Small rural communities often lack the expertise and resources necessary to address speeding and the persistent challenge of slowing high-speed through traffic. The entrances to communities are especially problematic given that drivers must transition from a high-speed, often-rural roadway setting to a low-speed community setting. The rural roadway provides high-speed mobility outside the community, yet the same road within town provides local access and accommodates pedestrians of all ages, on-street parking, bicycles, and other features unique to the character of a small community. Drivers who have been traveling for some distance on the high-speed road, and are traveling through the community, may not receive the appropriate clues that the character of the roadway is changing and may not adjust their speeds appropriately.
Colored Entrance Treatments for Rural Traffic Calming. Tech Brief, Updated Oct 2013
2013
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Road Transportation , Transportation Safety , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Traffic safety , Speed control , Rural areas , Access , Bicycles , Communities , Mobility , Motor vehicle drivers , Parking , Pedestrians , Roads , Traffic control , Travel , Traffic calming , Colored entrance treatments