Traffic Calming Information

This page provides links to websites with information on traffic calming. Additional links or comments should be sent to trans@capecodcommission.org or to Transportation Staff, Cape Cod Commission, PO BOX 226, Barnstable, MA 02630-0226.

Traffic Calming is the combination of policies and measures that reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior, and improve conditions for non-motorized street users. Goals include:
  • increasing the quality of life
  • incorporating the preferences of neighborhood residents
  • creating safe and attractive streets
  • helping to reduce the effects of motor vehicles on the environment
  • promoting pedestrian, cycle, and transit use

    Traffic calming goals can be accomplished through:

  • encouraging motor vehicles to slow down
  • reducing collision frequency and severity
  • increasing safety for non-motorized users of the street
  • enhancing the street environment (e.g., streetscaping)
  • reducing cut-through motor vehicle traffic

    (source: The Municipal Advisor, May 1999, Purcell Associates)

    Traffic Calming Websites:

    Maintained by the Institute of Transportation Engineers and supported by the Federal Highway Administration, this site is a good starting point for reports, articles, and other documents related to traffic calming. Click Here

    A consulting firm has assembled a thourough resource for traffic calming information. Click Here

    Traffic Calming can be even more effective by a Campaign to Stop Red-Light Running sponsored by Federal Highway Administration.

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