Signature by signature, residents try to stop cars from speeding down Cleveland’s Buckeye Road

Cars seem to love speeding through Cleveland, especially on Buckeye Road.

According to data compiled by the nonprofit Bike Cleveland, 19 pedestrians and cyclists were hit by cars on this street between 2022 and 2024, and four people have been struck so far this year — about average for a street in the city.

“Buckeye’s just one of those streets that people [think] they’re almost able to get away with speeding on,” says Jerrod Amir Shakir, a native of the Buckeye neighborhood and a community organizer for Bike Cleveland…

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