BY P.FURTH · PUBLISHED APRIL 25, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 13, 2020 By Joseph Madrid. The purpose of a choker is to narrows both sides of a street. These parallel curb extensions effectively reduce road widths, which in turn reduce vehicle speeds and make motorists aware of pedestrian activity. Westbourne Terrace is a street that passes by a school. The chokers, in this…
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Speed Humps – Winchester Street, Brookline, MA
BY P.FURTH · PUBLISHED APRIL 22, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 8, 2020 Submitted by Despina Chrysochos. Winchester Street is a local street in Brookline, off Beacon Street. It starts at the intersection with Beacon Street, runs for 0.6 miles, holds 280 street numbers and ends perpendicularly at Brainerd Street. The area is mostly residential made up by houses, few apartment…
Streets Where Traffic Naturally Goes Slow
BY P.FURTH · PUBLISHED APRIL 24, 2012 · UPDATED DECEMBER 7, 2020 By Jeff Watton. Overview: One method of traffic calming involves the use of horizontal curves in the road. Sharper curves require drivers to significantly reduce speed in order to safely execute the turn. This traffic calming device functions in a similar manner to speed humps. While both horizontal curves and speed…
Courtesy Streets, Arlington MA
BY P.FURTH · PUBLISHED APRIL 24, 2012 · UPDATED DECEMBER 13, 2020 by Michael Sarazen. Courtesy streets are two-way streets where vehicles have to make room for each other to pass. Parking can exist on one or both sides and pavement markings are rare. By not having enough room for two cars to pass, when there is an encounter in…
Speed Humps on Temple St, Beacon Hill, Boston
BY P.FURTH · PUBLISHED APRIL 24, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 8, 2020 Submitted by Matt Delilla. Figure 1: Temple St Location Temple St is a one-way street with two clear forms of traffic calming in use. The first application of traffic calming is speed humps placed three times along the road. The second application of traffic calming is a nearly…
Speed Humps, Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
BY P.FURTH · PUBLISHED APRIL 22, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 8, 2020 Posted by Erica Swansen. Eliot Street is a small local street located in Jamaica Plain. It is a one way suburban residential street that runs from Jamaica Way near Jamaica Pond to Centre Street. Jamaica Way and Centre Street run parallel and have a high volume of traffic….
Chicanes on Columbia Street, Cambridge
BY P.FURTH · PUBLISHED APRIL 23, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 13, 2020 Submitted By Mahmoud El Hazek. Columbia Street is a two-way local roadway that intersects Massachusetts Avenue in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The roadway is a north-south route that cuts through a residential neighborhood that is primarily occupied with houses, and a public playground and park for the younger…
Speed Humps and Chicanes on Walnut Street, Brookline
BY P.FURTH · PUBLISHED APRIL 22, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 8, 2020 Submitted by Zhi Li, (Jeff). Walnut Street is a two-way, one-lane local street. It parallels the Boylston Street, and it is about 1 mile long between Warren Street and high Street. Walnut Street passes through the residence area and it connects the Brookline Reservoir Park to the Boylston…