Sec. 49-30. Traffic calming.
Montgomery County, Md., Code § 49-30 (2026)
Sec. 49-30. Traffic calming.LinkCopy Citation
(a)
The Director of Transportation must consider installing traffic calming and bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly design features on any area connector, neighborhood connector, neighborhood street, or neighborhood yield street over 1,000 feet long, downtown street, town center street, and industrial street. Traffic calming features include raised crosswalks and raised intersections, traffic circles, medians, pedestrian refuge islands, curb extensions, smaller centerline radii, parking cut-outs, chicanes, other forms of horizontal or vertical deflection, and special paving and streetscaping in central business districts or other commercial areas.
(b)
Speed hump location and placement:
(1)
speed humps that are 12 feet wide may be built on any neighborhood street, neighborhood yield street, or alley, but must be spaced at least 500 feet from any other hump and 200 feet from any intersection;
(2)
speed humps that are 22 feet wide may be built on any downtown street, town center street, or shared street, but must be spaced at least 500 feet from any other hump and 200 feet from any intersection;
(3)
speed humps that are 22 feet wide may be built on a downtown boulevard, town center boulevard, area connector, neighborhood connector, rustic or exceptional rustic road, or industrial street, but must be spaced at least 750 feet from any other hump and 300 feet from any intersection; and
(4)
before speed humps are installed in any road, all other requirements specified in applicable regulations must be met.