In general speeding is a real problem in Fulton Heights, as is aggressive driving when the speeders find themselves "stuck" behind someone doing the speed limit on our narrow, winding residential roads.

Will pass this along to the Traffic Division

Captain Clemente - Medford Police Department assigned this issue to Sgt. Richard Carroll

I have assigned an officer to look at the situation in the A.M. I'm familiar with the roadway the speed limit for the roadway is 30 mph. it is difficult to do speed enforcement on this road as it so short and winding hopefully an officers presence will slow motorists

Thank you Sgt. Carroll. I am surprised to hear that the speed limit on our residential street populated by many families with small children is 30MPH. Fellsview ave is actually a straight street which contributes to the issue. Motorists feel the need to accelerate towards Fulton Spring RD once they reach the section where the road widens. I hope the police presence will slow motorists, but this is not a permanent solution.

I appreciate the first steps, but I am reopening this issue as it has not been resolved yet.

Why is the speed limit on our small side street of 16 houses 30 mph when the speed limit on Fulton Street - the main artery through the Heights - is 25 and the limit on Fulton Spring is 20? Would a strategy be to drop it to 20 and actually post it?

I think there needs to be a wholesale re-assessing of many speed limits on residential Medford streets. They seem to be a relic of a time when people were thinking cars needed to go as fast as possible. When 80% of people struck by a vehicle going 30 mph will die, versus 20% of those struck by a car going 20 mph will die, it is obvious that 20 is as fast as anyone should be going on residential streets. Yet the speed limits in Medford are often above this, and then people feel that going 10 mph above the posted limit is ok....

Is Medford "Thickly Settled"? We may have the same problem Boston has in trying to go from a default of 30 to a default of 20. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/04/01/boston-city-council-speed-limit-lower-massachusetts-law-absurd I hope not, but it is not surprising that changing these habits/laws is going to take municipal and state action.

This is a common problem on all our roadways. As a police officer I don't disagree with you about the 30 mph speed limit. Unfortunately that is the "statutory limit" set by the legislature for thickly-settled areas. Speed limits can be lowered for special circumstances such a school zones, business districts and most recently approved elderly housing areas. You can contact the Medford Traffic Commission @ 781-391-6409 with any further questions regarding speed limits

Thanks for fixing this issue!