Community Safety
Best Practices in School Zone Traffic Calming
Creating a Safe, Effective School Zone Traffic Plan Each year, an estimated 100 children are killed in the U.S. as they go to and from school, and some 25,000 students are injured from incidents in school zones. The primary factor in these events is speeding. Unfortunately, two-thirds of drivers exceed the legal speed limit when…
Best Practices in School Zone Traffic Calming for the 2018-2019 School Year
Each year, an estimated 100 children are killed in the U.S. as they make their way to and from school, and some 21,000 students are injured from incidents in school zones. The primary contributing factor in these events is speeding. What is your community doing to maintain a safe school zone? Radarsign, America’s School Zone…
Not in My Front Yard
Usually, speed humps slow traffic. That is their very purpose. However, the informed recognize that there are tradeoffs to using this type of vertical traffic calming device. The residents living on Ruth Avenue in Clifton, NJ are in need of an effective traffic calming plan. Drivers frequently use their neighborhood street to avoid a heavily…
Traffic Calming by the Numbers
What is the return on investment with traffic calming? Would you measure it in lives saved or tickets handed out? Both can be tracked and measured with stats allowing us to evaluate needs, risks and loss of life. It’s an important perspective to have. While there are several sources of credible traffic calming stats and…
Traffic Safety Can’t Wait
The town of Signal Mountain, TN, like other communities around the country, is concerned about traffic safety around their school campuses. The town council recognizes that a well-planned comprehensive approach will best address their traffic calming needs. This could involve securing a traffic engineering study, which could cost from $5,000 to $30,000, and/or hiring a…
Speed Hump Problems
Six new speed humps are slowing traffic on the heavily traveled Walnut Hill Boulevard in the Borough of Chester Heights, Pa. Unfortunately, as is common with the use of speed humps, the traffic calming devices have created more problems. Several of the humps are too high. The asphalt has been abraded as vehicles are scraping…
Vancouver Solicits Traffic Calming Ideas from Citizens
In 2015, the City of Vancouver is asking residents to submit their own ideas to reduce speeding in their community as part of the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program. In its third year, the program has dedicated $170,000 to implementing new traffic calming projects, including radar speed signs. Last year, the city offered residents brightly…
Radarsign® Sales Hit New Milestone: 10 Consecutive Years of Year-Over-Year Growth
Sales metrics for 2014 confirm that record numbers of U.S. government organizations and law enforcement entities continue to select Radarsign as their provider of choice for traffic-calming radar speed signs. Radarsign—the manufacturer of the world’s first armored radar speed signs—has seen unprecedented, year-over-year growth for a ten years now.
Speed Bump Installation is a Lengthy Process
Residents seeking a remedy to dangerous driving in front of their homes often ask civic leaders for speed bumps. However, the process for installation of these devices can be lengthy and fraught with obstacles. Because of the shortcomings and safety considerations, city officials are hesitant to implement speed bump programs. A situation in Ohio gives…
Radarsign Expands New Series of Best Practices for Traffic Calming Solutions to Cover Narrowing Measures
Wider residential streets are often associated with higher volumes of speeding drivers. The third installment in Radarsign’s new series of traffic calming solutions provides updates to decades-old information about curb extensions and center islands
Traffic Calming Measures can be Divisive
Where there is traffic, there will be speeding. That is incontrovertible. What is debatable is how a community should best address the speeding. One traffic-calming strategy that is becoming more commonplace is roundabouts. These one-way circular intersections direct traffic around a raised center island. Supporters advocate that roundabouts slow traffic without causing the back-ups of…
Radarsign Debuts Second Installment in Series of Updated Best Practices and Guidelines for Traffic Calming Solutions
Research for up-to-date engineered traffic calming solutions just got easier for city planners, law enforcement officers and municipal leaders who rely on industry best practices to implement a plan to slow speeding drivers. Radarsign has released its second Installment in a series of 21st Century Traffic Calming Guides.