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Title: ROADWAY ESTHETICS


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ROADWAY ESTHETICS
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Kentucky Transportation Center, 1999
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Esthetics
  • Esthetics or Aesthetics Gr. aisthetikos, of
    sense perception
  • Subjective interpretation

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Publics View of DOT
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Esthetics Highway Design
  • Fit between roadway physical / social
    environment
  • Attention to roadway edges
  • Concentration to details
  • View from the road and of the road

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Road _at_ Physical Environment
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A Little Green
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Edge Treatments--1
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Edge Treatments--2
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Edge Treatments--3
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Edge Treatments--4
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Drivers View
  • Ability to see edges
  • Edge treatments

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View of the Road
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View from the Road
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Principles of Esthetic Design
  • Project scale
  • Vehicle vs. Pedestrian/Bicyclist
  • Minimization of roadway intrusion
  • Narrower right of way
  • Shoulder and median type
  • Details, details, details
  • Compatibility with environment
  • Character

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Project Scale
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Project Scale
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Bikeways
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Roadway Widths
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Details
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Details
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Details
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Details Edges
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Details Medians
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Details Color
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Natural Environment
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Natural Environment
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Human Environment
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Character
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Parkway Guidelines
  • Grass shoulders
  • Minimum clear zones
  • Drainage blends with land forms
  • landscaped rights of way
  • Use of median
  • Maximum four lanes

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A Parkway
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Engineers Idea of Esthetics
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Visualization--1
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Visualization--2
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Innovative Design Cost
  • It costs more
  • 4-lane road, 12m 2 mil
  • Paris Pike 9 mil
  • Bridges 2x cost
  • Cost is NOT the only consideration

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Final Thought
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