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Yukon committee hears Kingsway resident’s plea to curb speeding; considers humps, cushions and grant funding
Summary
A resident told the Yukon Traffic and Transportation Committee that portable trackers recorded thousands of daily vehicle movements through the Kingsway neighborhood; members discussed speed humps, cushions, digital signage and a federal Safe Streets grant that would require a 20% city match.
A Yukon traffic and transportation committee meeting on June 9 heard from resident Kenneth Floyd of 1301 Kingsway Court, who urged officials to move quickly to address heavy through-traffic and speeding in the Kingsway neighborhood.
Floyd told the committee that a portable traffic tracker the police placed recorded 7,452 vehicles entering the neighborhood and 7,929 leaving during the study window. "There were 7,452 cars coming in the neighborhood and 7,929 leaving," Floyd said, urging the committee to accelerate placement of neighborhood signage and other controls.
Floyd also presented slides comparing speed bumps, speed humps, speed tables and speed cushions, explaining typical target speeds, placement and emergency-vehicle accommodations. He described speed humps as suitable for residential streets (designed for about 25 mph), speed tables for collectors and school crossings (25–30 mph), and speed cushions as a residential option that allows fire and EMS vehicles to straddle the device. "That's all I'm wanting to do is try to get it moving as quick as possible," Floyd said, asking staff to include his materials in the meeting minutes.
Floyd told the committee the city council on May 19 adopted a resolution to apply for the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All program; he said that if the city wins the grant, it would pay for a corridor safety or implementation plan but would require the city to provide 20% of the project cost as a local match. "That grant requires the city to contribute 20% of the total cost of the project," he said.
Committee members responded that growth on nearby 23rd Street and Sarah Road — with multiple housing phases under construction — is already increasing traffic pressure and creating cut-through routes into Yukon neighborhoods. Committee member Joey Scanelli said the volume of new development is likely to worsen congestion and driver frustration. "If we don't, I mean it's going to take an hour just to move one mile," Scanelli said, adding that frustrated drivers are more likely to speed through residential areas.
Members discussed options including expedited placement of neighborhood speed signage, installing digital speed displays, adding a mid-block crosswalk and considering physical traffic-calming devices such as speed humps or cushions. Several members recommended the city coordinate with Oklahoma City, where some new subdivisions connect across municipal boundaries, to commission a broader traffic study rather than address streets in isolation.
No formal motion to install specific traffic-calming devices was recorded at the meeting; the only recorded formal action was approval of the May 12 minutes. The committee announced a special public hearing set for June 11 to discuss openings and traffic flow on Main Street between South Ranchwood and Yukon Parkway, and the next regular meeting date of July 14.
The committee asked staff to incorporate Floyd's materials into the minutes and to follow up on options for signs and potential grant-funded planning work; no implementation decision was made at the June 9 meeting.
