Provide input on procedures for traffic calming

Tempe is updating its Streetscape and Transportation Enhancement Program (STEP) manual, focusing on what type of neighborhood approval process should be required to install different traffic mitigation devices. Share your thoughts by taking the survey below.

The STEP program allows transportation staff to work with neighborhoods to develop efficient traffic calming solutions on local streets, that create a safe, efficient, accessible and balanced transportation system. 

Traffic calming means reducing the speed and/or amount of traffic in neighborhoods to make streets more livable. Traffic calming devices typically include speed cushions (previously speed humps), neighborhood traffic circles chicanes, and other treatments. A neighborhood petition is needed to install traffic calming devices on eligible streets. 

To find more project information, visit tempe.gov/STEP. For more information on Tempe’s Vision Zero goal, visit tempe.gov/VisionZero.