Subjects Public Works
Pedestrian Facilities - Sidewalks and Crosswalks
Updated 07/2011
Pedestrian Facilities - Sidewalks and Crosswalks
Contents
- Designing Sidewalks
- Sidewalk Programs
- Crosswalks
- Flashing Cross Walks
- Related MRSC Pages
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
- Engineer Pedestrian Facilities - Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
- Walking in Washington Designing for Pedestrians - WSDOT
Sidewalk Programs
- Bellevue
- Accessibility in Bellevue
- Bellevue’s ADA Sidewalk and Curb Ramp Compliance Program (
), by Franz Loewenherz, Washington State LTAP News, Issue 103, Winter 2010
- Edmonds Comprehensive Sidewalk Plan - Edmonds Municipal Code Ch. 15.50
- Olympia Sidewalk Program (
), October 2003
- 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 created a fund to be known as the Parks and Recreational Sidewalks Utility Tax Fund
- Seattle Pedestrian Program
- Seattle Pedestrian Master Plan
- Seattle Sidewalk Development Program
- Seattle Curb Ramps
- Richland Pedestrian Plan (
) - Ch. 5 in City of Richland Transportation Plan, 2005
- Tumwater Sidewalk Infill Program
- Out-of-state
- Austin, TX Sidewalk Planning: A GIS-Based Approach- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
- Hillsborough County, FL. Public Works Department - Sidewalk Programs Handbook (
), 2005
Crosswalks
- Guidelines for Crosswalks (
) in Portland Pedestrian Design Guide, June 1998
- Pedestrian Safety and Crosswalk Installation Guidelines (
), City of Stockton, CA Public Works, November 2003
- Safety Effects of Marked Versus Unmarked Crosswalks at Uncontrolled Locations: Final Report and Recommended Guidelines, by Charles V. Zegeer, J. Richard Stewart, Herman H. Huang, Peter A. Lagerwey, John Feaganes, and B.J. Campbell, Federal Highway Administration, Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-04-100, September 2005
- City of Seattle, WA USA, Crosswalk Inventory and Improvement Plan, by Jennifer R. Hefferan and Peter Lagerwey, ITE Journal, January 2004 MRSC Library Loan
Flashing Cross Walks
- Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety: Evaluating In-Pavement Flashing Warning Lights (
), 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
- 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) (
), Herman Huang, Ronald Hughes, and et.al.Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office, June 1999
Pedestrian Flags
- Kirkland Pedestrian Flags - FAQs - Department of Public Works
- Seattle Pedestrian Crossing Flags - Department of Transportation

