Overview
A reduction in the number of through travel lanes within the existing roadway width in order to calm traffic, mitigate safety issues and obtain space to accommodate other modes of transportation. A road diet often consists of replacing two unnecessary through travel lanes (along a four lane two-directional roadway) with one center turn lane.
Benefits
- Effectively slows speeds
- Improves visibility of pedestrians
Considerations
- Temporary striping can be used as a trial basis in such projects.