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Neighborhood Safety and Emergency Response Links |
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Be informed. Take a few moments and review some of these relevant links to information on neighborhood safety, traffic mitigation, and emergency response. NEW! Seconds Count! initiative would remove these dangerous obstacles to safety A guest opinion appearing in the Boulder Daily Camera on September 17, 2000
Deaths Expected from Delayed Emergency Response Due to Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation A scientific analysis of the risk/benefit ratio of traffic slowing devices
A citizens safety campaign designed to encourage motorists to observe the residential speed limit
Why has Boulder’s Fire Department service level declined ? From the City of Boulder Fire Master Plan
"Speed Trapped" 8/16/00 Orlando Weekly News An injured woman is airlifted to the hospital rather than transported by ambulance, in order to avoid travel over speed humps
Speed Bumps Found to Increase Automobile Emissions From the webpage of the British Columbia (Canada) Institute of Transportation Engineers
Road Access for Disabled Americans A grassroots group formed by people with disabilities who have come together via the internet
Citizens in Houston, TX are faced with the same potential emergency response crisis
Problems Associated With Traffic Calming Devices Boulder resident Kathleen Calongne summarizes the case against these devices based on her four years of research
Boulder resident Kathleen Calongne exposes the realities behind the national politics of Traffic Calming
Americans for Traffic Calming Reform Rick Hall, a disabled citizen of Austin Texas, has compiled an impressive collection of reasons why Traffic Calming devices should be prohibited on public streets.
A neighborhood group petitioning for removal of 9 speed bumps from their neighborhood in Orlando Florida. |