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Traffic Calming & Truck Traffic Management Traffic calming uses design » Road Diets

Barber Park

Bluford Park

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strategies to slow vehicles and improve safety.Features like on street parking, street trees, and added roadway design elements help reduce speeds and make streets more livable.

○ Reduce the number of travel lanes to reproportion for bike

Residential Streets Recommended for Truck Traffic Prohibition Residential Streets Recommended for Speed Limit Reduction and/or NTMP Residential Streets that Currently Qualify for NTMP Primary Truck Routes to Explore for Potential Restriction Primary Routes Used by Trucks Primary Routes Used by Trucks Routes Allowed for Trucks per North Carolina Truck Network (NCTN) Land Uses that are Likely Sources/ Destinations for Freight Truck Traffic Freeway Interchange

Rotherwood Park

lanes or wider sidewalks.

» Textured Pavement or Colored Crosswalks ○ Alert drivers to pedestrian zones or intersections. » Speed Humps and Speed Tables ○ Raised areas across the road that slow down vehicles. (Explore options for future usage in Greensboro.) These traffic calming measures are typically best suited for local and collector streets, especially in areas with significant pedestrian activity, rather than major thoroughfares. Selecting the right tool depends on traffic volumes, roadway function, and surrounding land uses. This program is focused on applying such strategies to local and collector streets where they can have the greatest safety and livability impact.

Common traffic calming measures include: » Chicanes

Greenfield Park

Alamance Church Rd

○ Curves or lane shifts that force drivers to reduce speed. » Curb Extensions (Bulb-outs) ○ Extend the sidewalk into

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the street, narrowing the roadway and shortening pedestrian crossing distances.

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» Roundabouts or

Liber ty Rd Draft I-85 Neighborhood Traffic Circles ○ Reduce vehicle speeds at intersections and improve traffic flow. » Raised Crosswalks ○ Elevate pedestrian crossings to improve visibility and slow down vehicles.

Edgemont Rd

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Wiley Lewis Rd

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Blumenthal Rd

Chicane along residential street (Source: City of St. John’s, NL)

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Ritters Lake Rd

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