Traffic calming slows cut-through traffic – putting commuters back on the arterials and off of neighborhood streets.
Communities should push their governments to hire traffic/transportation engineering firms with the track record urbanist philosophy needed to approach traffic calming and safe pedestrian pathways with enthusiasm and expertise.
Wright frequently writes about Smart Growth and sustainable communities. He recently participated in the prestigious Forum on Land and the Built Environment: The Reinvented City sponsored by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Contact him at: stevewright64@yahoo.com
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