{"id":12550,"date":"2025-10-23T15:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/12550\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:14:14","slug":"pittsburghs-slowing-traffic-on-two-hill-district-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/12550\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh’s slowing traffic on two Hill District streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because drivers haven\u2019t done it on their own, Pittsburgh is taking steps this week to slow traffic on two Hill District streets.<\/p>\n

On Bryn Mawr Road in the Upper Hill, crews began installing three speed humps and one speed table Wednesday between Milwaukee and Iowa streets. A speed table is longer and flatter than a speed hump, which is a sharp raised area of a road designed to reduce speed quickly.<\/p>\n

In addition, crews will upgrade crosswalks and install other safety features at intersections on Bryn Mawr.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure decided to take the steps after a traffic study in October 2022 found 65% of the 1,018 who use it every day exceeded the speed limit of 25 miles an hour. One driver went 63 miles an hour.<\/p>\n

Also, the road\u2019s crash history shows that there were six crashes between 2020 and 2024, including one fatality.<\/p>\n

On Francis Street in the Middle Hill, crews will be installing three speed humps and high-visibility crosswalks between Wylie and Centre avenues. A September 2022 traffic study found 51% of the average 748 drivers every day exceeded the 25 miles per hour speed limit and one drove 51 miles an hour.<\/p>\n

Both projects will require parking restrictions, and flaggers will allow one lane of alternating traffic during the work, which will be done from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and should be finished Thursday. The city will post signs on both streets to warn motorists about the traffic-calming measures.<\/p>\n

\"\"The city of Pittsburgh will install three speed bumps and high-visibility crosswalks on Francis Street in the Middle Hill District. (Courtesy of the city of Pittsburgh)
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Ed covers transportation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he’s currently on strike. Email him at eblazina@unionprogress.com.<\/p>\n

\t\tTagged: Bryn Mawr<\/a>,\u00a0City of Pittsburgh<\/a>,\u00a0Francis<\/a>,\u00a0hill district<\/a>,\u00a0traffic calming<\/a>\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tEd covers transportation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he’s currently on strike. Email him at eblazina@unionprogress.com.\t\t\t\t
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