Road safety measures such as speed humps and speed tables play a vital role in reducing road casualties, but there are more factors at play.

According to a study from AAA, the average risk of severe injury for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle reaches 10 percent at an impact speed of 16 mph, 25 percent at 23 mph, 50 percent at 31 mph, 75 ...

The humble speed hump is a proven winner when it comes to, in the terminology of transportation geeks, "traffic calming." They compel leadfoots to slow down when driving through residential ...

You can find lots of things on the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts: an abundance of bike lanes, shops hawking Harvard merch, and empty Sam Adams bottles. But you won’t find the raised, rounded ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Department of Transportation recently installed speed humps on Forest Hill Road in New Springville in an ongoing effort to slow down drivers. The stretch of Forest Hill Road, ...

The speed humps that have become commonplace on city streets were designed to slow vehicles down, thus providing a measure of safety for pedestrians and bicyclists and relief for residents tired of ...

The large speed humps being installed throughout Milwaukee in an effort to reduce reckless driving are drawing mixed reviews from city residents. The structures — up to six inches tall and several ...

Burnham Park residents hope to increase traffic safety by adding new speed humps to the neighborhood. The process of getting a new speed hump requires significant neighborhood support, common council ...

WORCESTER – City drivers are over the hump. Last week, 35 speed humps were removed from city streets, smoothing things over for winter snow clearing. The temporary speed humps, located on 21 streets ...