1 NCHRP Update of the AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operations of Pedestrian Facilities Final Report

2 NCHRP Panel Chair Mr. Eric O. Glick Program Manager Nevada DOT Members Ms. Kristin E. Bennett, AICP Senior Transportation Planner City of Colorado Springs Mr. James "Jim" M. Ercolano Pedestrian Specialist New York State DOT Ms. Margaret M. Gibbs, P.E. Program Manager - Transportation Engineering Translink Ms. Mary Anne Koos Special Projects Coordinator Florida DOT Mr. Jonathan P. Marburger, P.E. Special Requirements Engineer Kansas DOT Ms. Paula J. Reeves, AICP Manager, Community Design Washington State DOT Mr. William R. Riccio, Jr., P.E. Director of Public Services City of Newport Dr. Lynn Weigand Director, Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI) Portland State University

3 NCHRP Panel FHWA Liaison Dr. Gabriel Rousseau Bicycle & Pedestrian Program Manager Federal Highway Administration TA Liaison Mr. Matthew Lesh Transportation Program Specialist Federal Transit Administration AASHTO Liaison Mr. Keith Platte Engineering Program Manager AASHTO Other Liaison Mr. Scott Windley Accessibility Specialist US Access Board TRB Liaison Dr. Richard Pain Transportation Safety Coordinator Transportation Research Board NCHRP Staff Mr. Christopher J. Hedges Senior Program Officer, NCHRP Transportation Research Board

4 NCHRP Project Team Project Team Theodore Petritsch, P.E., PTOE Project Manager Sprinkle Consulting Dr. Darren Torbic Deputy Project Manager MRIGlobal Christopher Fellerhoff, MLA Project Planner and Designer Sprinkle Consulting Jessica M. Hutton, P.E. MRIGlobal Other Project Team Members Sprinkle Consulting, Inc. Bruce Landis, P.E., AICP – Principal-in- Charge Peyton McLeod MRIGlobal Douglas W. Harwood, P.E. Dale Basham Larry Thomas, Ph.D., JD Walter Kulash, P.E.

5 Project Tasks Task 1 – Stakeholder participation Task 2 – Critical Review of NCHRP 20-7/Task 263 Report Task 3 – Revised Preliminary Outline Task 4 – Detailed outline for the Update to the AASHTO Ped Guide Task 5 – Interim Report Task 6 – Develop the Draft Guide Task 7 - Final Report Review by AASHTO Task 8 Final Revisions and Submittal

6 Project Task 1 – Stakeholder Participation Feedback was solicited from two groups – 1.The NCHRP Panel 2.A larger stakeholder group

7 Project Task 2 – Critical Review of NCHRP 20-7/Task 263 Report NCHRP Task Update of the AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities. a review of literature relevant to an update of the guide the results of survey about users’ experience of using the first edition of the Pedestrian Guide a detailed list of proposed changes and draft outline of an updated guide

8 Project Task 3 – Revised Preliminary Outline Reviewed proposed Task 263 outline Recommended revisions Increased levels of outline for more specificity

9 Included some specifics Criteria Sidebars Ideas for images Annotated with references Project Task 4 - Detailed outline for the Update to the AASHTO Ped Guide

10 Summarized consultation with stakeholders Critical Review of NCHRP Task 263 Report and supplemental literature review, and Appendix A Revised outline Annotated Topic Outline Project Task 5 – Interim Report

11 Project Task 6 – Preliminary Draft Guide Two iterations More than 250 pages More than 1,500 comments addressed

12 Project Task 67 – Final Report Executive Summary Draft AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operations of Pedestrian Facilities Presentation

13 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Scope 1.3 Relationship to Other Documents 1.4 State and Local Policies

14 Chapter 2 Planning 2.1 Background 2.2 Continuum of Walkability 2.3 Walk Decision Factors 2.4 Characteristics of Pedestrians 2.5 Documenting Pedestrian Activity 2.6 Traffic Principles for Pedestrians 2.7 Pedestrian Crash Types and Countermeasures

15 Chapter 2 Planning (con.) 2.8 Pedestrians in Transportation Plans 2.9 Technical Analysis Tools 2.10 Retrofitting Sidewalks on Existing Streets 2.11 Rural Considerations 2.12 Speed Management on Arterial and Neighborhood Streets 2.13 Preferential Pedestrian Facilities 2.14 Pedestrians in Land Use and Development

16 Chapter 3 Design 3.1 Elements of Design 3.2 Types of Pedestrian Accommodations 3.3 Paved Shoulder Design 3.4 Shoulder Design 3.5 Shared Use Paths 3.6 Pedestrian Facilities in Developed Sites

17 Chapter 3 Design 3.7 Crossing Design 3.8 Traffic Control for Pedestrians 3.9 Transit Access 3.10 Grade Separated Crossings 3.11 Maintenance of Traffic Plans

18 Chapter 4. Pedestrian Facility Operations, Maintenance, and Construction 4.1 Maintenance of Pedestrian Facilities 4.2 Maintaining Operations of Pedestrian Facilities 4.3 Maintenance of Pedestrian Traffic in Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) Zones

19 Glossary Many new terms added Definitions chosen or adapted from UVC MUTCD ADAAG PROWAG AASHTO Green Book AASHTO Bike Guide Other

20 NCHRP Update of the AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operations of Pedestrian Facilities