00989135

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The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) staff was requested to undertake a study which evaluates the compatibility of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) guidelines with the concept of "livable streets." Livable streets are residential streets which are built (or modified) to be safe and user-friendly, for pedestrians as well as drivers, and visually pleasing to those who live along them. Some people believe that certain street guidelines, such as a 30-foot minimum pavement width, sacrifice aesthetic and pedestrian goals in order to better serve vehicular traffic. This study examines which tools used to create livable streets are compatible with VDOT guidelines, regulations, and laws and which are not. It is to be used by localities, developers, and consultants to aid them as they choose local street designs and seek approval from VDOT for these designs.

The symposium proceedings are available on CD-ROM.

00989133

English

18p

2003-7

2nd Urban Street Symposium: Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work

CD-ROM

Figures; Photos; References (18)

Aesthetics; Guidelines; Highway design; Pedestrians; Regulations; Residential streets; State laws

Virginia

Design; Highways; Law; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Apr 4 2005 12:00AM

• A METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS DESIGN FEATURES FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST CROSSINGS AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS
• A ROUNDABOUT CASE STUDY COMPARING CAPACITY ESTIMATES FROM ALTERNATIVE ANALYTICAL MODELS
• A TALE OF TWO STREETSCAPES
• BACK IN ANGLE PARKING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
• BLIND PEDESTRIANS AT UNFAMILIAR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS: RESEARCH ON SAFETY
• BUS RAPID TRANSIT ON CITY STREETS: HOW DOES IT WORK
• CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF SMART GROWTH TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
• CHARLOTTE'S URBAN STREET DESIGN GUIDELINES: A CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DECISION-MAKING METHOD
• COMPARISON OF CRASHES ON MEDIAN-DIVIDED AND FIVE-LANE ROADWAYS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
• COMPARISON OF SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF URBAN STREETS BEFORE AND AFTER LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS
• CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN CHALLENGES FOR MAJOR SUBURBAN ARTERIAL STREET PROJECTS
• CROSS BRONX CONNECTOR ROAD SYSTEM
• DESIGN CHANGES FOR LIVABLE URBAN STREETS
• DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR GREAT STREETS: ADDRESSING CONTEXT SENSITIVITY FOR MAJOR URBAN STREETS
• ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, AND PHILOSOPHERS
• EVALUATING OPERATING SPEEDS FOR LOW-SPEED URBAN STREETS
• FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF PATH AND SPEED OF MOTORISTS AT DOUBLE-LANE ROUNDABOUTS
• GRANT AVENUE IN ODESSA, TEXAS: A DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE SUCCESS
• HOW MUCH DO YOU LOSE WHEN YOUR ROAD GOES ON A DIET?
• HOW PLANNING DECISIONS IMPACT HIGHWAY COLLISION HISTORIES
• IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS FOR BUS NUB INSTALLATION ON URBAN ROADWAYS
• IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM FOR ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN TEXAS: LESSONS LEARNED
• IN-PAVEMENT FLASHING CROSSWALKS - STATE OF THE ART
• IOWA'S STATEWIDE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS PROMOTE IMPROVED ACCESS MANAGEMENT
• LEFT-TURN LANE INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
• MEDIAN BUS LANE DESIGN IN VANCOUVER, BC: THE #98 B-LINE
• MOVING FORWARD WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE: ISSUES OF PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN THE URBAN STREET ENVIRONMENT
• NEW INTERCHANGE AND INTERSECTION DESIGNS: THE SYNCHRONIZED SPLIT-PHASING INTERSECTION AND THE DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGE
• OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF ROUNDABOUTS
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN FOR THE KELLY PARKWAY CORRIDOR STUDY: CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN
• SAFETY EFFECTS OF MARKED VS. UNMARKED CROSSWALKS AT UNCONTROLLED LOCATIONS: RESULTS FROM 30 CITIES
• SIGNING AND PAVEMENT-MARKING STRATEGIES FOR MULTI-LANE ROUNDABOUTS: AN INFORMAL INVESTIGATION
• SIMULATING ROUNDABOUTS WITH VISSIM
• SLIPPERS METAL COVERS: HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA BEAR WITH IT?
• SMART GROWTH ALTERNATIVES TO MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS
• STREET SYSTEMS AND CLASSIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT SMART GROWTH
• THE DOUBLE-WIDE DESIGN: AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS ON FOUR-LANE HIGHWAYS
• THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL ZONES ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR
• THE USE OF GPS AND GIS TO ANALYZE ACCESS NEAR INTERSECTIONS
• TRAFFIC CALMING IN A SMART GROWTH COMMUNITY
• TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND SAFETY AT SCHOOLS: REVIEW OF EXISTING GUIDELINES
• TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS NEAR SCHOOLS
• URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL FOUR-LANE UNDIVIDED TO THREE-LANE CONVERSION FEASIBILITY: AN UPDATE
• URBAN STREET: IS THERE ROOM FOR SEGWAY (TRADEMARK) HUMAN TRANSPORTER (HT)?
• USE OF ROUNDABOUTS IN AN URBAN SETTING
• USING THE NUMBER OF PASSING AND MEETING EVENTS TO DESIGN PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SHARED-USE PATHS