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Locals · Today in Vegas · November 14, 2026

Speed Cushions Are Said to Slow Down Fire Trucks. Las Vegas Says the Delay Is Under 1 Second as 13 School Projects Head to the City Council.

By Hargreaves Ledger, Pace Vegas Desk · November 14, 2026

The short versionThe Las Vegas Special Traffic and Parking Commission voted Thursday to send 13 proposed speed cushion projects near schools to the Las Vegas City Council, News 3 Las Vegas reported on Nov. 13, 2026. City engineers say the cushions cut excessive speeding by an average of 20% to 25% with less than a one-second impact on emergency response.
Neon sign of a school bus rolling over a speed bump

The Las Vegas Special Traffic and Parking Commission advanced 13 speed cushion projects near schools to the City Council on Thursday, according to News 3 Las Vegas. The station listed schools near the proposed locations including Hancock, Vassiliadis, Richard Bryan, Garehime, Fong, Jacobson, Christensen, Edwards, Lummis and Sunrise Acres elementary schools, Escobedo, Becker and Martin middle schools, the Joseph Neal academy and Variety School.

Commissioners tabled a separate proposal near The Adelson School, which calls for cushions along Crestdale Lane and Spring Gate Lane, while the city reviews alternatives, News 3 reported.

According to the city's Transportation Engineering Division, speed cushions can reduce excessive speeding by an average of 20% to 25% and have less than a one-second impact on emergency response times, because gaps in the cushions let large emergency vehicles pass, the station reported. No date for the City Council hearing was given.

The desk's takeSpeed cushions are the rare traffic fix that annoys exactly the right people: the ones doing 45 past an elementary school. The city has the numbers on its side, and the gaps for fire trucks answer the usual objection. Now the council gets to decide whether 13 school zones are worth a few angry emails from people who think a residential street is a shortcut to the 215.

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