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Problems Associated With Traffic Calming Devices.

ARTICLES

Reuben Castenada and Steven Gray, "Maryland Boy, 13, Dies in Fire at Friend's Sleepover," THE WASHINGTON POST, June 15, 1998 (Firefighter Stottlemeyer descends into basement to rescue child as flashover occurs forcing his exit from the home.)

Jen Chaney, "Fatal fire renews speed hump debate," GAITHERSBERG GAZETTE, July 8, 1998 (Impact of delay caused by humps on street on rescue of child.)

Dwight Daniels, "Encinitas protesters' parked vehicles hinder laying of speed bumps," THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, Aug. 13, 1998

Editorial, "Meeting air standards Maine's obligation too," PORTLAND PRESS HERALD, October 17, 1997 (Ruling of EPA)

Editorial, "Street Fights," THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, July 12, 1994 (Closures foster exclusivity rather than community.)

Dan Feldstein, "Brown has 911 gate removed," THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, August 18, 1998 ("Closure denies emergency access.")

Dan Feldstein, "Subdivision struggles with great barrier rift," THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, February 22, 1999

Kristen Green,"It's neighbor vs. neighbor over Santee speed bumps," THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, March 7, 2000

Kristen Green, "Disabled woman wins fight to remove speed bumps on her street," THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, May 12, 2000

Jean-Martin Kuntscher, "Speed bumps cause ten times more air pollution," ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALE DE TOURISME, FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L'AUTOMOBILE, September 6, 1994

Lisa Marshall, "Circles called hazards," THE DAILY CAMERA, December 12, 1996

Paul Marston, "Humps increase exhaust fumes," UK NEWS, ELECTRONIC TELEGRAPH, January 14, 1998

Bruce Nichols, "Houston hits the brakes on speed-humps," THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, ("Deterrent for drivers raises worries about police, fire response.") August 1, 1999

Amy Reinholds, "Whittier attempts mediation... Neighbors square off on traffic issue" THE DAILY CAMERA, January 21, 1997

Amy Reinholds, "Slip-sliding away at Pine St. traffic circle", THE COLORADO DAILY, November 20, 1996

Judith Scherr, "Berkeley's bumpy battle," BERKELEY DAILY PLANET, March 27, 2000 (Berkeley Commission on Disability takes stand against humps.)

Mark Shanahan, "Federal government pulls funds from traffic-slowing experiment," PORTLAND PRESS HERALD, August 18, 1998

Matt Schwartz, "HUD labels Dian Street gate discriminatory, asks removal," THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, October 15, 1998

Joanne B. Walker, "Speed bumps, tables meet legal obstacle," ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, August 1998 (Judge Bennett rules in favor of 2 citizens who have filed suit against city for placing devices on streets used for traffic control which are not approved traffic control devices in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.)

John Williams, "Street Warfare" (Intersection sealing brings racism calls.) THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, July 10, 1994

John Williams, "Probe of bias and street closings looks at use of federal money," THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, December 16, 1994

REPORTS / PAPERS

Accessible Rights-of-Way: Sidewalks, street crossings, other pedestrian facilities, U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, U.S. Access Board, November 1999.

"All Vehicle VOC and NOX Emission Factors by Speed, Summer and Winter," graph provided by Ron Severence, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 1997

An Analysis of Leadership, Politics and Ethics in the Stevens Avenue Traffic Calming Project, Part III, Ethics in the Stevens Avenue Project" by Scott Landry, Scot Mattox, Sara & Celeste Vigor, May 14, 1998 (Graduate paper for Muskie Institute at University of Maine Law School)

Boulder Fire Department Master Plan, Kevin Klein for City of Boulder CO, 1996

Building a True Community Final Report, Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee, U.S. Access Board, January 10, 2001

Deaths Expected from Delayed Emergency Response Due to Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation, Ronald R. Bowman, April 3, 1997

An Evaluation of the Speed Hump Program in the City of Berkeley, October 1997 (Damage to vehicles, impact on ambulance and fire services and people with disabilities.)

Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1997

The Impacts of Traffic Calming Measures on Vehicle Exhaust Emissions, United Kingdom,Transport Research Laboratory Report 482, PG Boulter, AJ Hickman

"Motor-Vehicle-Related Deaths Involving Intoxicated Pedestrians" - United States, 1982-1992," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 43 / No. 14

911 Emergency Gate Review, Fire Chief Les Tyra, City of Houston Fire Department, November 17, 1998

Possible Neighborhood Traffic Calming Methods, Report to city council of Sunnyvale, CA, February 4, 1997 (Potential liability.)

Speed Hump/UC Plan Presentation Outline, draft report, Susan Sanderson, Transportation Planner, City of Berkeley, (Emergency response concerns from proliferation of speed humps. Humps not the tool felt they were.) 1995.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest, The American Heart Association, 1996

A Survey of Traffic Calming Practices in the United States, Institute of Urban and Regional Development by Asha Weinstein and Elizabeth Deakin, University of California at Berkeley, March 1998, (Conflict in neighborhoods.)

Stevens Avenue Traffic Calming Project, DeLuca-Hoffman Associates Inc., May 27, 1998, Portland, Maine (Increased accidents and pollution from traffic calming project.)

Traffic Calming: State of the Practice, Reid Ewing, ITE/FHWA, 1999

Traffic Calming and vehicle emissions: A literature review, Transport Research Laboratory Report 307, United Kingdom, P. G. Boulter and D. C. Webster, 1997

FEDERAL DOCUMENTS

Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II, State and Local Government, Justice regulations, 28 CFR, 35.151, "New construction and alterations."

Clean Air Act, EPA, Title 1, Part A, Air Quality and Emission Limits, Sec. 113 Federal Limits

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Millennium Edition, USDOT/FHWA, 2000

Traffic Safety Facts 2000, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, USDOT

TIME TRIALS

"An Analysis of Speed Hump Effects on Response Times," City of Austin, TX Fire Department, January 20, 1999

"The Effects of Speed Humps and Traffic Circles on Responding Fire-Rescue Apparatus in Montgomery County, Maryland," Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Commission, August 1997

The Influence of Traffic Calming Devices on Fire Vehicle Travel Times," Portland Bureau of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Service, January 1996

Memorandum from Nels Tahti, Administrative Analyst, City of Roseville, CA Fire Department (Time trials on streets with series of speed humps), June 4, 1991

LETTERS

Letter from Earl Noe, "I have disabled your car... because you have so little regard for laws," THE BOULDER PLANET, October 9-15, 1996 (Opponent of devices has tires slashed.)

Letter from Karen Craig, Chair, Commission on Disability, Berkeley CA to Berkeley Mayor and City Council, November 10, 1998 (Problems of the disabled with vertical deflection devices.)

Letter from Special Transit of Boulder, CO to Boulder City Council, April 3, 1997 (Problems of disabled riders with vertical and horizontal deflection devices.)

Letter from Steven Beningo, Division Transportation Planner, USDOT, to Commissioner John Melrose, Maine DOT, August 13, 1998, (Rescinds funds for Portland's traffic calming project because of increased emissions.)

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Affidavit of Settlement for Permanent Disability for fire fighter, George Gosbee, Montgomery County, MD, 1998 (Settlement of $ 3,000 per month for life for injury sustained when hit speed hump traveling to scene of emergency.)

Appellant's Brief in, Slager v. Duncan and Montgomery County MD to U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (Unpublished opinion, sets no precedent by rules of the court.)

Final Judgment, Twelfth Circuit Court of the State of Florida, June 29, 1998 (Judge Robert B. Bennet rules in favor of Windom and Hartenstine of Sarasota, FL)

Opinion of Attorney General, State of Maryland, No. 86-021, April 2, 1986 (Potential liability.)

Opinion of Thomas R. Powell, Senior Assistant City Attorney, The City of Wichita, KS April 1, 1986 (Potential liability.)

OTHER

Housing Discrimination Complaint, filed by Calvin Hummer, President, Meadow Walk Town Home Association, Houston TX, May 28, 1997

"The Other Pine Intersections," Ronald Bowman, 1996 (Graph showing increase in accidents at intersections with traffic circles on Pine St., Boulder CO.)

Program Application for CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality) funds from City of Portland, July 1994. (City agrees to remove temporary measures if CMAQ determines emissions are not lowered by project.)

VIDEO

"Traffic Calming Devices," 1996, Portland Bureau of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services, 55 SW Ash St., Portland, OR 97204

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The NMA's Position

Traffic "calming" is an euphemism for traffic obstruction and diversion. The NMA opposes any measure or regulation that is deliberately designed to inconvenience and hinder the legitimate travel of responsible motorists.

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