Neighborhood Traffic Calming & Creative Placemaking

Presenter Information

Alicia Czarnecki, City of South BendFollow
Theresa E. Harrison, City of South BendFollow
Zach Dripps, Michiana Area Council of GovernmentsFollow

Location

STEW310

Session Number

52

Session Title

Neighborhood Traffic Calming and Creative Placemaking

Track Title

Traffic Operations

Comments

In August 2017 the City of South Bend, Indiana, participated in Smart Growth America’s new initiative: Safe Streets Academy. This 9-monthlong academy selected a multidisciplinary team of local leaders and trained them on best practices in traffic safety, public engagement, analytics, and creative placemaking. South Bend’s neighborhood traffic calming demonstration project tested three unique traffic calming measures that were installed for a short duration and analyzed for their effectiveness. Join us for a discussion.