Remember no one is asking for an end to traffic calming, just TC reform. You be the judge.

From The News and Observer
The end of the road for speed humps

Like many a leadfoot on North Lakeshore Drive, the notorious speed humps have come and gone.

The Town Council decided Monday night to ask town staff to remove the two "traffic calming devices" from the northeastern Chapel Hill neighborhood after they seemingly frazzled more nerves than they calmed.
They were gone by Thursday.

The low-rise asphalt humps were installed June 16 in an effort to slow traffic along the wide residential street. Residents of North Lakeshore Drive, South Lakeshore Drive, Kensington Drive and Curtis Road complained about the problem in a petition in May 1995.

The petitioners asked for at least one stop sign at the intersection of Curtis and North Lakeshore to slow cars on the hill. At the time, town staff members recommended increasing police patrols in the area and trimming trees and bushes near the curb to give motorists a better view of approaching traffic.

They also asked for time to figure out where to install speed humps. Two years ago the traffic-slowing humps were largely untested in town.
On Nov. 29, 1996, the council adopted a resolution asking town staff to go ahead with the installation of speed humps. Then on April 14, 1997, they allocated town dollars for the project.
Almost immediately after the humps were installed, town staff members began to receive complaints from residents in the neighborhoods.
Irene Briggaman was instrumental in collecting signatures for a petition with at least 179 names of people asking for the humps to be removed.

The town staff recommended waiting until June 1998 to see whether motorists adjusted to the humps. But this week the council voted 6-2 to remove them. Councilmen Mark Chilton and Lee Pavao cast the dissenting votes. Council member Julie Andresen was absent.