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established City procedures. Removal The Traffic Management Program is intended to avoid the costly installation and later costly removal of traffic management strategies. On occasion, however, it may be determined to be desirable to remove a traffic management strategy installed under the Program. If the removal is City initiated due to safety/ crash/ complaint issues, the removal will be at City expense. If the removal request is at the request of the Benefited Area, the removal will be charged to the property owners in the defined Benefited Area. The request will be processed generally using the same procedures as outlined in this program requiring written request and appropriate neighborhood approval. 6.0 Traffic Management Strategy+es Toolbox The following Toolbox provides information on a variety of traffic management strategies. Each strategy includes information on its purpose, its effectiveness for solving different types of traffic problems, and a summary of advantages and disadvantages for implementation. T ^o ke4he toolbox nderstand ^hlp ^^dd „s ;;ble it has been organized into types of strategy as follows: Traffic Control Devices - the use of common traffic control devices, such as signing and pavement markings, to solve neighborhood traffic problems. Included in this category are: � T,,.... e4.i..ti....e • One -Way streets • Stop Sign Implementation • All -Way Stop Sign Implementation • Parking Restrictions • Pavement Markings/ Crosswalk striping • Speed Limits Roadway Adjustments - there are multiple strategies for traffic management that change the appearance of the roadway including: • Narrowing of-lanes • Chicane • Intersection Chokers • Sidewalks • Mid -Block Narrowing Vertical Elements - introducing vertical elements to the roadway, either as obstacles for vehicles to drive over or around, are common traffic management strategies. These include: 14 11/15/11