§ 78-102. Definition.  


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  • Traffic calming devices are measures that are implemented to reduce the negative impact created by automobile usage of residential streets. They regulate the travel speeds of motorists, and allow the roadway to be shared safely by pedestrians and bicyclists. Traffic calming is often referred to as reverse traffic engineering because in traffic engineering, the approach is to increase the level of service of the roadway by adding capacity and reducing the lengths of delay time, whereas in traffic calming the general approach is to slow the traffic thereby increasing the lengths of delay time experience by motorists. These traffic calming measures include geometric changes to the existing roadway such as narrow lane widths, chokers, traffic circles, speed humps, and cul-de-sacs.

(Ord. No. 98-1103, § 1.2, 9-2-98)