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Hu Nguyen though believes the city also needs to invest in infrastructures such as putting in more speed bumps and other traffic calming devices such as speed tables.
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Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
The final legislative session of Polis’ tenure is guaranteed to have its share of speed bumps.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
The roadway work involves removing speed bumps near the southbound inspection booths and replacing temporary concrete barriers with permanent dividers, GSA said earlier January.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
In Washington, the president believes that might makes right, that the courts are simply speed bumps, not stop signs — that democracy is a nuisance to be circumvented.
—Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
The final legislative session of Polis’ tenure is guaranteed to have its share of speed bumps.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
The roadway work involves removing speed bumps near the southbound inspection booths and replacing temporary concrete barriers with permanent dividers, GSA said earlier January.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
In Washington, the president believes that might makes right, that the courts are simply speed bumps, not stop signs — that democracy is a nuisance to be circumvented.
—Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Speed bump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speed%20bump. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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