00812393

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http://onlinepubs.trb.org.../circulars/ec019/ec019.pdf

Transportation projects that affect property access tend to be controversial. This is true whether the impacts are temporary, such as access impacts during construction, or permanent, such as the construction of a raised median. With median projects, typical public concerns relate to economic impacts on businesses, access for delivery vehicles, safety of U-turns, circuity of access, and neighborhood accessibility. Such concerns can escalate into active opposition where citizens are not kept adequately informed of project design decisions, or feel they have been excluded from the decision-making process. Agencies experienced with median projects find that techniques such as one on one briefings and open house meetings are more effective for addressing public concerns and less contentious than public hearings. This paper reviews the experiences of the Florida Department of Transportation in carrying out its statewide median program and provides strategies that other agencies may consider for involving the public in median projects.

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00812391

E-C019,
Paper A-1
Paper A-2

English

8 p.

2000-12

Transportation Research Circular

Figures (1) ; References (4) ; Tables (1)

Access; Access control (Transportation); Accessibility; Decision making; Economic impacts; Highway safety; Medians; Neighborhoods; Public participation; Strategic planning; U turns

Raised medians

Florida

Design; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Jun 4 2001 12:00AM

• A PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVE ON FLEXIBLE DESIGN
• ACCESS SPACING AND ACCIDENTS: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
• ACCESS SPACING AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
• APPLICATION OF ROAD SAFETY AUDITS TO URBAN STREETS
• ARTERIAL SPEED CALMING: MOHAWK ROAD CASE STUDY
• CALMING NEW YORK CITY INTERSECTIONS
• CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING: A WORKING MODEL
• CONTINUOUS SPEED MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS ON SUBURBAN ARTERIALS
• CURB PARKING FINDINGS REVISITED
• DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR EXISTING UTILITY POLES IN URBAN AREAS
• DESIGNING FUNCTIONAL STREETS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE
• DEVELOPING STREET STANDARDS THAT ALLOW FLEXIBILITY
• DOWNTOWN STREETS: ARE WE STRANGLING OURSELVES IN ONE-WAY NETWORKS?
• DRIVEWAY SPACING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS
• ECONOMIC IMPACTS OR RAISED MEDIANS ON ADJACENT BUSINESSES
• IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC CALMING
• LINKING LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION THROUGH STREET DESIGN
• MOBILITY-FRIENDLY STREET STANDARDS FOR DELAWARE
• NEOTRADITIONAL DESIGN: MOBILITY FOR ALL AGES
• PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF SERVICE BASED ON TRIP QUALITY
• PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A SUBURBAN NEOTRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD
• PREDICTING ANNUAL INTERSECTION ACCIDENTS WITH CONFLICT OPPORTUNITIES
• PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF MEDIAN TREATMENT FOR DEVELOPED URBAN ROADS
• QUESTIONABLE CONCEPTS IN NEOTRADITIONAL SUBDIVISION DESIGN
• RIGHT-TURN TREATMENT FOR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS
• SPEED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS
• SPEED PROFILES: A METHOD FOR ANALYZING SPEED ADAPTATION BY CAR DRIVERS
• STREET DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS
• STREET SPACING AND SCALE
• THE CONVERSION OF FOUR-LANE UNDIVIDED URBAN ROADWAYS TO THREE-LANE FACILITIES
• THE SPLIT INTERSECTION: A SOLUTION FOR A CONGESTED INTERSECTION
• UNCONVENTIONAL LEFT-TURN ALTERNATIVES FOR URBAN AND SUBURBAN ARTERIALS: AN UPDATE
• URBAN ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION: BEFORE THE DESIGN BEGINS
• URBAN STREET CROSS SECTION AND SPEED ISSUES
• WEST PALM BEACH TRAFFIC CALMING: THE SECOND GENERATION