Friday, June 24, 2011

Chicane Chicanery?

Here is a story about Newton Township, PA's attempt at traffic calming with waving lines and rubber posts. The anecdotal evidence is decidedly mixed as to the effectiveness of the project.

View more videos at: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com.


Narrower streets, speed bump/tables, lit crosswalks and other improvements may be better solutions here. That road looks like a speedway, and taken together brings to mind this conversation with an engineer:




(via Jalopnik)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

That video was amusing, at least. That type of anti-congestion tactic would be a nightmare on vehicles like shuttle buses, though. Thanks for the post!