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Emergency Response, Traffic Calming, and Traditional Neighborhood Streets
Workshop
Date: July 12, 2004, Petaluma, CA
This one-day workshop included a presentation by Dan Burden of Walkable
Communities, Inc. to inform city planners, traffic engineers, city managers,
elected officials, fire
marshals, and other emergency responders about traffic calming and traditional
neighborhood street design. Mr. Burden described the art and science
of neighborhood planning and traffic management, showing how well-conceived
traffic calming techniques and narrower street design can accommodate
the needs of emergency responders while creating safe and livable neighborhoods.
About Dan Burden
Dan Burden is a nationally recognized authority on pedestrian, bicycle and
traffic calming facilities and programs with over 30 years of experience
developing, promoting and evaluating walkable and bicycle-friendly community
design. He is a founder of the Bicycle Federation of America and director
of Walkable Communities, Inc. Dan is author of Street Design Guidelines for
Healthy Neighborhoods and Streets and Sidewalks, People and Cars: A Citizen’s
Guide to Traffic Calming
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