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Day 89-Traffic calming

day 89Day 89 took me to the Old Paris Place subdivision, located outside of I-75 along Paris Pike.  Most of the houses here are from the early 2000’s, though again I found an older house, this time from the 1930’s, anchors the newer subdivision.

Fresh off a few recent walks in which the tension between car infrastructure and walkability was highlighted, I still was still very conscious of car traffic today.  The speed limits on the main routes through the subdivision are 25 mph, as they should be.  Cars seem to move faster than this, though, reinforcing the need for psychological triggers to influence traffic speed.  In fact, Preakness has a traffic calming median that squeezes the road around a curve, though its impact is apparently limited.

Older house in the Old Paris Place area
Older house in the Old Paris Place area