Traffic Observer Wrote:
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> not the case Wrote:
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> >
> > The posted limit (>25mph), road classification
> > (urban collector) and the fact that the
> majority
> > of the homes on your "community street" don't
> even
> > front the road actually dictate that you cannot
> > put in speed bumps. Even if you could, due to
> > spacing requirements you couldn't get 10 speed
> > bumps on the entire length of the roadway. Go
> > ahead and keep dreaming though.
> >
> >
>
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/rtap.htm#traffi
>
> > c_calm
>
> Re-read the criteria. The only disqualification
> for traffic calming measures (speed bumps) on
> Hillside is the current 30 mph speed limit. There
> is no criteria for the number of houses fronting
> the road for traffic calming as there are for
> cut-through restrictions. Bauer Road has traffic
> calming measures installed. There's no reason the
> same could not be pushed through for Hillside.
> Well, aside from the lack of funds from VDOT...
>
>
>
> -Local residential, collector or minor arterial
> road with a posted speed limit of 25
> miles-per-hour (mph)
> -Traffic volume of 600 to 6000 vehicles per day
> -If a minor arterial road, the traffic volume must
> be less than or equal to 15,000 vehicles per day
> and traffic calming devices must exist on the same
> street in an incorporated city or town within one
> quarter mile
> -85th percentile speed of vehicles greater than or
> equal to 35 mph limit or the average speed of
> vehicles is greater than or equal to 30 mph
>
And there actually are homes on Hillside. Probably could even get the speed limit reduced to 25 because of that.
PErsonally, I have no desire for any of the above.