Littleton staff unveil eight-treatment traffic-calming toolbox; pilot results, accessibility and outreach flagged

Littleton transportation staff presented a draft neighborhood traffic-calming evaluation and an eight-treatment toolbox to the Transportation Mobility Board, describing design guidance, pilot projects and five example location designs intended to reduce speeds and improve pedestrian crossings.

The toolbox, presented by Kyle Morris, an engineer in the city's Transportation Group, recommends eight preferred traffic-calming treatments and accompanying design details. "This project is still ongoing," Morris told the board, "it's not finalized. This is our first real touch point. So, keep in mind, this is where we're at right now. Still work to be done." The effort is framed as part of the city's Safer Streets initiative and is designed primarily for local streets and neighborhood connectors.

The nut graf: staff said the toolbox seeks to provide standardized, deployable solutions to reduce travel speeds and improve crossings on Littleton's local streets. That includes both vertical deflection treatments (speed cushions and raised pedestrian crossings) and horizontal measures (curb extensions, chicanes, pinch points and diverters). Staff also emphasized quick-build pilots and the intent to align future installations with larger capital projects…