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Strategy | Measure | Description |
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Vertical deflection | Speed bump | Making slow points on residential complexes |
Speed hump | Making slow points on roadways |
Speed table | Making slow points on roadways |
Speed cushion | Making slow points on roadways suitable for bus routes |
Rumble strip | Alerting unaware drivers to the changes in traffic condition and environment |
Raised Crosswalk/intersection | Enforcing drivers to give way to pedestrians at crosswalks to intersections |
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Horizontal deflection | Chicane | Making slow points on roadways |
Lateral shift | Making slow points on roadways |
Center island Chicane | Making slow points on roadways |
Traffic circle | Making slow points at intersections |
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Narrowing | Choker | Reducing the width of roadways at midblock locations |
Bus bulb | Curb extension to improve the safety of passengers |
Neck-down | Reducing the width of roadways at intersections |
Road diet | Reducing the number of lanes and the effective width |
Sidewalk widening | Widening sidewalk to improve pedestrian activities |
Pedestrian refuge island | Improving the safety of pedestrian when crossing wide streets |
Hatched markings | Reducing the effective width of roadways |
Turn lane | Assigning a turn lane in the middle of roadways to reduce effective width of roadways |
Median | Constructing raised median to reduce the effective width of roadways |
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Pavement treatment | Pavement treatment | Using alternative materials to alert drivers to changes in traffic condition and environment |
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Parking management | Parking Restriction/prohibition | Restricting or prohibiting on-street parking to improve the safety of pedestrians and other vulnerable road-users |
Nonparallel parking | Different types of parking to reduce the effective width of roadways |
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Volume control | Full closure | Closing streets to thru traffic |
Half closure | Closing one-half of roadways |
Diagonal diverter | Managing streets to discourage thru traffic |
Turn prohibition | Closing streets at particular times to discourage thru traffic |
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Streetscaping | Street furniture | Enhancing the social aspect of streets |
Tree planting | Enhancing the environmental aspect of streets |
Gateway | Inform drivers about changes in traffic zone |
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Changes to speed limit | Speed limit reduction | Reducing current speed limit |
Heavy vehicle speed limit | Different speed limits for trucks |
School zone | Reducing speed limit at school times |
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Network Analysis | Converting one-way to two-way | Reducing effective width of streets and encouraging drivers to lower their speed |
Changing direction of streets | Managing streets to discourage thru traffic |
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