2nd Avenue NE Speed Tables

  • Author:
    n/a
  • Send To:
    Tuscaloosa City Council
  • Sponsored By:
    Neighborhood residents
  • More Info at:
Are you the Author?


Petition to support speed tables

on 2nd Ave. N.E., Tuscaloosa, Alabama



We the undersigned property owners, residents and tenants in the area of and near to 2nd Avenue N.E. between Rice Valley Road and Woodridge subdivision support traffic calming measures, specifically two speed tables, on 2nd Avenue N.E.



We agree that we want the City of Tuscaloosa to take measures to keep 2nd Ave. N.E. safe for pedestrians and children. We believe the speed tables are appropriate in that:



 A study by the City of Tuscaloosa shows that 60.6 percent of the drivers exceed the speed limit.



 Fifteen percent of the drivers exceed 43.8 mph in the 25 mph zone.



 The Office of the City Engineer offers the guideline that if the number of drivers speeding exceeds 40 percent there should be traffic-calming measures. The Office of the City Engineer described the level on 2nd Ave. N.E. as unacceptable.



 2nd Ave. N.E. is highly residential so raising the speed limit is inappropriate.



 In a case where the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit is this high, targeted enforcement by police is not deemed an effective traffic-controlling measure.



 The straight design of 2nd Ave. N.E. is conducive to drivers speeding because there are no natural deterrents, such as curves in the road.



 The Office of the City Engineer has included this avenue in his recommendations to the mayor for two speed tables. We support that recommendation.

26 Signatures

  • Barbara Schlichtman
    • Address, Zip code
    • 2110 2nd Ave. NE, Tuscaloosa, 35406
  • Michael Steinberg
    • Comments
    • please build speed tables on 2nd Av NE!
    • Address, Zip code
    • 35406
  • Tru Livaudais
    • Comments
    • Great Idea! Please make our streets safe; there are children everywhere in this neighborhood.
    • Address, Zip code
    • 12 Dunbrook, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
  • Jeff
    • Address, Zip code
    • 338 Riverdale Dr Tuscaloosa AL 35406
  • Bibb and Suzanne Watkins
    • Address, Zip code
    • 1605 Woodridge Road, Tuscaloosa 35406
  • Christy Copeland
    • Address, Zip code
    • 14 Dunbbrook, Tuscaloosa 35406
  • Steve Copeland
    • Address, Zip code
    • 14 Dunbrook, Tuscaloosa 35406
  • Charles Ball
    • Comments
    • even the school bus comes through over 50 mph!!!
    • Address, Zip code
    • 2304 2nd Ave NE 35406
  • Kelli Ball
    • Comments
    • Absolutely necessary!!!
    • Address, Zip code
    • 2304 2nd Avenue NE 35406
  • Bridget Livaudais
    • Address, Zip code
    • 12 Dunbrook Tuscaloosa, Al 35406
  • Nicole Griffin
    • Address, Zip code
    • 19 Dunbrook, 35406
  • Barbara C. Martin
    • Address, Zip code
    • 401 Riverdale Drive 35406
  • Adam Sims
    • Address, Zip code
    • 35406
  • Ashley Hull
    • Address, Zip code
    • 5 Dunbrook,Tuscaloosa,Al 35406
  • Richard Hull
    • Address, Zip code
    • 5 Dunbrook, 35406
  • Chad Wilson
    • Address, Zip code
    • 8 Dunbrook 35406
  • Pat Frazier
    • Address, Zip code
    • 16 Dunbrook, 35406
  • Mike Copeland
    • Address, Zip code
    • 2020 2nd. ave. N.E. 35406
  • Doris and Charles Copeland
    • Address, Zip code
    • 35406
  • Luther Scott Gaddy
    • Address, Zip code
    • 2300 2nd Ave NE
  • Kennard C. Smith
    • Address, Zip code
    • 17 Dunbrook, 35406
  • Ann Cull
    • Address, Zip code
    • 338 Riverdale Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
  • Laura Skinner
    • Address, Zip code
    • 418 Woodridge Dr
  • David Zeanah
    • Address, Zip code
    • 1613 Harmony Lane 35406
  • Virginia Jones
    • Comments
    • I walk on this street often and the traffic speed is dangerous.
    • Address, Zip code
    • Tuscaloosa, AL 35406