St. Louis Calms Traffic With Heavy Concrete Globes
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They're cheap. They get the job done. And residents wanted them.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming
Manhattan CB 9 Transpo Chair Insists Car Lanes, Not Safety, Should Come First on Amsterdam Avenue
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DOT watered down a standard road diet to appease Community Board 9, but transportation chair Carolyn Thompson still didn't allow a vote on the project.
Toronto Neighbors Calm Street Using Only Leaves and Chalk
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You’ve heard of the sneckdown — now meet the "leafdown."
Seattle’s Playful Traffic Circles Tame Neighborhood Streets
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Seattle started installing traffic circles in the early 1970s, and now there are more than 1,200 throughout the city.
Tour the Safer 111th Street With the People Who Fought Three Years to Make It Happen
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With DOT crews wrapping up work on the 111th Street project, local residents went for a celebratory ride last week. Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson was there and put together this video tour of the redesigned street and retrospective of the three-year advocacy campaign to make this project happen.
DOT Should Invite New Yorkers to Make “Shared Spaces” Happen on Their Blocks
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DOT's slow zone program was a standing offer to neighborhood groups: Here's a way to make your streets safer -- tell us that you want it and we'll make it happen. The same basic structure could be used to expand DOT's "shared space" initiative.