Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

Analysis and Design

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Multimodal Optionsfor CSS

Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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Origin

Basic movement

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Destination

Walk

Transit Walk

Trips often use combination of modes, but almost all trips include walk segment

Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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Person travel• Walk• Bike• Transit• Personal motor vehicle• (Water)• (Air)

What is multimodal?

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Goods movement• Truck• Railroad• Air• Water

http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/sustainable-west-palm-beach/blog/category/multi-modal-transportation/

Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Expands range of travel choices• Can increase total capacity• Can decrease adverse impacts• Increases mobility, accessibility• Permits different development styles

Why multimodal?

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

Analysis and DesignWhat places do we seek?

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• Social places• People walking around• Evening life• Activity of interest• Attractive scenery• Variety• Excitement• More…?

Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Ingredients– Places of interest– Attractive areas– Variety– Connections to off-street activity– High level of accessibility– Activity facing street or in right of way– Choice of modes

• Walk• Bike• Transit • Drive

Can streets make these?

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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Modal facilities• Part of modal networks• Part of multimodal system plans• Most modes on each facility (per type)

– Pedestrian– Bicycle*– Transit (bus, rail*)– Personal vehicle– Heavy truck

Multimodal and networks

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Attributes• Convenience• Comfort• Travel time• Reliability • Ease of use• User cost• Safety, security• Aesthetics

Multimodal attractiveness

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Directly accessible• Convenient connections to buildings• Easy walk access• Intermodal integration• Well maintained• Proper design for intended use

Making modes convenient

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Open architecture (CPTED)• Separation from motor vehicle• Few movement conflicts• Adequate alignments, visibility• Effective lighting• Well maintained

Making modes safer

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Attractive materials

• Compatible scale

• Landscaping

• Design compatible with surroundings

• Well maintained

Aesthetic attractiveness

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Using transportation to create sustainable communities– Sense of place– Walkability– Modal choice– Compatibility– Support for local objectives– Supported by adjacent improvements

Creating communities

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Walking– Most flexible mode– Distances < ¼ - ½ mile– Peds are sensitive to attractiveness, weather– Need sidewalks every urban block face– Prefer paved surfaces– Direct access to buildings– Direct links between places– Separate from motor vehicles– Sensitive to modal priorities

Improve attractiveness

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Bicycling– Wide range

• skills and abilities• Trip types and lengths

– Weather sensitive– Unpredictable behavior

• Including obeying of traffic rules

– Can function in street– Provide for on almost all streets

• Varying treatments based on road type

Improve attractiveness

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Transit– Provides mobility for those unable to drive– Very sensitive to

• Convenience• Travel time• Image

– Success requires corridor density or major nodes– Needs good walk access– Priority vs. traffic is important– Can increase capacity in high travel corridors– Different services for different contexts, streets

Improve attractiveness

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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• Motor vehicles– Flexible– Weather insensitive– Often impacted by capacity limits– Adverse environmental impacts– Provides personal security– Can accommodate

• Several passengers• Big loads

– Requires extensive destination storage space

Improve attractiveness

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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With buildings, activity• Modes should support adjacent activity

– Service– Compatibility

• Space• Operating features• Appearance• Safety

– Provide choices

Integration

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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Achieving a multimodal system

• Try to accommodate all modes

• Omit those with no applicability

• Provide “equal” priority

• Provide intermodal connectivity

• Consider adjacent activity needs as primary

• Design for safety for all users

Guidelines

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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1. What mode of travel should be on:– Joe Rout – Kimbrough?– College Main?

2. What transportation design features would you use to make taking a bus to campus more appealing?– To you?– To others?

Discussion

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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental

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Context Sensitive Solutions for Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares in Walkable Communities

– p. 21 text box– Chapter 3.

Reading assignment

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