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Title: URBAN STREET SYMPOSIUM: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, DALLAS, TEXAS, JUNE 28-30, 1999
Accession Number: 00812391
Record Type: Monograph
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The Urban Street Symposium was attended by about 200 planners, engineers, and other urban street design professionals. The symposium has the following objectives: (1) Provide a forum for comparison and debate of alternative urban street design practices; (2) Highlight problems caused by certain design practices, and better alternatives; (3) Promote applications of research; (4) Reconsider long-held urban street design practices in light of the "new urbanism" movement; (5) Document better urban street design practices; (6) Show "how to do it"; (7) Share innovations with others; and (8) Transfer urban street research findings to state agencies and to local governments. This circular contains 36 symposium papers that were submitted for publication. They have been grouped into the following subject areas: (A) Public Involvement: Examples and Models; (B) Layout and Functional Classification: Different Paradigms; (C) Access Management: The Best Idea Since the Interstate System; (D) Street Speed: Management and Accommodation; (E) Intersections: Where It All Comes Together; (F) Cross Sections: Allocating the Width; (G) ADA and Peds; (H) Safety and Design: Quality Control; (I) Traffic Calming: Experiences and Examples; and (J) Flexible and Neotraditional Designs: Pro and Con.
Supplemental Notes: Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Report/Paper Numbers: E-C019
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: v.p.
Publication Date: 2000-12
Serial: Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jun 4 2001 12:00AM
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