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Other developments in Holland include traffic-calming zones known as

Power to the Pedal Andrew Fung 2010

Outdoor living, traffic-calming, bicycle-friendly streets--all of these are hallmarks of both "Livable Streets" and of Portland, Oregon.

In Transition: Livable Streets, Lovable Lenses BikeSnobNYC 2010

Fairfax's traffic-calming program -- which pays for the installation of speed humps and speed tables, raised pedestrian crosswalks, traffic circles and median islands -- will soon be broke, and dozens of projects probably will be suspended, officials said this week.

Shortage of state road funding leaves upkeep undone in Fairfax 2010

A Washington Post analysis of the delayed and canceled road projects throughout Northern Virginia, including lane widening and traffic-calming measures, shows that at least $67.7 million worth of road projects are slowing down or have been scratched because of the state's June budget decision to focus on existing primary road projects that receive matching federal money.

In N. Va., so many roads, so little repair money from VDOT: $1,024 in one case 2010

Fairfax's traffic-calming program -- which pays for the installation of speed humps and speed tables, raised pedestrian crosswalks, traffic circles and median islands -- will soon be broke, and dozens of projects probably will be suspended, officials said this week.

Shortage of state road funding leaves upkeep undone in Fairfax 2010

Several European nations-for example, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland-have slashed their annual traffic-fatality figures over the past few decades, largely through "traffic-calming" measures that forcibly reduce the speeds of motor vehicles.

The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Death BikeSnobNYC 2008

All other things being equal, I'd rather be 2 houses down from a traffic-calming device such as a traffic circle, than to be in the middle of a block/straightaway.

The decisions are killing me! Lisa B. 2008

Use traffic-calming techniques, such as narrow, gently curving roads separated by median strips.

Why Sweden rules in road safety 2007

Use traffic-calming techniques, such as narrow, gently curving roads separated by median strips.

Why Sweden rules in road safety 2007

These type of "DIY traffic-calming happenings" are described by their creator as "roadwitches" and have included an 11-feet high rabbit, a big bed (for a sleeping policeman), a Casualty-style fake crash scene for Halloween and the setting up of a living room in the middle of the road.

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