A Dozen Bike-Friendly Traffic Calming Alternatives

1. Police speed limit enforcement
2. Speed cameras
3. Speed signs that display "Your Speed"
4. Bulb-outs with a bicycle pass-through space
5. Stop signs
6. In-street pedestrian crossing signs
7. Textured or colored bike lanes
8. Raised "traffic turtles" between bike and car lanes
9. Vertical stanchions between bike and car lanes
10. Speed humps and speed tables
11. Bike-friendly curb between bike and car lanes
12. Lots of bicyclists in a bike lane

See examples below.

Bulb-out with a bicycle pass-thru.

(Photo courtesy of Sprinkle Consulting)

Painted or dyed bike lanes.

Speed sign displaying "your speed".

Good speed hump.

Raised bike lane.

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