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Langley, Washington, a semi-rural town of 1,050 people, is expected to grow by 40 to 100 percent over the next 20 years. One of the town’s biggest assets is its pedestrian-friendly character, which is currently supported by low traffic volumes. Anticipating this growth, the City is developing new street design standards to support all users and modes. One of the new street types is “shared-use,” which mixes pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers in a low-speed environment that emphasizes the community function of the street. Several streets already operate in this way; by codifying standards, the benefits can be preserved and distributed to more areas. Precedent for shared-use streets comes from the European “shared space” movement, which differentiates between the traffic world (the highway) and the social world (streets within a town). Traffic-world features (traffic signals, lane markings, etc.) are removed within the town. Streets are instead designed as public spaces, providing strong contextual cues to drive slowly and carefully while implementing features that support safe and enjoyable use by walkers, bikers, and others. Shared space has a history of over 20 years, successfully demonstrating improvements in safety and livability. Adapting shared space to a semi-rural American setting requires a combination of place-sensitive solutions. Emerging designs encourage slow speeds through the use of innovative, community-based traffic calming elements on designated shared-use roadways. This paper represents proposed shared-use street design standards, which will be further refined throughout the planning and implementation process.

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English

15p

2007

3rd Urban Street Symposium: Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work

CD-ROM

Figures (3) ; References (13)

Cyclists; Design standards; Drivers; Highway design; Pedestrians; Quality of life; Small towns; Streets; Traffic calming; Traffic speed; Urban design

Shared use

Langley (Washington)

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

TRIS, TRB

Apr 1 2008 11:52AM

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