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Title: Planning Secondary Road Network for Low-Speed Vehicles in Small or Medium-Sized City with Google Earth
Accession Number: 01372992
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The use of low-speed vehicles (LSVs) on public roadways has gradually increased in recent years as a short-range alternative to fossil-fueled vehicles. Primarily designed for protected environments and gated communities, LSVs have a maximum speed limit of 25 mph and are not held to the same Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards required for passenger cars. This paper presents a comprehensive planning methodology for developing a secondary low-speed roadway network primarily for use by LSVs in small or medium-sized cities with closely located activity spaces. Because small or medium-sized cities typically have limited planning or construction resources, the objective was to base the low-speed network on the existing city road system, with minimal infrastructure modifications. The city of Corvallis, Oregon, was selected for the study area because of its size and need for a road network to accommodate safe movement of LSVs. Corvallis had a number of LSVs, other electric vehicles, and nonmotorized vehicles using the public roadways and is a city with no urban sprawl. A survey of the city’s residents provided valuable insight on users’ route choice behavior. A roadway inventory that used the Corvallis transportation plan along with the program Google Earth helped evaluate the city’s actual transportation infrastructure and analyze the factors that influence LSV users’ route-preference behavior. The developed low-speed roadway network is expected to provide LSVs safe and efficient connectivity from neighborhood areas to major Corvallis activity centers while minimally affecting the safe operation of regular vehicles.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01470884
Report/Paper Numbers: 12-2767
Language: English
Authors: Pagination: pp 60–67
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780309263047
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures; References
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 8 2012 5:12PM
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