CITY OF ARLINGTON , TEXAS
TRAVEL LANE CONVERSION GUIDELINES Burden and Lagerway summarize the street and location criteria that can be used to identify potential candidates for travel lane conversions :
• Moderate volumes ( typically 8,000 – 15,000 ADT )
• Roads with safety issues
• Transit corridors
• Popular or essential bicycle routes / links
• Commercial reinvestment areas
• Economic enterprise zones
• Historic streets
• Scenic roads
• Entertainment districts
• Main streets
Potential travel lane conversion projects should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis with a focus largely on the existing and intended function of the roadway in terms of predicted traffic volumes and flow , turning volumes and patterns , crash type and patterns , bicycle and pedestrian activity , and presence of parallel routes .
Further information may be found in Chapter 7 : Design Guidelines .
Resources :
Summary Report : Evaluation of Lane Reduction “ Road Diet ” Measures and Their Effects on Crashes and Injuries . ( http :// www . tfhrc . gov / safety / hsis / pubs / 04082 / index . htm ).
Burden , D ., and P . Lagerwey , Road Diets : Fixing the Big Roads , Walkable Communities , Inc ., March 1999 , available online at http :// www . contextsensitivesolutions . org / content / reading / road-diets-3 / resources / roaddiets-fixing /.
Above : examples of a travel lane conversion for a bicycle lane
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