ARTERIAL STREETS FOR ALL USERS

This paper is based on a presentation originally prepared for a December 2002 joint ITE/CNU conference on making urban arterials more livable, and to begin trying to develop appropriate street design standards. To begin this process, it is necessary to agree on what street design standards to be revised. A partial list of urban arterial street design shortcomings is proffered (wide lanes, unnecessary parking prohibitions, misuse of 85th percentile, too long signal cycles, free flow turning lanes, and lack of sidewalks), followed by some suggestions on how to get the necessary state and federal design manuals revised to include these design revisions.

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  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • LaPlante, J N
• Conference:
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) 2003 Technical Conference and Exhibit
  • Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
  • Date: 2003-3-23 to 2003-3-26
• Publication Date: 2003-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 4p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Design; Federal government; Manuals; Parking; Sidewalks; State government; Streets; Traffic lanes; Traffic signal cycle; Turning lanes; Urban areas; Width
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00943839
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0935403752
• Report/Paper Numbers: CD-020
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 16 2003 12:00AM