Traffic calming should be provided in housing developments.
Traffic calming measures increase safety and security by reducing vehicle speeds.
They can also reduce crime through creating a sense of identity and ownership of the street amongst residents, by defining 'territorial' boundaries. For example, chicanes along a route help divide it into clearly demarcated sections, especially if planting and street trees are used to signify 'gateways'. Traffic calming measures should be designed to be bus friendly and to minimise noise disturbance to adjacent residents. Detached and semi-detached houses should have parking within the curtilage, visible from at least one clear glazed window and behind a clear boundary, e.g. a low railing and a gate. By providing parking facilities within the private realm and within sight of the house, it is possible to maximise ownership and surveillance over the parking areas.