Neighborhood Petition Request for Traffic Calming

A request for traffic calming on one or a few streets must include a petition signed by 25 percent of the households on each block where action is requested. A household is defined as any owned or rented living unit with its own street address, regardless of how many people live in the unit. Each household is represented by one signature, regardless of the number of people in the household. The street(s) for which traffic calming is requested must have at least 50 percent of the total street frontage developed in, or zoned for, single or multiple family land uses.

For more information, please see the Traffic Calming Program information on the Traffic Operations and Safety web page.

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Step 1.Fill out the request form and collect signatures

Please fill out the Neighborhood Petition Request for Traffic Calming Form and collect signatures from neighbors.

You may type into or handwrite onto this form.

Neighborhood Petition Request for Traffic Calming Form(PDF, 210KB)

Step 2.Submit by email

Please email the completed form and signatures to Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org.

Step 3.We'll confirm your request

Once a request form and signatures are submitted, staff will review and a response will be given shortly thereafter confirming we have received your request. The process requires the request to meet certain minimum criteria and have significant neighborhood support to gain approval in accordance with the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program (NTCP)(PDF, 54MB).

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Step 1.Fill out the request form and collect signatures

Please fill out the Neighborhood Petition Request for Traffic Calming Form and collect signatures from neighbors.

You may type into or handwrite onto this form.

Fill out the form(PDF, 210KB)

Step 2.Submit by mail

Please mail the completed form and signatures to:

City of Palo Alto
Office of Transportation
250 Hamilton Ave, 5th Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Step 3.Response given

Once a request form and signatures are submitted, staff will review and a response will be given shortly thereafter. The process requires the request to meet certain minimum criteria and have significant neighborhood support to gain approval in accordance with the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program (NTCP)(PDF, 54MB).

Contact Us

Office of Transportation

Phone: (650) 329-2520

Email: Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org