tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61690872011-04-21T21:49:15.826-07:00Oppose traffic calming everywhere!Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-40089583134763348302007-02-10T00:10:00.000-08:002007-02-09T22:48:04.032-08:00

This blog, like all of my other existing Blogger blogs, is going to enter a hiatus - at least temporarily. I'm concentrating all of my energies on my new blog, mrontemp. At this stage I'm not sure how much traffic calming obstruction news will appear in the new blog, but considering that I haven't posted a lot here, anything would be an improvement. You may also want to check my newly-creating

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1165021479298541722006-12-01T17:03:00.000-08:002006-12-01T17:04:39.310-08:00

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1162948519616893022006-11-07T17:15:00.000-08:002006-11-07T17:15:19.636-08:00

Why I didn't vote for Paul Vincent Avila for Ontario (California) City Council, Part One:"Install speed bumps."

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1162325926974810592006-10-31T12:11:00.000-08:002006-10-31T12:18:46.986-08:00

Well, Sam Crowe Ontario (not the bird guy), in his Sam Crowe for Council campaign, says a lot of stuff. Here's what he says about traffic:I am opposed to reaching into the City Coffers and feeding millions of tax payer dollars every year to fund a broken Convention Center complex. I am also against spending millions of dollars on a Sports Stadium designed to benefit developers, non-resident team

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1160422732811517362006-10-09T12:35:00.000-07:002006-10-09T12:38:52.826-07:00

The engineers want to get their word in on some traffic calming proposals in East Baton Rouge:Metro Councilman David Boneno is pushing speed humps and other traffic-calming devices as possible ways to slow down speeding vehicles in East Baton Rouge neighborhoods, and wants to establish criteria for neighborhoods to request them....The city-parish chief traffic engineer, Ingolf Partenheimer, said

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1157745849351451222006-09-08T13:03:00.000-07:002006-09-08T13:04:09.370-07:00

News:A British motorist who blew up a road safety camera which had caught him speeding was jailed for four months Wednesday, Greater Manchester Police said. Craig Moore, 28, took his revenge on the camera, which had flashed him in the Hyde area of Manchester, in August 2005.Although the camera itself was badly damaged, images of him speeding and returning to destroy the evidence were stored in

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1154565370649331382006-08-02T17:33:00.000-07:002006-08-02T17:36:10.660-07:00

Traffic calming schemes aren't only found in the First World. If you go to Ghana, a place that is definitely Cindy Margolisless, you'll find that traffic calming is discussed there also:Dr Richard Anane, Road Transport Minister has said that the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) in 2004, selected Apeguso, a settlement along the Accra-Ho highway, as one of the pilot sites for the implementation of the

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1153554307192174502006-07-22T00:43:00.000-07:002006-07-22T00:45:07.203-07:00

It's too easy to find these (so why don't I do it more often?):Election Day isn't for another couple of months, but Original Carrollwood residents soon will start getting their ballots.But instead of the next governor, congressmen or state legislators, residents will vote on whether to implement a series of traffic-calming measures for their community....Traffic calming has been a contentious

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1148670175952725252006-05-26T12:00:00.000-07:002006-05-26T12:02:55.966-07:00

From Safety Harbor, Florida. They've apparently addressed the emergency vehicle issues. Emphasis mine:On Monday, city commissioners took steps to slow traffic down. They voted to install seven "split" speed humps at strategic locations that speeders use to get to State Road 580 and Philippe Parkway. Split speed humps allow wide-track vehicles such as ambulances and fire trucks to straddle,

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1142628343820367392006-03-17T12:41:00.000-08:002006-03-17T12:45:43.833-08:00

Yes, this blog is updated infrequently. But luckily this isn't the only blog covering traffic calming issues. Here's a "let's kill the pedestrians" solution from Maiden Newton and Frome Vauchurch (emphasis mine):It was strange, after spending over an hour hearing about the congestion, speeding, danger at junctions, difficult pavements and the impossibility of ever finding a place to park, to walk

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1137805540655474542006-01-20T17:02:00.000-08:002006-01-20T17:05:40.666-08:00

Information from a recent traffic calming test in Princeton:Preliminary findings from a three-month-long, state-funded study looking to improve declining traffic conditions on the Route 206 corridor from Nassau Street to Cherry Valley Road were subjected to yet another public hearing last week, aimed to flesh out any lingering concerns of residents....Particular attention was given to the idea of

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1133898943630419732005-12-06T11:53:00.000-08:002005-12-06T11:55:43.646-08:00

Click and Clack on traffic calming and car damage:RAY: Traffic calming is not used on main thoroughfares, where efficiency IS the top priority. But on neighborhood streets, where commuters from outside the neighborhood speed through, traffic calming can provide great benefits.TOM: There are a number of different "tools" in a traffic calmer's toolbox. There are chicanes, which put little "S-curves

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1130875628271953552005-11-01T12:07:00.000-08:002005-11-01T12:07:08.283-08:00

Two blog links:http://buckheadendangered.blogspot.com/http://www.peacoc.blogspot.com/They are fighting a traffic calming proposal in Georgia. Here's a copy of their petition:Stop the new Curbing Calamity!See www.BuckheadEndangered.BlogSpot.com and www.Peacoc.BlogSpot.comWe the undersigned want the new traffic calming curbing calamity to STOP IMMEDIATELY until a new safer plan can be developed and

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1130713470793109482005-10-30T15:01:00.000-08:002005-10-30T15:04:30.806-08:00

From The Sentinel:Some residents were left dissatisfied Thursday night after Monroe Township Supervisors approved the conditional use application for a proposed 164-home cluster development called Trindle Station, Phase II....Supervisors made some changes to try to appease the residents’ concerns about the extension of Monroe Street, a block-and-a-half long dead-end street in the Wertz

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1130182278910135132005-10-24T12:30:00.000-07:002005-10-24T12:31:18.916-07:00

To be posted on the following weblog:http://otco909.blogspot.com/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEONTARIO VINEYARD VILLAGE ASSOCATION PROPOSES REVOLUTIONARY TRAFFIC CALMING SOLUTIONProponents Certain that Federal Approval of Interstate 10 Shutdown Will Be Provided “Swiftly”GUASTI, CA – October 24 2005 - In an unprecedented move in the traffic calming industry, the Ontario Vineyard Village Association (OVVA)

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1129246679410000382005-10-13T16:36:00.000-07:002005-10-13T16:37:59.416-07:00

How's that for being effective? This article appears in several newspapers:RESIDENTS who have suffered smashed and damaged cars since traffic calming was installed in their road are furious after a report revealed that speeding cars are still the norm.Creighton Road was narrowed and fitted with chicanes two years ago but since then cars have been forced closer to parked cars - resulting in a

Ontario Emperornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1127203624899312292005-09-20T01:02:00.000-07:002005-09-20T01:07:18.623-07:00

This one's timely, inasmuch as I'm currently in the Bay Area for Oracle OpenWorld.The San Mateo Public Works Commission is going back to the drawing board to figure out what to do with the increasing popular traffic deterrent — speed humps. Spurred by opposing arguments that speed humps delay fire trucks responding to emergencies and at the same time slow traffic enough to save children’s’ lives,

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1126764066514091912005-09-14T23:00:00.000-07:002005-09-14T23:01:06.516-07:00

NIMBY - or NOMS (not on my street). From Skanking Punk:Ahhhh, Wiltshire County Council. That bastion of capability and civilisation. Always ready to give the go-ahead to another traffic calming scheme around their houses, but never yours. Beaurocracy [sic] at its finest.

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From malabar:At the Methods in Mind neuroimaging conference, Birmingham....I wouldn't recommend my hotel - it's right near some kind of traffic calming loudspeaker that manages to be both incomprehensible and loud, going off a random number of times whenever a car goes by. I feel like I'm in an experiment on the effects of inescapable, uncontrollable noise stress. Fortunately I have my

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1126552184660603262005-09-12T12:09:00.000-07:002005-09-12T12:09:44.666-07:00

A note to my faithful readers...or reader...or perhaps just myself.For those who don't know, I run a danged blogging empire with five blogs (at last count). One is behind a firewall, but the other four are accessible to anyone over the Net.My oldest blog, the Ontario Empoblog, has had audioblogging capabilities for some time now.This morning, I added audioblogging capabilities to my newest blog,

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1125630559028330302005-09-01T20:06:00.000-07:002005-09-01T20:09:19.033-07:00

From the Sun-Sentinel:Wellington · Silvia Leal is fed up with drivers speeding through her Sugar Pond Manor neighborhood. For four years, she and her neighbors have been prodding the village to install speed bumps.Sal Chahin has argued for speed bumps for his Fairway Cove neighborhood, where traffic studies show drivers traveling the narrow road at twice the posted 15-mph speed limit. They and

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1121110401371439032005-07-11T12:31:00.000-07:002005-07-11T12:33:21.376-07:00

From the Chester Evening Leader:A PETITION signed by more than 150 residents concerned about heavy traffic has been handed over at County Hall.Residents of St. James Avenue, Upton, Chester are campaigning for traffic calming and a reduction in the speed limit to 20mph outside Upton High School.More than 150 residents signed the petition, which also called for the removal of school buses and

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1120246762672157932005-07-01T12:36:00.000-07:002005-07-01T12:39:22.676-07:00

From icBirmingham:Almost 40 per cent of Birmingham's road network will be designated blue or green routes as part of a controversial new transport policy.Existing or planned speed humps and other traffic calming measures on blue routes will be subject to review, a move that could lead to some of them being removed or replaced by speed cameras.Senior councillors said they wanted safety measures

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1114140119522728072005-04-21T20:21:00.000-07:002005-04-21T20:21:59.523-07:00

To be posted on the following weblogs:http://koer.blogspot.com/http://oemperor.blogspot.com/http://otco909.blogspot.com/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEKOER SYNTHETICA RADIO INTRODUCES "ALL COMMERCIAL FRIDAYS"Unique Format Promises Immediate Improvement Over Current ProgrammingGUASTI, CA - April 21 2005 - In an unprecedented move in the radio industry, KOER Synthetica Radio has introduced an “all commercial

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1112814467542295072005-04-06T12:03:00.000-07:002005-04-06T12:07:47.546-07:00

Traffic calming is an election issue in Madison, Wisconsin:Endorsements: Palm for 15th District00:00 am 4/06/05Larry Palm has already demonstrated the potential to be an effective alderman for District 15. As co-chairman of the Eken Park Neighborhood Association and as a board member of the Friends of Starkweather Creek, he has been working on traffic safety projects, including plans to install

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1090870825285249232004-07-26T12:38:00.000-07:002004-07-26T12:40:25.286-07:00

This story had a funny line in it: Traffic-calming initiatives in Rocky Hill have caught the attention of motorists — and nearby residents. On Monday, the Borough Council decided to ask the county if it would be possible to fill in the four brick-like grids, or red street prints, installed around the borough a few years ago as part of a traffic-calming, pedestrian-friendly initiative, in

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1077307200403304902004-02-20T12:00:00.000-08:002004-02-20T12:02:42.403-08:00

The Pismo Beach, California City Council required traffic calming obstructions before they would give initial approval to a delayed housing project. A controversial housing project that might grow the city by 312 homes and 182 acres over the next decade has cleared its initial hurdle from the Pismo Beach City Council. After nearly six hours of debate, the council voted 4-0 at 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1070914973709124262003-12-08T12:22:00.000-08:002003-12-08T12:23:05.453-08:00

From yesterday's Miami Herald: The Barrio Lindo Crime Watch group meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday....The featured guest speakers are Roberto Farinas and Fred Powell of Miami-Dade Public Works, who will discuss traffic calming and other issues. It would be interesting to see if any firefighters attend the meeting.

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1070727035799232852003-12-06T08:10:00.000-08:002003-12-06T08:10:47.156-08:00

Now this I can live with, as long as they don't place the speed limit indicator in the middle of the street where people can crash into it. Frankly, the devices that show your speed limit are a much more effective way to control speeds.

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1070640425948563712003-12-05T08:07:00.000-08:002003-12-05T08:07:17.090-08:00

From the BBC: A group of residents in Port Talbot say they are being driven crazy by the traffic calming measures introduced by their council. People living on the Sandfields Estate have started a campaign to remove the speed bumps put in place by Neath Port Talbot Council to enforce a 20mph speed limit. The campaigners say they support the speed restriction but cannot tolerate the added

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1070640177195166782003-12-05T08:02:00.000-08:002003-12-05T08:03:08.390-08:00

From the San Jose Mercury News: Palo Alto officials Thursday night presented their suggestions for the future of controversial roadblocks in the area north of downtown, and decided to skip polling the neighborhood about what to do -- because no one could decide whose opinion should count. More than 100 people turned out at Avenidas senior center as city planners discussed the future of seven

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From the BBC: Road humps hamper police response The Metropolitan Police has warned its response to emergency calls is being hampered by road humps. A traffic division report accused councils of implementing traffic calming in roads which have no history of accidents. In the last three months 34 police vehicles were possibly damaged due to traffic calming features, it added.... The

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1070603558433915522003-12-04T21:52:00.000-08:002003-12-04T21:54:32.483-08:00

The following pertinent items were originally posted in the Ontario Empoblog. Oppose Traffic Calming in Your Community The Rational Motorists' Guide to Opposing Obstruction Strategies includes several tips for combating "traffic obstruction initiatives." Excerpts: I. Know Thy Enemy Traffic obstruction advocates are local residents, usually few in number, who have decided to rid their street

Ontarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169087.post-1070601266664712482003-12-04T21:14:00.000-08:002003-12-04T21:54:54.593-08:00

This is the first post. The following posts will be more profound (or less profound).

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