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TRAFFIC CALMING

Traffic calming turns seas of pavement/overdesigned roadways into points of civic pride. After traffic circles were installed and landscaped in Miami, some neighborhoods asked for and got entrance signs for their neighborhoods.

The circles, which were controversial at the design stage, now boost community pride with “now entering the historic Miami Roads neighborhood’ signs placed on the circles.

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