Traffic-calming resources

General information

• Centers for Disease Control.
• Federal Highway Administration's Design Guidance for Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel.
• Institute of Transportation Engineers' Traffic Calming for Communities.
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.
• Walkable America Checklist.

Advocacy groups

• America WALKs
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Local Government Commission
• National Center for Bicycling and Walking
• Street Reclaiming
• Surface Transportation Policy Project
• Walkable Communities, Inc.
• Walk-to-school programs

Publications

• City Comforts by David Sucher, 1995.
• "Reclaiming our cities and towns: Better living with less traffic"
• Street Design Guidelines for Healthy Neighborhoods by Dan Burden, Local Government Commission, Center for Livable Communities
• Streets and Sidewalks, People and Cars: The Citizens' Guide to Traffic Calming by Dan Burden, Local Government Commission Center for Livable Communities, 2000.
• Street Reclaiming by David Engwicht, 1999.
• Suburban Nation by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck, 2000.
• Sustainability and Cities by Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy, 1999.
• Take Back Your Streets: How to Protect Communities from Asphalt and Traffic by the Conservation Law Foundation, 1998.
• Traffic Calming by Citizens Advocating Responsible Transportation (CART), 1993.
  

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