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Traffic Calming <br />Design Guidelines <br />1) Traffic calming techniques should be applied <br />on selected arterial and collector streets through- <br />out the city, as funding and opportunity permits, <br />to address a variety of quality of life and traffic <br />operations concerns. Traffic calming devices can <br />be used on major streets to: <br />a) Keep traffic flowing at a reasonable level <br />of service; <br />b) Reduce traffic speeds; <br />c) Reduce traffic=related noise levels; <br />d) Reduce traffic volumes in selected areas; <br />e) Ensure fair and appropriate distribution of <br />traffic throughout a neighborhood; <br />fl Improve safety and travel conditions for <br />motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists; <br />g) Improve traffic circulation; <br />h) Reduce the need for traffic regulation and <br />heightened law enforcement in problem area; <br />A narrow median, curb <br />extensions, and recessed <br />parking calm traffic on E. <br />Broadway, a downtown <br />collector street <br />i) Reduce air pollution levels; and <br />j) Provide increased opportunities for neigh- <br />borhood revitalization. <br />2) Traffic calming techniques should not be <br />applied in isolation. Neighborhood-wide traffic <br />calming studies should guide the placement and <br />choice of traffic calming devices. <br />3) Traffic calming devices used on major streets <br />should not significantly reduce emergency <br />response times or impede delivery of transit <br />services. <br />4) All new major street projects and major street <br />reconstruction projects should be evaluated for <br />potential application of traffic calming devices <br />and techniques to those streets. <br />5) All traffic calming devices should be planned <br />and designed in keeping with sound engineering <br />and planning practices, and with careful consid- <br />eration of long-term, cost-effective maintenance. <br />6) All traffic calming devices should be planned <br />and designed with significant input by residents <br />and businesses in the affected areas. <br />73 <br />