I’m working with my neighbors to petition the city to add traffic calming measures (e.g. speed bumps, one way roads) to my street. I’m also hoping to turn it into a bit of a research project. Does anyone know of any tools to monitor or even automate data collection of the speeds of cars, number of cars going by, how many actually stop at intersections/stop signs, etc? If we’re successful with the petition, I think it would be nice to be able to present some data from before and after the traffic calming measures are put in place. Thank you in advance!
- mondoman712 ( @mondoman712@lemmy.ml ) 13•6 months ago
There’s telraam, or you could go a more DIY route.
- Dagwood222 ( @Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 7•6 months ago
Speed bumps are a terrible idea. They impede the normal flow of traffic, and slow down the ambulance when seconds count.
you know what else slows down ambulances? Congestion
I live near a school. Cars go way too fast and blast through intersections. Impeding the flow of car traffic is exactly what we need. I’d rather not require the ambulance in the first place.
- Dagwood222 ( @Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 4•6 months ago
There are other things besides speed bumps. I specified those because they are worse than useless imho.
Also, there are non-traffic reasons for ambulances. Heart attacks, strokes, mental breakdowns, household injuries, poisonings, etc.
- eLJay ( @eLJay@lemmy.ml ) 3•6 months ago
can you prove they are worse than useless? this is very counterintuitive to me. They effectively calm traffic better than zero speed bumps. Don’t strawman me. I know there are better options. I’m not saying to add speed bumps
- Dagwood222 ( @Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 4•6 months ago
I know there are better options. I’m not saying to add speed bumps
So we agree. Speed bumps aren’t the best option. That’s all I’m saying.
- GreyEyedGhost ( @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca ) 2•6 months ago
A street I used to regularly use had its max speed rwduced to 30 km/h and speed bumps installed. This resulted in me, and apparently many others, not using that street anymore. I’d say they worked pretty well. Some might respond, “Well, now there’s one less road in the area being used by cars, increasing congestion elsewhere.” At which point I’d agree with them, and say that’s probably better than having cars routinely driving past a school.
This sounds pretty similar to the situation the OP is describing.
- Butterbee (She/Her) ( @Butterbee@beehaw.org ) English10•6 months ago
You MUST be trolling lmao
- thejevans ( @thejevans@lemmy.ml ) 4•6 months ago
They’re not. There are far better options like speed tables and speed cushions.
- Dagwood222 ( @Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 3•6 months ago
Ask your paramedic friends.
- Showroom7561 ( @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ) 5•6 months ago
automate data collection of the speeds of cars, number of cars going by
My garmin bike computer + garmin varia radar can do this.
how many actually stop at intersections/stop signs
The thing about cars actually stopping will require either a video camera with a review of the footage afterwards, or a live volunteer.
- leanleft ( @leanleft@lemmy.ml ) English4•6 months ago
if you live in a city then they should do this for you. alot of cities have open data. if they dont… the probably still have the data they just dont want to share it with you.
- ReversalHatchery ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English2•6 months ago
I don’t know about where you live, but where I live this is pretty illegal. I don’t like cars either, but you should not be recording the public street in any way whatsoever, even if you only analyze it with a program but don’t write it to disk.
This is bad for not just motorists but everyone else. Don’t do this.