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Residential streets
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Taking a practical approach to planning and designing streets in master-planned, new urbanist, and other subdivisions, this book offers a fresh look at street widths, geometrics, traffic flow, intersections, drainage systems, and pavement.
| Title |
Residential streets / Walter M. Kulash, principal author ULI-Urban Land Institute [et al.]. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Publisher |
Washington, D.C. : Urban Land Institute : NAHB [New York] : ASCE : ITE |
| Creation Date |
2001 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74) and index. English |
| Content |
Front Cover Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Foreword CHAPTER 1: Introduction History Early Standard Setting More Recent Efforts Philosophy of Residential Street Design Public and Private Streets Applications CHAPTER 2: Design Considerations Functional Classification System for Streets Types of Traffic Flow Emergency Vehicle Access Traffic Volumes and Residential Dwelling Units Neighborhood Access to Adjacent Street System Street Layout and Platting Principles of Street Layout Number of Lanes Pavement Widths Right-of-Way Widths On-Street Parking Off-Street Parking Alleys Design Speed Gradients Vertical and Horizontal Alignments Dead-End Turnarounds Shared Driveways Streetscape Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Curb Cut Ramps Curbs Traffic Calming CHAPTER 3: Intersections Geometry of Intersections Intersection Angle Traffic Circles and Roundabouts Intersection Spacing Curb Radius Vertical Alignment on Intersection Approaches Corner Sight Distance CHAPTER 4: Streets as Drainage System Closed and Open Systems Street and Curb Cross-Sections Runoff Amounts Criteria for the Spread of Water across Streets Flow across Intersections Ponding at Low Points in Grade Maximum Velocity in Gutters Block and Lot Grading Cut-and-Fill Embankment Slopes CHAPTER 5: Pavement Subgrade Base Wearing Surface Life-Cycle Cost Analysis References Index Back Cover |
| Extent |
1 online resource (x, 76 pages) : illustrations |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2001 |
| National Library system number |
997010710235305171 |
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