Abreu asks why DOT stopped accepting neighborhood slow zone applications
Abreu asks why DOT no longer accepts applications for new neighborhood slow zones. Flynn says the old program was phased out about 10 years ago and is a precursor to the new Sammy's Law zones, which pair lower limits with more intensive design treatments. Abreu notes the old data showed effectiveness.
So I have to ask, if the agency loves community board support and the community support more broadly, why is DOT no longer accepting applications for the creation of new neighborhood slow zones?
Do you have any plans to reopen applications?
Well, the neighborhood slow zones, I think that's a program that was phased out maybe around 10 years ago.
I guess you could see it in some ways as like an early precursor to these neighborhood Sammy's Law slower zones.
I think the key difference, like I mentioned, is the...
A more intensive design treatment, basically, that complements the lower speed limit.
And we would like to, you know, it's always a balancing act, right?
Like we want to be responsive where we're hearing the demand.
We also want to make sure we're following the data.
And we want to make sure that all neighborhoods, even those who maybe don't always have, we don't hear from as much, can benefit from these types of things.
So it's all in the mix.
Yeah, your data.
on neighborhood slow zones were actually showed that this was actually incredibly effective.
So should we reopen applications for these?
I know that a lot of folks have been asking for it.
I'm beating a dead horse.
I understand.
I mean, it's something we can look at.
I think we should go back and look.
And I'm sure the team has, but I get maybe a little more up to speed in terms of what the lessons learned were from the earlier program.
But I'm sure that it's directly informing what we're developing right as we speak.