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Safer Roadways: A Complete Streets Guide
MOBILITY HUBS Mobility hubs are centers of activity that bring together alternative transportation choices, virtual trip-planning and placemaking at select curbside locations. Mobility hubs provide both the physical and information infrastructure required to assist users in making informed travel choices. Mobility hubs are located at prominent destinations where: Alternative transportation choices such as bus stops,
electric vehicle charging, and bicycle, scooter and car share parking are co- located to enable seamless transfers. facilitated by providing real-time global positioning system
Trip-planning is
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information to users to improve access and connectivity to alternative travel modes. Placemaking is enhanced by creating comfortable and desirable streetscapes and supplementing them with interactive digital displays about local community facilities, history, and events. The mobility hub concept broadens the reach of transportation through the creation of a “hub”. Expanded wayfinding, opportunities to connect with upgraded biking and walking facilities, bikeshare and carshare stations, and convenient transit service all combine to significantly improve the options available for transportation connections. These options should also be made available for all distances, price points, and carbon footprints. Mobility hubs tend to be present in contexts where high levels of people walking, using a bike, or taking transit are expected. Traveled Way Zone The Traveled Way Zone provides various types of space for motorized and non-motorized vehicles. There are variable street functions such as arterial, collector and local streets as well as driveways for access. These functions, known as the functional class system, have traditionally focused on the volume of automobile travel that the road serves. Traveled way, in this section, refers to the portion of the roadway for the movement of vehicles, excluding shoulder and auxiliary lanes. The Complete Streets Guide expands on the traditional functional classification system to consider not only the automobile traffic that the road will serve, but also the context, or surrounding land uses. The traveled way includes the design elements that allow for the movement of all vehicles, including bikes, transit vehicles, automobiles, and trucks. The design of the traveled way typically utilizes the largest portion of the right-of-way and affects not just the users in the traveled way, but those using the entire right-of-way, including the areas adjacent to the street.
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