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<br />7 <br /> <br />RESTRIPING <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION: Streets can be restriped in various ways to alter driver behavior. The striping <br />can include yellow centerlines, edge/shoulder striping or bike lane striping, restriping lanes to <br />have narrower widths or reducing the total number of lanes. <br /> <br />APPLICATION: On wide roadways, it may be desirable to narrow the travel lanes. For <br />example, 12~foot travel lanes can be narrowed to 10-foot travel lanes using striping. If <br />appropriate, bicycle lanes can be added to a street resulting in reductions in width of other travel <br />lanes. Narrower lanes may give drivers the impression of a narrower street with less room for <br />maneuvering, thereby potentially reducing speeds. Impacts to emergency vehicles would be <br />minimal. <br /> <br />LIMITATIONS: The lack of physical limitations results in substantially less impact on driver <br />behavior than other physical measures. Use of striping to achieve traffic calming can be <br />considered a passive measure, since drivers are not physically forced to change their behavior. <br />Enforcement may be required to produce effective results. <br /> <br />ADVANTAGES: <br />. May have slight impact on reducing vehicle speeds <br />· Minimal impact on emergency vehicles <br />. May provide facilities for bicyclists <br /> <br />DISADVANTAGES: <br />. May require enforcement <br />. May require additional maintenance of striping <br /> <br />TYPICAL COSTS: Construction and maintenance costs range from $1.00 to $1.30 per linear <br />foot of striping. <br /> <br />City of San Leandro, Engineering and Transportation Page 20 of 23 <br />4/20/06 NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM <br />