In order to have speed humps considered, first Transportation Department staff conduct a 24-hour speed study. If we are able to verify the average operating speed of over 35 MPH the route would qualify. Second, a resident would have to circulate a petition where at least 2/3rds of the adjacent residents would have to sign in favor. Third, the neighborhood association must approve the new hump as an amendment to their traffic plan.

I can start the process by scheduling a speed study and post the results once completed.

Thank you, Michael, for your timely response. As to the study, is there flexibility as to day of week? I ask, as the volume increases substantially Thursday-Sunday, especially during permitted events at Vinoy Park. Should the study not meet the requirement, is there option (during such events) to restrict west bound traffic on 7th Ave NE, routing perhaps to 5th Ave NE? As to the petition, I would be most happy to facilitate - may I assume the 2/3rds requirement applies only to the section of street that the hump is requested? Thank you again, Paul.

Yes - I can schedule during an event. We will not however consider going back to one-way traffic on this or any other roadway in the neighborhood. This was already dealt with by City Council a number of years ago when 8th and 9th were converted back to two-way. We require that the 24-hour average operating speed exceed 35 MPH in order to petition for speed humps. A 2/3eds majority would be required for the block being monitored if it qualifies.

Thanks very much for the follow up, Michael.

Couple of additional items:

1. May I assume that the measurement point will be the midway between Beach and Bay - I would think that would theoretically represent the highest speed?
2. Regarding the speed threshold. i) May I request the rationale for the it being 35 vs. say 34, or 33? My understanding is that the speed limit on my block is 25 mph; therefore, what you are saying is that the average must be 40% higher than the speed limit, in order to even be considered. Delving a little deeper into the numbers: If half of the cars are determined to travel at 30 mph (20% over limit) and the other half at 39 mph (56% over limit), then we would not meet the threshold for consideration. According to the AAA report at the attached link, the standardized risk of death at the speed limit (25 mph) is 15%, almost dobubling to 30.6% at 34 mph, yet 34 mph average is not sufficient to for speed hump consideration. Could you please comment? https://www.aaafoundation.org/sites/default/files/2011PedestrianRiskVsSpeed.pdf Thank you, Paul

1. - Yes - we always position our counters to locate the highest operating speeds.

2. - City Council set the minimum threshold for consideration of speed humps based on a 25 MPH speed limit and the courts 10 MPH grace on enforcement.

3. - This report generally supports setting of urban residential speed limits at 25MPH.

Transportation Department staff complete traffic counts on 7th Avenue NE this past weekend and the 2-day average operating speeds where 24.60 MPH eastbound and 27.14 MPH westbound between Oak and Bay Streets. Over the two day period there were a total of 48 motorists or 1.6% of the 2,977 vehicles recorded that exceeded the 25 MPH speed limit by 10 MPH.

Based on these results this area does not meet the minimum requirements to consider a speed hump.

Thank you, Michael. Q1. Is there an opportunity for another traffic count to be conducted? Q2. If I am able to raise the needed funds, would the city be open to installing it? If a legitimate option, would be so kind as to estimate the cost? Thank you, Paul

1. -Yes - we can conduct another count later this season if you know of a specific event that generates a lot of traffic. 2.- NO - the location must qualify before we can construct.

The City of St Petersburg periodically reviews past reports that are made from citizens within our city limits, and in an effort to clean-up old issues that were resolved some time ago, we are marking as 'closed' those issues that were submitted in the past for which the work has been completed or the issue has otherwise been resolved.

If you think for any reason that the issue you submitted in the past might still be unresolved, please feel free to submit a new report with the SeeClickFix St. Pete website and we will make sure the issue is directed to the appropriate City department to be addressed as soon as possible.

Thank you - MAC