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		Definition of traffic calming in English: traffic calmingnoun mass nounThe deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas, by building road humps or other obstructions. as modifier traffic calming measures  Example sentencesExamples -  There will also be an update from highways on proposed traffic calming measures and highways improvements in the area.
 -  She said they were now looking at possibly installing CCTV, improved lighting and traffic calming measures.
 -  He called for the dangerous stretch of road to become a slow speed zone or for traffic calming measures to be introduced there.
 -  Residents are protesting against council plans to install traffic calming measures on their doorsteps.
 -  Residents are campaigning for traffic calming measures on a road where a four-year-old boy was killed.
 -  One or two things could be better but, on the whole, I'm happy to accept the tedium which traffic calming measures bring.
 -  Members heard there was not enough money in the budget to provide a zebra crossing, traffic calming and speed limits.
 -  To give a second example, it could stop the spread of road humps and other so-called traffic calming measures.
 -  There are very busy roads through these towns and it is essential that there be proper traffic calming measures put in place.
 -  The chairperson also told the meeting that traffic calming measures were to be introduced in College Park.
 -  In the meantime, he is confident, temporary traffic calming measures will be in place within the next few weeks.
 -  Views on traffic calming measures for a busy area in Swindon are being sought.
 -  We were appalled to read in your newspaper that there is a scheme afoot to install so-called traffic calming measures in this road.
 -  Objectors to traffic calming measures at Burley Woodhead have been slammed by councillors who say the scheme is a vital for safety.
 -  A stark choice remained - no speed limit or traffic calming to reduce the speeds.
 -  Hull Road desperately needs speed cameras or some other traffic calming measure and has done for some time.
 -  Illuminated signs and traffic calming measures have been used effectively in other areas of the country for many years.
 -  It calls for traffic calming measures to be introduced to slow down speeding drivers on the Skipton estate.
 -  I am writing to you about the draconian road traffic calming measures currently being installed in Woodmansterne Road.
 -  He promises traffic calming to make the area more welcoming for families.
 
 
 Origin   1980s: translation of German Verkehrsberuhigung.    Definition of traffic calming in US English: traffic calmingnounˈtræfɪk ˌkɑ(l)mɪŋ The deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas by building speed bumps or other obstructions. as modifier traffic calming measures  Example sentencesExamples -  There will also be an update from highways on proposed traffic calming measures and highways improvements in the area.
 -  He called for the dangerous stretch of road to become a slow speed zone or for traffic calming measures to be introduced there.
 -  It calls for traffic calming measures to be introduced to slow down speeding drivers on the Skipton estate.
 -  We were appalled to read in your newspaper that there is a scheme afoot to install so-called traffic calming measures in this road.
 -  Members heard there was not enough money in the budget to provide a zebra crossing, traffic calming and speed limits.
 -  He promises traffic calming to make the area more welcoming for families.
 -  Illuminated signs and traffic calming measures have been used effectively in other areas of the country for many years.
 -  Hull Road desperately needs speed cameras or some other traffic calming measure and has done for some time.
 -  Views on traffic calming measures for a busy area in Swindon are being sought.
 -  Residents are protesting against council plans to install traffic calming measures on their doorsteps.
 -  Residents are campaigning for traffic calming measures on a road where a four-year-old boy was killed.
 -  Objectors to traffic calming measures at Burley Woodhead have been slammed by councillors who say the scheme is a vital for safety.
 -  She said they were now looking at possibly installing CCTV, improved lighting and traffic calming measures.
 -  In the meantime, he is confident, temporary traffic calming measures will be in place within the next few weeks.
 -  The chairperson also told the meeting that traffic calming measures were to be introduced in College Park.
 -  A stark choice remained - no speed limit or traffic calming to reduce the speeds.
 -  There are very busy roads through these towns and it is essential that there be proper traffic calming measures put in place.
 -  I am writing to you about the draconian road traffic calming measures currently being installed in Woodmansterne Road.
 -  To give a second example, it could stop the spread of road humps and other so-called traffic calming measures.
 -  One or two things could be better but, on the whole, I'm happy to accept the tedium which traffic calming measures bring.
 
 
 Origin   1980s: translation of German Verkehrsberuhigung.     |