Traffic Calming: State of
the Practice
ITE/FHWA, August 1999
This
report contains a synthesis of traffic calming experiences to date in the United States
and Canada. It includes information on traffic calming in residential areas
and in areas where high speed rural highways transition into rural
communities. The report draws from detailed information collected on traffic calming
programs in twenty featured communities, another 30 communities surveyed less extensively,
and a parallel Canadian effort by the Canadian ITE (CITE) and the Transportation
Association of Canada (TAC). The intended audience is transportation
professionals.
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| Cover and Front Matter |
| Chapter I |
Introduction |
| Chapter II |
Brief History of Traffic
Calming |
Chapter III
|
Toolbox of Traffic
Calming Measures |
Chapter IV
|
Engineering and Aesthetic
Issues |
Chapter V
|
Traffic Calming Impacts |
| Chapter VI |
Legal Authority and
Liability |
| Chapter VII |
Emergency Response and
Other Agency |
| Chapter VIII |
Warrants, Project
Selection Procedures, and Public Involvement |
| Chapter IX |
Beyond Residential
Traffic Calming
|
| Chapter X |
Traffic Calming in New
Developments |
| References, Appendices and Index |
| Appendix A |
Speed and Volume Data
Before and After Traffic Calming |
| Appendix B |
85th Percentile Speeds as
Function of Hump Size and Spacing |
| Appendix C |
Average Annual Accidents
Before and After Traffic Calming |
| Appendix D |
Effectiveness of
Education/Enforcement |
| Appendix E |
Effectiveness of
Regulatory Measures |
| Appendix F |
Effectiveness of
Psycho-Perception Controls |
|
State of the Art: Residential Traffic
Management
FHWA, 1980
The research program
"Improving The Residential Street Environment" deals with control and restraint
or management of traffic on local residential streets. This State of the Art report covers
current practices in this field through 1978. The report assesses the performance of
various control devices to affect traffic on existing residential streets (as opposed to
initial design features of new Subdivisions). Included are diagonal diverters,
half-diverters, cul-de-sacs, median barriers, speed bumps and undulations, stop signs,
rumble strips and many other measures. The report also details techniques for developing
neighborhood traffic control plans including community involvement and technical
evaluation elements. |
| Cover and Front Matter |
| Chapter 1 |
Introduction |
| Chapter 2 |
Overview of Neighborhood Ttraffic
Management |
Chapter 3
|
Neighborhood Traffic Control Devices
and Systems: Positive Physical Controls |
Chapter 4
|
Planning for Neighborhood Traffic
Management |
| Chapter 5 |
Planning and Design Aspects Common to
all Neighborhood Management Devices |
| References and Appendices |
| Appendix A |
Citizen Participation Resources and Techniques |
| Appendix B |
Selected References on Community Participation Techniques |
| Appendix C |
Techniques and Measurements for Neighborhood Traffic Management
Planning |
| Appendix D |
Organization of Needed Technical Data |
| Appendix E |
Summary of Cities and Devices Reviewed |
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