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Productive and Liveable Cities

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ISBN-10: 9058091988

ISBN-13: 9789058091987

Edition: 2001

Authors: M. de Langen, R. Tembele

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List price: $245.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 1/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 434
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Forewords
Acknowledgment
Executive summary
Introduction
Background
About the guidelines
Summary of findings and recommendations
Is the urban mobility issue important?
Findings of the SSATP pilot projects
Urban mobility conditions and problems in Africa
Planning Methods
Characteristics of urban pedestrian and bicycle traffic
Pedestrian and bicycle traffic requirements
Sufficient road reserves
Urban road networks
Function, Shape and Use of roads
Road categories and hierarchy
Pedestrian and bicycle traffic: four requirements
Significant engineering aspects during the planning stage
Action plan for pedestrians and cyclists
Route determination and route inspection
Selection of interventions
Urban Mobility Plan for pedestrian and bicycle traffic
SWOT of the urban transport system
Overview of existing land use and road infrastructure networks
Macro-analysis of the present mobility: transport system performance and costs
Micro-analysis of the present mobility: understanding changes in travel behavior
Plan of User Needs
Urban transport policy scenarios
Choice of mobility policies
Design of the future network of pedestrian routes and bicycle routes
Choice of design standards
Monitoring
Monitoring as an aid to improve existing roads
Monitoring as an aid to long-term transport policy preparation
Forecasting and monitoring
Appraisal
Improvements on Existing Roads
Improving existing roads
A menu of interventions
Selection of an intervention
Menu 1. Pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure
Menu 2. Traffic calming on existing roads
Examples of interventions
Unobstructed walkway
Walkway improvement along a road corridor
Pedestrian route network development
Walkway pavements
NMT bridge
NMT-only route
Raised zebra crossing
Painted zebra crossing without speed calming
Speed hump
Pedestrian crossing island
Road shoulder separation MT-NMT
Intersection corner realignment
Median
Bus bays with raised pedestrian crossings
Road narrowing with bicycle slips
Bicycle lane along collector road
Bicycle track along urban corridor
Mixed NMT track along an urban corridor
Urban open space redevelopment to city park
Bicycle route network planning and design
Learning from errors
Aggregate effects of traffic calming
Design Concepts and Recommended Urban Road Designs
Design concepts
Functional classification of urban roads
Mixing or separated MT and NMT?
Access roads
Collector roads
Urban corridors
Design philosophy for urban pedestrian and bicycle traffic
Recommended design for urban roads, with emphasis on the NMT elements
Detailed design aspects
Basic design dimensions of NMT and MT
Pedestrian walkway capacity
Bicycle track and bicycle lane capacity
Carts
Section design details, walkways, bicycle lanes/tracks
Intersection design details of walkways and bicycle lanes and tracks
NMT-MT crossings
Separations between NMT and MT lanes
Construction aspects
User Participation
User Participation in municipal programs to improve mobility
User Participation in municipal programs to improve mobility. Why?
Different forms of user involvement and participation
User Groups: identification of problems
General User Platform: articulation and prioritization of user needs
Local User Platforms: planning and implementation of interventions
Awareness raising and publicity
User Association: management and maintenance of public infrastructure
Issues in making user participation effective
About methods of setting up a user platform
About focus group discussions methods
Examples of User Participation
Why focus on urban mobility?
The role of professionals and of users
Examples of user participation in NMT mobility improvement
Some lessons learned
Safe pedestrian crossing and traffic calming along Temeke Street
NMT-only river crossing to create a good, direct NMT route
Development of a public city park in a low-income area
Plan Preparation Protocols
Route inspection protocol
Route problem analysis
Route inspection form
Addressing NMT-route problems through interventions in Use, Shape and Function
Intervention report protocol
Stakeholder analysis outline
SWOT analysis outline
Participatory workshop methods
Design workshop outline
Work planning check-list for detailed design of NMT interventions
Household travel survey
Traffic counts
Speed measurement
Traffic conflict and accident observation
Unit costs of transport
Other observations
Benefit-cost calculations
Focus group discussion protocol