RESIDENTIAL STREETS: ALTERNATIVES TO THE CONVENTIONAL

Historically, the design of residential streets has concentrated on providing access to abutting properties. High standards of road construction used for highways have, in modified form, been applied to residential streets to the benefit of motor traffic and the detriment of residents. A new approach to residential street design is proposed where a range of alternative designs are evaluated against a set of predetermined performance standards, within the topographic, geological and climatic constraints peculiar to each street. To illustrate this process, alternative designs that overcome some of the undesirable effects of conventional design practice have been assessed for their impact on all aspects of residential streets, although this process requires a greater design effort, the result is a more appropriate and probably cheaper solution than the imposition of uniform technical standards for all street designs. /Author/TRRL/

• Record URL:
  http://arrbknowledge.com
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 8th Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Thomas, I G
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 20-29
• Serial:
  • Volume: 8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Constraints; Design speed; Drainage; Environment; Highway design; Layout; Networks; Pavements; Residential areas; Roads; Social values; Streets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks; Street design
• Old TRIS Terms: Community values
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 635: Design speed; 2937: Drainage; 2455: Environment; 2855: Highway design; 2885: Layout; 2955: Pavement; 307: Residential area; 1053: Road network
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164121
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM