Pedestrian Facilities: Engineering and Geometric Design

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7277-4069-4
Verlag: ICE Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

Pedestrian facilities: Engineering and geometric design is the first text to deal exclusively with the engineering and numerical design aspects of pedestrian facilities, such as footways, uncontrolled and controlled crossings along roads and at junctions, roundabouts and driveways where pedestrian and vehicular traffic interact.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schoon, John

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Verkehrsingenieurwesen, Verkehrsplanung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Codes of conduct – the Highway Code

Driver and vehicle characteristics

Pedestrian characteristics

Disabled pedestrians’ characteristics

General road layout practice

Crossings at unsignalled locations

Signalled pedestrian crossings – geometric design

Facilities for inclusive mobility: design guidelines

Pedestrian facilities at roundabouts

Pedestrian facilities at mini-roundabouts

Design for combined pedestrian and other non-motorised users

Audits for non-motorised user (NMU) facilities

Pedestrian flow and capacity

Simulation and computerised models of pedestrian facilities

Examples and case studies