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Foundations

• How to read a pattern
• How to read a retrofit strategy
• How the Transportation Ecosystem Fits Together
• Pattern IDs
• Density Tiers
• Street Types & Classifications
• Scale Hierarchy
• Design Speed & Speed Limits

Find Your Pattern

• Find Your Pattern

Make It Happen

• How Road Changes Actually Happen
• When Jurisdiction Doesn't Follow the Pattern
• Legal & Planning Mechanisms
• Funding & Financing Mechanisms
• Decision & Evaluation Processes
• Construction Methodology & The Build Spectrum

Patterns

• Pattern Index

Network

• Grid NET-GRD-01
• Dendritic / Hierarchical NET-DEN-02
• Radial NET-RAD-03
• Organic / Irregular NET-ORG-04

Corridors

• Density Step-Down / Step-Up CDR-DSD-01
• Rural-to-Town Gateway CDR-RTG-02
• Character Transect CDR-CTR-03
• Rail-With-Trail Corridor CDR-RWT-04
• Road-Adjacent Greenway CDR-RAG-05
• Transit Alignment Corridor CDR-TAC-06

Local Streets

• Default (Standard Local Street) LOC-DEF-01
• Alley LOC-ALY-02
• Cul-de-sac LOC-CDS-03
• Frontage / Service Road LOC-FSR-04
• Main Street LOC-MST-05
• Living Street / Woonerf LOC-LSW-06
• Yield Street LOC-YLD-07
• Festival Street LOC-FES-08
• Pedestrian-only Street / Plaza LOC-PED-09
• Local Transit LOC-LTR-10
• Bicycle Boulevard / Neighborhood Greenway LOC-BBG-12
• School Street LOC-SCH-11
• Shared-Use Path LOC-SUP-13

Collectors

• Default (Standard Collector) COL-DEF-01
• Rural Collector / Farm-to-Market Road COL-FTM-02
• Industrial Collector COL-IND-03
• Bike Highway / Greenway COL-BHG-04
• Collector Transit COL-CTR-05
• Multi-Use Trail / Greenway COL-MUT-06
• Downtown Thoroughfare COL-DTH-07

Arterials

• Default (No Parking, No Direct Access) ART-DEF-01
• Boulevard ART-BLV-02
• Scenic Highway / Byway ART-SCB-03
• Arterial Transit (BRT/LRT) ART-ATR-04
• Stroad (Commercial Arterial) ART-STD-05
• One-Way Street ART-OWS-06
• Parkway ART-PKY-07

Freeways

• Default (Freeway) FRE-DEF-01
• Expressway FRE-EXP-02
• Beltway / Ring Road FRE-BLT-03
• Freeway-scale Transit (Commuter/Heavy Rail) FRE-FTR-04

Intersections and Crossings

• Roundabout (Single/Multi-Lane) INT-RAB-01
• Turbo-Roundabout INT-TRB-02
• Signal INT-SIG-03
• All-Way Stop INT-AWS-04
• Stop / Yield (Two-Way) INT-SYD-05
• Continuous Sidewalk / Raised Junction INT-CSJ-06
• Uncontrolled INT-UNC-07
• Midblock Pedestrian Crossing INT-MPC-08
• Driveway / Curb Cut INT-DCC-09
• Grade-Separated Interchange INT-GSI-10
• Protected Intersection INT-PRI-11
• Median U-Turn (MUT) INT-MUT-12
• Restricted Crossing U-Turn (RCUT) INT-RCU-13
• Displaced Left-Turn (DLT) INT-DLT-14
• Railroad Grade Crossing INT-RGC-15

Facilities

• Transit Shelter FAC-TSH-01
• Transit Platform FAC-TPL-02
• Transit Hub / Station FAC-THS-03
• Surface Parking Lot FAC-SPL-04
• Parking Garage / Structure FAC-PGS-05
• Park-and-Ride FAC-PNR-06
• Plaza / Parklet FAC-PLZ-07
• Bike Parking Corral FAC-BPC-08
• Bike-Share Station FAC-BSS-09
• Secure Bike Parking / Bike Station FAC-SBP-10

Elements

• Curb ELM-CRB-01
• Curb Extension ELM-CBE-02
• Curb Ramp ELM-CRP-03
• Curb Cut / Driveway Apron ELM-CCA-04
• Wheel Stop ELM-WHS-05
• Vertical Speed Control ELM-VSC-06
• Rumble Strip ELM-RMS-07
• Crosswalk ELM-CRW-08
• Pedestrian Safety Island / Refuge ELM-PSI-09
• Detectable Warning Surface ELM-DWS-10
• Regulatory Sign ELM-RGS-11
• Warning Sign ELM-WNS-12
• Guide Sign ELM-GDS-13
• Traffic Signal ELM-TFS-14
• Pedestrian Signal ELM-PDS-15
• Bicycle Signal ELM-BCS-16
• RRFB ELM-RRF-17
• Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon ELM-PHB-18
• Bioswale ELM-BIO-19
• Flow-Through Planter ELM-FTP-20
• Pervious Strip ELM-PVS-21
• Pervious Pavement ELM-PVP-22
• Traffic Barrier ELM-TRB-23
• Crash Cushion / End Terminal ELM-CCT-24
• Bollard ELM-BOL-25
• Street Light ELM-STL-26
• Pedestrian-scale Lighting ELM-PSL-27
• Street Tree ELM-STT-28
• Tree Pit / Tree Trench ELM-TPT-29
• Landscaped Buffer Strip ELM-LBS-30
• Bench ELM-BCH-31
• Trash / Recycling Receptacle ELM-TRR-32
• Drinking Fountain ELM-DRF-33
• Conventional Bike Lane ELM-CBL-34
• Buffered Bike Lane ELM-BBL-35
• Advisory Bike Lane ELM-ABL-36
• Protected Bike Lane / Cycle Track ELM-PBL-37
• Green Pavement / Conflict Marking ELM-GPM-38
• Sharrow (Avoid) ELM-SHR-39
• Bike Parking / Rack ELM-BPR-40
• Transit Boarding Island ELM-TBI-41
• Bike Box ELM-BKB-42
• Two-Stage Turn Queue Box ELM-TSQ-43
• Modal Filter / Point Closure ELM-MFP-44
• Median Island ELM-MDI-45
• Neighborhood Traffic Circle / Mini-Roundabout ELM-NTC-46

Retrofits

• Retrofit Strategy Index

Network

• Modal filtering / Low Traffic Neighborhood retrofit RFT-NET-01
• Superblock retrofit RFT-NET-02
• Barrier-crossing / network reconnection retrofit RFT-NET-03

Corridor

• Four-to-three lane road diet RFT-CDR-01
• Five-plus lane reallocation RFT-CDR-02
• Lane diet RFT-CDR-03
• One-way to two-way conversion RFT-CDR-04
• Parking-lane reallocation RFT-CDR-05
• Transit priority lane retrofit RFT-CDR-06
• Protected bike lane retrofit via lane-width reallocation RFT-CDR-07
• Protected bike lane retrofit via lane removal RFT-CDR-08
• Protected bike lane retrofit via parking reduction RFT-CDR-09
• Depaving / pavement-to-gravel conversion RFT-CDR-10
• 2+1 road with cable median barrier RFT-CDR-11

Intersection

• Signal-to-roundabout conversion RFT-INT-01
• Median U-Turn (MUT) retrofit RFT-INT-02
• Restricted Crossing U-Turn (RCUT) retrofit RFT-INT-03
• Displaced Left-Turn (DLT) retrofit RFT-INT-04

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