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CTV News
07-07-2025
- CTV News
Speed bump and radar signage installed on Tecumseh street to deter dangerous drivers
Speed bumps and a speed radar trailer were deployed on Arlington Boulevard following a CTV News Windsor story. Speed bumps and a speed radar trailer were deployed on a busy Tecumseh, Ont. street over the weekend. The move by the municipality was in response to a story CTV News Windsor ran last week. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stepped up patrols on Arlington Boulevard, focusing on aggressive and dangerous driving. Neighbours were complaining to officers about speeding vehicles, failing to stop at stop signs, and stunt driving. There have been multiple reports of drivers cutting through side streets to avoid road construction on Riverside Drive. Area residents described to CTV News Windsor a road rage incident on the street in question that landed a neighbour in hospital in critical condition with a brain bleed. The town is asking drivers to follow the posted detour – Tecumseh and Manning Road – not the adjacent streets.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Brickbat: Road Hard
Oakland residents, fed up with dangerous late-night sideshows where cars do stunts, built their own speed bumps on East 21st Street and 19th Avenue after the city ignored four years of pleas for help. Costing $3,000, these homemade speed bumps stopped the sideshows for eight months, but the city's Department of Transportation removed them for lacking official approval, angering locals who say the city doesn't care about their safety. Previously, the city also removed tire barriers that residents set up to deter sideshows, and though officials say they're working on traffic-calming solutions, residents argue the city's slow response has allowed the dangerous stunts to return, leaving the community frustrated and unsafe. The post Brickbat: Road Hard appeared first on
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Oakland residents blast city's removal of self-installed speed bumps
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Neighbors in Oakland's Highland Terrace neighborhood say they are angry after the city removed the 41 speed bumps they placed throughout six intersections. Livermore teen arrested for possessing 258 lbs of fireworks: sheriff Neighbors say they installed the speed bumps themselves to stop the monthly speed bumps have been up for a year until the city removed them last week. Neighbors are now asking for a solution from the city — or they say they will install the speed bumps again. 'Sideshows are already coming back,' says Oakland resident Michael Andemeskel. 'It will just be a matter of time before we have a massive sideshow and then someone gets hurt. We don't want to wait.' Watch the full report from KRON4's Lindsey Ford in the video player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
29-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Oakland removes DIY speed bumps residents put in to stop sideshows
Residents of Oakland's Highland Terrace neighborhood say their safety is at risk again after the city removed their makeshift speedbumps last week. People living near East 21st Street and 19th Avenue installed the speedbumps because they said they were fed-up with years of sideshows. Michael Andemeskel said neighbors filed reports, created petitions, and contacted city leaders, but nothing was done. "When the city fails to act, we act," said Andemeskel. Andemeskel says it impacted everyone, people feared for their safety and needed to stay inside, but even then, they couldn't escape the smoke and the noise. "It's a terrible experience and the next day you're just not the same," said Andemeskel. "Kids can't go to school, you can't do work." Andemeskel spearheaded the effort, gathering money from neighbors and as a group installing dozens of speedbumps at several intersections. Another neighbor, who did not want to disclose his name, says it worked. "It was sort of our neighborhood watch that everybody chipped in, and they implemented it," the man explained. "It was safe for awhile until just last week it was removed and then the same day they came at night." At the intersection of East 21st Street and 19th Avenue, you can still see where the speedbumps once were. Neighbors say if the city won't put them back, they're going to do it themselves and they're not worried about the repercussions. "No one's afraid of what the city is going to do and if they're going to rip them out, we'll put them in again," said Andemeskel. "We can do it all day." Director of Transportation Josh Rowan says about a month ago, he was riding a bus when he was jostled by the speed bumps, that's when he realized he needed to take a look at them. "After reviewing the operations with my engineering team, we decided it was too much risk to the public to leave them there," explained Rowan. "We were actually observing cars swerving out of the travel lane to avoid these bumps that had been installed." Rowan says they are working on a safety project that will bring more funding to that area of town, but it won't start until 2027. In the meantime, they're working on a short-term solution of paint and posts to help. OakDOT has seen this solution have some success at the intersection of Redwood Road and Skyline Boulevard. "We want to work with them," said Rowan. "We want to get solutions that are solving these problems but they keep getting out in front of us, and that's not helping us or them." Andemeskel argues it's just a matter of time until someone gets hurt or killed and the city needs to act quickly. "We demand that they come up with a plan to deal with the sideshow issue by June 6th and they implement whatever the solution in a reasonable timeframe, four weeks or six weeks," detailed Andemeskel. "If not we'll just put them back."
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Yahoo
Chicago crash that killed family matriarch prompts calls for speed bumps, surveillance cameras
The Brief Maria Ochoa, 84, was struck and killed while crossing Archer Avenue on Saturday. Two vehicles collided at Laramie and Archer; one car flipped and hit Ochoa. Family members are calling for speed bumps and more cameras in the neighborhood. CHICAGO - An 84-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a car in Garfield Ridge, sparking calls from her family for better traffic enforcement on a stretch of road long known by residents for speeding and street racing. What we know Maria Ochoa was crossing the street Saturday evening when a two-car crash sent one vehicle careening into her. The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Archer Avenue and Laramie in Chicago's Garfield Ridge neighborhood. Police said the vehicles collided when one made a sudden turn, causing the other to flip and hit Ochoa. She was taken to the hospital and later died. Both drivers, including a 26-year-old man who received a citation, were not injured. Ochoa was a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her family gathered Monday near the accident site to mourn their loss and push for safer streets. What's next As Area One detectives continue their investigation, Ochoa's son is calling for traffic calming measures like speed bumps and more surveillance cameras along Archer Avenue. The Source FOX 32's Nate Rodgers reported on this story.
