Pedestrian Facilities - Sidewalks and Crosswalks

Contents

• Designing Sidewalks
• Sidewalk Programs
• Crosswalks
• Flashing Cross Walks
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Designing Transportation Facilities for Pedestrians and Bicycles
  • Building Healthy Communities (Includes Walkable Communities)
  • Promoting Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
  • Sidewalk Construction, Maintenance, and Repair

Designing Sidewalks

• Accessibility Guidelines and Standards Public Rights-of-Way -  Access Board
• Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access, Federal Highway Administration, 1999
  • Part I of II:  Review of Existing Guidelines and Practices
  • Part II of II: Best Practices Design Guide
• Pedestrian Facility Design, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
  • Sidewalks and Walkways
• Walking in Washington - Designing for Pedestrians - WSDOT

Sidewalk Programs

• Edmonds Comprehensive Sidewalk Plan - Edmonds Municipal Code  Ch. 15.50 
• Olympia Sidewalk Program ( 2 MB), October 2003
• Sidewalk Projects
• Olympia Ordinance No. 6314 provided for the submission, to the qualified electors of the City of Olympia at the September, 2004 primary election, the proposition of whether the City should increase the utility tax levied upon telephone, telegraph, natural gas, and electric light and power businesses for the purpose of acquiring and making improvements to parks, wildlife habitat, natural areas, open space, hiking and biking trails, walking paths, and recreation sidewalks
• Olympia Ordinance No. 6326 creates a fund to be known as the Parks and Recreational Sidewalks Utility Tax Fund
• Seattle Pedestrian Program
  • Seattle Pedestrian Master Plan
  • Seattle Proposed Sidewalks Program
  • Seattle Curb Ramps
• Richland Pedestrian Plan ( 713 KB)  - Ch. 5 in City of Richland Transportation Plan Draft
• Tumwater Sidewalk Infill Program
• Out-of-state
  • City of Charlotte, NC Department of Transportation Sidewalk Program
    • The Concrete Facts on Charlotte's Sidewalks ( 1.25 MB)
    • Sidewalk Program FAQ
    • Sidewalk Retrofit Policy adopted May 23, 2005 ( 61 KB)
  • Fort Worth, TX , Transportation and Public Works Department  Sidewalk Program  
  • Hillsborough County, FL. Public Works Department - Sidewalk Programs Handbook ( 1.5 MB), 2005
  • Tallahassee, FL City Commission Policy 600 -  Street Paving and Sidewalk Policy, 2002 

Crosswalks

• Safety Effects of Marked and Unmarked Crosswalks at Uncontrolled Locations ( 2.5 MB): Executive Summary and Recommended Guidelines, by Charles V. Zegeer, J. Richard Stewart, Herman Huang,  Federal Highway Administration, November 2000
• Pedestrian Safety and Crosswalk Installation Guidelines ( 2.3 MB), City of Stockton, CA Public Works, November 2003
• Seattle Crosswalk Inventory and Improvement Plan, by Jennifer R. Hefferan and Peter Lagerwey, ITE Journal, January 2004  FindArticles.com Version of Article  also available through  MRSC Library Loan

Flashing Cross Walks

• Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety:  Evaluating In-Pavement Flashing Warning Lights ( 945 KB), Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Seeing Crosswalks in a New Light, by Sheryl Miller, Gabriel K. Rousseau, and Ann H. Do, Public Roads, January/February 2004
• Technology for Public Safety: Pedestrian Crossing,  King County What's New in Transportation
• Kirkland's Experience with In-Pavement Flashing Lights at Crosswalks, by David Godfrey and Tony Mazzella, ITE/IMSA Annual Meeting, February 8, 1999, Lynnwood, Washington
• An Evaluation of the LightGuard- Pedestrian Crosswalk Warning System (Orlando, FL) ( 541 KB), Herman Huang, Ronald Hughes, and  et.al.Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office,  June 1999