Reporting speeding concerns
Use the Kingston Police non-emergency reporting tool to report speeding or traffic issues.
Traffic calming tools
We have expanded our traffic calming toolkit to provide a wider range of tools. These tools include Type I (minor adjustment) measures and Type II (engineered-based) measures.
Type I – Minor adjustment measures
Type I measures are quick, temporary tools that make streets safer by slowing down vehicles. These measures include the use of flexible bollards, speed display devices and painted road markings and messaging.
Flexible bollards are short posts that are attached to a road, requiring motorists to slow down to drive around them. This feeling of narrowing can disrupt the normal ‘flow’ of traffic along the road, which can help encourage slower speeds for vehicles moving through the area.
You should avoid parking directly beside bollards. In cases where only one vehicle can pass through due to closely parked vehicles, motorists should yield and proceed around the bollard with caution. While they are meant to be avoided, bollards may be driven over without causing damage to your vehicle. Traffic calming bollards are removed to accommodate snow plowing during the winter and are re-installed in the spring.
Type II – Engineered-based measures
Type II measures are lasting changes that require more resources and time for planning, design and construction. They are part of long-term neighbourhood and City project planning, guided by ongoing reviews of neighbourhood transportation issues.