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eraycollins

Member

Registered: 2008-06-02

Posts: 7

anti-traffic-calming-measures flyer

See the link below for the flyer I found on my door over Thanksgiving.
If you live in this area, please vote FOR the traffic-calming measures. You have
probably just received your ballot. If you have any influence with
someone who lives in this area, please ask them to vote FOR the
traffic-calming measures.

I also have a question for the forum. The flyer makes reference to the
COA of Redd St. What is the COA? I can tell you that the speed limit
was reduced to 25 mph on most of Redd earlier this year, followed by
the usual short period of radar enforcement of the new speed limit. My
estimate of the average driver's speed on Redd St. between Manchaca
and Mt. Vernon Dr. is ca. 40 mph. How does that relate to whatever COA
means?

E. Ray Collins

http://BicycleAustin.info/ref/antitraff … gflyer.pdf

m1ek

Member

Registered: 2008-06-02

Posts: 153

Re: anti-traffic-calming-measures flyer

Actually, most traffic-calming measures are awful for bikes. For instance, I see a bunch of new stop signs on my old bike route on Harris Blvd through Pemberton. You either get to break the law or suffer disproportionately compared to the corresponding car corridors (Lamar, Mopac). Likewise, speed bumps and traffic circles aren't so great for bikes.

Don't get co-opted here; the interests of cyclists rarely match the interests of reactionary neighborhoods.