Driveway / Curb Cut
INT-DCC-09 Situational / Discouraged Intersections & Crossings
Driveway / Curb Cut
A break in the curb and sidewalk giving a driveway or parking entrance access to the street, a minor junction rather than a full intersection.
Typical at: Undeveloped Rural Suburban Compact Urban
Core is an edge case.
#Design notes
Driveways and curb cuts drop off at Core density, not because access needs disappear there, but because dense Core contexts typically consolidate individual curb cuts into shared alley or rear access instead, reducing how often each individual property needs its own street-facing break in the curb.1
#Related patterns
Curb Cut / Driveway Apron (ELM-CCA-04) (the Element-scale counterpart to this junction-level pattern), Alley (LOC-ALY-02) (the Local Typology whose purpose is moving this kind of access to the rear)
#References
- Legal / regulatory U.S. Access Board, Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG), Section R302, "Pedestrian Access Routes."(opens in new tab)
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