About GDOT's NTMP

The Neighborhood Traffic Managment Program (NTMP) is a Greensboro Department of Transportation (GDOT) initiative that partners residents, neighborhood associations and homeowner’s associations with City engineers to create tailored plans to reduce motor vehicle speeding and make residential streets safer for all users. 

The purpose of the NTMP is to improve neighborhood quality of life by implementing traffic calming measures to reduce cut‐through traffic and excessive speeds on neighborhood streets. Traffic calming refers to modifying streets to enhance the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists on designated residential streets.

The City's NTMP is focused on community-driven solutions for reducing speeds and traffic volumes on local residential streets. The NTMP does not address widespread traffic congestion, speeding on high-volume arterial streets, or larger-scale infrastructure projects.

Read the NTMP Program Overview & Procedures guidebook to better understand the program before submitting your application.

What Is Traffic Calming?

Traffic calming uses physical design features to slow vehicles and improve safety on neighborhood streets. The type of measure depends on the street, but common examples include:

• Speed humps, cushions, and tables
• Raised crosswalks and pedestrian islands
• Road diet
• Traffic circles
• Narrowed or curved lane

Traffic Calming Is Not:

Traffic calming does not include regulatory measures like stop signs. Stop signs are only installed when specific criteria are met and are meant to manage right-of-way intersections. When not warranted, they are often ignored and do not reduce speeds along a block. Unlike stop signs or traffic signals, traffic calming measures are designed to encourage slower speeds along the entire length of a street, not just an intersection.