Traffic is bad/too fast on my street, how can I change that?
The Traffic & Accident Unit at the Police Department suggests that you try to determine a pattern if there is one.
By this, they mean that you should actually write down the day of the week and times that this traffic is taking place.
If there is a pattern, there may be an officer from the Eastern District office that will be assigned to watch the
intersection/street to try to catch the person(s) speeding. Unfortunately,
the officer cannot stay at the location for an extended period of time so an accurate time frame will help
them determine when to have an officer "stake out" the location.
Another suggestion is to send a flyer
to the neighbors about traffic concerns asking them to help out by watching and
documenting patterns they may observe. It is also a good way to give a heads up
to neighbors that they too need to slow down —many times when an officer is assigned to an area,
it is the people who live there that end up being tagged for speeding!
Enforcement is one way to influence how people travel in their cars but there are other ways too.
Research has shown that if people are out in their front yards and on the sidewalk in an area,
traffic will slow down. If there is something interesting happening in a neighborhood near the street,
it also slows people down.
If you are interested in alternative ways to slow traffic, contact the District 1
office and we can provide you with some resources.
