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Spend some time researching “design speed”. If you want to slow traffic you really have to change the perceived safe speed (not posted limit). For example, a boulevard with wide lanes and shoulders marked 35mph will see speeds around 50, while the same road with curbs, parking and streetscapes might stay closer to 35. Subdivisions like the look of wide streets and fire depts like the easy access, but they encourage speeding.
Sleeping policemen are a bad option - annoying, hard on suspensions at teenage speeds, slow down the first responders, and tear up all of my favorite cars underneath. If you’re northern, the plow drivers also hate them.
You also can try some community education assuming the speeders live there and are not cutting through. A dog doesn’t shit in its own bed.
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