K EY T ERMINOLOGY
Active Transportation/ Active Mobility
A mode of transportation that involves physical activity such as biking, walking, or using other non- motorized means of travel. A process for evaluating the impacts, benefits, and costs of transportation enhancements along a corridor. A civil rights law passed in 1990 to establish the rights of disabled individuals and prevent discrimination on the basis of employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and tele communication. AADT refers to the total volume of vehicles within a road segment divided by 365 days or the total number of vehicles traveling on a road in a 24-hour period, greater than a day but less than one year. A former industrial or commercial site which poses a potential risk for redevelopment or reuse due to environmental contamination such as the presence of hazardous substances or pollutants. On-street buffered bike lane is separated from the travel lanes or door opening areas of the parked cars through road markings. Captive or Dependent riders are characterized as commuters who don’t have other options other than transit as a viable option for commuting. Choice riders are commuters who have access to other modes other than transit but utilize transit for commuting. Collectors are designed to collect and distribute traffic from local access streets. These work as a connection between access streets with a high level of land use access to minor arterial roadways with relatively short trips and lower speeds. Complete Street refers to an approach to create inclusive streets through planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining streets to enable safe access for all people including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit riders of all ages and abilities. A tool to access, extract, and analyze publicly available crash data from 2013 to present, collected from Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Reports (CR-3) and processed by the Texas Department of Transportation. A proportionate, graphic representation of different elements of a roadway such as the number of lanes, lane width, presence of median, sidewalks, parking and overall right-of-way.
Alternatives Analysis
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT)
Brownfield
Buffered Bike Lane
Captive Transit Riders
Choice Transit Riders
Collector Road
Complete Street
Crash Records Information System (CRIS)
Cross Section
Crosswalk
A marked path for pedestrian or wheel-chair users to cross a right-of-way safely.
A protected bike lane is sometimes called a cycle track. It is physically separated from motorized lanes and sidewalks through buffer, landscape, or marking on the road surface. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is a federal agency that provides support for community development and homeownership and offers housing assistance through the Community Development Block Grant program and the Housing Choice Voucher program. Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Land area that is susceptible to being inundated by flood water from any source such as a river, creek, rainwater, etc.
Cycle Track
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Environmental Justice (EJ)
Flood Plain
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