MITIGATING THROUGH TRAFFIC IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES

Efforts to reduce through traffic in residential areas are rarely initiated by government agencies responsible for traffic regulation or neighborhood security. Instead, these efforts largely result from citizen irritation with through traffic and a willingness to organize grass roots responses for undertaking the sometimes arduous task of correcting the problem. This response is in recognition of occasional indiffernece of local traffic agencies and others with countervailing interests (e.g., emergency vehicle operations). This paper discusses the subject background and mitigation mechanisms, including signs, roadway alterations, barriers and roadway changes, and others.

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  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808590?urlappend=%3Bseq=491
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  P.O. Box 2055, Saugatuck Station
  Westport, CT  United States  06880-0055
• Authors:
  • Swartz, R D
• Publication Date: 1985-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 467-481
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway planning; Local government; Politics; Public participation; Residential areas; Traffic; Traffic control
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00458120
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1986 12:00AM