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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453217103321

Autore

Kulash Walter M

Titolo

Residential streets [[electronic resource] /] / Walter M. Kulash, principal author ;  ULI-Urban Land Institute ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Urban Land Institute, : NAHB

[New York, N.Y.], : ASCE, : ITE, c2001

ISBN

0-87420-255-8

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 p.)

Disciplina

625.7

Soggetti

Streets - Design and construction

Roads

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; History; Early Standard Setting; More Recent Efforts; Philosophy of Residential Street Design; Public and Private Streets; Applications; CHAPTER 2: Design Considerations; Functional Classification System for Streets; Types of Traffic Flow; Emergency Vehicle Access; Traffic Volumes and Residential Dwelling Units; Neighborhood Access to Adjacent Street System; Street Layout and Platting; Principles of Street Layout; Number of Lanes; Pavement Widths; Right-of-Way Widths; On-Street Parking; Off-Street Parking

AlleysDesign Speed; Gradients; Vertical and Horizontal Alignments; Dead-End Turnarounds; Shared Driveways; Streetscape; Pedestrian and Bicycle Access; Curb Cut Ramps; Curbs; Traffic Calming; CHAPTER 3: Intersections; Geometry of Intersections; Intersection Angle; Traffic Circles and Roundabouts; Intersection Spacing; Curb Radius; Vertical Alignment on Intersection Approaches; Corner Sight Distance; CHAPTER 4: Streets as Drainage System; Closed and Open Systems; Street and Curb Cross-Sections; Runoff Amounts; Criteria for the Spread of Water across Streets; Flow across Intersections

Ponding at Low Points in GradeMaximum Velocity in Gutters; Block and Lot Grading; Cut-and-Fill Embankment Slopes; CHAPTER 5: Pavement; Subgrade; Base; Wearing Surface; Life-Cycle Cost Analysis; References;



Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>Taking a practical approach to planning and designing streets in master-planned, new urbanist, and other subdivisions, this book offers a fresh look at street widths, geometrics, traffic flow, intersections, drainage systems, and pavement.</DIV>