Hillsborough County Complete Streets Guide

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Transit Integration

bike racks or lockers. Bike stations and automated bicycle parking can be located in areas with high levels of transit and bicycle use. SHELTERS Shelter placement must be ADA-compliant as well as provide appropriate clearances for transit vehicles at stops. All shelters must provide a minimum 2.5-foot by 4-foot clear space to allow space for wheelchair users underneath the shelter. A typical shelter should be four feet deep, with allowances for more narrow shelters in constricted sidewalk environments. Shelters should provide protection from the sun, rain, and wind. Wind screens should be transparent to allow visibility and a sense of safety under the shelter. Where sidewalk width is too narrow to provide a clear path between the building and the shelter and between the shelter and the curb, a shelter can be oriented toward the building face, allowing both the shelter and the buildings to share the same pedestrian through zone. Transit stop shelters should be informative, functional, provide a place to rest, and opportunities for public art to make stops a pleasant and safe place to wait.

Bus Lanes Bus lanes provide exclusive or semi‐exclusive use for transit vehicles to improve the transit system’s travel time and operating efficiency by separating transit from congested travel lanes. They can be located in an exclusive right‐of‐way or share a roadway right‐of‐way. They can be physically separated from other travel lanes or differentiated by lane markings and signs.  Bus lanes can be located within a roadway median or along a curbside lane and are identified by lane markings and signs. Bus lanes may be 10–11 feet wide when offset,

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