Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 – Cleveland – Today, the City of Cleveland released a resident survey to capture the opinions and experiences of residents on the pilot speed tables that were installed by the City in the summer of 2022. Residents are encouraged to take the survey by Monday, February 20.
The purpose of the speed table pilot program is to inform a citywide traffic calming policy that will increase the quality of life for residents by creating safer streets for all. The program is in alignment with the City’s Vision Zero initiative. It aims to eliminate serious injuries and deaths from crashes on Cleveland roads through clear and measurable strategies.
The year-end traffic fatality count in Cleveland in 2022 was 45 deaths, compared to 74 in 2021. Every two weeks, 13 people, on average, are seriously injured or killed on Cleveland roadways. The speed table program is one piece of a greater traffic calming effort to reduce these numbers to zero.
“Slower streets are safer streets. Through the speed table program and the Vision Zero initiative, we are enhancing our traffic calming strategies to reduce deadly crashes and their impacts on the lives of Clevelanders,” said Calley Mersmann, Cleveland’s Senior Strategist for Transit and Mobility.
The streets identified for the pilot speed tables are mostly residential, and were selected based on documented speeding issues and crash history.
The streets that received speed tables as part of the 2022 pilot are:
- Judson Drive (East 160th Street to Lee Road)
- Dickens Avenue (East of Larry Doby Way)
- East 147th Street (South of Bartlett Avenue)
- West 101st Street (Marginal Road to Madison Avenue)
- West 56th Street (Denison Avenue to Storer Avenue)
- Edgewater Drive (West of West 115th Street)
- East 174th Street (Ozark Avenue to Nottingham Road)
- Corlett Avenue (East of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive)
- West 50th Street (Kouba Avenue to Clark Avenue)
- Bohn Road (East 40th to Kennard Road)
The survey aims to understand the experiences of residents with the speed tables. It asks for resident opinions and observations on the traffic behaviors of road users. Together, data from the resident survey, pre- and post-speeds on pilot and pilot-adjacent streets, and pre- and post-crash data review will inform the City on the effectiveness of the speed table pilot.
Key findings from this study will inform and shape the City’s traffic calming policy. The City is aiming to release a report of the findings from this pilot program in March of 2023.
The survey can be found here:
- English: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwi9eJo-hy25Y-59QIvvZxYal_kIfVoAkcHAYPijg-I17ZaQ/viewform
- Spanish: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3ulREYgwria8HHYsEB5kQMVJPOlgf5-Faq1K0bBZIlGPqzA/viewform
For further information on the City’s neighborhood traffic calming efforts, residents are encouraged to visit www.clevelandohio.gov/TrafficCalming or call 216-664-7182.
