Council approves speed-management plan; committee recommends ending tactical warning cameras

Dublin City Council voted to direct staff to implement the Public Services Committee’s speed-management recommendations, which include ending a tactical warning camera pilot and deploying other non-enforcement tools to reduce vehicle speeds.

At the May 14 Public Services Committee meeting, staff summarized program results and recommended a set of actions that the committee unanimously advanced to full council. Jeannie Willis, presenting for staff, told council the committee recommended several steps: discontinue the tactical (Gram) warning camera program in locations where it had successfully reduced travel speeds; deploy driver feedback signs and pavement markings where speed limits change over short distances; report back on impacts after installation of new HAWK signals; and consider QR codes at select crosswalks linking to applicable Ohio pedestrian-rights laws. The committee also recommended broader printed outreach and continued evaluation of emerging technologies.

Willis summarized the committee’s motion: "discontinue the tactical grama warning camera program given the success of the program on travel speeds where deployed." Council members spoke in support of broadening outreach beyond social media and using both signage and QR codes to make pedestrian-right-of-way rules more visible. The council then voted to approve the committee’s recommendation by roll call; the clerk recorded unanimous affirmative votes from council members present.

Staff was directed to proceed with the items recommended by the committee and to report back on the effects of newly installed signals and other countermeasures. No ordinance or new enforcement protocol was adopted at the meeting; the action directs staff implementation and future reporting.