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On the Web
- Traffic Calming in Minnesota - A searchable database of traffic calming projects in the state.
- Traffic Calming.org - Comprehensive guide to traffic calming, neighborhood traffic management: its history, methods and measures, example plans, photographs; its impacts.
- Pennsylvania's Neighborhood Traffic Calming Resource - An introduction to traffic calming designed to help communities determine appropriate methods and to aid in their implementation. Includes a video and photo library.
- Traffic Calming - Information on industry devices, theory, data, photos, studies, reports, FAQs, laws, from the City of Portland, Oregon, Traffic Calming Programs.
- Traffic Calming Examples - Describes with photos different techniques to reduce the impact of traffic on residential areas-'traffic calming'.
- Neighborhood Traffic Management Program: NTMP - Information on traffic calming efforts in Madison, Wisconsin. Summarizes whole topic well via descriptions, photographs, graphs, tables, references.
- Traffic Calming Library - Contains a searchable database of reports, articles and other documents. Provided by the Institute of Transportation Engineers .
- Traffic Calming Bibliography - Provides a listing of documents, information sources, and Web resources.
- Traffic Calming - FHWA - Provides general objectives and measures. Also includes related links and studies.
- Traffic Calming - Provides information on actual practical examples. Includes photographs and comments on use.
Wikipedia Articles
- Traffic calming - Traffic calming is a set of strategies used by urban planners and traffic engineers which aim to slow down or reduce traffic, thereby improving safety for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as improving the environment for residents. Calming measures are common in Europe, especially Northern Europe; less so in ...
- Speed bump - A speed bump (in British English a speed or road hump, sometimes colloquially a sleeping policeman) is a traffic calming tool designed to slow traffic or reduce through traffic. A speed bump is a bump in a roadway with heights typically ranging between 3 to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm).
- Curb extension - A curb extension (or also kerb extension, bulb-out, nib, elephant ear, curb bulge and blister) is a traffic calming measure, intended to slow the speed of traffic and increase driver awareness, particularly in built-up and residential neighbourhoods. They also allow pedestrians and vehicle drivers to see each other when vehicles parked in a parking lane would otherwise block visibility.
- Watchman camera - The Watchman Casualty Reduction Scheme is a traffic calming measure used in the United Kingdom. The scheme comprises various methods to reduce traffic speed including cameras and Variable Message Signs which flash the speed limit when a driver is going too fast.
- Speed hump - A speed hump (sometimes colloquially called a speed bump) is a rounded traffic calming device used to address issues of excessive vehicle speed and volume on residential streets. Humps are placed across the road to slow traffic and are often installed in a series of several humps in order to prevent cars from speeding before and after the hump.