The document provides recommended practices for street design in walking communities. It discusses the traditional grid versus conventional grid patterns and recommends the traditional grid for better pedestrian access. It also recommends a hierarchy that prioritizes pedestrians first, then transit, bicycles, and cars. Key street design elements discussed include building orientation, streetside zones, appropriate block lengths, and design standards for streets, avenues, boulevards, and alternative boulevards.

1. RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR WALKING COMMUNITIES
TRADITIONAL GRID VS. CONVENTIONAL GRID
RECOMMENDED PRACTICE: THE BLOCK
STREETSIDE ZONES
PARKING NETWORK
RECOMMENDED PRACTICE: STREET
RECOMMENDED PRACTICE: AVENUE
ALTERNATIVE BOULEVARD
RECOMMENDED PRACTICE: BOULEVARD
BAILEY CRAIGHEAD

2. AMENITY
MAIN ROAD
TRADITIONAL GRID VS. CONVENTIONAL GRID
LOCAL ROAD
TRADITIONAL GRID
_DISPERSES TRAFFIC RATHER THAN CONCENTRATING
IT ONTO LIMITED ROADWAYS
_MORE DIRECT ROUTES
_LESS VEHILCE MILES OF TRAVEL
_FACILITATES CIRCULATION WITHIN AN AREA BY ALL
TRAVEL MODES
_MORE TRANSIT FRIENDLY SYSTEM= MORE STOPS +
BETTER ROUTES
_SMALLER BLOCK STRUCTURE THAT INSCREASES
FLEXIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENT
_REDUNDANCY OF NETWEOK WHICH BENEFITS EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS
_REGULARLY SPACES TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT CAN BE
SYNCRONIZED TO PROVIDE CONSISTANT SPEED AND
MORE FREQUENT PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
_OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECIAL THOROUGHFARE
USES AND DESIGNS I.E. PEDESTRIAN ONLY STREETS
CONVENTIONAL GRID
_CONCENTRATION OF TRAFFIC ONTO A FEW ROUTES
_REDUCTION OF THROUGH TRAFFIC WITHIN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH RESULTS IN LOVER TRAFFIC
VOLUME ON LOCAL STREETS
_VERY LOW VOLUME CUL-DE-SACS
_PERCEPTION OF INCREASED NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY AND MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMODATE LARGE
DEVELOPMENTS
_INCREASED ADAPTABILITY TO AREAS WITH SEVERE
TOPOGRAPHICAL CONSTRAINTS
DIFFER IN THREE MAIN WAYS:
_BLOCK SIZES
_DEGREE OF CONNECTIVITY AND ROUTE CHOICE
_DEGREE OF CURVATURE

3. MAIN STREET:
_THE BUILDINGS
ARE ORIENTED TO
THE STREET
_NO PARKING
LOTS VISIBILE
FROM STREET
SIDE STREETS:
_USED FOR
PARKING AND
DRIVEWAY
ACCESSIBILTY
CONNECTOR STREET
AVENUE
PARKING
PARKING NETWORK
PEDESTRIAN
ONLY
BOULEVARD
MIXED USE
SIDE STREET
PARKING
BUILDINGS
IN WALKING COMMUNITIES IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROMOTE A PARK ONCE MENTALITY. IT IS NECCESSARY TO CREATE A NETWORK OF PARKING THAT IS EASY TO NAVIGATE BY CAR AS WELL AS ON FOOT. THE MAIN STREET SHOULD HAVE BUILDINGS
FACING THE STREET WITH PARKING IN THE REAR OR ON THE SIDE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY SIDE STREETS. PARKING LOTS
SHOULD BE SAFE, OPEN AND WELL LIT TO ENSURE PATRONS RETURN. PARKING RATIOS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED WITHIN
500 FEET OF RETAIL ZONE. 5/1000 SF RETAIL PARKING RATIO AND 10/1000 SF RESTAURANT PARKING RATIO
CONNECTOR STREET

4. BUILDING HEIGHT TO THOROUGHFARE
ENCLOSURE
MODAL HIERARCHY
IN A WALKING COMMUNITY EVERYTHING IS
PLANNED AROUND THE COMFORT OF THE
PEDESTRIAN. ALL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS AND STREETSIDE PROGRAMS WILL
FAVOR THE PEDESTRIAN FIRST, THEN TRANSIT
RIDERS, CYCLISTS, AND AUTOMOBILES.
BLOCK
LENGTH
2 PUBLIC TRANSIT
3 BICYCLE
4 CAR
_BLOCK LENGTH SHOULD BE NO LONGER THAN 600’ AND
NO LESS THAN 200’ TO BE A COMFORTABLE WALKING
DISTANCE FOR PEDESTRIANS
PEDESTRIAN STREET
_NO
THROUGH
TRAFFIC
_COMFORTABLE
WALKING
ATMOSPHERE
_BEST
USED IN
CONNECTING
POCKET
PARKS IN
MIXED USE
AREAS
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
1 PEDESTRIAN
IN WALKING COMMUNITIES IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO SCALE THE ARCHITECTURE TO THE PEDESTRIAN. IN A
DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
HEIGHT TO WIDTH RATIO SHOULD BE
1:3 OR 1:2. EX. 1:2 THE BUILDINGS
SHOULD BE ONE-HALF THE WIDTH OF
THE THOROUGHFARE

5. MIN: 4’ MAX: 18’
_LANDSCAPING
_PEDESTRIAN
REFUGE
_BUS-RAPID
TRANSIT
_PROTECTED
BIKE LANE
_TURN LANE
RIGHT OF WAY
MIN: 10’ MAX: 11’
_BUS LANE
_TRAVEL LANE
_BIKE LANE
_PUBLICLY OWNED LAND FOR
PUBLIC TRAVEL
EDGE ZONE
MIN: 1.5’ MAX: 2.5’
MIN: 2’
MAX: 8’
_CURBS
_BUFFER
_BIKE LANE
ZONE
_SPACE
_PARKING
_TURN LANE
FOR:
.PLANTING
_SPACE FOR:
.DOOR SWINGS
STRIPS
.PARKING METERS .STREET
.CAR OVERHANG FURNITURE
_BUFFER
.UTILITY
BETWEEN TRAV- POLES
ELLING CARS AND .CAFES
PEDESTRIANS
.BIKE
RACKS
THROUGH
WAY ZONE
FRONTAGE
ZONE
MIN: 6’
MIN: 2.5’
_SPACE
FOR
PEOPLE
TO WALK
_SPACE
BETWEEN THE
STORE FRONT
AND THE
PEDESTRIAN
TRAVEL WAY
_SHOULD
ALLOW FOR
WINDOW
SHOPPING
AND
MERCHANT
DISPLAY
STREETSIDE ZONES
MEDIAN
FURNISH
ZONE

6. RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
FOR STREETS
16’ RECOMMENDED
12’ CONSTRAINED
6’ MINIMUM
7’ OR
13’ +BIKE
LANE
11’
11’
7’ OR
1.5’
13’ +BIKE LANE
6’
6’
3’
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES:STREETS
_DESIRED OPERATING SPEED: 10-25
MPH
_NUMBER OF THROUGH LANES: 2
_LOW TRAFFIC FLOW:
500-5,000 VEHICLES
_TRANSIT SERVICE EMPHASIS ON
LOCAL TRAFFIC
_FRIEGHT MOVEMENT: LOCAL DELIVERIES ONLY
_DRIVEWAY ACCESS
_ON STREET PARKING
_NO MEDIAN

7. RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
FOR AVENUES
16’ RECOMMENDED
12’ CONSTRAINED
6’ MINIMUM
7’
6’
11’
11’
6’
7’
1.5’
6’
6’
3’
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES: AVENUES
_DESIRED OPERATING SPEED: 20-30
MPH
_NUMBER OF THROUGH LANES: 2-4
_LOW TRAFFIC FLOW:
1,500-20,000 VEHICLES
_TYPICAL WIDTH OF 80’
_TRANSIT SERVICE EMPHASIS ON
LOCAL TRAFFIC
_FRIEGHT MOVEMENT: LOCAL DELIVERIES ONLY
_DRIVEWAY ACCESS
_ON STREET PARKING
_EMPHASIS ON TRANIST
_MEDIAN OPTIONAL: MIN. 4’- MAX. 16’

8. _DESIRED OPERATING SPEED: 25-45
MPH
_NUMBER OF THROUGH LANES: 4-6
_MODERATE TRAFFIC FLOW:
10,000-35,000 VEHICLES
_USUALLY GREATER THAN 100’ IN
WIDTH
_TRANSIT SERVICE EMPHASIS ON
EXPRESS AND LOCAL TRAFFIC
_FRIEGHT MOVEMENT: REGIONAL
TRUCK ROUTE/LOCAL DELIVERIES
ONLY ON ACCESS ROADS
_LIMITED DRIVEWAY ACCESS
_ON STREET PARKING
_EMPHASIS ON TRANSIT
_MEDIAN IS REQUIRED
19’ RECOMMENDED
12’ CONSTRAINED
8’ MINIMUM
7’ OR
13’ +BIKE
LANE
11’
11’
4’ MINIMUM
18’ MAXIMUM
11’
11’
7’ OR
1.5’ 7’
13’ +BIKE
LANE
8’
3’
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES: BOULEVARDS
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
FOR BOULEVARDS

9. ALTERNATIVE BOULEVARD
SIDEWALK
PARALLEL PARKING
TRAVEL LANE
TRAVEL LANE
TRAVEL LANE
PLANTED BUFFER
BIKE LANE
TRAVEL LANE
8’
THROUGH TRAFFIC
PLANTED BUFFER
11’
PARALLEL PARKING
THROUGH TRAFFIC
11’
BIKE LANE
11’
SIDEWALK
122’
9’
7’
5’
11’
9’
8’
9’
5’
_PROTECTED
BIKE LANES
_ON STREET
PROTECTED
PARKING
_PLANTED
BUFFER
BETWEEN
PEDESTRIAN
AND TRAVEL
LANES
9’
7’
ALTERNATIVE TO
CENTER MEDIAN
BOULEVARDS