PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM
Level 3 Traffic Calming: SINGLE-LANE SLOW POINTS

A single-lane slow point is similar to a chicane except that there is no skew or angle in the roadway reduction. It provides a narrow roadway section along the roadway centerline which allows only one vehicle to pass at any time.

IMPLEMENTATION

Beneficial on long, straight, flat roadway sections where visual traffic calming effects apply. Design considerations should include street lighting, accommodating large vehicles (fire trucks, garbage trucks, moving vans, etc.), advance signing, maintaining adequate drainage, bicycle access, landscaping, and the associated maintenance and sight distance issues.