Traffic calming is quickly becoming the common term for addressing a wide range of citizen concerns that traffic engineers have grappled with for years. It includes a large number of tools used to achieve several specific objectives, including slowing traffic speeds, reducing cut-through traffic and traffic-related noise, improving the aesthetics of the street, and increasing safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles. Traffic calming is quickly becoming the common term for addressing a wide range of citizen concerns that traffic engineers have grappled with for years. It includes a large number of tools used to achieve several specific objectives, including slowing traffic speeds, reducing cut-through traffic and traffic-related noise, improving the aesthetics of the street, and increasing safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles.

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CNU Transportation Tech Sheet: Traffic Calming