Encouraging Safer Driving With Traffic Calming Techniques

摘要

Congestion on major arteries tempts drivers to use "sidestreets" as shortcuts to destinations—even wending one's way on a circuitous route is better than sitting in stop/start traffic, inching up to a grid-locked intersection. Gradually, quiet neighborhood streets become more heavily traveled; vehicles travel these streets at greater speeds. Eventually, residents object—to the danger, to the noise, to the pollution.