NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – New speed humps have been installed in one North Charleston community; and while residents were grateful at first, they said the new traffic calming devices have posed ...
To the editor: Installing speed bumps on residential streets may slow traffic, but the bumps designed to slow scofflaws also slow/impede emergency vehicles and first responders. Be careful what you ...
The humble speed hump is a proven winner when it comes to, in the terminology of transportation geeks, "traffic calming." They compel leadfoots to slow down when driving through residential ...
The speed humps that have become commonplace on city streets were designed to slow vehicles down, thus providing a measure of safety for pedestrians and bicyclists and relief for residents tired of ...
According to a study from AAA, the average risk of severe injury for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle reaches 10 percent at an impact speed of 16 mph, 25 percent at 23 mph, 50 percent at 31 mph, 75 ...
ST. LOUIS – Wednesday is often referred to as “hump day,” the midpoint of the work week. Every day is now becoming hump day for drivers in St. Louis. The City of St. Louis has spent nearly $8 million ...
One way Boston is trying to tame its infamously unruly traffic problem is by installing thousands of speed humps on small streets around the city to force drivers to slow down. Unlike some other ...
One way Boston is trying to tame its infamously unruly traffic problem is by installing thousands of speed humps on small streets around the city to force drivers to slow down. Unlike some other ...
There are around 1,000 speed humps on 162 neighborhood roads now in Nashville Traffic circles, flashing radar-feedback signs and jutting concrete curbs are other tools Nashville is using to slow down ...
Brad Schmitt has been living in Nashville and writing on and off for The Tennessean since 1990. Schmitt first presented a speed humps story to his colleagues by saying, this is the dumbest idea I've ...