Traffic Calming
Traffic calming is a great way to improve neighborhood livability. Traffic calming has been around since the mid-1960s and is now fairly well established in professional circles as an appropriate technique for improving transportation as well as livability.
(Right) Paris creates a 'beach' by closing a motorway along the Seine for several weeks each summer. Residents and visitors love it!
Research
Resources
- The Institution of Highways and Transportation (IHT) - Traffic Calming Techniques (2005). Presents a history and best practice guidelines based on European experience.
- The Institute of Transportation Engineers has a comprehensive traffic calming website. The site includes a link to download the groundbreaking FHWA/ITE study: Traffic Calming, State of the Practice (1999).
- trafficcalming.org is a website maintained by transportation consultants Fehr & Peers, a firm which specializes in traffic calming.
- NYC Transportation Alternatives - Traffic Calming Campaign - This site provides lots of information on traffic calming and allows you to download TA's "Streets for People" citizen's guidebook for traffic calming advocacy.
- LessTraffic.com - David Engwicht is famous for his creative thinking about urban issues such as the impact of traffic on neighborhoods.
- Roads Gone Wild - Wired Magazine (12.12.04)
- Why don't we do it in the road? - Salon web magazine.
City Websites
Many cities have websites that describe their traffic calming programs, here is a small sample:
Contact
Please contact me if you have questions or want to know more about my work and ideas.
Updated: 4 February 2009
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