Neighborhood Traffic Management Program

The Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) was developed in collaboration with Sacramento neighborhoods to increase safety. The comprehensive program addresses traffic concerns on neighborhood streets by initiating and prioritizing citizen requests to treat traffic issues. Neighborhoods work with NTMP to develop and approve a multi-year neighborhood traffic management plan of engineering, education, and enforcement activities that address traffic safety.

The goal of the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) is to increase safe traffic practices in Sacramento's neighborhoods by reducing the impacts from speeding vehicles and careless drivers on residential streets.

Nine of the target neighborhoods have completed all phases for their individual programs with demonstrated success. For example, one neighborhood met its goals by reducing speeds an average of 10 mph and reducing traffic volumes by 15 percent. The neighborhood accomplished its goals through the installation of new stop signs, installation of speed limit signs and legends, painting of ladder crosswalks, and by police issuance of more than two dozen citations for speeding and running stop signs.

Preliminary data for the nine study areas that have completed their programs indicate an average decrease of speeds from between 5 mph and 10 mph; traffic volumes reduced by as much as 20 percent; fewer collisions; and more than 100 citations have been issued for speeding, traffic control and parking violations.