Context Sensitive Solutions In Practice

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Context Sensitive SolutionsIn Practice

• Context Sensitive Solutions Workshop
• Houston-Galveston Area Council
• September 20, 2007
• Gary W. Schatz, P.E., PTOE

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Traffic Engineering Basics

• Mobility - movement of people and goods within
  the transportation system
• Traffic Includes all roadway users
  pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, transit riders

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Traffic Engineering Basics

• Corridor Capacity - Determined by efficacy of
  intersections
• Roadway Up to 1,900 vehicles/hour/lane
• Intersections
• All-Way Stop Up to 400 vehicles/hour/lane
• Traffic Signal Up to 600 vehicles/hour/lane
• Roundabout Up to 1,200 vehicles/hour/lane

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Midtown Houston, TX
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Downtown Houston, TX
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Downtown Houston, TX
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Bissonnet at MFA-Houston Houston, TX
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Bagby _at_ Hawthorne/Smith Houston, TX
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Washington _at_ Westcott Houston, TX
From Google Earth
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Arrington Road College Station, TX
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Monarch Oaks Houston, TX
Roundabouts
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Monarch Oaks Houston, TX
Splitter Islands
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Monarch Oaks Houston, TX
Chicanes
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Monarch Oaks Houston, TX
Mini Roundabout
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Addicks Community Houston, TX
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Addicks Howell _at_ Memorial Houston, TX
Documented Crashes 3/24/05 to 3/17/06(Source
HPD)
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Addicks Howell _at_ Memorial Houston, TX
Documented Crashes 3/24/05 to 3/17/06(Source
HPD)
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Addicks Howell near Wolfe E.S. Houston, TX
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Addicks Howell near Wolfe E.S. Houston, TX
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Grisby thru Old Town Addicks Houston, TX
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Grisby thru Old Town Addicks Houston, TX
Addicks Howell
SH 6
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E. Madison Street Seattle, WA
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Overmeyer west of Seamist Houston, TX
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Grisby thru WestLake Campus Houston, TX
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Grisby thru WestLake Campus Houston, TX
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Grisby thru WestLake Campus Houston, TX
IH 10 SSR
IST Link Road
Grisby
Westlake Park
BP Way
SH 6
Keating
Addicks Howell
Gracie Lane
Memorial
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Grisby thru WestLake Campus Houston, TX
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Grisby thru WestLake Campus Houston, TX
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Memorial _at_ Westlake Park Houston, TX
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Regent Square Houston, TX
Eleanor Tinsley Park
W. Dallas
River Oaks
Downtown
Dunlavy
Montrose
Midtown
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Regent Square Houston, TX

• New Urbanist concept
• Walkable, livable streets
• Context-sensitive
• Sustainable, mixed-use development
• Apartments
• Condominiums
• Hotel
• Offices
• Specialty Retail
• Restaurants
• Market
• Completion 2014

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Regent Square Houston, TX
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Winter Street Corridor Houston, TX
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Winter Street Corridor Houston, TX
Aerial from Google Earth
Holly
Silver
Goliad
Sabine
Sawyer
Hickory
Johnson
Colorado
Henderson
Houston Ave.
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Winter Street Corridor Houston, TX
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Winter Street Corridor Houston, TX
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The Toolbox for CSS
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The Toolbox for CSS
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The Toolbox for CSS
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Additional Information

• www.ContextSensitiveSolutions.org
• Institute of Transportation Engineers
• www.ite.org
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
• www.bicyclinginfo.org
• www.walkinginfo.org

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College Street Asheville, NC

• Constructed in 2005
• Average Daily Traffic (ADT) 13,000 vehicles

• City of Houston Traffic Count Program (2000 Data)
• Two way street segments 1,400
• Segments with lt 13,000 ADT 600

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Context Sensitive SolutionsIn Practice

• Context Sensitive Solutions Workshop
• Houston-Galveston Area Council
• September 20, 2007
• Gary W. Schatz, P.E., PTOE

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