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Traffic & Parking Commission lowers Haywood Lane speed limit to 35 mph and asks NDOT for quick‑build safety measures
Summary
After hearing Vision 0 testimony and technical evidence from NDOT, the commission voted to lower Haywood Lane's speed limit from 40 to 35 mph, asked NDOT to pursue short‑term quick‑build mitigations (rumble strips, radar feedback, raised pavement markers) and required a six‑month follow up on outcomes.
The Traffic & Parking Commission voted to reduce the posted speed limit on Haywood Lane from 40 to 35 miles per hour after hearing engineering analysis from NDOT and testimony from Vision 0 advocates.
"When a pedestrian is struck at 35 miles an hour, roughly 7 out of 10 times that person will die, but when a person is struck at 30 miles an hour that drops to about 4 out of every 10 times," Robin Owen, a Vision 0 advisory committee member and Haywood resident, told the commission, urging a 30 mph limit.
NDOT's Andrew Smith presented the technical basis for the department's recommendation: tube counts and an NCHRP tool…
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