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By Don Audette , i Rappahannock News Contributing Writer J* 011 June 30 in the Flint Hill Fire Hall, Susan Van Wagoner, chair of the steering committee of th® Route 50 Corridor Coalition, met with Flint -Hill residents interested in traffic calming.
Traffic calming uses passive techniques to Slow down traffic in a village. It should be made clear up front that traffic calming does not 'make use of speed bumps. The passive techniques used change things so that, for example, If.S. 522 is not straight shot through Flint Hill.
Instead, there is an entrance to the village, {here are sidewalks, landscaping, brick crosswalks, possibly a tree-lined median strip, etc. 'hi effect, the techniques return the village to the people rather than having the roadway -dverwhelm the village. *
Traffic calming increases local business, brings a sense of community to the village, makes drivers more civil, and, above all, make the village a safe place to live, work, and play, j* Ms. Van Wagoner’s Route 50 Corridor a ■
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