Walking is for Everyone

Ensuring Access for All

Walking SummitOctober 29, 2015

• Pedestrian: a person on foot, in a wheelchair, on skates, or on a skateboard.

• Crosswalk: (a) that part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway, and in the absence of a sidewalk on one side of the roadway, the part of a roadway included within the extension of the lateral lines of the sidewalk at right angles to the center line; (b) any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated as a pedestrian crossing by pavement marking lines on the surface, which might be supplemented by contrasting pavement texture, style, or color.

Public Rights-of-Way Training

PROW Draft Guidelines

Scott Windley, PROW Team LeaderU.S. Access Board

row@access-board.gov

What’s different from ADAAG?What’s different from ADAAG?

The PROW drafts adapt ADAAG to the rights-of way environment; the new PROW Guidelines will be a stand-alone document.

Key features: • new communications features: APS and DWs; • slope limits of an accessible route are not

applicable to sidewalks; and• no path-of-travel requirement.

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesR1 Application and AdministrationR2 Scoping RequirementsR3 Technical Provisions

• Pedestrian access route (PAR)• Alternate circulation path• Curb ramps and blended transitions• Detectable warning surfaces• Pedestrian crossings• Accessible pedestrian signals (APS)• Street furniture• On-street parking

R4 Supplementary Technical Provisions (from ADA/ABA-AG)

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: A high degree of convenient access is easiest to achieve in new construction

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: In alterations, you may not be able to optimize conditions for every user (follow new construction guidelines to the maximum extent feasible)

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Key Provisions: Provide a pedestrian access route (PAR) within every sidewalk, curb ramp and street crossing: 48” clear

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Key Provisions: Shoulders need PARs, too… (48” & 2% cross slope)

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Key Provisions: Sidewalk running slope may take that of the roadway, but cross slope must not exceed 2% in the PAR

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Key Provisions: Provide detectable alternate routes when the PAR is detoured; same-side is best, if feasible…

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: Same-side alternate circulation path needs curb ramps, too

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: Be mindful of protruding objects along the whole width of the pedestrian walkway

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Key Provisions: Provide a curb ramp (slope> 1:20) or blended transition (slope < 1:20) for each crossing

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Key Provisions: Perpendicular ramps must have landings at the top for turning or bypassing the ramp (48” min)

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Key Provisions: Parallel ramps must have landings at the bottom for street access and turns

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Key Provisions: Combined ramps slope the sidewalk down in order to shorten the perpendicular run to the street

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Key Provisions: Blended transitions have a slope of less than 5%; because they are not ramps, they don’t require landings

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: However, they DO require detectable warnings to provide notification underfoot of the change from pedestrian to vehicular route

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Key Provisions: Detectable warnings are particularly useful at medians. New technical specification requires only 24”

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: Provide adequate time to cross (3.5 fps)

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: Provide pedestrian signals at roundabouts where pedestrian crossings are more than one lane

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: Provide pedestrian signals at roundabouts where pedestrian crossings are more than one lane

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: Include APS where pedestrian signals are newly installed

Draft 2 PROW Guidelines Draft 2 PROW Guidelines Key Provisions: Provide clear ground space at controls

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Key Provisions: Street furniture must be usable, but not in the way

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: On-street Parking

Draft 2 PROW GuidelinesDraft 2 PROW GuidelinesKey Provisions: Angled on-street parking provides good van access

For more information:For more information:

Access Board website: www.access-board.gov

Technical assistance: 800/872-2253 (v) 800/993-2822 (tty)

row@access-board.govPublications: --accessible sidewalks design manual--accessible sidewalks videotape--synthesis on detectable warnings--research on controllers and APS--bulletin on roundabout accessibility