Chapter 7: Lessons Learned from Shared Street Implementation in the United States: Accessible Shared Streets: Notable Practices and Considerations for Accommodating Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities
Discussion of lessons learned from shared streets implementation in the United States.
Last Updated (Year): 2017
Year Produced: 2017
Abstract:This document reviews notable practices and considerations for accommodating pedestrians with vision disabilities on shared streets. It focuses on streets where pedestrians, bicyclists, and motor vehicles are intended to mix in the same space. The guide includes a description of shared streets, an overview of vision disabilities and the strategies people with vision disabilities use to navigate in the public right of way. It discusses the specific challenges pedestrians with vision disabilities face when navigating shared streets. It provides an overview of relevant U.S. guidance, a toolbox of strategies for designing shared streets that improve accessibility for pedestrians with vision disabilities, and ideas on how accessibility for pedestrians with vision disabilities can be addressed in the planning and design process. It provides information from case studies of completed shared streets in the United States that highlight accessibility features and lessons learned, as well as a bibliography that includes sources specifically referenced in the body of the guide and other sources that inspired the guide content and may be useful for shared street designers.
For:Walking
The E's:Engineering, Education
Ped Bike Activity:
- Planning
- Design
Ped Bike Topic:
- Surfaces
- Safety
- Research Needs
- Research
- Policy
- Planning
- Facility Design
- Design
- Accessibility
Facility Type:Signals, Signage, Sidewalks, Shared Path, Shared Lane, Detection, Detectable Warning Surface, Crosswalk, Crossings
Road Constraints:Multi Lane
Urban Context:Urban
Resource Type:
- Guidance
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Accessible Shared Streets: Notable Practices and Considerations for Accommodati…