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o Traffic Calming Design Guidelines 1) Traffic calming techniques should be applied on selected arterial and collector streets through- out the city, as funding and opportunity permits, to address a variety of quality of life and traffic operations concerns. Traffic calming devices can be used on major streets to: a) Keep traffic flowing at a reasonable level of service; ) b) Reduce traffic speeds; c) Reduce traffic-related noise levels; d) Reduce traffic volumes in selected areas; e) Ensure fair and appropriate distribution of traffic throughout a neighborhood; f) Improve safety and travel conditions for motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists; g) Improve traffic circulation; h) Reduce the need for traffic regu lation and heightened law enforcement in problem area; i) Reduce air pollution levels; and j) Provide increased opportunities for neigh- borhood revital ization. 2) Traffic calming techniques should not be applied in isolation. Neighborhood-wide traffic calming studies should guide the placement and choice of traffic calming devices. 3) Traffic calming devices used on major streets should not significantly reduce emergency response times or impede delivery of transit services. 4) All new major street projects and major street reconstruction projects should be evaluated for potential application of traffic calming devices and techniques to those streets. 5) All traffic calming devices should be planned and designed in keeping with sound engineering and planning practices, and with careful consid- eration of long-term, cost-effective maintenance. 6) All traffic calming devices should be planned and designed with significant input by residents and businesses in the affected areas. A narrow median. curl1 BXten610n6. and rece66ed parking calm traffic on E. 8roadway. a downtown collector 6treet 31