I shot this video last Sunday around 1:00 PM. The video speaks for itself. The County Pubic Works Department recently installed 4 Permanent “Vehicle Speed” Information Signs” at a cost of $ 80,000. What a waste of money. That’s $320,000 that could have gone to restriping and traffic calming on the Rickenbacker Causeway. Instead we got these “Vehicle Speed Information Signs” that are completely worthless. Watch as dozens of cars travel in excess of the posted 45mph speed limit during this 5-minute video. I would also like to add that last Sunday I saw about a half dozen Miami Dade County PD cruisers on the Rickenbacker Causeway. Between the enforcement and these ineffective signs it is obvious that speeding continues to plaque the most popular cycling route in South Florida. Note to CPWD: Stop wasting money and design and engineer the roadway to discourage speeding. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL REDUCE SPEEDING.
Watch and see for yourself…
If a cyclist or pedestrian is hit by a car traveling in excess of 45 mph, they are almost guaranteed to die. Speed kills CPWD, you still have done nothing to that effectively address the speeding issue we have on Rickenbacker Causeway. Enforcment isn’t working, nor are “Vehicle Speed Information Signs”.
If you believe that the design of the Rickenbacker Causeway needs to be improved please send Esther Calas, Director of the County Public Works Department, an email and ask for a safer Rickenbacker Causeway for all users. (ecalas@miamidade.gov). Tell her that the “Vehicle Speed Information Signs” aren’t working.
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At the time of writing this comment, the video embedded in this post is marked as private, but I understand the point of it, and I wrote an article on this, concerning NW 135th St between NW 7th Ave and 17th Ave, and NE 163rd St between Biscayne and the Oleta River State Park entrance. Three and four lanes of traffic in one direction with an unprotected bike lane is unacceptable (you can find the article on the front page of miamibikereport.com, “Bicycling in North Miami”). The only thing that can remedy this problem is if the community takes its own action, Yehuda Moon, because neither FDOT or the county public works department seem to get it.
Apologies.The video is now set to public.
I agree more needs to be done and this not enough. But it is a good start. Last month, a great article came out in Wired magazine about Feedback Loops(Vehicle Speed Info Signs, etc.) and the stats say they improve speeding concerns. Speeding before the signs where installed was probably at even higher speeds. Check the article out here: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/ff_feedbackloop/all/1