SFMTA to Install Speed Reduction Devices at 141 Sites as It Begins Fulfilling Backlog of Requests

"As NBC Bay Area reports, the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency will begin honoring its blacklog of speed-reduction requests next week as part of its popular Residential Traffic Calming Program, which was listed as a priority in the recently signed Street Safety Act, per Walk San Francisco. Launched in 2001, the program collects feedback from communities where speeding is a concern. Per the Frisc, the queue for the program currently consists of hundreds of applications dating back to 2021."

"Our Traffic Calming Program is resident driven, per SFMTA. When neighbors tell us they're worried about speeding on their block, we listen. We collect data to confirm there's a speeding problem, and then we take action. Per KRON4, the installation is expected to be completed by February, weather permitting, with each location taking two days. The agency notes that residents near the 141 locations should have received a postcard about the project in the mail."

"Speed humps and tables are one of the most powerful tools available to reinforce safe speeds, plus they're cost-effective and durable. Speed humps, tables, and cushions are all vertical speed reducers,' Walk SF explains. Speed humps are rounded; speed tables have a flat top; and speed cushions are speed humps with wheel cutouts designed to allow large vehicles, such as fire trucks and buses, to pass with minimal slowing or rocking."

SFMTA paused accepting new Residential Traffic Calming Program requests in June and will begin fulfilling a backlog with installations at 141 locations next week, many on the westside. The program, launched in 2001, gathers resident feedback where speeding is a concern and currently has hundreds of applications dating back to 2021. Installations are expected to be completed by February, weather permitting, with each site taking about two days. Residents near affected locations should have received postcard notices. Devices to be installed include speed humps, speed tables, and speed cushions, which vary in shape and allow large vehicles to pass.

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