INC NEWS - traffic calming measures research

[bragin at nc.rr.com]

The John Locke Foundation can hardly be considered an unbiased source of
information about municipal planning of any kind.

It's entire raison d'etre is to get in the way of government spending
money on any services besides law enforcement.

Barry Ragin
1706 Shawnee St.

----- Original Message -----
From: RW Pickle <randy at 27beverly.com>
Date: Friday, December 8, 2006 10:37 am
Subject: INC NEWS - traffic calming measures research
To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
Cc: fhna-list at fhnanews.com

> I just ran across this research study that looks into the various 
> trafficcalming methods being deployed today. As I mentioned as we 
> looked at
> traffic calming measures over here, it'll slow down rescue traffic. 
> I'vealready seen it happen one time. Will someone die because help 
> did not
> arrive in time because of them? Time will tell. But as the rescue 
> personelsaid upon arrival this last time, when the hit this 
> neighborhood, they had
> to slow down to less than 5 mph. Here's the title of the research:
> 
> Livable Streets, Dangerous Roads: Traffic Calming Endangers the 
> Lives of
> Those in Need of Emergency Services
> 
> You can find it here:
> 
> http://triangle.johnlocke.org/research/display_report.html?id=77
> 
> RWP
> 27 Beverly
> 
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