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Berkeley City Council - Speed Table / Raised Crosswalks
Location: Council Chambers - 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Staff proposal for experimental vertical deflection devices (i.e. speed humps, speed tables, and raised crosswalks) will be on the City Council agenda. This is a very important issue for cyclists, pedestrians, and neighborhoods because if the experimental installations are successful, traffic engineers will get a very powerful tool for the city's Traffic Calming 'toolkit'.
Background:
Berkeley has had a temporary moratorium on the use of "vertical deflection devices" due to concerns from the city's emergency services and the disabled community. Staff proposal (see enclosed pdf) is to do new experimental installation at several locations to test raised crosswalk / speed table design that will hopefully meet all the requirements of the various constituencies.
