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The problem of speeding cars is not a new one. In the city of Hartford, Connecticut, they've long been working to solve it. And after trying a series of tactics over several years time, the city has come up with a solution that satisfies residents, traffic engineers, city officials, and even local snow plows.

    

Years ago, when Hartford residents first began complaining of speeding, the city tried a traditional approach to slow things down. Stop signs were installed in problem areas and many local streets were limited to one way access. Despite concentrated efforts, however, these techniques had little impact on speeding traffic.

The next technique that Hartford tried was to create a small speed hump (http://www.trafficlogix.com/whatistc.asp). A two year study was conducted that looked at all of the local neighborhoods. Residents were encouraged to offer their input into where traffic calming was most needed. The project's engineers then worked with the study data and neighborhood response to decide where physical measures should be installed.

2.5 years after the study was done, Hartford began to install speed tables (http://www.trafficlogix.com) rubber speed tables were chosen for the streets of Hartford. Kevin Burnham, P.E., the city's Traffic Engineer, explained that the other rubber products they considered did not offer as much flexibility in layout or as optimal visibility. The Traffic Logix rubber tables are constructed of 42 x 18 inch units, which can be expanded to fit any road width and any desired configuration. The reflective tape embedded in each of the units eliminated the need for extra markings. The tables also cost a fraction of the cost of the ones that the city was creating.

Hartford keeps the Traffic Logix tables down during the spring, summer, and fall months and removes them each winter to avoid snow plow damage. The solutions have been used throughout the city wherever residential traffic calming is necessary. The city has experimented with the units to create different configurations. In one area, the products are being used to create street narrowing as an additional traffic calming technique.

Hartford has expressed their satisfaction with the performance and visibility of the Traffic Logix solutions. As Mr. Burnham said "these products are every bit as effective as the asphalt devices."

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