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DOT outlines plan to reduce traffic‑calming backlog, to publish protocol and a public dashboard
Summary
DOT officials said they are addressing a backlog of roughly 2,300 traffic‑calming requests by moving from prescriptive speed‑hump responses to neighborhood‑level solutions, publishing a new traffic‑calming protocol this fall and launching a public dashboard to track requests.
Baltimore City DOT told council members it is shifting its traffic‑calming approach away from primarily granting speed‑hump requests to a broader, neighborhood‑level toolkit and will publish clearer public guidance and a tracking dashboard.
Clea Baumhofer, chief of traffic engineering, told the committee that DOT has an “approximately 2,300”‑request backlog. She said the department will release a new traffic calming protocol this fall aligned with an updated 3‑1‑1 intake and will invest capital in…
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