Pedestrians

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Pedestrians

• Livable Streets Workshop

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What are Livable Streets?

• Pleasant
• Safe Well lit and sign-posted
• Safe Traffic safety
• Choose your Space
• Choose your Pace

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Common Problems
Pavement cluttered with Obstructions/distractions
Images Courtesy Times Square Presentation,
Design Trust for Public Space
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Common Problems
Safety Solely Ped Responsibility
Images Courtesy Alwiseman.com
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Common Problems
Congestion
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Goal

• Maximize Ped Safety
• Maximize Ped Visibility
• Minimize Congestion

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Assume Typical Pedestrians
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Maximize SafetyManage Speeds
Vehicle Speed vs. Ped Injury
20 mph
10 mph
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Manage Speeds Reduce Effective Turning Radius

• As tight as possible
• Use curb extensions where on-street parking

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Maximize SafetyUse Curb Extensions

• Reduce crossing distance
• Increase visibility
• Reduce turning speed
• Manage driver behavior
• Extra sidewalk space for
• Capacity
• Street furniture
• Curb ramps

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Maximize Safety Manage Sight Lines

• Driver --gt Ped
• Ped --gt Driver
• Restrict parking for visibility
• 20 from crosswalk
• 30 from intersection
• Intelligent use of landscaping street
  furniture

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Maximize SafetyExamine Slip Lanes

• Include the Islands as Pedestrian Realm
• Design to
• Slow drivers
• Increase eye contact
• Still maintain volume

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Safer
Faster
1420
1120
55-600
200
200
200
200
20-40 mph low visibility
14-18 mph high visibility
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Maximize SafetyEstablish Street Crossings
Crosswalks

• Along Desire Lines (direct intuitive)
• Short (max 2 moving lanes)
• Where Ped and Drivers can expect them
• Visible
• Wide Enough (may be wider than sidewalk)

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Maximize SafetyUse Medians Islands

• Shorten crossing distance
• Provide refuge
• Min 6 wide raised to accommodate
• Person baby carriage
• Bicycles
• Planting opportunities

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Maximize VisibilityEsp. at Uncontrolled
crosswalks

• Overhead and Centerline signs
• Medians and Islands
• Lighting (overhead, side)
• Advanced Stop or Yield lines

Alert drivers !!
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What the Pedestrian Sees
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What the Driver Sees
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How to treat it Texture plus Stripes
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Minimize CongestionMaintain LoS Measures
LoSSidewalk Sq.ft per pedestrian
A through F Least to Most
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Maximize LoSPedestrian Modeling

• Hi-tech tools to analyze pedestrian environments
• Graphic outputs
• Save time and money

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Typical OutputsStatic
LoS Maps
LoS Graphs
Images Courtesy LEGION LTD.
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Typical OutputsVideo
Simulations and Model property of A.Sawhney,
Halcrow, Inc., 2007
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Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
Intersection Redesign Test Case New York
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Project for Public Spaces, Inc.

• Establish Desire Lines
• Maximize Safety and Visibility

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Project for Public Spaces, Inc.

• Curb Extension
• Medians
• Visible Sidewalks
• Desire Lines

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Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
New Intersection (Ped) Friendlier
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The End Game
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Credits
Michael Moule, Livable Streets, Inc., Tampa FL,
moule_at_livablestreetsinc.com Charlie Denney,
Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager, Arlington
VA DOT, cdenney_at_arlingtonva.us Michael King,
Traffic Calmer, Brooklyn NY, miking_at_trafficcalmer.
com

• Anisha Sawhney, Transport Planner, Halcrow, NY.
  sawhneya_at_halcrow.com