Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program
The goal of the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program is to implement small-scale, lower-cost projects to reduce vehicle speeds on local, residential streets by using semi-permanent materials to test ideas that can become hardened and permanent if successful. These projects can be initiated by residents through the Neighborhood Traffic Calming application, or by the Traffic and Parking Department, but both cases will involve a collaborative process with residents, City staff, Ward Councillors, and the Salem Police Department’s Traffic Unit. The program seeks to fund lower-cost projects and is intended to complement the larger repaving and repair work as well as other major intersection and corridor projects. Residents are encouraged to visit the Neighborhood Traffic Calming public input page to learn more information about the program.
Project Prioritization Tool
In order to assist in determining how City funds and resources are allocated, the Traffic & Parking Department has developed a Project Prioritization Tool which is a weighted ranking system that categorizes streets City-wide. The tool utilizes various criteria, including demographics, proximity to certain land uses, crash data, and vehicle speed and volume (count) data to generate scores. These scores are one of several factors that will be considered when determining how the Department allocates funding through the Program. The scores are compiled in a spreadsheet, linked below. Included with the spreadsheet, is a user guide providing an overview as well as definitions for columns in the spreadsheet. A PDF of the user guide, linked below, has also been created and we encourage residents to review the guide to assist when viewing the spreadsheet. For more detailed information on how the scores were calculated please visit the Project Prioritization Tool page, linked below.