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Bookmark or Share- Resources - Institute of Transportation EngineersThe Web resource contains the results of an April 2022 survey aimed at improving the awareness of best practices in local, residential street sidewalk planning, design and construction.
- Complete Streets - Institute of Transportation EngineersComplete Streets Active Transportation. Active transportation refers to modes of travel that do not involved motorized vehicles; the most prominent examples includes biking and walking, although sometimes active transportation can be supplemented by motorized vehicles (e.g., walking to a transit stop, using manual pedal power on an electric-assisted bicycle).
- PROWAG - One Year After the Final RuleThe PROWAG final rule was published the month before a design project started with a 9-month funding deadline and the goal of providing ramps, driveways and sidewalk across eight miles of Tucson roads, so they took the plunge. Having now wrapped up the design phase of that project, they'll share lessons learned. Learning Objectives:
- Residential Local Street Sidewalk Survey - Institute of Transportation ...When the sidewalk is located adjacent to the curb on major roadways, the width should be increased to 1.8 m. The preferred width to provide for the safe passage between an adult and a person pushing a baby carriage or in a wheelchair, or a child on a tricycle is 1.8 m. Sidewalk Paving Surface. Most agencies build sidewalks with concrete.
- Traffic Calming Measures - Institute of Transportation EngineersA series of fact sheets providing an overview of several traffic calming measures are available from this Web page. A photograph of a typical application as well as a plan-view sketch are included within each fact sheet.
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