Applying Performance Based Practical Design Methods to Complete Streets - A Primer on Employing Performance-Based Practical Design and Transportation Systems Management and Operations to Enhance the Design of Complete Streets

This Primer explains how the application of performance-based practical design (PBPD) principles combined with transportation system management and operations strategies (Operations strategies) can promote the consideration and application of Complete Street design principles to a wider range of contexts. Complete Streets often involve a reduction or re-purposing of the number of motor vehicle travel lanes on the street. This frees up space for safety and operational improvements benefiting more users of the street: auto drivers, truck drivers, transit passengers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. PBPD, combined with operations strategies, enables the designer to consider applying Complete Street design concepts to a wider range of contexts. The result is a street system that cost-effectively meets the needs of the diverse users of the streets and the objectives of the agency.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop16059/fhwahop16059.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Kittelson and Associates, Incorporated

  300 M Street, SE, Suite 810
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dowling, R
  • Jenior, P
  • Nevers, B
  • Neudorff, L
• Publication Date: 2016-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 48p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Complete streets; Highway design; Highway operations; Strategic planning; Transportation system management; Urban highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Operational improvements; Performance based design; Safety improvement
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01619963
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HOP-16-059, Report No. 18112
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-12-D-00049/5001
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 27 2016 6:11PM