Keep Speed Bumps Out of Crestwood South
PROTECT CRESTWOOD SOUTH WITHOUT SPEED BUMPS
The Birmingham Department of Transportation is planning to install speed bumps, traffic circles, and street-narrowing devices across every gateway to
Crestwood South — 12th Avenue South, 58th Street, 53rd Street, Clairmont Avenue, and 52nd Street — with more streets on the way.
A traffic circle already rushed onto 56th Street caused 10 impacts in its first week.
These devices don't save lives outside school zones — and Crestwood South has no school zones. But they do:
• Decrease property values by $5,000 or more
• Delay emergency vehicles by up to 10 seconds per obstacle
• Cost drivers $200–$400/year in extra wear and tear
• Increase noise and pollution from constant braking and accelerating
Only 11% of drivers speed. The other 89% of us shouldn't be punished with an obstacle course through our own neighborhood.
Send a letter to Mayor Woodfin, Councilor Williams and Councilor Vasa asking them to stop these installations and protect the character of Crestwood South.
There are better solutions — sidewalks, better lighting, repaved streets — that improve safety without destroying our historic neighborhood.
A traffic circle already rushed onto 56th Street caused 10 impacts in its first week.
These devices don't save lives outside school zones — and Crestwood South has no school zones. But they do:
• Decrease property values by $5,000 or more
• Delay emergency vehicles by up to 10 seconds per obstacle
• Cost drivers $200–$400/year in extra wear and tear
• Increase noise and pollution from constant braking and accelerating
Only 11% of drivers speed. The other 89% of us shouldn't be punished with an obstacle course through our own neighborhood.
Send a letter to Mayor Woodfin, Councilor Williams and Councilor Vasa asking them to stop these installations and protect the character of Crestwood South.
There are better solutions — sidewalks, better lighting, repaved streets — that improve safety without destroying our historic neighborhood.
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