Community-Led Traffic Calming

Program Overview

The Community-Led Traffic Calming Program allows property owners, residents, business owners, and community members to request traffic calming measures to address traffic-related concerns. Property owners may be assessed a portion of the cost of construction for traffic calming improvements.

What is traffic calming? 

Traffic calming uses physical design measures to reduce the impacts of motor vehicles and change the behavior of people driving. It can be used to reduce speeds of people driving, to make people walking and biking feel safer using the street, and to improve the quality of life for people living on the street. Traffic calming can be used at a single intersection, along several blocks, or at a neighborhood-wide level.  

How can I make a request? 

Utilize the Commuity-Led Traffic Calming guidebook to navigate through the steps of requesting traffic calming measures near your home, work, school or other city location that you frequent. You do not need to be a property or live on the street to request traffic calming. However, in order for traffic calming measures to move forward you'll need to get signatures from at least 50% of the impacted propery owners near the traffic calming measure. All of these steps – and the forms to submit your request – are detailed in the guidebook. 

Community-Led Traffic Calming Guidebook (English)

Community-Led Traffic Calming Guidebook (Spanish)

What if I'm not sure what traffic calming measure will help best address my problem?

We have two options for you!

1. Utilize the Traffic Calming Lending Library 
   The Traffic Calming Lending Library allows residents to temporarily try out certain traffic calming measures to see how they address the problems they are seeing on their street. DPW staff will deliver Traffic Calming Lending Library materials to your house for you and your neighbors to create a demonstration of the traffic calming element(s) you’re interested in. The demonstration can help gain support from residents who may be unsure about how traffic calming will work. Learn more about the Lending Library in the Community-Led Traffic Calming guidebook, pages 13-16. 
2. Take our Traffic Calming Quiz
   This quiz can help you decide what measure(s) you might want to try out with the Lending Library or apply to have permanently installed through the Community-Led Traffic Calming program.