TRAFFIC CALMING
The City of Asheville continually strives to strengthen and protect its neighborhoods by improving the quality of life in residential areas. Traffic conditions on residential streets can greatly affect neighborhood livability. Speeding traffic and unnecessary through traffic in neighborhoods create safety hazards on residential streets. When traffic problems become a daily occurrence, our sense of community and personal well-being are threatened.
In March, 2000, The City Council adopted the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy (requires Adobe Reader) that was developed to guide city staff and inform residents about the processes and procedures for implementing traffic calming on residential streets. Under the policy, the City Traffic Engineering Division will work with residents to identify traffic problems in their neighborhoods and seek appropriate solutions.
The primary purpose of the policy is to describe several important procedures. First, the Policy outlines how citizens can request that their street or streets be added to the list of streets being evaluated by the City. Second, the Policy describes in detail how the City will prioritize streets and neighborhoods for Traffic Calming. Finally, procedures are outlined to develop and implement a plan for traffic calming in a neighborhood once a project has been selected.
The City of Asheville is committed to obtaining significant levels of citizen participation when developing traffic calming projects. Experience in other cities has shown that traffic calming projects that are implemented without involving the neighborhood are frequently unsuccessful, often resulting in the future removal of traffic calming measures. The City’s goal is to give the people who live and work in the project area the opportunity to become actively involved in the planning and decision-making process. The Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy clearly outlines the methodology for including neighborhood residents.
Please read the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy to learn more about obtaining traffic calming measures on your streets. The first step is to let us know about the traffic problems in your neighborhood. Please fill out this Traffic Calming Questionnaire (requires Adobe Reader).
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City of Asheville Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy
Traffic Calming Questionnaire