East York Traffic Calming

Springettsbury Township contracted with FCE and TRG to help them with the excessive speed that vehicles were traveling along the Township streets in the East York neighborhood. The existing Eastern Boulevard was a wide open local street. This street was much wider than what was required to efficiently move traffic and created the appearance of a multi-lane highway instead of a residential street.

The solution was to create a boulevard effect by placing landscaped islands in between the islands to reduce the overall width of the street. The pavement would be wide enough to allow for a bicycle pathway to be located along the edge of the cartway. In addition to the islands small traffic circles were located at the intersections of several key streets. The intersections were also narrowed by brick paver islands that encourage pedestrian crossing areas. These narrow areas force the traffic to slow down and thus provide the desired effect to improve public safety.

Another area of study for the project was a very undefined and dangerous intersection with an arterial highway. A wide island and limited access to Eastern Boulevard were part of the solution to this public safety hazard.