Lansing Adds Speed Humps to Slow Drivers in Eastside Neighborhood

A new traffic calming technique has been implemented in a Lansing neighborhood.

If you live in or commute through Lansing's Eastside Neighborhood, you might have noticed the addition of three new speed humps on Clemens Avenue between Michigan Avenue and Kalamazoo Street.

What Is Traffic Calming?

Speed humps are a type of traffic calming, which is when a road is physically altered to get drivers to slow down.

In this case, drivers have been driving so fast along that stretch of Clemens that physical action was taken by the City of Lansing to get people to slow down.

The speed humps were installed Sunday, August 3 and the road is now reopened to drivers.

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The addition of these speed humps is kind of a big deal. It takes a lot of work to get a speed hump installed in Lansing.

What Does it Take to Get a Speed Hump Installed in Lansing?

It’s not as easy as just asking for one. The street must meet specific criteria: at least 15% of vehicles must be going 35 mph or faster, and the street must see a minimum of 500 vehicles per day. Then 25% of households need to sign a petition in favor, a city study is conducted, and both Lansing Police and Fire have to sign off. After all that, it still needs approvals from the mayor and city council, and more...

I think you're getting the picture.

Moral of the story: if you couldn't be bothered to slow down when you drove on Clemens between Kalamazoo and Michigan Avenue before, I'm sure you're learn quickly this time.

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