Speed Cushions are carefully shaped asphalt mounds that are placed and marked in a manner to compel drivers to slow down to 25 miles per hour when they ride over them.Speed Cushions are carefully shaped asphalt mounds that are placed and marked in a manner to compel drivers to slow down to 25 miles per hour when they ride over them.

Speed Humps and Speed Tables span continuously from curb to curb. In contrast, Speed Cushions have narrow cutouts or ‘gaps’ to allow larger vehicles such as fire trucks and buses to travel around them. The gaps also allow the street to drain.

Speed Cushions are strategically placed so that passenger cars and other small vehicles are forced to go over them at slow speeds.

Speed Cushions are known to effectively reduce speeds on streets on which they are installed down to 25 mph.

No. Speed Cushions do not delay emergency vehicles like fire engines and ambulances because their wheel spacings fit into the cutouts allowing them to travel unimpeded.

No. Speed Cushions are only 3 to 4 inches high and will not damage any car traveling at a reasonable rate of speed.

SEPTA buses will not be delayed because their wheel gaps fit the cutouts allowing buses to travel unimpeded.

Noise studies conducted in the field have not identified  instances where speed cushions significantly increase  noise  levels.  In  fact,  when compared to control locations, speed cushions appear to reduce noise associated with passing traffic since vehicles are travelling at a lower rate of speed.

No. Unlike removable rubber speed humps typically found in shopping centers, Speed Cushions are very rigid and are part of the roadway blacktop. They do not move or generate vibrations.

Speed Cushions are 3 to 4 inches high. They are 12 feet in length with a 4 foot long gentle incline, followed by a 4 foot flat top, and a gentle 4 feet long decline.

Requests shall be made via a petition signed by 75% of the residents of the block. The requests should be sent to the elected Councilperson of the area.