The Observation Deck

Could this be tried on the streets with speeding problems?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,373123,00.html

I'd love this for my end of the street (clifton and granger).

Put em down and watch the brake checkin hilarity ensue.

I think it's an interesting idea, but I'd be concerned since they look so different it could increase the risk of accidents since people will start braking quickly because of something unexpected.

so that wasn't the intention when they reopened Warren between Madison and Franklin?

Ryan,

Councilman Tom Bullock has expressed a desire to stop speeding, especially on 25 miles per hour roads (e.g., Belle Avenue). Tom shared some thoughts on moveable speed bumps at his June 3, 2008, Young Families Meet-Up with Tom Bullock event.

Matt

Matthew John Markling wrote:Ryan,

Councilman Tom Bullock has expressed a desire to stop speeding, especially on 25 miles per hour roads (e.g., Belle Avenue). Tom shared some thoughts on moveable speed bumps at his June 3, 2008, Young Families Meet-Up with Tom Bullock event.

Matt

This topic always makes me smile.

We scream for smooth streets, then within days come complaints about speeding and the need for speed bumps.

Would it not be easier, and cheaper not to fix the streets. While a speed bump will jar, and pot hole will cut a tire if hit to fast.


Shawn

That was just the very low quality job the city was sold and let go through.


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Jim,
That was my suspicion. I hope that the crew was not paid the full value of the contract. To have that street closed for as long as it was, then reopened in the condition it was in, should have been simply unacceptable.
So speeds bumps are really being considered? While Jim's suggestion of not repairing roads is one way to "calm traffic" as it is so euphamistically referred to these days. The other way that Lakewood has always seemed to slow down cars was to allow parking on streets that are not wide enough for two cars to comfortably pass. The dream that I have for my street is to not allow parking throughout the day on the street with overnight acceptable by permit only from 10pm to 7:30am. From a safety perspective this will allow a smoother flow of traffic and eliminate the obstacles which create blind spots for drivers. If a child is playing in a yard the driver will be able to see it more clearly rather than having to react when a child runs out from behind a car. As far as controlling speeding, a ticket should work shouldn't it? Money for the city, serious financial deterent for the driver.

Shawn Juris wrote:If a child is playing in a yard the driver will be able to see it more clearly rather than having to react when a child runs out from behind a car. As far as controlling speeding, a ticket should work shouldn't it? Money for the city, serious financial deterent for the driver.

Let's go farther than parking.

Make traffic one way on side streets.

Place one orange cone on each street and charge double for speeding in a work zone.


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Ryan Salo wrote:Could this be tried on the streets with speeding problems?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,373123,00.html

Reminds me of the stuff this artist creates: http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

Jim O'Bryan wrote: Would it not be easier, and cheaper not to fix the streets.

Hasn't this been the plan all along?

Faux speed bumps can not work in lkwd. One, they have to be painted on the street. Two, they would have to be maintained.
Lkwd doesn't paint/maintain what they have now as far as road markings go.

Jim O'Bryan wrote:Make traffic one way on side streets.

Have you seen any studies showing this would work? My thought is that speeding would increase. Most drivers slow down when someone is coming toward them.

I agree with Shawn, we just need to enforce the current speeding laws. Have the police rotate between the "fastest" streets.

Interesting suggestion Jim, but I was actually hoping to get the parked cars off the street not make traffic more complicated with one way streets.

Ryan wrote:

I agree with Shawn, we just need to enforce the current speeding laws. Have the police rotate between the "fastest" streets.

They can start by ticketing each other flying down Alameda, esp. at shift change ....