TRAFFIC CALMING ON BEVERLEY ROAD

In early June, City Councilmember Brad Lander reported that the Department of Transportation would be working on several projects in Kensington this summer.

Currently, on Beverley Road, between Church Avenue and E. 2nd Street, traffic calming measures are being put into place to make the street safer for pedestrians and drivers. These measures include

• narrowing the street by widening the sidewalks and creating bulb-outs,
• restriping the crosswalks,
• adding stop bars and other pavement markings, and
• improving signal timing.

A bulb-out widens the curb and the sidewalk. A stop bar is the solid white line where cars are required to stop before reaching a stop sign.