Managing Selected Transportation Assets: Signals, Lighting, Signs, Pavement Markings, Culverts, and Sidewalks (2007) / Chapter Skim
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107 OVERVIEW Sidewalks provide a safe, convenient way for pedestrians to move about on a path that is physically separated from vehicular traffic on roads and streets. Sidewalks allow easy access to homes, schools, work places, and shopping and recreational areas.
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assigned budget for sidewalks that would require a structured process; and (3) sidewalk expenditures are not large enough to be overly concerned about budgeting.
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0 20 40 60 80 100 Own Agency Private (Outsourced) Other Govít.
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and a Sidewalk Deficiency Rating, which is computed by weighting the major defective slabs by a value of 1, and the minor defective slabs by a value of 0.25. These ratings are used to determine which sidewalk sections will be considered for capital repairs.
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111 agencies on planning, strategies, and techniques for sidewalks. The Department of the Environment, Transport, and the Regions document offers general guidance across a number of topics, including the benefits of walking, need for planning in both transportation and land use, the value of partnerships and candidate partners, practical actions that can be taken in land use and transportation to provide attractive and practical sidewalks, and methods to influence people's attitudes toward walking and involving the public through local organizations, businesses, and social groups to feel "ownership" for the sidewalk program (Encouraging Walking .
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analysis of these factors versus pedestrians' ratings of sidewalk courses: • Presence of a sidewalk, • Lateral separation of the sidewalk from motor vehicle traffic, • Barriers and buffers between pedestrians and motor vehicle traffic, • Motor vehicle volume and composition, • Effects of motor vehicle traffic speed, and • Driveway frequency and access volume. All of these factors, with the exception of driveway frequency and access volume, were found to be statistically significant.
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113 No Response No Info. Collected Other Customer Complaints Customer Surveys Non-Destructive Testing Physical Measurement Photo, Video Visual Inspection 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percentage of Responses FIGURE 92 Data collection methods for sidewalk condition and performance.
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114 Component and Material No. of Responses Minimum (Years)
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115 between broad-based systems and simple programs. The agencies that reported using a sidewalk management system or a maintenance management or transportation infrastructure asset management system that includes sidewalks are listed here.
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Simple Program(s) for this Asset Broad-Based MMS, TIAMS, etc.
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117 transferred from the mobile computer to the office computer and the management system database. • At the office, the inspection data are entered into the central sidewalk database.
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