Municipalities

In February of 2020, the city of West Peoria, IL, purchased a Radarsign TC-400. That purchase was in response to a growing number of complaints from residents that drivers were speeding on their streets with estimated speeds at 70 miles per hour. Understandably, city leadership needed to put those comments to the test and validate…

When you’ve finally taken enough complaint calls that you can’t dismiss them any longer, it’s time to take action. And that’s just what a community along the Texas Gulf Coast did. The director of Public Works said complaints about speeding in neighborhoods were escalating. The city wanted to respond to residents’ needs, and also verify…

The Village of Wilmette, IL, borders Lake Michigan along Chicago’s scenic North Shore. Traditionally, the village relied on plate counters for traffic calming, but it became frustrating when the devices couldn’t operate effectively because of on-street parking, causing skewed readings instead of accurate information. Then residents began requesting driver speed signs, noting they’d seen them…

Rutherfordton, population 4,200, nestles in the western foothills of North Carolina between Asheville, Spartanburg and Charlotte. It’s a town rich in history, founded in 1787. In 2018, the community was concerned about speeders; conventional wisdom said that speed bumps were the answer. “We didn’t want to go straight to speed bumps because of the time…