R+T is very suburban?

[ijmorlan]

The speed humps are generally effective, at least on the west side.  I know that the one between the Environment buildings and Needles Hall was quite a doozy.

The problem with speed humps is that while they generally slow traffic at the speed hump, they don't generally slow traffic over the length of the route. It's definitely a remedy that can be used to retrofit an existing roadway, but it's not the ideal solution.

We should try paving the entire thing with setts (rocks formed into a more-or-less rectangular block shape). That can make the entire surface somewhat rough.

Speed humps can be anywhere from useful to very bad depending on how they are implemented. I’ve seen footage of people crossing a quintuple speed bump which certainly slows traffic down right at the bump, but which causes aggravation and probably vehicle damage; there is really no way to cross it at all smoothly, even at an entirely reasonable speed, and vehicles tend to stop, then bump forward unpredictably as they cross one bump after another. At the other extreme, we have at some times had humps on campus that were so smooth they might as well not have been there. I think large humps that have significant vertical deflection but also long horizontal length are best. There are some on I think John St. which are good: I can’t imagine going over them at high speed, but at a reasonable speed one just slows down a bit extra and glides smoothly over them.