Editing Traffic calming (section)

=== Japan ===
Various forms of traffic calming are used in Japanese cities, particularly in large cities like Tokyo and Yokohama. Tokyo's narrow streets force automobiles and pedestrians to be close to one another; a common traffic calming technique in Tokyo is to change the surface material and/or texture of the shoulder of narrow roads,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thetokyofilesurbandesign.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/traffic-calming-in-tokyo/|title=(25) Traffic calming in Tokyo 交通静穏化|date=2017-03-07|work=the tokyo files: urban design 東京の都市デザイン|access-date=2018-02-18|language=en-US|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111190339/https://thetokyofilesurbandesign.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/traffic-calming-in-tokyo/|url-status=live}}</ref> which helps define the boundary between cars and pedestrians, while allowing cars to use the shoulder to pass each other after yielding to pedestrians.