Bridgeport Way W. is a principal arterial that carries 25,000 vehicles a day. It has two travel lanes in each direction with a middle two-way-left-turn lane. Before the road improvements, there were over 160 accidents less than a mile-long section of this road for a three-year period. We improved this roadway by building curb, gutter, sidewalk, bike lanes, street lights, pedestrian crosswalks, landscaped median and planter strips. We eliminated two-way-left turn lane with a landscaped median and provided U-turn capabilities at intersections for passenger vehicles only. The results of our study show that the both accidents and the speed dropped on this roadway after we built the improvements. We are very pleased to see that we have 70% less accidents on this road now. This is a significant improvement.
Source: Traffic Calming Benefits, Costs and Equity Impacts p. 11
Published: August 29, 2001
