On the Road to Traffic Calming One Citys Journey to Discover the Best Way to Slow Traffic on Their Roads



The problem of speeding cars is not a new one. In the city of Hartford, Connecticut, they've long been working to solve it. And after trying a series of tactics over several years time, the city has come up with a solution that satisfies residents, traffic engineers, city officials, and even local snow plows.

    

Years ago, when Hartford residents first began complaining of speeding, the city tried a traditional approach to slow things down. Stop signs were installed in problem areas and many local streets were limited to one way access. Despite concentrated efforts, however, these techniques had little impact on speeding traffic.

The next technique that Hartford tried was to create a small speed hump (



On the Road to Traffic Calming One Citys Journey to Discover the Best Way to Slow Traffic on Their Roads