Traffic circle at 29th & Girard Ave N
Traffic calming
Traffic calming makes your neighborhood streets safer and reduces risky driving. Find out how to ask for traffic calming, learn about our traffic calming programs, and see what projects we are working on.
Bump out at 29th & Humboldt Ave N
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Speed hump on Irving Ave N
Traffic calming treatments
We use different treatments to reduce speeding and improve safety.
Some examples of those treatments are:
- Speed humps
- Curb extensions
- Traffic circles
- Mid-block median islands
Traffic calming supports the City's commitment to Vision Zero, a national movement to end deaths and severe injuries on our streets.
Learn about Vision Zero Minneapolis and our guiding principles
Share your traffic safety concerns about High Injury Streets
In August 2022, the Minneapolis City Council agreed on a better way to calm traffic on certain neighborhood streets. This new way is fairer and more open, and uses our resources better.
The Neighborhood Traffic Calming Report includes:
- Details about the new process
- An application form
- An updated toolbox
- Information about how we review and score applications
- A timeline for the annual process
2025 Traffic calming projects
Each year we collect requests to slow down traffic from people who live, own property, or run businesses here. We looked at the requests we received over the last year and developed 49 projects that will be constructed across all 13 Wards.
Watch a presentation on the 2025 process
Schedule
- Fall 2024 - We received and evaluated applications for safety improvements
- Winter 2024-2025 - We chose projects based on our evaluation
- Spring 2025 - Engagement Round 1: We will collect feedback from neighborhoods on possible improvements
- Spring 2025 - We will collect more data and recommend designs
- Summer 2025 - Engagement Round 2: We will share design recommendations with neighborhoods by email
- Summer/Fall 2025 - We will begin construction
Learn about the 2025 projects and provide feedback
We want to hear your concerns about traffic safety near the projects, as well as possible safety improvements. You can provide feedback in several ways.
Project feedback survey
Complete a short survey to share more of your thoughts. The survey will close on May 15, 2025.
Complete the project feedback survey
Project feedback map
Use the project feedback map to tell us about safety concerns you experience near the projects.
Attend a neighborhood open house
We held open houses on April 14th, 15th, 16th, 23rd, 29th, and May 7th to talk about upcoming projects.
Request traffic calming
If you want traffic calming in your area fill out the online traffic calming application. It's open to everyone including residents, business owners, and neighborhood or business organizations. You can do it online or if you need help, you can call Minneapolis311.
Submit a traffic calming application online
If you can't use the online form, you can print the application and send it by email or US mail. Only use the printed form if you can't use the online application.
The deadline to apply for 2026 consideration is now August 1st, 2025.
Completed Traffic Calming Projects
We gathered applications for 2023 and 2024 traffic calming projects from residents, property owners, and business owners. we then evaluated each of these applications and held several open houses near locations where residents experienced traffic safety issues in Spring 2023 and 2024. At these open houses, we learned more about specific traffic safety concerns of nearby residents. A survey and an interactive map for each project year were also available for anyone to provide additional comments to staff online.
Visit the online map to view each of the 2024 traffic calming projects
Visit the online map to view each of the 2023 traffic calming projects
Contact us
Traffic calming requests
Address
300 Border Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55405