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Traffic calming (en.wikipedia.org)

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Urban planners and traffic engineers have many strategies for traffic calming, including narrowed roads and speed humps. Such measures are common in Australia and Europe (especially Northern Europe), but less so in North America, where the focus is often more on facilitating motorized traffic flow.

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I am actually referring to back around 2012, when the DOT plus the IAB got a clue and started growing a few braincells..