Speed humps are about to be installed (or re-installed) on select streets in Hartford. Construction is expected to begin in mid- to late-May on Barker, Bond, Chadwick, Chester, Chestnut, Congress, Cromwell, Deerfield, Durham, Earle, Edgewood, Flatbush, Harwich, Huntington, John, Love, Manchester, Milford, West Morningside, Mortson, Osten, Putnam Heights, Roger, Roxbury, Sherbrooke, Sherman, Stanwood, Sterling, Townley, Warrenton, Wolcott, and Willard.
Wondering how these streets made the cut? Residents nominated to make streets safer either by submitting suggestions through Hartford 311 or by working with their Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ). If you know of a roadway in Hartford desperately in need of traffic calming, reach out to your NRZ, or call 311 or use the 311 app.
Slowing down reckless, speeding drivers without deploying more police? Yes, please!
Linda
Pretty soon Hartford will be nothing but speed bumps. Why can’t we have more police traffic control?
Kerri Provost
Putting aside all of the issues of social justice for a moment, there is one very important reason why we shouldn’t rely on police for traffic control: it’s not effective. A speed hump, once installed, is present 24/7. To achieve the same result by using police, we would have to station an officer on every block, and ensure coverage during breaks and shift changes. This is impractical and extraordinarily expensive.
I would ask this: what is wrong with having speed humps in densely populated areas? They save lives.
Linda Pagani
The humps also enable non-reckless drivers to stick to the speed limit. Right now, that’s nearly impossible, because almost car-for-car, the driver behind you doesn’t care about posted speed limits, and drives dangerously close. I’ll go out on a limb and say that’s true for all of the state.