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Title:

Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities: A Guidebook

Accession Number:

01640851

Record Type:

Monograph

Availability:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309446105

Abstract:

This report presents guidance for the application of crossing solutions at roundabouts and channelized turn lanes (CTLs) at signalized intersections for pedestrians with vision disabilities, including individuals with total blindness. The guidebook provides an accessibility assessment framework and a methodology for evaluating treatment alternatives for a proposed crossing, as well as wayfinding accommodations. Guidance is provided based on the feasible range of geometric and traffic operational conditions under which similar treatments have been demonstrated to enhance accessibility. The guidebook and final report are targeted to an audience of practicing professionals who in some cases may have little or no background in design for accessibility. The guidelines are therefore written in a way that is consistent with other engineering guidebooks, and they are consistent with existing guidance on accessible design of pedestrian facilities and public rights of way. The audience for these products extends well beyond the engineer tasked with designing a particular site, including planners and decision makers at the municipal and state government levels; FHWA; and the U.S. Access Board, which is tasked with writing technical specifications for implementing the American with Disabilities Act, and which has published proposed guidelines in the form of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Accessible Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way. This project also has a broad public interest component, including professionals and researchers in the field of orientation and mobility, as well as private citizens with and without vision impairments.

Report/Paper Numbers:

Project 03-78B

Language:

English

Authors:

Schroeder, Bastian
Rodegerdts, Lee
Jenior, Pete
Myers, Edward
Cunningham, Christopher
Salamati, Katy
Searcy, Sarah
O'Brien, Sarah
Barlow, Janet
Bentzen, Billie Louise (Beezy)

Pagination:

128p

Publication Date:

2016

Serial:

NCHRP Research Report

Issue Number: 834
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0077-5614

ISBN:

9780309446105

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Channelized turn lanes

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jul 10 2017 9:33AM