TRAFFIC CALMING TECHNIQUES APPLIED FOR ACHIEVING SAFE ROADS IN AKYAKA TOWN (Paper 634)

For many years, speed management applications have been used as effective traffic calming measures for improving road safety status’ of roads. 
In this paper, a planned speed management study will be explained which has partly been applied in one of a small Turkish town, near the Aegean cost, called Akyaka. This town was nominated as the second ‘cittaslow’ settlement in Turkey which requires safe and calm traffic environments besides promotions for local food and local agriculture productions.
In the study, Akyaka roads were reclassified according to their functions. Throughout this evaluation, town inhabitants were questioned about their journey demands and habitual expectations from roads. 
Some road sections were designed as ‘pedestrian only’ streets and some others have been proposed as 30 and 50 km/hr. roads depending on their roles and functions within the network hierarchy. Application decisions were taken in the municipality commissions after evaluating and accepting the proposed roles of roads in the city council. Necessary design measures were planned including intensive enforcement and public awareness activities.
Part of this plan got chance to be applied and a limited follow-up study has also been implemented to measure the efficiency of the proposals.