Ont Sunnyvale, CA Toronto, Ont Virginia Highway Agency West Palm Beach, FL Conclusion Glossary Traffic complaints are the biggest source of irate phone calls for many municipal officials. Traffic calming can help quiet the phone lines. A chief advantage of many of the traffic calming approaches discussed in this booklet is that a successful design can be constructed, then mostly forgotten. Many physical design changes of traffic calming are self-enforcing, and except for routine road maintenance, just keep working.
Traffic calming is more than just speed humps.
The humps work to slow vehicles, and they are comparatively inexpensive. But many other road design changes may work just as well, can add to the landscape and aesthetic appeal of a neighborhood, and be less aggravating for the bulk of law-abiding drivers. In fact, traffic calming can be as limitedor extensiveas a city wants. The approach offers a large array of tools available to local officials. It could be as subtle as installing a welcome sign to a neighborhood, or as strident as choking or closing streets to keep cars out and truly turn an area over to pedestrians.