TRAFFIC CALMING

Domain	Definition
Transportation	Any device intended to reduce the speeds of vehicles. These include, but are not limited to, curb bulbs, speed bumps, and landscaping. Source: European Union. (references)
	Special regulations to protect living conditions in an urban area. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Traffic calming

Traffic calming is a set of strategies used by urban planners and traffic engineerss which aims to slow down automobile and truck traffic on residential streets in urban areas.

The primary reasons for implementing traffic calming are increasing pedestrian safety, but there are other results of this strategy such as reduced traffic, and the associated noise and air pollution on residential streets.

Traffic calming in an English town. There are two measures here: speed bumps marked by the two reddish squares and road narrowing marked by the newly laid dark tarmac (with the three black posts).
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The displaced traffic is not totally pushed onto other routes, as some travellers begin to use other modes such as public transit, bicycles and walking to get where they are going.

Traffic calming can include the following specific techniques:

Implementing enforced speed reduction zones for institutions such as schools and hospitals.
Adding bicycle lanes
Allowing parking on one or both sides of a street
Placing speed bumps
New stop or yield signs
Creating one-way streets from two-way streets
Narrowing the areas close to intersections by half a lane or more
Redesigning intersections from traditional cross patterns to roundabouts
Reducing the width of streets and widening sidewalks
Creating a dead end at an intersection
Closing of streets to create pedestrian zones

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Language		Translations for "TRAFFIC CALMING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		trafikstøjdæmpende foranstaltninger (traffic calming measures). (various references)

Dutch		vermindering verkeersaanbod (traffic calming measures). (various references)

Finnish		liikennemelun torjunta (traffic calming measures). (various references)

French		ralentisseur de trafic, modération du trafic (traffic calming measures), dispositif ralentisseur. (various references)

German		verkehrsberuhigende Massnahmen (traffic calming measures). (various references)

Greek		μέτρα για την μείωση του κυκλοφοριακού θορύβου (traffic calming measures). (various references)

Italian		misure per la riduzione del rumore del traffico (traffic calming measures). (various references)

Pig Latin		affictray almingcay

Portuguese		medidas para redução do ruído do trânsito (traffic calming measures). (various references)

Spanish		reducción del tráfico (traffic calming measures), reducción de la circulación (traffic calming measures). (various references)

Swedish		trafikdämpning (traffic calming measures), trafikdämpande åtgärd (traffic calming measures). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TRAFFIC CALMING

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	-3 letters: acclimating.
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	-5 letters: affirming, anaclitic, articling, catfacing, lariating, tariffing.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The introduction of traffic calming obstructions on city approach roads has been widely adopted. (references)
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Expression	Frequency per Day
traffic calming	46
traffic calming device	4
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TRAFFIC CALMING

Specialty Definition: TRAFFIC CALMING

Transportation

Specialty Definition: Traffic calming

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traffic calming

traffic calming device

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Expressions using "TRAFFIC CALMING": traffic calming area ♦ traffic calming measures ♦ traffic calming regulation ♦ traffic calming scheme ♦ traffic calming zone. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.