If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you have undoubtedly reviewed various discussions on what makes radar speed displays so effective. It usually comes down to their unique ability to grab driver attention and redirect their thoughts to their current rate of speed. So the link between speed displays and counteracting driver distraction [...]

Here’s a whammy out of left field.  Traffic fatalities shot up 13.5 percent in the first few months of this year. That’s after a steady decline in first quarter fatalities that began in 2006 and an overall steady decline that has continued since the early 1970s. So what happened? No one seems to know for [...]

  Before they can tackle their speeding problems, it looks like the city of Belleair, Florida needs to tackle their “how do we tackle” problem. The town’s mayor and four commissioners met a few weeks back to talk about putting together a traffic calming policy – a systematic way to prioritize projects and solve those [...]

  Do radar speed signs in your neighborhood help drive up the price of your home? Consider this. Several recent studies have directly linked home prices with a neighborhood’s “walkability” – that is, how easy it is for locals to stay on their daily schedule and get stuff done without having to get in their [...]

  Looks like we can add Spokane Valley to the list of believers. For years, the city struggled to bring down the speeds of drivers passing through the city’s various school zones. Prominently displayed speed limit signs didn’t do the trick. Neither did regular patrolling by the Spokane Valley Police Department. The police were writing [...]

Like it or not, certain locations have stereotypical reputations. New Yorkers are rude. Texans are loud. And Boston drivers….well, let’s just say you wouldn’t want your grandma to be caught driving there during morning rush hour. Real or not, Boston drivers surely have one of the worst reputations in the country.  All you have to [...]

It’s a simple fact. Radar speed signs can be highly effective at slowing traffic and reducing accidents. The number of reports that attest to this fact continues to grow. In the past couple of years alone, there have been dozens of studies, conducted at various locations under various conditions that prove again and again that [...]

We’ve all heard that driving and cell phones don’t mix. But what about driving and eating? According to the Chicago Tribune, village board members in Oaks Park, Illinois have their way, this old American past time will be banned within their city limits. They’re also considering a ban on other driving distractions including applying make-up [...]

On the cusp of a Labor Day weekend and the beginning of a new school year, I thought this would be a great time to remind everyone about Safe Routes to School, a wondeful organization that has had an amazing impact on thousands of school children across the U.S.   Since around 1997, SRTS has been [...]

  The city of Seattle has been using radar speed signs for years. And while I haven’t spoken yet to anyone at SDOT, I presume they – like a growing number of cities across the country – find these displays particularly effective at slowing cars. According to a recent SDOT blog post, the city has [...]