NDOT proposes speed cushions on Lynnwood Boulevard; neighborhood to vote by postcard/online

Amy Birch, a transportation engineer and consultant working with the Department of Transportation (NDOT), told a neighborhood meeting that NDOT selected Lynnwood Boulevard (Harding Place to Tyne Boulevard) for its 2025 neighborhood street traffic calming program and is proposing a series of six speed cushions as the preliminary design.

The draft plan matters because NDOT's traffic-calming program is intended to reduce vehicle speeds and improve pedestrian safety on residential streets; Lynnwood's measured 85th-percentile speed was 36 mph on a 25 mph posted limit, and weekday two‑way traffic volume was about 1,600 vehicles per day, data Birch said factored into the street's selection.

NDOT uses a data-driven prioritization system that weights measured speed (45%), volume (25%), non-driver accommodations such as sidewalks and bus stops (15%), crash history over 10 years (10%) and proximity to trip destinations like schools (5%). Birch said the city received more than 600 requests and selected 25 streets in the 2025 round. "We recorded these…