Introduction and Background
Traffic calming is intended to slow or reduce motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve the living conditions for residents as well as to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
Urban planners and traffic engineers worldwide have many strategies for traffic calming and we would like to share some of these strategies on the Arrive Alive road safety website.
Traffic calming was originally justified on the grounds of pedestrian safety and reduction of noise and local air pollution which are side effects of the traffic.
However, it is now recognized that streets have social and recreational functions which are severely impaired by car traffic.
For much of the twentieth century, streets were designed by engineers who were charged only with ensuring traffic flow and not with fostering the other functions of streets. The basis for traffic calming is broadening traffic engineering to include designing for these functions.
Traffic Calming...
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