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 Verkehrsingenieurwesen, Verkehrsplanung
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien

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