Traffic Calming Alternatives

A forest of poles, signs, cement barriers and flashing lights is an obstacle to a sense of community wellness. When your street is more about connecting people than roadways, the answer is plants, vertical elements such as street sculptures, curves and chicanes to keep traffic at the pace of people.
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a building that has many words on it
Poetry in Light Sculpture by Jim Sanborn.
an aerial view of a crosswalk painted with multicolors
Lima's Crosswalks — Colour Studies
Lima's Crosswalks — Colour Studies
a city street lined with trees and parked cars
Neighborhood Main Street | National Association of City Transportation Officials
some people are walking down the street with painted dots on it and buildings in the background
Galería de Colectivo MU: urbanismo a escala humana en Bogotá - 6
an artisticly painted area in the middle of a street
Apaisement de la circulation | Publications | Carrefour Vivre en Ville
Apaisement de la circulation - Collectivités viables
an aerial view of a street with yellow barriers on both sides and houses in the background
traffic calming - Buscar con Google
a blue truck driving down a street next to tall buildings
Better Cities Travel
Shared space applied to high-volume intersection
several cars parked in the middle of a cobblestone street
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Shared Space at Busy Intersection, Poynton | Sustrans
a man riding a bike down a street next to a circular brick road with trees
slow ottawa on Twitter
Circular bumps in Utrecht, where traffic calming has been raised to a high art. Click image to tweet and visit the slowottawa.ca boards >> http://www.pinterest.com/slowottawa
a man is doing tricks on his skateboard in the middle of an empty street
good idea! :)
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several white and red benches lined up on the side of a road with mountains in the background
Traffic Sheep Barricades Will Get Any Speed Demon to Slow Down
Traffic-calming sheep in Gland, Switzerland. Click image for full story and visit the slowottawa.ca boards >> http://www.pinterest.com/slowottawa/
two young men skateboarding across a painted crosswalk
Traffic calming technique masquerading as street art. Cool idea via @BrentToderian and @benhbaillie
an overhead view of a street with cars and trees
Chicanes
traffic calming, landscape architecture, irrigation, coordination. Plan view rendering of the street with 2 lanes and parallel parking on 2 sides. Enjoy the Green experience, planters. Beautiful!
an image of a diagram showing the different parts of a wall and how they are connected to each other
4th Street - Parking and Pedestrian http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/pedbike/05085/chapt20.cfm