Engineering Department
Neighborhood Traffic Management Program

The Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan was produced as a guideline for neighborhoods with traffic problems to request further analysis, and to design and construct engineering solutions if necessary.

Traffic Management Plan

The program describes numerous traffic calming devices which may be selected by a neighborhood for placement on a street. Devices include speed humps, traffic circles or speed and warning signs. The Public Works Director may at his discretion install speed and warning signs and stop signs which meet standard warrants. With resident approval, the Director may install turn restriction signs and/or street trees.

The following devices require the approval of City Council, residents and staff as to safety, technical and financial feasibility:

  • Chokers and bulbouts
  • Forced -turn channelization
  • One way entrances and/or exits to two way streets
  • Speed humps
  • Street closings (cul-de-sacs)
  • Chicanes (a series of artificial curves in an otherwise straight street)
  • Traffic circles/Roundabouts/Islands

Each potential solution requires a 66 2/3 percent approval threshold of voting property owners and 100 percent approval of all property owners adjacent to the solutions that may be substantially impacted by noise or parking.

The neighborhood is required to fund 50 percent of the cost of installing or removing permanent traffic calming devices.

Copy of Petition, PDF 47k

Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan Survey, PDF 33k