Originally Posted by Scavenger
The local powers that be have never heard of, or ignore, your point that traffic calming stop signs leads to the running of those signs.
The placement of stop signs should be considered in the context of the overall transportation network. If they're doing what they seem to be intended to do (move traffic from residential streets onto collectors and arterials) then it sounds like they may have been placed correctly.
Locally, all those stop signs on back streets haven't "failed miserably", as you claim, in calming traffic.
The claim isn't mine. I'm not a traffic engineer, but I have attended a couple of workshops presented by pro-pedestrian traffic engineers and planners. Google for Dan Burden, Reid Ewing, and Nazir Lalani and read their material and research for some interesting information that I think you'll find very helpful. Look also at this article about "Second Generation Traffic Calming" at
http://www.lesstraffic.com/Articles/Traffic/SGTC.htm
RFM