Traffic Calming Treatments

This summer the Village will be installing traffic calming treatments on Village streets to implement the goals included in the Vision Zero Action Plan and the Bike Plan Update.

This involves the installation of 81 speed cushions and 17 traffic diverters at locations throughout the community.

The Village is seeking feedback from the community about these traffic calming treatments. Please use the engagement tools below to ask questions and pin your comments on a map. Feedback gathered on this page will help the Village assess the impacts of these traffic calming treatments, particularly the temporary traffic diverter installations.

Many of the traffic calming treatments are being put in place along the Village’s Neighborhood Greenway Network. A centerpiece of the Oak Park Bike Plan, Neighborhood Greenways are a network of residential streets designed to prioritize non-vehicular travel and improve safety for cyclists of all ages and abilities. The greenways and their associated green and white pavement markings are intended to calm vehicle traffic, enhance street crossings and provide seamless connections to key destinations like schools, transit hubs and local businesses.

Speed Cushion Overview

The Vision Zero Action Plan includes a change in Village policy surrounding vertical deflection. Vertical deflection includes speed bumps, speed tables, raised intersections and speed cushions.

Up until the adoption of Vision Zero, the use of vertical deflection was limited to the northernmost and southernmost blocks of the Village and some other isolated locations.

The Vision Zero Action Plan calls for their use in locations with vulnerable road users, specifically near parks and schools and along the Neighborhood Greenway network.

Click here for a map of speed cushion installations.

Traffic Diverter Overview

The Oak Park Bike Plan update calls for traffic diverters as an additional treatment on the neighborhood greenways.

Traffic diverters are physical improvements that restrict the allowed movements at intersections. Most commonly these come in the form of triangular shapes that only allow right turns.

The Bike Plan calls for these at intersections between the neighborhood greenway system and major streets. The intention of these diverters is to diminish through traffic and lower traffic volume on the greenways.

These diverters will be installed using temporary measures, and the impacts to local traffic will be studied throughout 2026.

Click here for a map of traffic diverter installations.