Tagtraffic calming

bump-out

bump-out  n.β€” Β«The streetscape design also calls for an improvement in pedestrian safety. Areas of the sidewalk will protrude into the street, essentially creating pedestrian peninsulas, where walkers can wait to cross the street. The bump...

neckdown

neckdown  n.β€” Β«At their best, Greenstreetsβ€”the pint-sized green spaces that Parks began planting in 1996β€”have served as modest traffic-calming measures, displacing asphalt with patches of greenery that send cues to slow down. The new breed...

speed table

speed table n. a flat, raised road surface intended to slow traffic. Editorial Note: A speed table is longer and flatter than a speed bump. It sometimes is a part of, or does double-duty as, a raised crosswalk. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

chicane

chicane n. a barricaded, tightly curved, or zig-zagged roadway that forces traffic to slow while still permitting it to pass; the series of structures which form such a roadway. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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