Traffic calming measures
Project Stage
About the Project
Rural main streets are, in many cases, where the provincial highway system intersects with busy communities. Lower vehicle speeds, access to businesses, and different types of road users are common. It is important to ensure these areas are safe, easy to navigate, and properly scaled to their unique community needs.
Benefits
- Encourages active transportation for short trips
- Enables decision-making by municipalities
- Supports rural economic activity
FROM THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Action 5.1.1: Collaborate with municipal partners to support traffic calming measures and economic development along rural main streets.
Lower vehicle speeds makes travel safer for all users. Traffic calming measures which introduce interventions in the roadway are one way to help reduce vehicle speed. Working with municipalities to implement these measures on provincial roads can help build more healthy and complete communities to improve safety, encourage healthy active mobility options for short trips, and support rural economic activity and growth in rural service centres.