Engineer outlines speed‑cushion plan for Baby Ruth Lane after data show high speeds
Metro traffic staff presented a preliminary plan for Baby Ruth Lane that would add speed cushions and other measures after field data showed an 85th‑percentile speed of about 35 mph and roughly 1,600 vehicles per day; ballots will be mailed to property owners and require a two‑thirds yes vote to proceed.
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Chase Bugway, an engineer with Skot and the city’s Neighborhood Street Traffic Calming program, presented a preliminary design for Baby Ruth Lane and said the team recorded an "85th percentile speed of about 35 miles an hour and roughly 1,600 vehicles today." He said the street’s width (about 26–38 feet in places), steep sections and a curve informed the spacing and type of measures under consideration.
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