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Interdisciplinary Approach
Cross-training engineers and planners creates a collaborative environment for designing and developing streets.
- Planners’ role. Generally, planners work with the community to define the goals...
Functional Classifications
Build in flexibility. Use engineering design discretion to design streets in context with surrounding land uses. Look at the full range of values provided in design manuals, rather than default to the...
Quick Build Projects
- Develop an outreach plan and expect lots of comments. Quick-build projects are public beta tests. They allow local agencies to get input on a design and modify it before it becomes permanent. Because...
Flexible Vehicle Parking Standards
Establish parking maximums to set a cap of parking needed for specific zones and reduce the potential for an overabundance of parking to detract from an area.
- Including a maximum ratio of a...