traffic calming
Noun
Meaning
traffic calming (uncountable)
The deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas by the installation of obstacles to progress
Examples
Traffic calming is part of the push-pull theory of transit, where a new transit line is built to both “pull” new customers to transit and, because of new congestion caused by transit, “push” people onto transit.
Traffic calming measures make sense, more policing, and land use planning that includes "complete streets”.