I am cosponsoring a resolution that requests a review of Baltimore County’s traffic calming program, which regulates the placement of speed bumps, traffic islands, and other features for slowing speed.
Currently, traffic calming devices can be implemented in neighborhoods where the roads meet certain engineering criteria, where there is a documented problem with speed and volume, and where there is public support. The criteria disqualifies higher-order roads and communities that are outside the Urban-Rural Demarcation Line.
While we have been successful in getting traffic calming in many neighborhoods, there are some streets that would make sense to qualify but are currently excluded from consideration. Additionally, I do not think it is fair that Kingsville cannot have traffic calming if there is local support and roads meet the engineering criteria.
The resolution asks the Planning Board and Department of Public Works to evaluate the traffic calming program and report back to the County Council by September 1.