Is there

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Is there enough room for Complete Streets?
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Theres room it needs to be recaptured
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Are our streets wide enough?
150?
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Make optimal use of the right-of-way
150?
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Dont ask How much ROW do we need? butWhats
the highest and best use of this valuable space?
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Streets dont have to be wide to be great
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Conventional design from the inside out
Add up (wide) travel lane, run out of ROWResult
one narrow curbside sidewalk
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Proposed design from the outside in
Add up desirable elements, fit in ROW
resultnice sidewalks, bike lanes, adequate
travel lanes
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How much of the ROW should be dedicated to cars?
No more that 40
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How much of the ROW should be dedicated to cars?
About 30
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How much of the ROW should be dedicated to cars?
About 90
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Always start with the edges
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Same principle for sidewalks the Zone System

• The sidewalk corridor extends from the edge of
  roadway to the right-of-way and is divided into 4
  zones
• Curb zone
• Furniture zone
• Pedestrian zone
• Frontage zone

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Curb Zone
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Why the curb zone matters Its where pedestrians
transition from/to the street
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Furniture Zone
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All these things go here!
All the stuff goes in the furniture zone
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Sidewalk with furniture zone is pleasant to walk
on
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Furniture zone can be used for bus pads and
shelters
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Pedestrian Zone
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• Its where people walk

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Frontage Zone
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Pedestrians dont like blank walls
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An interesting façade makes people feel better
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The Zone System - Summary
3rd example commercial street
Washington DC
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With Zone System
Street furniture arranged in zones leaves
sidewalk clear
Washington DC
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Without Zone System
Randomly placed street furniture clutters sidewalk
Silverton OR
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Textured Surfaces

• Bricks, cobblestones, textured pavement create
• Increased rolling resistance
• Tripping hazards
• Maintenance hassles
• Painful vibrations to peoplewith brittle bones
  or spinalcord injuries in wheelchairs

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Concrete in the pedestrian zone,textured surface
in furniture and frontage zones
Philadelphia PA
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"Before the American city could be physically
reconstructed to accommodate automobiles, its
streets had to be socially reconstructed as
places where cars belong. Until then, streets
were regarded as public spaces, where practices
that endangered or obstructed others (including
pedestrians) were disreputable..."

• Lets establish the Green hierarchy
• People on foot
• People on bikes
• People on transit
• People delivering goods
• People driving cars

• -- Peter D. Norton, PhD, professor of Science,
  Technology, Society, Univ. of Virginiafrom
  "Street Rivals Jaywalking and the Invention of
  the Motor Age Street"