TRAFFIC CALMING

Traffic calming is a term used generically to describe a process which seeks to control motor vehicles in a number of ways for safety and amenity reasons. The process can range from the use of individual measures to control local traffic, to an overall traffic restraint concept in conjunction with public and cycle transport improvements, parking controls, lorry management and pedestrianisation, through to measures to reduce main road speeds through villages. This report presents information on experience gained on various works undertaken in the UK, specifically from the Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL) Urban Safety Project, and in West Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  County Surveyors Society

  St Edmunds House, Pope Walk
  Ipswich, Suffolk,   England 
• Publication Date: 1990-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area traffic signal control; Highway traffic control; Laws; Parking regulations; Pedestrian areas; Residential areas; Speed control; Traffic restraint; Traffic safety; Trucks; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Truck laws & regulations
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 669: Area traffic control; 302: Business district; 1243: Car; 1742: Cyclist; 9009: Decrease; 2455: Environment; 8034: Europe; 2855: Highway design; 9108: Improvement; 2885: Layout; 955: Parking; 1733: Pedestrian; 307: Residential area; 5408: Speed; 2833: Speed control (struct elem); 311: Town centre; 633: Traffic restraint; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00609900
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report 1/10
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1991 12:00AM