Speed humps are used on residential local or collector streets with a speeding problem only after conventional methods of reducing speed have failed. These methods include police enforcement, use of the speed trailer, and other traffic control devices such as signage and striping. Click on the Traffic Calming Strategies link above to view other traffic calming strategies prior to considering speed humps.

To view the City's Speed Hump Policy, the application, and more information, click on the following links below:

Speed Hump Application [PDF]
Speed Hump Informational Form [PDF]
Speed Hump Petition Form [PDF]

Turn restriction signs, as used in neighborhood traffic calming, can be “NO RIGHT TURN” or “NO LEFT TURN” signs, and are used to block or break up short-cutting traffic patterns on residential streets. The restrictions can be used with or without specified time periods, usually peak hours.

“NO THRU TRAFFIC” signs are used in traffic calming to reduce commute/cut-thru traffic from using local streets to bypass traffic on arterials streets. The restrictions can be used with or without specified time periods, usually during peak hours.

Half Street closures are barriers that block travel in one direction for a short distance on otherwise two-way streets. Half closures are volume control measures that are often used in sets to make travel through neighborhoods streets circuitous rather than direct.

Bulb-outs can be constructed either at an intersection and/or mid-block to reduce the width of the travel way, thereby, both slowing and reducing traffic. Bulb-outs at intersections increases pedestrian safety by reduce the crossing length.

Temporary median islands with flexible delineators or “Q” markers have been implemented at several locations within the City to restrict a particular turn movement and/or provide additional safety at pedestrian crossings. It is the intent of the City to make these temporary islands permanent by constructing raised medians at these locations.

Angled parking can replace on-street parallel parking, thereby, increasing parking capacity and calming traffic. Travel lanes narrow, approach traffic is more alert to motorist backing out and pedestrian crossing distance is reduced.