Traffic Calming

What's Traffic Calming?
Initiated in Europe 30 years ago, traffic calming employs various methods and designs to slow traffic, thereby increasing safety through residential areas

Examples
Traffic Calming methods include raised intersections, differing pavement textures, shifts in direction, grassy road shoulders, narrowed travel ways, "street trees," roundabouts, medians

Why It's Good
The key to traffic calming is that it is self-enforced, with drivers slowing themselves down to deal with different obstacles. It is an easy, relatively low cost way to increase safety on the roads

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