Completed Traffic Calming Projects

The City of Raleigh is committed to promoting safe and vibrant neighborhoods throughout all of Raleigh’s neighborhoods.  Vehicular speed compliance is a major factor in determining the quality of life along neighborhood streets.  Identifying streets with speed compliance issues and addressing them through traffic calming projects is one way the city can positively impact a neighborhood’s qualify of life.

Traffic Calming Project Statistics:

Every neighborhood street in Raleigh is unique and has its own set of unique needs.  When speed compliance issues are identified, city staff works with the surrounding neighborhood to design a traffic calming project to fit their unique street’s need based on the issues identified.  Projects are designed to encourage drivers to drive the speed limit with project designs guided by the severity of the speed compliance issue present. 

Across all completed projects, traffic calmed streets see typical driver speeds within 1 mph of the posted speed limit with an average reduction of driver speeds of 8.4 mph. 

• Completed Projects: 68 projects have currently been completed along 41.36 miles of Raleigh’s neighborhood streets
• Projects Approved for Construction: 32 projects are approved for construction in 2024 along 19.61 miles of Raleigh’s neighborhood streets  
• Projects Under Design and Neighborhood Review: 20 projects are currently under design and being reviewed by the surrounding neighborhoods along 12.89 miles of Raleigh’s neighborhood streets with construction expected to begin in 2025
• Future Projects: The City of Raleigh is committed to resolving speed compliance issues along neighborhood streets and will work to coordinate with neighborhoods and implement up to 20 projects each cycle as we move towards speed compliant neighborhood streets citywide.