01520003

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2419-07

This paper provides a rough design tool kit to improve the safety of light rail transit (LRT) urban insertion. This tool kit was prepared after the analysis of more than 130 examples of good and bad practices related to LRT urban insertions in 13 European countries, which took place during the first working phase of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology’s Action TU1103, Operation and Safety of Tramways in Interaction with Public Space. The paper deals with the design of the following aspects: pedestrian pathways at stations and stops; platform design and station and stop location; pavement treatment on shared space; pavement treatment on segregated channels; LRT separators on segregated channels; intersections (e.g., left-turn intersections, roundabouts, pedestrian and cyclist crossings, innovative solutions at intersections); LRT channel differentiation and protection by means of pavement, marks, fences, and barriers; and overhead contact system pole location.

01557109

14-2540

English

pp 63–81

2014

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309295543

Print

Figures (9) ; Photos; References (17)

Design; Intersections; Light rail transit; Transit safety; Urban transit; Walkways

Europe

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 2:53PM

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