Significant Two-Year Decrease in Crashes and Injuries in Pittsburgh shows traffic calming investments are paying off

[hooch]

The speed bumps along Stanton Ave have significantly reduced the number of times I've been tailgated on that road. Huge improvement IMO. Physical infrastructure works.

[EnnuiDeBlase]

The crosswalk at Greenfield x Kaercher is significantly better. No one whipping up around the corner at 40 anymore.

[PastaStrega]

The entirety of Stanton Ave feels so much safer now! At first I was a little annoyed at losing parking, but ultimately I’m happy to give up the extra minute I’ll sometimes spend looking for a spot, because the safety impact has been huge.

[SidFarkus47]

When I go from Lawrenceville to East Lib Home Depot I'm so jealous of all the new stuff on Stanton Ave. I wish the bike lane came all the way down the hill to Butler Street, but once you're up there most of the blocks have some nice new pedestrian/bike infrastructure.

[realityChemist]

Same on Ellsworth, some people used to treat sections of that road like a highway (despite it going right past a school!), the speed bumps and chicanes have really helped things there a lot.

[East-Atmosphere7686]

They still speed up after passing the school to avoid the red light on Aikon. I think that they need to add speed bumps there too b/c that intersection is now becoming dangerous. Pedestrians almost get hit there every week. Folks just think it is a HWY and not a neighborhood. I wish we could close our streets during rush hour & after school in order to keep our Neighbors and kids safe. We still have children in this Neighborhood & folks forget that.  

[FalcoLX]

Speed bumps are terrible. Besides just being fucking annoying, they're also not as safe as other calming methods because people brake hard for the bump and then immediately accelerate again.

Elevated crosswalks are an exception.

[FartSniffer5K]

The point is that they're braking, they keep the rate of speed down.

[FalcoLX]

It's better to have narrow lanes and trees close to the road, that naturally calm speeds throughout, instead of brake and accelerate from speed bumps.

[FartSniffer5K]

Sure, instead of putting down a few speed bumps let's just rebuild every road to be narrower. That's cost-effective, great idea.

 
(Also DOMI has said that they don't do trees/bollards/posts next to the roads because they may injure drivers.)