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Traffic Calming State of the Practice Slide Seminar

Traffic Calming State of the Practice Slide Seminar. Prepared by Reid Ewing for Institute of Transportation Engineers with funding from Federal Highway Administration September 1999. Session 1. Introduction. Contents of Traffic Calming State-of-the-Practice. 1. Introduction

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Traffic Calming State of the Practice Slide Seminar

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  1. Traffic Calming State of the PracticeSlide Seminar Prepared by Reid Ewing for Institute of Transportation Engineers with funding from Federal Highway Administration September 1999

  2. Session 1 Introduction

  3. Contents of Traffic Calming State-of-the-Practice • 1. Introduction • 2. Brief History of Traffic Calming • 3. Toolbox of Traffic Calming Measures • 4. Engineering and Aesthetic Issues • 5. Traffic Calming Impacts • 6. Legal Authority and Liability • 7. Emergency Response and Other Agency Concerns • 8. Warrants, Project Selection Procedures, and Public Involvement • 9. Beyond Residential Traffic Calming • 10. Traffic Calming in New Developments

  4. Communities Featured in Report Seattle Bellevue Boulder Dayton Portland Eugene Howard Co. Montgomery Co. Berkeley San Jose Charlotte San Diego Gwinnett Co. Phoenix Ft. Lauderdale Tallahassee Gainesville W. Palm Beach Austin Sarasota

  5. Companion Canadian Guide

  6. Elusive Definition of Traffic Calming • As defined for the purposes of this seminar, traffic calming involves changes in street alignment, installation of barriers, and other physical measures to reduce traffic speeds and/or cut-through volumes in the interest of street safety, livability, and other public purposes.

  7. Measures Not Covered in Definition of Traffic Calming All-way stops Speed limits/enforcement Markings to narrow lanes Roadside environment

  8. Multiple Purposes of Traffic Calming • Neighborhood Livability -- San Jose, CA • Crime Prevention -- Dayton, OH • Urban Redevelopment -- West Palm Beach, FL • And Others

  9. Naglee Park Neighborhood(San Jose, CA)

  10. Five Oaks Neighborhood(Dayton, OH)

  11. Northwood Road(West Palm Beach, FL)

  12. Selective History of Traffic Calming • International Origins • Dutch Woonerven and Other Experiments • Danish Environmentally Adapted Through- Roads • German Areawide Traffic Calming • British Environmental Traffic Management • Australian Local Area Traffic Management

  13. Original Traffic Calming Demonstration(Stevens Neighborhood) Source: Traffic and Transportation Division, “A Study in Traffic Diversion in the Stevens Neighborhood.” City of Seattle, WA, 1974

  14. Permanent Installation(Stevens Neighborhood) Source: Traffic and Transportation Division, “A Study in Traffic Diversion in the Stevens Neighborhood.” City of Seattle, WA, 1974

  15. Seattle’s First Application of Its Now Favorite Measures

  16. Early Accommodation of Emergency Services

  17. Start Dates of Other Early U.S. Traffic Calming Initiatives • Austin, TX 1986 • Bellevue, WA 1985 • Berkeley, CA 1975 • Boulder, CO 1984 • Charlotte, NC 1978 • Eugene, OR 1974 • Gainesville, FL 1984 • Montgomery County, MD 1978 • Portland, OR 1984 • San Jose, CA 1978

  18. Overview of Current Practice • Hundreds of Programs, Most Relatively New • Growing Interest Among Transportation Professionals • Controversy in Areas with the Most Ambitious Programs

  19. Prevalence of Selected Measures(ITE District 6 Survey) Number of Jurisdictions Measure Speed Humps 79 Diverters/Closures 67 Traffic Circles 46 Engineering Measures 110 Responses 153

  20. Growing Professional Interest

  21. Also Growing Controversy • Austin, TX • Boulder, CO • Ft. Lauderdale, FL • Howard County, MD • Gwinnett County, GA • Montgomery County, MD • Portland, OR • San Diego, CA • San Jose, CA • Sarasota, FL

  22. Future of Traffic Calming -- Trends • From Simple to Diverse Programs • From Volume to Speed Controls • From Wrong to Right Spacing of Slow Points • From Spot to Areawide Treatments • From Retrofits to New Developments

  23. From Simple to Diverse Programs

  24. Combination of Measures + + Bellevue Boulder Eugene Montgomery Co. Portland Sarasota Seattle Tallahassee West Palm Beach + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

  25. Example -- Speed Table Combined with a Choker

  26. From Volume to Speed Controls

  27. Speed Controls in a Curvilinear Network Source: Transportation Department, City of Bellevue

  28. From Wrong to Right Spacing of Slow Points

  29. Midpoint Speed vs. Spacing of Slow Points Source: R. Ewing, Best Development Practices, American Planning Association (in cooperation with the Urban Land Institute), Chicago, 1996, p.64.

  30. Spacing Guidelines of Featured Communities Bellevue 200-300 ftBerkeley 150-400Boulder 150-800Gwinnett County 350-500Howard County 400-600Montgomery County 400-600Phoenix < 500Portland 300-600

  31. From Spot to Areawide Treatments

  32. From Retrofits to New Developments

  33. Low-Volume Residential Street in New Hierarchy Source: City of Eugene, Eugene Local Street Plan, 1996, p. 71.

  34. Traffic Calming Guidelines for Old and New Streets Source: City of Eugene, Eugene Local Street Plan, 1996, p. 71.

  35. Other Efforts to Calm Traffic in New Developments Howard County New subdivision standards calm traffic naturally by narrowing streets, adding roundabouts at intersections, and requiring slow points at regular intervals Phoenix Subdivision regulations and design review standards discourage cut-through traffic -- guidance to developers contained in Calming Phoenix Traffic San Diego During development review, refer to Transit-Oriented Development Design Guidelines prepared by a leading New Urbanist

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