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Livable Streets Traffic Calming Program

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Overview

Livable Streets is a community-driven program that helps calm traffic on Salt Lake City’s neighborhood streets so they’re safer, quieter, and more enjoyable.

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Background

The City created a data-driven, equitable process to prioritize areas most in need. Salt Lake City was divided into 113 zones, ranked by crashes, traffic speeds, access to community resources, and socioeconomic factors. This analysis identified 403 miles of candidate streets—City-owned streets with three or fewer lanes and speed limits of 30 MPH or less.

Traffic calming helps slow down cars and improve safety using tools like speed humps, traffic circles, and curb extensions, as shown in the City’s traffic calming toolkit.

Community input is key to developing effective plans. We focus on gathering feedback from a wide range of residents to ensure each plan reflects neighborhood needs and concerns.

Zones under construction

Zone 5: Ballpark

Map of Salt Lake City's Zone 5 Ballpark neighborhood outlining traffic calming measures between West Temple and State Street. Speed humps are located at five intervals along West Temple, on Merrimac Avenue between West Temple and Richards Street, and on Major Street south of Wood Avenue. A speed table and raised crosswalk is located on Andrew Avenue between West Temple and Richards Street. A speed cushion is located on Kensington Avenue between Main Street and Major Street. The bottom of the map includes reference photos of each device type.

Zone 6: Jordan Meadows

There are four speed bumps on Morton Drive between 500 North and 700 North. Two speed bumps are located on 600 North, one on each side of Starcrest Drive. There is one speed hump on Pamela Way between 400 North and 500 North, and three speed bumps on 400 North between Redwood Road and Dorothea Way. In addition, there are intersection and crossing improvements on 400 North near the park, as well as at the intersection of 600 North and Morton Drive.

Zone 7: Fairpark

Map of the Fairpark neighborhood showing locations of traffic calming improvements. The map highlights two speed humps on 1400 West, two speed humps on 1300 West, two speed humps on 1100 West, two speed humps on 500 North, and two speed humps on 400 North. It also shows two raised crosswalks or speed tables on 300 North and a raised crosswalk at the intersection of 1000 West and 400 North. Additional intersection improvements and median islands are located near the Northwest Recreation Center.

Zone 8: Central City

Map of the Central City neighborhood showing the locations of traffic calming improvements. The map shows two speed humps on Blair Street between 800 South and 900 South, and two speed humps on Denver Street between 400 South and 600 South. It also highlights curb extensions at the intersection of 400 East and 700 South, slow turn wedges at the intersection of 300 East and 700 South, and a raised crosswalk on 500 East near 450 South that provides access to the Smith’s grocery store.

Zone 9: Poplar Grove

Map of the Poplar Grove neighborhood showing the locations of traffic calming improvements. The map highlights four speed tables on Cheyenne Street between 500 South and Indiana Avenue, curb extensions at the intersection of Montgomery Street and 500 South near the elementary school, two speed humps on 800 South between Cheyenne Street and Redwood Road, and curb extensions at the intersection of 800 South and Redwood Road.

Draft neighborhood traffic calming plans

Zone 12: Glendale

Map of the Glendale neighborhood showing proposed Livable Streets traffic calming improvements in Zone 12. The map shows five speed humps on Emery Street between Indiana Avenue and 1700 South, three speed humps on 1200 West between 1000 South and 1700 South, one speed hump on 1300 West, one speed hump on Concord Street, and three speed humps on Glenrose Drive. It also highlights six speed tables or raised crosswalks on Navajo Street.

Zone 13: Westpointe

Map of the West Point neighborhood showing Livable Streets Zone 13 traffic calming improvements. The map highlights three speed humps and one raised crosswalk on 900 North, two speed humps on 1100 North, two speed humps on 1300 North, three speed humps on Morton Drive, one speed hump on General Drive, and six speed humps on Independence Boulevard.

Zone 14: Guadalupe/Marmalade

Map of the Guadalupe/Marmalade neighborhood showing Livable Streets Zone 14 traffic calming improvements. The map highlights five speed humps on 600 West, two speed humps and a raised crosswalk on 400 North, and a median island on 400 North at the intersection of 300 West.

Zone 15: Glendale

Map of the Glendale neighborhood showing Livable Streets Zone 15 traffic calming improvements. The map highlights four speed humps on 1000 West, two speed humps on Wenco Drive, and one speed hump on 1100 West just north of 1700 South.

Zone 16: Fairpark

Map of the Fair Park neighborhood showing Livable Streets Zone 16 traffic calming improvements. The map highlights three speed humps on 500 North, two speed humps on 400 North, and two speed humps on 800 West. It also shows intersection improvements at 400 North and 800 West, and at 500 North and 800 West, as well as median islands at the intersections of 400 North and 900 West, 800 West and 300 North, and 400 North and 700 West.

More information

How to provide feedback

How to provide feedback

The success of the Livable Streets program relies on public participation. Your feedback will guide us to identify areas of concern and help us implement traffic calming measures that align with the needs of Salt Lake City residents. There are a variety of ways to provide input:

  • Attend community council meetings. When we’re working in your neighborhood, we’ll present at the community council. This is a great opportunity to talk with the team in person.

Frequently asked questions

What is traffic calming and livability?

Traffic calming is the deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas through physical design. It is tool to combat speeding and other unsafe behaviors of drivers and aims to encourage safer, more responsible driving. Visit our traffic calming toolkit webpage to see examples of existing traffic calming around Salt Lake City.

We define livability as the factors that can contribute to a neighborhood’s increased quality of life. It can include both built and natural elements of the environment, community safety, accessibility, connectivity to goods and services, and the equitable distribution of all of these factors.

Is my street a candidate for traffic calming?

The Livable Streets Program identified 403 miles of candidate streets throughout Salt Lake City that meet the following criteria:

  • Have a posted speed limit of 30 mph or less

  • Are owned and maintained by Salt Lake City

  • Have three or fewer travel lanes

  • Are not part of a university campus or contained within a public park

  • Are not slated for improvements through any other funded program

  • Are adjacent to areas with a residential land use component

If your street meets these criteria, it is likely a candidate for traffic calming!

When will I see traffic calming implemented on my street?

Traffic calming plans will be developed for each zone in the order established in the Livable Streets program document. The City was prioritized into 113 zones and it is currently not known how many zones can be addressed by Transportation staff each year. We’re a small team and we’re working as fast as we can.

How and why were the zones prioritized?

The zones were prioritized based on crash, speed, and demographic data (the number of households within each zone, and the percent of those households recorded as living below the federal poverty line, identifying as Hispanic and/or non-white, and not having access to a car according to the most recent 2016 American Community Survey). They were prioritized to promote equitable distribution of transportation investment on neighborhood streets where it is most needed. For more information see the Livable Streets program document.

What are examples of “traffic calming measures?”

Examples of traffic calming measures include roundabouts, speed bumps, traffic circles, speed feedback signals and curb extensions. For a more in-depth review of the traffic calming measures we use, check out the Traffic Calming Toolkit webpage.

How is the Livable Streets program funded?

During 2022, the City Council approved $2M of Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funds for this program.

What is the background of this program?

For more background, read the Salt Lake City Traffic Management Program Document from 2003 or the University of Utah Effectiveness of Traffic Calming Measures in Salt Lake City document from 2019.

Who can I contact if I have questions?

Email [email protected] to ask questions or to provide feedback on any of the projects within the Livable Streets program

Livable Streets map

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Contact us

Email: [email protected]

Phone inbox: 801-535-6412

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