Apply for Traffic Calming on Your Residential Street

Step 1.Ask your neighbors to sign the Petition

First you'll need to get your neighbors' signatures. These show that they'd also like to have some type of traffic calming on the street. We need to have these to consider your application. There's no set number of required signatures. Keep in mind that getting more signatures in the beginning can lead to project approval when we send out a survey. Download and print the Petition here.

Step 2.Fill out the online application

We'll ask you a few questions about what's going on and ask you to attach your completed petition. Don't have a way to scan and save the petition to your computer? That's OK, you can mail it or drop it off at our office.

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Step 3.We'll review your application

These requests can take some time to process. A typical traffic calming project can take 12-18 months to complete, from the time you apply. As a reminder, there's a limited amount of funding for these projects, so we may not be able to move forward until we have funding.

If we deny your request, we'll let you know. Depending on the reason we deny your request, you might hear from us within a few weeks or it could take longer than that.

Step 1.Request a Traffic Calming Packet

The Traffic Calming Packet includes information about the program, the petition, and the application. You can download and print the packet by clicking on Traffic Calming Packet under the Related Links on this page. Don't have a printer? Call 311 or (616) 456-3000 and we'll mail it to you.

Step 2.Ask your neighbors to sign the Petition

First you'll need to get your neighbors' signatures. These show that they'd also like to have some type of traffic calming on the street. We need to have these to consider your application. There's no set number of required signatures. Keep in mind that getting more signatures in the beginning can lead to project approval when we send out a survey.

Step 3.Mail us the application and petition

Fill out the application and have your neighbors sign the petition. Then mail each of these back to us at the address listed under the Contact Us section on this page.

Step 4.We'll review your application

These requests can take some time to process. A typical traffic calming project can take 12-18 months to complete, from the time you apply. As a reminder, there's a limited amount of funding for these projects, so we may not be able to move forward until we have funding.

If we deny your request, we'll let you know. Depending on the reason we deny your request, you might hear from us within a few weeks or it could take longer than that.

Step 1.Request a Traffic Calming Packet

The Traffic Calming Packet includes information about the program, the petition, and the application. You can download and print the packet by clicking on Traffic Calming Packet under the Related Links on this page. Don't have a printer? Call 311 or (616) 456-3000 and we'll mail it to you.

Step 2.Ask your neighbors to sign the Petition

First you'll need to get your neighbors' signatures. These show that they'd also like to have some type of traffic calming on the street. We need to have these to consider your application. There's no set number of required signatures. Keep in mind that getting more signatures in the beginning can lead to project approval when we send out a survey.

Step 3.Mail us the application and petition

Fill out the application and have your neighbors sign the petition. Then mail each of these back to us at the address listed under the Contact Us section on this page.

Step 4.We'll review your application

These requests can take some time to process. A typical traffic calming project can take 12-18 months to complete, from the time you apply. As a reminder, there's a limited amount of funding for these projects, so we may not be able to move forward until we have funding.

If we deny your request, we'll let you know. Depending on the reason we deny your request, you might hear from us within a few weeks or it could take longer than that.

Step 1.Request a Traffic Calming Packet

The Traffic Calming Packet includes information about the program, the petition, and the application. You can download and print the packet by clicking on Traffic Calming Packet under the Related Links on this page. Don't have a printer? Call 311 or (616) 456-3000 and we'll mail it to you.

Step 2.Ask your neighbors to sign the Petition

First you'll need to get your neighbors' signatures. These show that they'd also like to have some type of traffic calming on the street. We need to have these to consider your application. There's no set number of required signatures. Keep in mind that getting more signatures in the beginning can lead to project approval when we send out a survey.

Step 3.Drop off the application and petition

After you fill out the application and you've had your neighbors sign the petition, drop them off at our office. You can also mail them back to us at the address listed under the Contact Us section on this page.

Step 4.We'll review your application

These requests can take some time to process. A typical traffic calming project can take 12-18 months to complete, from the time you apply. As a reminder, there's a limited amount of funding for these projects, so we may not be able to move forward until we have funding.

If we deny your request, we'll let you know. Depending on the reason we deny your request, you might hear from us within a few weeks or it could take longer than that.