“Cleveland speed table pilot program to be installed at the end of July”
Ortiz first contacted News 5 about the issue near her home at West 25th Street and Meyer Avenue on June 30. While on the scene, a 10-year-old boy was hit by a car while riding his bike. Fortunately, the boy was not injured, but the incident punctuated her traffic safety concerns.
"They fly up and down the street, they have souped-up cars racing," Ortiz said. “They just come barreling through here, not thinking about anybody but themselves. It’s very dangerous, kids gong to school and elderly people coming out of different high rises and we got people here in wheelchairs.” News 5 took the case to Gordon Holmes, the Cleveland Traffic Commissioner. But then on July 12 there was another incident at the intersection, after a car plowed through a building on that corner. Again, no one was injured, but the crash had Holmes responding. Holmes verified the city is in the midst of traffic speed study on along the West 25th business corridor and on Meyer Avenue.
Holmes also pointed to a citywide pilot program to install speed tables in ten key locations at the end of July. Holmes said he believes the raised rubber platforms will make a difference in slowing down drivers. “We're doing a speed study right now on Meyer, then we're going transfer to speed study over to West 25th," Holmes said. “People are on the phone and that’s a cause for real bad things to happen, people getting hurt really bad, damage to property.”“As for the speed tables, they selected the 10 areas in the city base on certain criteria. You can change people’s behavior based on speed bumps or roundabouts, so I think it’s a fantastic tool that we can use," he said.
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