WHAT TRAFFIC CALMING IS ALL ABOUT

Traditionally, traffic engineers had the job of designing roads for the most efficient flow of traffic. Now they are being asked to do something different: to design roadways that slow drivers down without getting them annoyed in the process. Traffic calming techniques are based on the idea that drivers subconsciously respond to cues in the roadway environment when adjusting their speed, and traffic engineers have a basketful of tricks for providing those cues. However, very little is known about the specifics of how drivers interact with these techniques and how the techniques are best used together. Traffic engineers, planners, drivers, and the public in general need to be made aware of how traffic calming techniques work and what they can achieve. Most of all, road users need to understand their rights and the rights of others. Clark County, Washington, has a strategy for neighborhood traffic management that includes a point system for developing priorities. Factors such as traffic volume, speed, and schools are taken into account in the point system.

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  PDE Publications

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  Toronto, Ontario M2N 6M2,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 9-10
• Serial:
  • Driver/Education
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: PDE Publications
  • ISSN: 1183-7314

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Highway traffic control; Speed control; Traffic calming; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow
• Geographic Terms: Clark County (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00756525
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 4 1998 12:00AM