Speed humps have been installed on Kingscross Drive. The friction ignited in the community by the decision to install them is most unfortunate; hence it is truly unfortunate that the installation was not as good as it should have been. Corrections will be made week of July 28th.
As I have said to the many people who have contacted me to express opposition to their installation, these speed humps are temporary and will be removed before winter maintenance begins. They are a pilot to see what impact they have on traffic speed along this street. They were installed in response to safety issues raised by a majority of residents living on that street. Prior to determining a permanent solution we will be engaging the community to assess options.
I believe speed humps are the most effective way of slowing traffic and yet keeping it moving at a reasonable speed. On my commute to work over the past ten years or so, I have daily encountered a series of speed humps near two elementary schools I pass. I found at 30 to 40 km/hr my car would smoothly glide over all of the speed humps. Speed was clearly reduced, but traffic moved well and a safer environment was achieved.
Hi Bruce, Thanks for sharing your experience with speed humps.
I could never quite understand the need for this measure altogether, but then I don’t live directly on Kingscross Drive.
I was under the impression that the idea of these speed bumps was for drivers to be able to maintain the posted speed limit of 40km/h over these bumps, not to have to slow down to a crawl unless you want to have your car repair bill skyrocket. It is counterproductive to make cars slow down below the speed limit only to then have them accelerate between bumps and increase gas consumption and pollution.
I am also not aware of a traffic frequency study having been carried out before the installation of these bumps. Traffic “calming” also includes reducing traffic volume. How are we to know now whether that aspect of this calming exercise is successful?
Hello Uli, Indeed the intent is exactly as you have described: to slow drivers down to the posted speed. Our traffic monitoring (data collection etc.) did not seek to assess volume of traffic. The identified problem was speed.