"There are a few judder bars but it's not slowing traffic down and what used to be quiet Avenue streets are seeing an increase in the volume of traffic which is a safety concern for school children walking home," Mr Green, who lived on Sixteenth Ave, said.
One of the solutions being explored by the residents' association was one-laned Avenue streets.
"It might help alleviate commuter traffic ducking down, because if they can't go down from Fraser St to Turret Rd using the Avenues they will have to stick to main arterial routes."
Mr Green said the association would work with council and the transit agency on how commuter and school traffic were operating and look for a better alternative to make it safer and maintain amenities.
St Mary's Catholic School principal Ben Fuller said he had noticed an increase in speedy commuters using Thirteenth Ave to escape congestion on Fraser St and Fifteenth Ave.
"The issue for us is those peak times are when kids are heading into school."
Mr Fuller had seen the issue as the main arterial routes unable to cope with traffic volumes but said he would support any traffic safety initiative, such as one-laning some Avenue streets.
As traffic volumes grew around his school he thought it might be time to look at moderation measures.
Currently there were no signs warning of a school zone or to slow down to 40km/h.
Tauranga City Council transport manager Martin Parkes said the traffic situation in the area was "not ideal".
Since taking on responsibility for Fifteenth Ave and Turret Rd in 2015 the council had been reviewing traffic data and design options for potential road upgrades.
"We don't want to trade one problem for another in other parts of the road network."
When asked about a potential one-way system Mr Parkes said it could place unnecessary pressure on other parks of the roading network and the council would need to do more traffic modelling before taking the suggestion further.
