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Higher priority design elements and traffic management features on shared streets supporting community activity.
- Design pedestrian areas and vehicular areas at the same level and avoid the use of...
Higher priority design elements and traffic management features on shared streets supporting community activity.
Illuminate parking facilities at recommended minimum average illumination levels used by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES).
Minimize use of tall shrubs in favor of lower shrubs and groundcovers to allow for greater visibility within a parking area for pedestrian and vehicular safety. Clear lines of sight minimize...
Provision high environmental quality parking facilities that improve water quality by filtering and cooling though stormwater best management practices, including vegetated swales and rain gardens.
...Locate ADA accessible parking spaces closest to an accessible entrance or dispersed at multiple accessible entrances. Provide clear accessible routes with wayfinding from all ADA accessible spaces...
Provide back-in angled parking in conjunction with bicycle lanes or provide a separated bikeway between the parking and the sidewalk. Avoid head-in angled parking because drivers entering and existing...
Provide separate space close to building entrances or in other designated and intuitive locations for shared bicycle and scooter parking that is outside a pedestrian path of travel.
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Place building entrances to support pedestrian access and establish pedestrian connections between buildings to surrounding streets, transit stops, and bike and auto parking areas. Place entrances to...
Place windows and doors to invite and animate. Placement of a building’s entrance(s) is critical to the building’s relationship to the street.
Vary cross-sections along the length of the corridor to support adjoining uses. In response to heavy pedestrian and transit use in busy core areas, traffic lanes may be narrowed, and sidewalks...
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