“Well-designed pedestrian infrastructure promotes
walkers’ feelings of safety, comfort”
–Wisconsin Pedestrian Policy Plan 2020, Executive
Summary, page 3, 2002.
Objective 2.0 Engineering and Planning
Working in partnership with local governments and other
interested stakeholders, WisDOT will plan, design and promote new
transportation facilities, where appropriate, and retrofit existing
facilities, where appropriate, to accommodate and encourage pedestrian use.
Action 2.1: Locals should consider pedestrian
transportation in their land use plans.
Action 2.2: WisDOT will include local road pedestrian
facility design in the FDM (Facilities Development Manual)
Action 2.3: WisDOT will develop the Pedestrian Best
Practices Guide (PBPG) to help locals meet pedestrian needs
Action 2.4: WisDOT will encourage MPO and RPCs to
consider pedestrian needs in their planning processes
Action 2.5: Locals should utilize federal funding
programs to meet local pedestrian needs
Wisconsin Pedestrian Policy Plan 2020, pages 15-18.
 |
AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design and
Operation of Pedestrian Facilities
NEW! Order your guide today. Learn about
effective measures for accommodating pedestrians on public
rights-of-way. The guide recognizes the profound effect that land use
planning and site design have on pedestrian mobility and addresses these
topics as well.
|
 |
Pedestrian Facilities Users Guide: Providing Safety and Mobility
FHWA-RD-01-102
presents a methodology for selecting effective countermeasures for
pedestrians.
|
| |
|
 |
Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access, Part 1: Review of Existing
Guidelines and Practices provides
the state of the practice for applying the American with
Disabilities Act and similar requirements to pedestrian facilities.
|
| |
|
 |
Accessible Sidewalks and Street Crossings — an informational guide
In order to meet the needs of all sidewalk users, designers must have a
clear understanding of the wide range of abilities that occur within the
population. Sidewalks, like roadways, should be designed to serve all
users. This includes children, older people, parents with strollers,
pedestrians who have vision impairments, and people using wheelchairs
and other assistive devices.
|
| |
|
 |
Providing Accessible Sidewalks and Street Crossings Brochure
The intent of this brochure is to focus on some of the emerging
accessibility issues and the design parameters that affect sidewalk and
street crossing design and operation.
|
| |
|
 |
Flexibility in Highway Design
presents methods of designing facilities that are sensitive to the
surrounding environment and still meet accepted design guidelines.
|
| |
|
|
The Institute for Traffic Engineers (ITE) has a
Traffic
Calming Web site which allows you to view two full text
reports and portions of a third report online. They are:
|
Traffic Calming: State of the Practice
ITE/FHWA, August 1999
State of the Art:
Residential Traffic Management
FHWA, 1980
Canadian Guide to
Neighborhood Traffic Calming
TAC/CITE, December 1998
|
| |
|
| |
|
