.
In the particular instance of the speed humps I mentioned in my post, the section of the street that
the humps are going into has these characteristics:
It's minor suburban arterial -- important enough to have a stripe down the center and a 25 mph speed
limit. It is lined with average suburban single-family homes (one story and two story ramblers built
in the 1960s, for the most part) with only slightly inflated values because of their location. The
surrounding neighborhood is mostly the same sort of homes. Lots of families live in the
neighborhood.
It has a high school and elementary school on one end. You have lots of small children walking to
school on the road. There are parents taking their kids to school on this road. There are also
some high school students walking and riding their bikes, and a fair number of inexperienced high
school drivers.
At the other end, about a quarter of a mile or so away, you have a major arterial and the Microsoft
Corporate Campus. Cars do not generally use the street to get to MS, though, because the only
access/egress from the campus at this street is for non-motorized means. However, when the more
major arterial to and from Microsoft gets clogged at rush hour, people are likely to take this minor
suburban arterial.
The neighborhood is well-organized politically, having a history of having fended off other
measurers that would mitigate Microsoft commuter traffic but add to the burden of their
neighborhood streets.
The neighborhood wants people to slow down on the street. The concern for pedestrian safety,
particularly for children, I think, is merited. Speeding on the street is rampant.
Mr. Rodriguez, if you think speed humps are a bad idea on this street, what are the alternatives
you'd propose?
Warm Regards,
Claire no sig this afternoon
