I guess you missed the point Kathy which is that the current messed up transportation system that neglected pedestrian and biker safety in favor of allowing cars to go wherever possible as quickly as possible was a product of the “expertise” of P.E.s. Having learned the hard way, the “non-experts” aren’t willing to cede the decision-making to the “experts”.

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One effect of the traffic calming on Brooks (according to some of the neighborhood emails) has been increased anger and impatience on the part of drivers, so that they speed in between bumps, etc. I really hate that bump-out because it requires me to guess whether oncoming traffic will make way or not (it requires northbound traffic to veer into the parking lane to make it work as a 2-lane road). Often I have to stop and just wait (you should watch the buses try to maneuver around it).

We should not turn traffic regulation into a war between modes of travel or between neighborhoods and those who must pass through. Reasonable accommodation to all should be the goal.

Is that not already the case?

I dislike the idea of bumpouts along 7th, partly because these don’t work as advertised (HATE the one at Pearl and Brooks) and partly because it would interfere with the bike lane. But a couple of central pedestrian islands might have a similar effect.