|
NEIGHBORHOOD
TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMPAIGN (Education)
Traffic safety
campaigns for a particular neighborhood usually consist of informational
leaflets, fliers or letters sent out to residents and schools.
These may show information on current travel speeds within the
area with a request that neighbors adhere to posted speed limits
and other traffic laws such as stopping at stop signs etc. It
is not clear whether these measures actually result in safer driving
conditions or whether they are effective in the reduction of traffic
speeds. They target neighborhood residents so speeding resulting
from non-local cut-through traffic is not affected.
|
Temporary
Installation
|
Permanent
Installation
|
PROS
1.
Helps to make residents aware of problems.
2. May offset some complaints from some residents.
3. Signs may enhance the residential nature of an area
if used with other measures.
4. May make residents aware of a potential safety problem.
|
CONS
1.
Effectiveness of these measures has not been verified.
2. There may be other more effective measures to use.
|
Summary
of Effectiveness
|
Volume
Reduction
|
No
|
|
Speed
Reduction
|
Unlikely
|
|
Safety
Improvement
|
Unknown
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Streets
to Use On – Collector, Local
|
Local/Collector
|
|
Use
on Bus Route
|
Yes
|
|
Use
with Curbs and Gutters
|
Yes
|
|
Spot
or Area-wide Use
|
Area
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Emergency
Service Access Issues
|
No
|
|
Impacts
on Arterials
|
No
|
|
Change
in % Trucks
|
Unknown
|
|
Environmental
Changes
|
No
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Dependence
on Enforcement
|
No
|
|
Level
of Violation
|
N/A
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Aesthetics
and Landscaping
|
No
|
|
