Traffic Calming
Reclaim Streets Many communities have successfully used techniques of “traffic calming” that make their neighborhoods safe, more attractive and more enjoyable.
The most interesting approach is “Shared Space”, pioneered by Hans Monderman in the Netherlands.
(See also Walking)
Resources
Traffic Calming 101
From the Project for Public Spaces – mainstream methods of making streets less dominated by vehicles and more appealing to people.
But there are even more interesting ways:
Less Traffic
www.lesstraffic.com
Creative ways of making neighborhoods more people friendly.
Mental Speed Bumps [book]
Author: David Engwicht
www.mentalspeedbumps.com
Mental Speed Bumps: The Smarter Way to Tame Traffic is a practical, down-to-earth guide for residents, parents, health professionals and city planners that turns conventional wisdom on its head.
http://www.bikewalk.org/pdfs/trafficcontrol_backtobasics.pdf
Would you believe that four-way stop signs are safer than traffic lights?
The most interesting approach is “Shared Space”, pioneered by Hans Monderman in the Netherlands.
(See also Walking)
Resources
Traffic Calming 101
From the Project for Public Spaces – mainstream methods of making streets less dominated by vehicles and more appealing to people.
But there are even more interesting ways:
Less Traffic
www.lesstraffic.com
Creative ways of making neighborhoods more people friendly.
Mental Speed Bumps [book]
Author: David Engwicht
www.mentalspeedbumps.com
Mental Speed Bumps: The Smarter Way to Tame Traffic is a practical, down-to-earth guide for residents, parents, health professionals and city planners that turns conventional wisdom on its head.
- Find out how to use mental speed bumps to instantly slow drivers without them being aware that they have slowed.
- Learn why removing all traffic signs, white lines, speed humps and traffic lights dramatically slow traffic and makes streets safer.
- Discover why building the social life of the street is the most effective way to tame traffic.
http://www.bikewalk.org/pdfs/trafficcontrol_backtobasics.pdf
Would you believe that four-way stop signs are safer than traffic lights?
