Commission reviews draft traffic‑calming plan that drops numeric thresholds, keeps petition path
Feb 18, 2026
The Transportation Commission spent most of the meeting reviewing a draft Traffic Calming Action Plan that removes minimum data thresholds and instead treats crash and speed data as informative, while retaining a neighborhood petition process (staff discussed 50% as a conventional buy‑in metric). Commissioners pressed staff for clearer timelines, pilot measures and council review options.
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The East Lansing Transportation Commission reviewed a consultant draft Traffic Calming Action Plan that replaces strict numeric thresholds with a more flexible, data‑informing approach while preserving a neighborhood petition pathway that staff and commissioners said traditionally requires about 50% neighborhood buy‑in.
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