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0 <br />Pedestrian -Scaled <br />Q <br />Lane Width <br />Travel Lane <br />Lighting <br />When vehicle lanes or <br />The dedicated space on the <br />These light fixtures are <br />roadways are overly wide, <br />roadbed for motorized <br />positioned lower (about 12 <br />pedestrians are forced <br />vehicles to drive on. <br />to 14 feet above the sidewalk) <br />to walk farther to cross <br />than typical roadway or <br />streets. Highways generally <br />IQD <br />Bicycle Lane <br />highway lights, are placed <br />have 12-foot-wide lanes. <br />Adesignated (ideally barrier - <br />more closely together and <br />Streets in city and suburban <br />protected) bike lane is safest <br />are directed toward where <br />neighborhoods can range <br />for cyclists, drivers and <br />people walk or bicycle. <br />from 9 to 15 feet wide. <br />pedestrians. On very wide <br />streets, a dedicated bicycle <br />© <br />Signalized Pedestrian <br />O <br />Pedestrian Hybrid <br />lane can be created by <br />Crossing <br />Beacon <br />placing an ancillary lane for <br />Properly timed Walk/Don't <br />Unlike a pretimed traffic <br />parked cars directly next to <br />Walk devices enable <br />signal or Walk/Don't Walk <br />the roadway, and then using <br />pedestrians to complete a <br />sign, this device is activated <br />the space between the <br />crossing before the signal <br />by pedestrians when <br />parked cars and the <br />changes and the vehicles <br />needed. (Note: A real <br />sidewalk as a bike lane. See <br />move again. <br />streetscape like the one at <br />an example on page 13. <br />left likely wouldn't need this <br />© <br />Curb Cut (or Curb Ramp) <br />type of beacon since the <br />® <br />Signal Timing <br />A solid ramp graded down <br />traffic lights and walk signs <br />Traffic signal (aka traffic <br />from the top of a sidewalk to <br />would be synchronized to <br />light) timing involves <br />the surface of an adjoining <br />enable the crossings.) <br />assigning "green time" to <br />street allows smooth <br />the vehicles and pedestrians <br />passage for wheelchairs, <br />Q <br />Pedestrian Island <br />entering an intersection. <br />bicycles and baby strollers. <br />Also referred to as a <br />crossing island or refuge <br />I® <br />Tree Canopy <br />Q <br />Tactile Ground Surface <br />island, a pedestrian island <br />Street trees provide shade <br />Indicators <br />protects people who are <br />and cooling— and safer <br />Installed in sidewalks, <br />crossing a multilane <br />streets! In a 2018 study, <br />roadways and other <br />roadway. An island allows <br />University of Colorado <br />surfaces, the indicators are <br />pedestrians to focus on one <br />Denver researchers found <br />raised stubs or bumps that <br />direction of traffic at a time <br />that "increased tree canopy <br />warn pedestrians who are <br />as they cross, and it provides <br />coverage was significantly <br />blind or have impaired vision <br />a place to wait for a gap in <br />associated with fewer <br />that they're about to step <br />oncoming traffic. Another <br />crashes." <br />into a street. <br />benefit: drivers typically slow <br />down due to a narrowing of <br />Sidewalk <br />© <br />Crosswalk <br />the vehicle lanes. <br />If set back from the curb, a <br />Marked crosswalks show <br />sidewalk needs to be at least <br />pedestrians where to cross <br />Q <br />Median Strip <br />5 feet wide — or 6 feet if <br />and signify to motorists that <br />A portion of the roadway that <br />extended to the curb. For <br />they must yield. Crosswalks <br />separates opposing traffic. The <br />two people to walk together, <br />are usually indicated by <br />area may be paved, planted, <br />5 feet is the minimum <br />white oryellow painted lines <br />painted (as shown) or raised. <br />suitable width. ■ <br />that are about 12 inches wide <br />and extend from curb to curb. <br />AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit 111 <br />Page 56 of 89 <br />