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Traffic
calming
The American landscape has been given over to the automobile.
While this mass "automobility" has made life more convenient
in some ways, it's also degraded our quality of life. We have spent billions
of dollars to make our public spaces hostile and often dangerous for anyone
not inside an automobile. And we have allowed the car to displace walking,
bicycling, and transit.
But after years of neglect, street design is re-emerging
as an important issue in neighborhood and city planning. Civic leaders
are rediscovering streets as public spaces that should serve the needs
of all citizens—including pedestrians, bicyclists and those who are
simply out enjoying the public right of way.
This section of the site explores the ways to reclaim
streets with "traffic calming" techniques. It includes articles
on the philosophy of traffic calming, as well as explanations of the available
techniques.
Start calming traffic in your community!
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Traffic-calming topics
Reclaiming the streets
Principles for traffic calming
Traffic-calming tools
Sharing the road
Mayfield Road - Narrow and wide
European Charter of Pedestrian Rights
Ohio City Streets Committee
Americans support walkable communities
Safe Routes to School legislation
Traffic-calming resources
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