They had a similar issue in Detroit with reckless drivers and racing. The neighborhoods literally poured their own speed bumps and it worked! The city didn’t go and remove them all, they instead went and replaced the home version with a real one. This is how Oakland should respond but as a former Ca resident the leaders of Oakland always seemed to fuck over their city
The problem is the roads are already there. Like sure we could redevelop the entire area over decades but we could also add some speed bumps like next week while we get around to the hard work.
Ok, the road is too straight and wide: difficult to for pedestrians and an invitation to speeding.
It’s interesting there is at least some parking on the side plus a center turn lane. So ….
bump outs at each intersection to narrow the road and setting aside a parking lane. Traffic will slow because the bottleneck and pedestrians will be more visible and have a shorter crossing.
The idiots called the center turn lane a median so make it so, partway. Instead of one continuous wide open turn lane, a raised median with cutouts for turn lanes. Now no one can drive there so you’re cutting dangerous driving, but you still have turn lanes. You constricted the road more so cars go slower. At this point you only have one driving lane in each direction.
Seems easy enough to make a noticeable difference with less effort. However, if you wanted to redevelop, there’s room to go for protected bike lanes and roundabouts (actual roundabouts with signs and painted lines, not just obstacles in the street.
Detroit doesn’t have the funds or capable police to stop these things. The bumps stopped the neighborhood racing and population in these areas praise them.
They had a similar issue in Detroit with reckless drivers and racing. The neighborhoods literally poured their own speed bumps and it worked! The city didn’t go and remove them all, they instead went and replaced the home version with a real one. This is how Oakland should respond but as a former Ca resident the leaders of Oakland always seemed to fuck over their city
Speed bumps are the worst solution. You designed your road wrong, fix the damn design instead.
The problem is the roads are already there. Like sure we could redevelop the entire area over decades but we could also add some speed bumps like next week while we get around to the hard work.
Ok, the road is too straight and wide: difficult to for pedestrians and an invitation to speeding.
It’s interesting there is at least some parking on the side plus a center turn lane. So ….
Seems easy enough to make a noticeable difference with less effort. However, if you wanted to redevelop, there’s room to go for protected bike lanes and roundabouts (actual roundabouts with signs and painted lines, not just obstacles in the street.
And yes, speed bumps are the worst choice.
How come? I’ve seen impatient driver zip pass any traffic calming attempt while have to give in to speed bump. It’s annoying but it works
It’s cheaper over very few years to narrow the road. Perhaps by adding protected cycleways, a raised median
And it works better. People drive slower when roads are narrower
Detroit doesn’t have the funds or capable police to stop these things. The bumps stopped the neighborhood racing and population in these areas praise them.