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Safer Roadways: A Complete Streets Guide Transitions Transitions refer to a change in context, typology, right‐of‐way width, number of lanes, neighborhoods, or districts. Multimodal facilities should be continuous through transitions. For example, a shared use path facility entering a Urban General (C4) Main Street will need to transition to an on-street buffered or protected bike facility, or the shared use path could be converted to a more urban protected raised bike facility adjacent to the pedestrian zone. These transitions require a lot of consideration for the safety of the user, and it must be intuitive and clearly marked.
Transitions
If the purpose of the transition is to change context, for example from Suburban Commercial (C3C) to Urban General (C4), then a transition speed zone, visual cues to changes in context or environment, and a change in the width of the traveled way or travel lanes as appropriate for the context should be provided. These visual cues can be additional traffic calming measures, more landscaping, and gateway treatments to clearly define to the driver they have entered a new area. When transitioning to a context and/or typology with more expected vulnerable users (i.e., Suburban, C3 to Urban General, C4 or from Suburban Commercial, C3C to Suburban Town, C3T), transition zones should occur prior to arrival. Upon exiting that context and/or typology to a context and/or typology with fewer vulnerable users, the transition zone should occur beyond the higher vulnerable user context zone. If there are multiple street typologies within a corridor, especially in a short distance, consider adapting the corridor design to the corridor context with the most vulnerable users. This allows for more treatments focused on a greater number of users, hence, keeping a uniform Complete Street look to the corridor. Similarly, when one side of a corridor can be considered one typology and the other of a second typology, design should default to the typology with the highest expected number of vulnerable users.
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