Apparently the DOT has painted street markings at two of the three speed bumps that were placed on Independence Avenue between West 232nd and West 237th Streets. However as you will see in the photos below Dot has not put up a warning sign before the speed bumps, as there is only one sign that is marked "Speed Bump 15 MPH" as you hit the speed bump (in one photo you can see that the one warning sign has either bent over due to the wind or has been backed into by a parking car). Also one has to wonder at what speed these speed bumps can be taken at. In the presentation by the DOT Bronx commissioner she said that motorists can safely take these "Speed Humps" at 20 MPH as would be the speed limit in the area of the SLOW ZONE. The signs by the new speed bumps (humps) say 15 MPH, or do all of them. I found one bump on West 239th Street with signs of 20 MPH on them, and also with a sharp left turn sign on one below the speed bump sign. Another placement of one of these speed bumps is at the top of a hill on West 237th St. the side of RKA (141) where buses park to pick up students, and block any warning sign. Lastly as you will see in one photo that the speed bump on Independence Avenue right in front of RKA has already been damaged during the last plowing a few days ago. More to come.
Left - You can see pavement markings by DOT now in place in front of two of the speed bumps on Independence Avenue by Seton Park.
Right - However you can see the one warning sign is bent over due to either the wind or being hit by a car backing into a space.
Left - there are no road markings at the speed bump in front of RKA (141), and you can see the damage that plowing from only one snowfall has done to the speed bump.
Right - You can barley make out the one speed bump sign on the right in between the trees on West 237th Street as you come up the hill. This view is of the side of the street where school buses for RKA park to load and unload students which will block the sign.
Left - A close up of the damage to the speed bump in front of RKA. It now seems that emergency vehicles are turning left at West 237th Street to the HHP service road rather than going over the three speed bumps on Independence Avenue.
Right - You can see how cars are parking on the speed bumps that go to within a foot of the curb.
Left - You see that this speed bump sign says 20 MPH here.
Right - You see the other side of the street also with the 20 MPH sign, but also note there is another sign warning that the road turns left ahead.
Left - You see that this speed bump sign says 20 MPH here.Right - You see the other side of the street also with the 20 MPH sign, but also note there is another sign warning that the road turns left ahead.
