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What is Calm Streets PTBO?

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Calm Streets PTBO is the project name for the City of Peterborough's new Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Policy. The  Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Policy is intended to aid the municipality in identifying and prioritizing eligible locations for traffic calming and provide guidance on the application of traffic calming measures.

The policy is intended to improve safety, especially for more vulnerable roads users like pedestrians and cyclists, and reduce aggressive driving behaviour in local neighbourhoods to improve liveability. Accordingly, traffic calming is intended for use on existing and future Local Streets, Low Capacity Collectors, and High Capacity Collectors in residential neighbourhoods within Peterborough. 

Frequently asked questions

 Where can I find more information about the Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Policy?
The Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Policy was approved by City Council in May of 2021. The policy document was created in conjunction with five pilot projects, one in each ward of the City. Additional information on these pilot projects as well as on the policy can be found at connectptbo.ca/trafficcalming.
 What locations are eligible for Neighbourhood Traffic Calming?
All locations are eligible for some type of traffic calming measures. Physical traffic calming measures are only available for local roads, low capacity collector roads, and high capacity collector roads which pass the initial screening criteria. Arterial roads and other roads which do not pass the initial screening criteria are restricted to education and enforcement measures only. The map of arterial and collector roadways can be used to determine what type of measures are appropriate for your street.
What type of Traffic Calming measures are available?

Traffic calming measures are broken down into 9 different categories:

  1. Vertical deflection
  2. Horizontal deflection
  3. Roadway narrowing
  4. Surface treatment
  5. Pavement markings
  6. Access restrictions
  7. Gateways
  8. Shared spaces
  9. Enforcement and education

The Traffic Calming Toolbox provided in the Appendix A of the Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Policy details the measures available and any restrictions which may apply to your neighbourhood.
 What is the process once I've requested a Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study?

A study request goes through a seven-stage process. The two documents linked below detail the process and the assessments must go through.

The Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study Process provides an overview of the seven steps each request has to go through before a permanent solution is installed in your neighbourhood.

The Detailed Process provides additional details on the process. Any questions concerning the process can be directed to calmstreetsptbo@peterborough.ca.

Requesting a Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study

How do I submit a request for a Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study?
 There are three methods available to submit a Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study request: 
  1. The preferred method is to register and use the online form at connectptbo.ca/trafficcalming. This link also contains additional information about the traffic calming policy and process, as well as examples of previous traffic calming projects.
  2. Email the Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study request form to calmstreetsptbo@peterborough.ca
  3. Print and mail the completed Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study request form to the following address:

City of Peterborough Traffic Department

Municipal Operations Center

791 Webber Avenue

Peterborough, ON

K9J 8N3
Do I need a petition or multiple requests to get my street on the list for a study?

A single request is all that is needed to initiate a study request. Additional requests for the same location will be referred back to the original request.
 List of Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study Requests

A map of ongoing studies can be found on the Traffic Calming Study Locations on the ConnectPTBO website.

Pilot project locations
Location Year Study Status Traffic Calming Measures Implementation Status
Franklin Drive  2020 (Pilot project location) Completed Temporary measures installed, final survey to be distributed in fall 2023
Auburn Street and Dunlop Street 2020 (Pilot project location) Completed Temporary measures installed, final survey to be distributed in fall 2023
Sherburne Street, Morrow Street, and Montgomery Street 2020 (Pilot project location) Completed Temporary measures installed, final survey to be distributed in fall 2023
Romaine Street between George Street and Monaghan Road 2020 (Pilot project location) Completed Radar boards installed (permanent)
Westridge Boulevard and Cherryhill Road 2020 (Pilot project location) Completed Temporary measures installed, final survey to be distributed in fall 2023
Whitefield Drive, Golfview Road, and Silverdale Road 2021 (Pilot project location) On-going Temporary measures to be installed fall 2023
High Street between Sherbrooke Street and Lansdowne Street 2021 (Pilot project location) On-going Temporary measures to be installed fall 2023
Highland Road between Fairbairn Street and Chemong Road 2021 (Pilot project location) On-going Temporary measures to be installed fall 2023
2021 Traffic Calming Study Requests
Location Year Study Status Traffic Calming Measures Implementation Status
Lansdowne Street between Lock Street and River Road South 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Monaghan Road between Parkhill Road and Lansdowne Street 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Heritage Trail, Voyageur Street, Settlers Ridge 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Marsdale Drive between Ashburnham Drive and Foxmeadow Road 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Gilmour Street between Monaghan Road and Park Street 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement
Frances Stewart Road, Cunningham Boulevard, Scollard Drive 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement
Bonaccord Street between Monaghan Road and Park Street 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement, PXO installed
Young Street between Braidwood Avenue and King George Street  2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement
Carnegie Avenue between Cumberland Avenue and Heritage Trail 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement 
High Street between Chamberlain Street and Lansdowne Street 2021 Pilot project ongoing Temporary measures to be installed in fall 2023
Ireland Drive between Brealey Drive and Ravenwood Drive 2021 Technical assessment ongoing Met initial screening criteria, technical assessment ongoing
Edison Avenue between Monaghan Road and Park Street 2021 Technical assessment ongoing Met initial screening criteria, technical assessment ongoing
Parkhill Road between Brealey Drive and Chandler Crescent 2021 Initial Screening Completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Rubidge Street between Townsend Street and Charlotte Street 2021 Initial Screening completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Kawartha Heights Boulevard between Woodglade Boulevard and Brealey Drive 2021 Technical assessment ongoing Met initial screening criteria, technical assessment ongoing
Grange Way, Rowberry Drive, and Broadway Boulevard 2021 Initial Screening completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Ramblewood Drive between Creekwood Drive and Huntington Circle 2021 Initial Screening completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Donegal Street between Highland Road and Wolsely Street 2021 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Lansdowne Street by Waddell Avenue 2021 Initial Screening completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Hetherington Drive between University Heights Boulevard and Woodland Drive 2021 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Barnardo Avenue at St Paul's Street 2021 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
St Paul's Street between Hilliard Street and Barnardo Avenue 2021 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Wolsely Street between Chemong Road and Parkhill Road 2021 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Dumble Avenue between Barnardo Avenue and Argyle Street 2021 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Fair Avenue between Weller Street and Glenforest Boulevard 2021 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
2022 Traffic Calming Study Requests
Location Year Study Status Traffic Calming Measures Implementation Status
Royal Drive between Marina Boulevard and Cumberland Avenue 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Wildlark Drive between Glenforest Boulevard and Ravenwood Drive 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Wilson Street between Park Street and Lock Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Cunningham Boulevard between Frances Stewart Road and Scollard Drive 2022 Initial Screening completed Education and enforcement options being considered
Lynhaven Road between Denure Drive and Mountland Drive 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Cameron Street between Park Street and Monaghan Road 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Raymond Street between Hemlock Street Fairbairn Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Hillside Street between Fairbairn Street and Westdale Avenue 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Driscoll Terrace between Hunter Street and Douro Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Stormont Street between Bellevue Street and Parkhill Road West 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Chesterfield Avenue between Donegal Street and Wolsely Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Farmcrest Avenue between Marsdale Drive and Glenmead Road 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Laurie Avenue between Willowcreek Boulevard and Cardinal Drive 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Milroy Drive between Chemong Road and Towerhill Road 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Lock Street between Crescent Street and Lansdowne Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Arndon Avenue between Monaghan Road and Park Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Bellevue Street between Aylmer Street and Barnardo Avenue 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Brown Street between High Street and Monaghan Road 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Spillsbury Drive between Lansdowne Street and Sir Sandford Fleming Drive 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Olive Avenue between Rink Street and Perry Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Erskine Avenue between The Queensway and Crawford Drive 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Wallis Drive between Weller Drive and Parkhill Road West 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Aylmer Street between Parkhill Road and Dublin Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
McKeller Street between Erskine Avenue and Monaghan Road 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Old Norwood Road between Television Road and Ashburnham Drive 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Ravenwood Drive between Parkhill Road and Ireland Drive 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Orpington Road between Erskine Avenue and Monaghan Road 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Hospital Drive between Clonsilla Avenue and Medical Drive 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Wentworth Street between Clonsilla Avenue and Webber Avenue 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Reid Street between Parkhill Road and McDonnel Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Prince Street between George St and Park Street 2022 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
2023 Traffic Calming Study Requests
Location Year Study Status Traffic Calming Measures Implementation Status
Douro Street between Armour Road and Driscoll Terrace 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Rogers Street from Dufferin Street to Hunter Street 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Armour Road between Parkhill Road and Hunter Street 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Donegal Street between Parkhill Road and McDonnel Street 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Edmison Drive at Royal Drive 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Rogers Street between Hunter Street to Maria Street 2023 Initial Screening to be completed
To be determined
McFarlane Street between Armour Road and McFarlane Bridge 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Antrim Street and Elcombe Crescent 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Barnardo Avenue between St Paul's Street and Sunset Boulevard 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Greenlawn Avenue 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Victory Crescent between Hospital Drive and Gordon Avenue 2023 Initial Screening to be completed To be determined
Oakwood Crescent 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Woodglade Boulevard between Sherbrooke Street and Kawartha Heights Boulevard 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Waddell Avenue between Forster Avenue and Stenson Boulevard 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Forster Avenue between Brealey Drive and Spillsbury Drive 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Weller Street between Park Street and Walton Street 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Heritage Trail between Carnegie Avenue and Carriage Lane 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Carnegie Avenue between Heritage Trail and Cumberland Avenue 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
McKeller Street between Monaghan Road and Park Street 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Aylmer Street between London Street and Parkhill Road 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
McDonnel Street between Aylmer Street and Stewart Street 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Brioux Avenue between Monaghan Road and Park Street 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Laurel Circle 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Riverview Heights between Sherin Avenue and Barker Avenue  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Aylmer Street from Wolfe Street to Sherbrooke Street  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Murray Street from Monaghan Road to Park Street  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Cameron Street from Monaghan Road to Park Street  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Hawley Street from Monaghan Road to Erskine Avenue  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Parkhill Road between Brealey Drive and Chandler Crescent  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
McKeller Street between Monaghan Road and Erskine Street 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Mark Street between Hunter Street and Douro Street  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Stewart Street between Rink Street and Townsend Street  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Armour Road between TASS and Nassau Mills Road 2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Royal Drive between Marina Boulevard and Cumberland Street  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Wallace Point Road between Benson Street and Driscoll Road  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Mountain Ash Road  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Farmcrest Avenue between Marsdale Drive and Glenmead Road  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Hopkins Avenue between Monaghan Road and Park Street  2023  Initial Screening to be completed  To be determined 
Rogers Street between Hunter Street and Douro Street  2023  Initial Screening to be completed To be determined 

 
What if my request for physical traffic calming measures is denied?
The Traffic Calming Toolbox details educational and enforcement measures which are available at locations which do not qualify for physical traffic calming measures. 

City Council approved reduced speed limits and Community Safety Zones for all City elementary and secondary school areas in the City of Peterborough in June 2023.

Learn more about the School Area Speed Limits

Yellow children crossing sign on a residential street