Traffic Calming Guide: Sebastopol, CA
This document is the guide to traffic calming in Sebastopol, California, which aims to aid residents in gaining a better understanding of the tools available and steps necessary to obtain and implement traffic calming services and measures.
This guide gives a detailed description of the different levels of traffic calming, as well as insight into the decision-making and implementation process. It also identifies a toolbox of traffic calming measures, ranging from education to enforcement to engineering, and sets out the costs and pros and cons of each. The guide also provides an overview of the current traffic calming measures in Sebastopol and a plan for implementation of new measures.
This case is a good model for educating the community about the implementation of traffic calming measures. It offers an excellent guide to the different types of traffic calming measures and identifies which ones work best in Sebastopol. This guide could be very useful to other city planners seeking to begin the traffic calming process or to open a dialogue with the community.
Traffic calming measures promote many aspects of a healthy community, including livability, reduced traffic, lower speeds, more pedestrian and bicycle access and safer streets. Environmentally, traffic calming supports sustainability in cities by encouraging alternative, non-polluting methods of transportation and promoting tree planting along roadways.
