This is a “Zen Garden” impressed onto an asphalt pavement. Probably not a good idea to install at a shopping center parking lot and have customers navigating it. But it could add interest to a streetscape design away from the traffic-way. Photograph by Ennis-Flint.

Here is an attractive traffic calming installation using differing natural materials to make a visual barrier; create a rough texture with a slight hump; and increase road noise.  This has a nicer appearance than a yellow speed bump or hump. A raised crosswalk is another calming technique.  The raised sidewalk […]