But as a principal of the school, I can't go out there and play traffic cop every day. Blame does not lay with students alone. Police speed traps have also netted parents, Ball said. That's not unusual, said Neighborhood Services coordinator Regenia Wade. City planners generally send postcards to all residents they can locate from tax rolls and utility records, urging them to attend significant neighborhood meetings.
Planners blame voter apathy rather than ignorance.
Automobile speed tops the list of neighborhood concerns citywide, said Council of Neighborhood Associations president Jim Biggerstaff. CONA has drafted and proposed an ordinance reducing the residential speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph. Only residential streets would be affected, and not streets that feed into commercial traffic. The council should consider the proposal by May, Biggerstaff said. Tim Clemmons, president of the North Downtown Neighborhood Association, will head that committee.