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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Boston’s ‘Safety Surge’ is underway, a series of actions the city is taking to make city streets safer for drivers and pedestrians.
A big part of the project is the installation of 500 ‘speed humps’ throughout city neighborhoods that city officials say will cover about 400 miles of streets.
‘Speed humps’ are shorter and wider than ‘speed bumps’ and are designed to allow drivers to drive over humps comfortably at 20 m.p.h. or less.
Residents in South Boston we spoke with all agreed that any actions taken to make city streets safer are good ideas.
But there was also concerns that not everyone would follow the rules. ‘Speed humps would be amazing,” this resident said. “They would make people aware.”
But another resident had her doubts. “I’m not sure this will change things,” she said. “It is the city after all, and people are going to do what they’re going to do. But it also wouldn’t hurt.”
WBZ’s James Rojas (@JamesRojasNews) reports.
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