[Summit] speed bumps

[Martha Fraenkel]

Re Chris' comment about funding the lumps,  i hope this is not a 
rhetorical question.  who/what/when/why?

On 5/17/2021 4:26 PM, Sumati Eberstadt wrote:
> Yes to all of that, Christopher.
>
> Sumati
>
>> On May 17, 2021, at 4:00 PM, Christopher Buecheler 
>> <cwbuecheler at gmail.com <mailto:cwbuecheler at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm just curious why there's enough budget to add obviously slapdash, 
>> ill-conceived and dangerous speed bumps all over the town when nobody 
>> except Blackstone Blvd's gotten a sidewalk repair in over a decade, 
>> and the only time since I moved to this neighborhood that any streets 
>> have been resurfaced was when Providence Water was legally obligated 
>> to do it. I'd much rather see money spent on maintenance, dedicated 
>> bike lanes, and enforcing things like "it's illegal to park halfway 
>> up on the sidewalk outside of Bank of America because you're too lazy 
>> to use the parking lot twelve feet away, or in the no parking zone 
>> out front of Seven Stars because you're too lazy to find legal street 
>> parking, thus creating a dangerous visibility situation that 
>> threatens pedestrians, motorists, and cyclists alike."
>>
>> Far as functionality goes, I assume the speed bumps will just join 
>> the Big Brother machines on Blackstone in causing people to speed, 
>> then slam on their breaks, then slam on the gas to get back to speeding.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 3:30 PM Martha Fraenkel <mfraenkel at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:mfraenkel at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I hope everyone is sending their speed bump trauma to nirva.
>>
>>     Seems to me they're a design failure; you have to virtually stop
>>     to get over them without bottoming out.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Christopher Buecheler - @cwbuecheler <https://twitter.com/cwbuecheler>
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