TY - BOOK AU - Kulash,Walter M. ED - National Association of Home Builders (U.S.) ED - Urban Land Institute. TI - Residential streets SN - 0874208793 AV - TE279 R37 2001 U1 - 625.7 22 PY - 2001/// CY - Washington, D.C., New York, N.Y. : PB - Urban Land Institute, NAHB, ASCE, ITE KW - Streets KW - Design and construction KW - Roads KW - ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning KW - technology and engineering KW - Civil Highway KW - Traffic N1 - "ULI catalog number: R34"--P. ii; Previous ed. under title: Residential streets, 1990; "This edition ... was developed by the National Association of Home Builders, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and ULI-the Urban Land Institute"--P. iii; Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74) and index; Contents -- 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; Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1-1 Early postwar streetscapes -- 1-2 Street design as art -- 1-3 Italian street scene -- 1-4 Bike path Chapter 2: Design Considerations -- 2-1 Hierarchy of streets -- 2-2 Freeway -- 2-3 Arterial street -- 2-4 Collector street -- 2-5 Local street -- 2-6 Types of traffic flow -- 2-7 Service vehicles on local streets -- 2-8 Subdivision with single entrance -- 2-9 Subdivision with multiple entrances -- 2-10 Traditional street grid -- 2-11 Neotraditional street grid -- 2-12 Collector street with median -- 2-13 Appropriate street widths -- 2-14 Too-wide street -- 2-15 Street and lane widths -- 2-16 Right-of-way widths -- 2-17 On-street parking -- 2-18 Off-street parking -- 2-19 Alley -- 2-20 Sight distance at crest of hill -- 2-21 Horizontal curves radius -- 2-22 Sight distance on a horizontal curve -- 2-23 Circular turnaround -- 2-24 T-shaped Turnaround -- 2-25 Radius for a circular turnaround -- 2-26 Off-center turnaround -- 2-27 Circular turnarounds with center islands -- 2-28 T- and Y-shaped turnarounds -- 2-29 Auto court and eyebrow -- 2-30 Shared driveways -- 2-31 Streetscape treatments -- 2-32 Sidewalk with grass strip -- 2-33 Path winding through a neighborhood -- 2-34 On-street bicycle lanes -- 2-35 ADA requirements for curb cuts -- 2-36 Curb cut ramps -- 2-37 Vertical curbs -- 2-38 Sloping curbs -- 2-39 Improperly designed sloping curbs -- 2-40 Asphalt curbs -- 2-41 Curbless street -- Chapter 3: Intersections -- 3-1 Intersection -- 3-2 Three legged T-intersection -- 3-3 Four legged intersection -- 3-4 Realignment of angled street -- 3-5 Landing area for an acute-angle intersection -- 3-6 Traffic circles and roundabouts -- 3-7 Corner cutting -- 3-8 Intersection spacing -- 3-9 Curb radius -- 3-10 Small curb radius -- 3-11 Clear sight distance -- Chapter 4: Streets as Drainage System -- 4-1 Closed drainage system -- 4-2 Open drainage systems -- 4-3 Open drainage development plan -- 4-4 Street cross-section -- 4-5 Block and lot grading -- Chapter 5: Pavement -- 5-1 Street pavements -- 5-2 Asphalt streets -- 5-3 Typical asphalt street structures -- 5-4 Typical concrete street structures -- 5-5 Concrete street. ; Tables -- 2-1 Street Function and Average Daily Traffic (ADT) Ranges -- 2-2 Residential Trip Generation Rates -- 2-3 What Is the Cost of Excessive Street Width? -- 2-4 Recommended Pavement Widths -- 2-5 Design Speeds -- 2-6 Safe-Stopping Sight Distances -- 2-7 Minimum Rate of Vertical Curvature -- 2-8 Centerline Radius -- 2-9 Cities with Narrow Roadway Widths -- 3-1 Recommended Ranges for Curb Radii -- 3-2 Sight Distance at Intersections ER -