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Table of Contents ACCOMMODATION STATEMENT............................................................................................ 1 USING THE GUIDE................................................................................................................. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... 3 PROJECT TEAM ...................................................................................................................................................3 COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE WORKING GROUP .....................................................................................................3 SPECIAL THANKS .................................................................................................................................................3 LIST OF FIGURES................................................................................................................... 6 LIST OF TABLES..................................................................................................................... 8 ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................... 8 GLOSSARY........................................................................................................................... 9 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................13 PURPOSE ..........................................................................................................................................................14 BENEFITS OF COMPLETE STREETS ......................................................................................................................15 PRINCIPLES .......................................................................................................................................................16 2 ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS...................................................................................21 FRONTAGE ZONE ..............................................................................................................................................22 PEDESTRIAN ZONE ............................................................................................................................................22 FURNISHING ZONE ............................................................................................................................................23 FLEX ZONE ........................................................................................................................................................25 TRAVELED WAY ZONE .......................................................................................................................................32 TARGET SPEED = DESIGN SPEED = POSTED SPEED ..............................................................................................34 TRAFFIC CALMING.............................................................................................................................................39 PREPARING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ........................................................................................................45 3 STREET TYPOLOGIES ......................................................................................................51 CHOOSING TYPOLOGIES ....................................................................................................................................53 RURAL (C1&C2).................................................................................................................................................58 SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL (C3R) ..........................................................................................................................66 SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL (C3C) ........................................................................................................................72 SUBURBAN TOWN (C3T)....................................................................................................................................79 URBAN GENERAL (C4) .......................................................................................................................................84 PLANNING COMPLETE STREETS IN LIMITED RIGHTS-OF-WAY..............................................................................90 TRANSITIONS ....................................................................................................................................................92 4 PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH...........................................................................................97 CONNECTIVITY ..................................................................................................................................................98 ACCESS MANAGEMENT .....................................................................................................................................99 EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCOMMODATIONS......................................................................................................100 GREENSCAPE/LANDSCAPE ...............................................................................................................................101
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