Completely agree. I’ve often said that roads need to feel unsafe to go over 30 on if you want people to actually slow down. “Traffic calming infrastructure” is a much better way of saying that.

Putting automatic speed cameras in front of schools generated revenue and gets people to slow down but has little measurable effect on student safety since people are watching their speedometers more closely than the road and just slam it as soon as they are past the camera anyway.

Much better to narrow the roads (and in the process either expanding sidewalks and/or adding protected bike lanes), add more controlled intersections, add raised crosswalks, rotaries, etc.

Or just not build the new school on a fucking four lane state highway right next to the interstate. Looking at you, EP.