traffic calming
South Jersey Neighborhood in Need of Long-Term Solution for Speeding Drivers
Speeding is a 24-hour problem, but there are certain times when speeding drivers endanger our most vulnerable citizens. In a particular South Jersey neighborhood, residents often awaken to the roar of vehicles flying past their homes at speeds of 75 – 85 miles per hour. These same residents, who have monitored traffic repeatedly, report that…
Traffic Calming for HOAs, Neighborhoods and Residential Areas
Speeding in residential areas creates a danger to pedestrians, bicyclists and especially to children. With local budgets stretched thin, the trend for America’s Homeowner Associations (HOAs) to assume responsibility for neighborhood traffic-calming solutions continues to gain momentum. Radarsign® has been helping HOAs slow speeding drivers for a decade.
Traffic Calming in HOAs, Neighborhoods and Residential Areas
Best practices with radar speed signs: An HOA Perspective The Community Associations Institute estimates that over 25 million American homes are governed by Homeowner Associations (HOAs), which work to protect home values and contribute to the overall quality of life in their neighborhoods. Speeding in residential areas—the most common citizen complaint faced by HOAs, local…
“Land of the Speed Hump” Seeks New Traffic Calming Solutions
A southern Pennsylvania community has earned the dubious distinction as the “land of the speed hump”, according to Councilman David Ball. The Peter’s Township Council receives many requests for traffic calming measures that in the past would be answered by installing speed humps. However, city council members are no longer in favor of speed bumps…
Radarsign Rolls Out Remote Access with Support for SPOT Devices School Zone Beacon Systems
Radarsign is making remote access and management of radar speed signs more affordable than ever before with the debut of a brand new, proprietary technology—EZ Comm. EZ Comm allows for efficient management of radar speed signs from any location via any internet enabled computer or smartphone. Flashing beacon systems originally purchased from SPOT Devices are also supported.
Ohio-Based A&A Safety, Inc. Now Distributing World’s First Armored Driver Feedback Sign From Radarsign®
A new operating partnership between Radarsign®—the manufacturer of the world’s first armored driver feedback sign—and Amelia, Ohio’s A&A Safety, Inc. provides rights of distribution for Radarsign’s traffic-calming products to customers in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
When Speed Cameras Shut Down, Motorists Respond with a Lead Foot
As speed camera programs are being shut down across the nation, it is not at all surprising what develops in their absence. When the enforcement is gone, motorists quickly revert to unsafe speeds. The Pima County Board of Supervisors reports that during the final week their cameras were active, they caught 634 speeding drivers who…
Speeders Wreak Havoc on San Antonio Subdivision
While good fences may make good neighbors, frequently wrecked fences are costing the residents of one San Antonio neighborhood. The city conducted a traffic study last year to address the concerns of Maverick Creek residents, near the University of Texas. Residents claim that motorists are driving too quickly on the dangerous, curved road behind their…
PEDS Organization Adds Radarsign Founder to Board of Directors
PEDS—a non-profit organization dedicated to making metro Atlanta safe and accessible for all pedestrians—has named Radarsign’s co-founder and managing partner, Charlie Robeson, to its Board of Directors. Radarsign is the manufacturer of the world’s first armored driver feedback sign. Robeson and the Radarsign team have collaborated with PEDS since 2007.
Throwback Thursday: Busy urban neighborhoods take the initiative to slow speeding drivers
Originally posted Feb. 2010, this is a great refresher: An early success story about the installation of driver feedback signs in busy urban neighborhoods shows what happens when residents take the initiative to slow down speeding motorists on their own streets. The signs perform double duty as they both slow down drivers and collect data,…
Expensive Winter Weather Offers Free Transportation Study Insights
From New York to Denver to Washington, D.C. to Michigan to Vancouver, a new term is making international news. #Sneckdown – a portmanteau of the words “snow” and “neckdown” has become a phenomenon across the United States and Canada. Neckdowns, sometimes called curb extensions, are used to increase visibility as well as reduce crossing time…
Radarsign® Celebrates 10 Years of Traffic Calming
February marks the 10-year anniversary for one of metro-Atlanta’s up-and-coming manufacturers. Launched in 2004, Radarsign® established new industry standards for traffic-calming solutions with the debut of the world’s first armored driver feedback signs, which are vandal, weather and bullet-resistant.