Traffic Garden Resources
In the last handful of years, brand-new traffic garden resources have been created to help people and communities take on new projects. From guides to stencils, check out the resources we have curated to help you in planning, designing and building traffic gardens! We were very happy to have worked with partners and pals to create most of these new resources and love showcasing the other great work afoot in this emerging field!
Seattle
Traffic Garden Handbook
This is a comprehensive permanent, temporary, and pop-up traffic garden handbook with a special focus on school grounds. Discover Traffic Gardens was the primary author of the handbook. Click on the link to view/download a copy.
New Arlington- Prince Georges' Traffic Garden Guide
This is a comprehensive permanent, temporary, pop-up and mobile traffic garden guide. Discover Traffic Gardens was a key content contributor on the project team. Click on the guide cover to view or download a copy.
City of Philadelphia
Traffic Garden Workbook
This workbook assists in the development of pop-up and temporary traffic garden projects. Discover Traffic Gardens was a key content contributor on the project team. It is not publicly available.
City of Philadelphia
Traffic Garden Guide
This guide covers pop-up and temporary installations. Discover Traffic Gardens was a key content contributor on the project team. Click on the guide cover to view or download a copy.
Washington, D.C.
Traffic Garden Guide
This guide covers pop-up and temporary traffic gardens. Discover Traffic Gardens prepared this guide for the District of Columbia Department of Transportation. The guide is not yet publicly available.
Metro Portland
Traffic Playground Toolkit
This permanent traffic garden guide is a Discover Traffic Garden project and was the first comprehensive guide on the topic. Click on the guide cover to view or download a copy.
Washington State
Traffic Garden Guide
Click on the cover to get a downloadable link to this very helpful tool kit. Includes practical information and budget planning tools.
Traffic Playground Activity Book
Hillsboro, OR
This activity book is designed to provide a fun experience for elementary school children, and it is specifically tailored to complement a visit to a traffic garden.
Professional-Grade
Traffic Garden Stencil Sets
Discover Traffic Gardens worked with Pavement Stencil Company to create these durable, reusable scaled stencils for creating your own custom traffic garden. Both the basic (shown) and deluxe sets are available at
DIY Traffic Garden Fun
The original Discover Traffic Gardens guide created in response to the requests for information we were getting about how to install pop-up traffic gardens in neighborhoods during the pandemic!
Available for purchase in our shop.
NHTSA Explainer Video
A short video about traffic gardens, courtesy of NHTSA! Features a Discover Traffic Gardens project. Fionnuala contributed to the making of the video. Click above to watch!
Westside Explainer Video
A short descriptive video about traffic gardens featuring a Discover Traffic Gardens project. Features the worlds first robot-installed traffic garden plus a comprehensive elementary school STEM program. Click above to watch!
NPRA Magazine Article
Article from NPRA magazine. Fionnuala was a co-author. Click above to download (PDF)!
Quebec City
Traffic Garden Guide
This comprehensive Canadian guide is in French. Click on the guide cover to view or download a copy.
Mexican
Traffic Garden Guide
This comprehensive Mexican guide is in Spanish. Click on the guide to view or download a copy.