Neighborhood Speed Radar Program

The neighborhood speed radar program rotates mobile speed radar signs to different neighborhood streets, where they serve as an education tool, encouraging motorists to drive the speed limit. The signs show drivers how fast they are actually traveling, while collecting speed and volume data displayed on the Neighborhood Speed Radar map.

The radars signs are placed from May through October at locations selected by the neighborhood associations. The schedule allows for about three sign locations per NA, for two to three weeks at each location.

For more information on the program, including how to request a speed radar sign at a problem location, click here. Keep scrolling on that web page to reach a map showing the speed and vehicle counts from previous locations (click on the green squares).

For example, in the following 25 mph zones:

• On Crossing Drive (eastbound), the speed at which 85% of the traffic was moving was at or below 32 mph, and the average daily traffic (ADT) in the one direction was 921 vehicles.
• Flagline Drive (eastbound) had an 85% speed of 26 mph and an ADT of 287 vehicles.
• Skyliners Road (eastbound) near Flagline had an 85% speed of 36.6 mph and an ADT of 2,594 vehicles.

These figures show that 15% of the vehicles (1 in 7) were going faster than the 85% speed, suggesting that the biggest problem area in terms of the largest number of vehicles traveling much faster than the posted speed is on Skyliners Road, where the speed drops from 40 to 25. Speeds actually pick up by another 2 mph as traffic moves farther east on Galveston. If that's part of your travel route, please be cautious.

The other trouble spot is on Mt. Washington (southbound) near Polarstar, across from COCC. In this 35 mph zone, the 85% speed was 44.4, and the ADT was 2,960 vehicles.