The Influence of Traffic Calming Devices Upon Fire Vehicle Travel Times

Portland Department of Transportation


There are two purposes for this paper. The first is to show how traffic calming devices affect fire vehicle travel times and to describe the testing that quantified the relationship between the two. The second purpose is to describe the City of Portland's planning based approach to addressing the conflict between traffic calming and emergency service response.

Filed in: Engineering, Plans and Policies

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