Under the Safety Surge program, Boston will no longer place speed bumps on streets where residents ask for them. Instead, officials will begin rolling out the traffic-slowing measure by zone, to prevent speeding drivers from simply shifting a street over.
Boston is set to ramp up the number of its streets with speed humps as part of a major new initiative to make the city safer for all, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Monday.program, the city will no longer place speed bumps on streets where residents ask for them. Instead, officials will begin rolling out the traffic-slowing measure by zone, to prevent speeding drivers from simply shifting a street over.
"We want to make sure our streets are safer for drivers, for cyclists, for pedestrians and everyone who gets around," Wu said at Mattapan's Thetford Evans Playground, in the neighborhood where the city trialed the program.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
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