Do Speed Humps Really Slow Down Drivers? Here's What The Data Says

Road safety measures such as speed humps and speed tables play a vital role in reducing road casualties, but there are more ...
WDRB

Speed hump policy change eases application process, does not guarantee installation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — If you want to get drivers to slow down on your street, the city of Louisville is making one solution easier. Public Works is changing their policy for the process of ...
Jalopnik

Harvard Is Hurting But At Least Cambridge Is Finally Getting Speed Humps

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 ...
AOL

Kennewick adopts new speed hump rules. Half in this neighborhood had to be ripped out

After hard-to-find guidelines led to an incorrectly issued permit and neighbors clashing about new speed humps, the Kennewick council has approved new codes. And the speed humps installed in this ...

Commentary: Get up to speed on Capital Region speed humps

Here’s a common question: One street has no speed humps and the next street over is loaded with them. Residents of the ...
Jalopnik

Here's Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Different Types Of Speed Humps

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 ...
MassLive

Many Boston residents want speed humps — but worry about where they’re installed

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 ...
NJ.com

On Newark block, neighbors wonder if speed hump does more harm than good

When Tina Cyran bought her Newark house in 2016, the lone speed hump in the middle of her block on South 11th Street was not a concern. After all, research had long established that speed humps, as ...
Bloomberg L.P.

All Hail the Humble Speed Hump

You can find lots of things on the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts: an abundance of bike lanes, shops hawking Harvard merch, and empty Sam Adams bottles. But you won’t find the raised, rounded ...
Democrat and Chronicle

How do you get a speed hump on your street in Rochester

Rochester residents have expressed concerns about pedestrian safety and vehicle speeds in their neighborhoods. The city's ROC Vision Zero Initiative allows residents to request speed humps on their ...
Tennessean

I giggled at every ‘speed hump’ sign. Then I realized there was a story to tell

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 ...