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Committee backs pilots — portable speed devices and temporary fixes — before permanent construction
Summary
Staff and committee members supported testing temporary traffic calming tools (portable speed displays, portable devices, low‑cost measures) and collecting data to determine whether permanent changes are warranted.
Throughout the meeting the committee emphasized testing temporary measures and collecting data before investing in permanent infrastructure.
Staff described portable speed devices and temporary installations as readily available tools to pilot solutions and gather evidence for permanent fixes. “You might see us have a cache of tools... we could test,” a staffer said, describing portable units and speed signs that can be deployed to collect before‑and‑after data. Members urged a programmatic approach where pilots inform future budget requests rather than ad hoc requests.
Committee direction included asking staff to identify candidate pilot locations, estimate costs for temporary devices, and return with results that could feed into the NTMP prioritization and next year’s budget discussions.
