I suppose one might say that four hours' placement on Memorial Day constitutes "targeted," although San Francisco (below) sounds keen to implement the other dozen tactics, too. Note that I'm not griping about speed traps as such, just the absence of political will across multiple generations that makes them seem somehow feasible.
Too bad he wasn't sitting in the same spot two days ago, when the red SUV was racing eastbound through this very block. I'd have settled for a few words directed toward the bicyclists peddling the wrong way on Spring, but I suppose that's different.
Solutions
Addressing Unsafe Speed
This strategy includes many actions to address the problem of unsafe speed, including targeted traffic enforcement, new speed reporting devices, and traffic calming and complete streets interventions that include road diets, narrowing lanes, and installing speed humps and wider sidewalks, especially with corner bulb-outs.
Improving Streets and Intersections
This strategy also includes actions to make intersections safer and ensure that drivers yield to pedestrians when they have the right of way. These include stepped-up police enforcement and several engineering techniques: narrowing intersections with bulb-outs; narrowing or reducing lanes; adding continental or ‘ladder’ crosswalks and pedestrian refuges; providing additional crossing time with signal adjustments; and installing pedestrian countdown signals.
These all improve intersection safety by slowing cars, helping drivers and pedestrians see each other, and giving pedestrians enough time to cross safely.
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