CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland is putting in speed bumps on roads around the city to slow down cars and reduce accidents and injuries.
Implements 100 Speed Bumps
Speed tables are like speed bumps but are flatter and longer. City Hall plans to install 100 of them this summer, mainly on local streets with 1,000 to 4,000 cars passing daily.
Most of the streets getting the speed tables have problems with speeding. Many of these streets have had crashes before, are near schools and parks, or have a lot of pedestrians.
The work started on Tuesday with three tables set up on East 140th Street near Kinsman Road. Next week, crews will move to wards 11 and 15 on the West Side.
In summer 2022, Cleveland tested speed tables on some streets and found they helped slow down traffic. Mayor Justin Bibb and the City Council were happy with the results and decided to use $30 million from the American Rescue Plan Act for city improvements. This money will pay for installing more speed tables and other public works projects.
Bibb called the project “critical” because “we know that lower speeds save lives.” He mentioned studies showing that just a one-mile-per-hour decrease in city street speeds can lead to a 6% drop in traffic deaths.
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Kevin Bishop, the head of the council’s Municipal Services and Properties Committee, also praised the investment.
“I often hear from people in my area who are worried about speeding and the dangers caused by reckless driving,” Bishop said in the release.
As summer continues and more speed tables are installed, Bishop asked residents to share their feedback on how well the speed tables are working.
Calley Mersmann, Bibb’s senior strategist for transit and mobility, said the city will consider adding more speed table locations based on residents’ feedback and traffic data from around Cleveland.
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