From Focus North Texas event

1. Mark G. Goode, III, P.E. Associate and Manager of the Traffic & Transportation Group

7. The crucial factor we are searching for is the suitable speed that the planning and design team should target for a particular section of roadway. New Urbanism, Context Sensitive Solutions and Complete Streets are the disciplines that developers, residents, City staff and stakeholders are demanding in their new projects. DOTs are looking closely at ways to reduce the severity and frequency of accidents. The goal is to reduce the speed differential among automobiles, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit and trucks.

40. Source: Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares: A Context Sensitive Approach, p.53.

42. 17,800 vpd 35 mph

44. 35 mph 17,800 vpd 11,000 vpd 2,500 vpd

47. 13,000 vpd 30 mph

50. 30 mph 16,000 vpd 11,300 vpd

53. 30 mph 19,500 vpd 8,600 vpd 27,500 vpd

76. The crucial factor we are searching for in creating the Complete Street is the suitable speed that the planning and design team should target for a particular section of roadway. The goal is to reduce the speed differential among automobiles, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit and trucks.