The City of Oceanside has an existing neighborhood traffic calming program designed to promote safer neighborhood streets for area residents. Traffic calming is based upon the concept of passive speed reduction measures that include everything from raising public awareness, to enforcement of prima fascia speeds in residential areas, to the physical installation of landscaped chicanes, traffic circles, and in some case, speed humps.

As part of the Circulation Element update, the City is currently updating this existing program and related policies that will take into consideration the specific needs of neighborhood groups. This will include establishing specific criteria for determining where traffic calming measures should be considered and development of a list or "tool kit" of traffic calming measures that could be considered for each specific neighborhood location.