They're just ticked off, said Jeremy Cunningham.

She and her husband, Frank, rallied Hamilton Way residents to have the their road punctuated with chokers—curb extensions islands—bulbed-out curbs and two road bumps.

Speeders were using Hamilton Way as a cut-through route to avoid a traffic light at Hamilton and Hicks avenues, said Jim Bitner, a traffic engineer with the city's department of transportation.

The department's initial studies of Hamilton Way revealed the street was taking on an average of 3,000 vehicles a day, most driving about 30 mph. The street easily met the department's criteria for having a chronic speeding problem, Bitner said.

In the spring, the first phase of a possible three-phase traffic-calming project began to slow traffic on Hamilton Way. The challenge, Bitner said, was to do it without impacting other streets when speeders realize they can avoid Hamilton Way.

"The number of cars never concerned us," said Brian Smith, whose Hamilton Way house is at the end of one of the road bumps. "It's just that they drive 50 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone."

The first road bump was installed in the spring. In June, another bump was installed, as was a bulb-out and chokers in response to a February meeting with Hamilton Way residents, the city's department of transportation and Councilman Ken Yeager's office.

Bitner said the traffic-calming measures on Hamilton Way are working. But Cherrydale Drive residents Chris Ricci and Walt Hoppes say that they're beginning to notice an increase in traffic.

They believe the problem will get worse, as frustrated speeders look for alternatives and begin cutting through Cherrydale Drive to avoid Hamilton Way.

Bitner said that the police and transportation departments tried enforcing speed limits but it was not enough to solve Hamilton Way's speeding problem.

Opponents believe that the authorities should have enforced the speed limits on Hamilton Way a little longer. This would boost Willow Glen's reputation as a community that punishes speeders, Hoppes said.