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Source Title/Description Year Categories
Local Government Commission Emergency Response: Traffic Calming and Traditional Neighborhood Streets
This is a manual that describes how well-conceived traffic calming techniques and traditional neighborhood street design can accomodate the needs of emergency responders while creating safe and livable neighborhoods.
2000 design, education & outreach, emergency response, engineering & planning, health & safety, roads & cars, traffic calming
Local Government Commission Traffic Calming and Emergency Response
This fact sheet and other LGC materials suggest a more careful approach in which emergency responders participate with residents and local jurisdictions to develop programs that minimize impacts on response times.
emergency response, fact sheets, roads & cars, traffic calming
Oregon Transportation and Growth Management Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines: An Oregon Guide for Reducing Street Widths
This handbook recommends a process for development of street standards, provides important information to help communities consider and decide on the standards, and includes model designs as a starting point.
2000 access & mobility, best practices, education & outreach, emergency response, health & safety, implementation, liveable communities, roads & cars, traffic calming