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Collector Transit

COL-CTR-05
Recommended Collector

Collector Transit

A Collector street carrying a fixed transit route, where transit priority is layered onto the base pedestrian and bicycle priority rather than replacing it.

Typical at: Suburban Compact Urban Core

Rural is an edge case. Undeveloped is an unlikely pairing.

#Speed and modal hierarchy

Design speed & speed limit

SPEEDLIMIT30
Follows the Collector default: 30 mph standard. Transit priority in the modal hierarchy below does not change the vehicle speed cap.

See Design Speed & Speed Limits.

Modal hierarchy

Transit Pedestrian Bicycle Vehicle Freight
An override of the Collector base order justified by the Typology's stated purpose, a designated transit route.

#Design notes

This entry is the Collector-scale sibling of Local Transit and Arterial Transit, following the same override logic across all three Functional Classifications.1

Local Transit (LOC-LTR-10) and Arterial Transit (BRT/LRT) (ART-ATR-04) (this pattern's siblings across Functional Classification, per this page's own Design notes)

#Getting there: Retrofit path options

Parking-lane reallocation (RFT-CDR-05), Transit priority lane retrofit (RFT-CDR-06)

#References

  1. Precedent-based NACTO, Transit Street Design Guide (2016).(opens in new tab)

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