Sacramento Tries Area-wide Traffic Calming
A new traffic plan adopted in Sacramento, Calif. will reverse a 1950 decision to convert downtown streets from two-way to three lane, one-way couplets. G and H Streets will be converted back to two-way operation, joining several other streets that have already been re-converted. The plan will also place "diagonal diverters" and other traffic calming elements in neighborhoods along the edge of downtown -- the system will force one diversion off of a straight path for drivers with local destinations, and at least two diversions for anyone trying to drive through the area. Provisions will be made to permit direct routing by bicycles and buses. The "Neighborhood Preservation Transportation Plan" was approved unanimously by the Sacramento City Council.
