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3 1.1 Purpose, Objectives and Organization of the Guide 1.1.1 Purpose Before automobiles evolved in the 20th century, streets and roads primarily served a mix of slow-moving pedestrians, bicycles, horses and wagons in a manner that facilitated interaction with adjacent land uses. As motorized vehicles evolved and their ownership and usage grew, many roadways began to be designed to separate the motorized vehicle mobility function from the economic and social functions of adjacent businesses and neighborhoods.
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4 Design Guide for Low-Speed Multimodal Roadways This Guide provides designers, planners and policy makers with information on designing safer, more comfortable, and accessible roadway facilities so that walking and biking are safer and more convenient transportation choices for all users. It identifies and addresses common concerns and perceived barriers among design professionals concerned about liability when designing pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and directs them to the most current national guidance that provides specific information on multimodal design treatments and approaches.
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Introduction 5 The Guide will help designers and planners better understand and facilitate the often complex multiple functions of modern urban and suburban streets. It provides guidance for the design of multimodal streets and roadways where all motorized and non-motorized modes must co-exist in places where community goals are aimed to provide a more balanced approach to accommodating the safety and mobility of all user modes.
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6 Design Guide for Low-Speed Multimodal Roadways Although design practitioners will likely be the predominant user of the document, it is expected that other professional disciplines engaged in the street and roadway design process, including transportation planners, traffic engineers, land use and community planners, urban designers and landscape architects, may also find the Guide useful. Each of these groups will often represent a different set of perspectives and responsibilities to the project development process that best addresses the needs of their stakeholders to be served by the final design solutions.
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Introduction 7 1.4 Project Development and Design Process to Address All Users The development process for roadway improvement projects in urban, suburban and lowspeed rural areas may begin in the programming, planning or environmental processes of a transportation program. The ultimate ability of a project designer to provide a design that adequately considers and serves all legal users of a facility can depend on the decisions made during those early phases.
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8 Design Guide for Low-Speed Multimodal Roadways Most applications of the guidance provided herein will occur in the context of (1) a roadway project in an existing community where the roadway's multimodal character is to be preserved and enhanced, or (2)
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Introduction 9 Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG)
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