Traffic Calming
Neighborhood Traffic Control Program

The Neighborhood Traffic Control Program addresses neighborhood traffic safety concerns while partnering with citizens and/or community groups to become actively involved in the improvement process. Through active participation by you and your neighbors, we can identify the problem, plan the approach, implement solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness.

Traffic calming projects look at three kinds of possible solutions referred to as the three E’s: Education, Enforcement, and Engineering.

• Education alerts people to ways they can help ease traffic problems for example, by reducing their speed or traveling by, bus or bicycle instead of automobile.
• Enforcement enlists the help of the Police Traffic Division to focus enforcement efforts on the project street and increase community awareness of speeding problems.
• Engineering tools include a variety of traffic calming devices that can reduce speed or improve safety. For example, speed bumps can be used to slow traffic, and curb extensions can improve pedestrian safety.

All of these approaches can be considered when designing a traffic-calming project. Residents also help identify specific neighborhood characteristics that should be taken into account when deciding what to do. The City works closely with all interested citizens to find solutions that best serve the many uses of the neighborhood and the street system.