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REVIEW OF ITE RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
Prepared for Institute of Transportation Engineers
By Texas A&M Research Foundation
Texas Transportation Institute College Station, Texas
February 17, 2003
Table of Contents
Purpose........................................................................................................................................... 3
Scope of Work................................................................................................................................ 4
Literature Review.......................................................................................................................... 5
User Survey Results .................................................................................................................... 18
Conclusions .................................................................................................................................. 21
Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 21
APPENDIX A—Survey Results................................................................................................. 25
APPENDIX B—Cross-Tabulation of Survey Results.............................................................. 40
Review of ITE RPs 2 12/12/03
Purpose For decades the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) has published Recommended Practice reports (RPs) providing guidance to transportation planning and engineering professionals in selected areas of practice. In most cases, volunteer committees have developed the RPs, which have gone through extensive review processes in accordance with ITE procedures. According to ITE Coordinating Council procedures, existing RPs are to be reviewed at least every five years for relevance and currency, after which they are retained as is, updated, and/or expanded, replaced, or withdrawn. Committees also occasionally develop new RPs on new subjects as needs are identified. Most existing ITE RPs were developed or last updated during the 1980s and early 1990s. The leadership of the ITE Coordinating Council recently determined that a comprehensive review of all RPs was needed. The Coordinating Council appointed a Recommended Practice Task Force to review a number of issues related to RPs. From the recommendations presented by the ITE Recommended Practice Task Force in November 2002, ITE decided to undertake a comprehensive approach to developing and maintaining a set of RPs. The first step was to complete a comprehensive assessment of the existing RPs. This report summarizes the findings of a comprehensive review of existing ITE RPs. The purpose of this project was to review all the existing RPs and a few selected published proposed RPs. The project team evaluated individual RPs and identified an appropriate action(s) for each RP. Each RP is intended to reflect a need for and recommendations consistent with the following:
• • • • •
• • • •
There is widespread need for each specific RP. There is risk of inconsistent application of practices without an RP. There is consensus on a “best” recommended practice. ITE is the most appropriate organization to develop and maintain a specific RP. ITE has the resources available to develop, update, and/or maintain the RP.
If the findings of the above questions are affirmative, then ITE should periodically review an existing RP for content. Conclusions should be drawn whether each RP is:
adequate and should be retained as is, needs to be updated to current practice, should be replaced by another document (published by ITE or another organization), or should be withdrawn.
The current ITE RPs cover a broad scope of topics ranging from street design to traffic operations to transportation planning. This project assessed 21 RPs and two published proposed RPs:
1. Airport Roadway Guide Signs (1991); 2. Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities (1995);
Review of ITE RPs 3 12/12/03
3. Freeway Entrance Ramp Displays (1976); 4. Guidelines for Determining Where the 55-mph Speed Limit Could Be Raised (1987); 5. Guidelines for Driveway Location and Design (1987); 6. Guidelines for High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes (1986); 7. Guidelines for Parking Facility Location and Design (1994); 8. Guidelines for Prohibitions of Turns on Red (1986); 9. Guidelines for Residential Subdivision Street Design (1993); 10. Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps (1997); 11. Guidelines for Urban Major Street Design (1984); 12. Management and Operations of ITS (1999); 13. Planning Urban Arterial and Freeway Systems (1997); 14. Preemption of Traffic Signals at or near Active Warning Railroad Grade Crossings
(1997); 15. Proper Location of Bus Stops (1985); 16. School Trip Safety Program (1984); 17. Smart Growth Transportation Guidelines, A Proposed Recommended Practice (2003); 18. Speed Zone Guidelines, A Proposed Recommended Practice (1993); 19. Traditional Neighborhood Development Street Design Guidelines (1999); 20. Traffic Access and Impact Studies for Site Development (1991); 21. Traffic and Parking Control for Snow Emergencies (1983); 22. Trip Generation Handbook (2001); and 23. Truck Escape Ramps (1989).
Scope of Work The scope of work included two main tasks. Task 1. Researchers performed a literature search on the subject matter for each of the ITE RPs. The literature review focused on documentation of guidelines, research projects, and handbooks or manuals produced by standard-setting organizations or associations similar to ITE. A tabular summary for each RP organized the findings of the literature review. Listed in the table are relevant sources pertaining to a given ITE RP and an assessment whether each new source:
• • • • • •
could replace the existing ITE RP, could update the coverage of the existing ITE RP, could expand the coverage of the existing ITE RP, conflicts with the existing ITE RP, has been formally adopted by the publishing/sponsoring organization, and contains general information about the topic.
Task 2. This task developed a survey of ITE members. The survey was a joint effort between TTI and ITE staff. The purpose of the survey was to determine the level of familiarity and use of RPs and Equipment Standards (ES) among members of ITE specialty councils. The survey was also to determine which ITE RPs are being used in the profession, identify suggested changes to the RPs, and identify other source material that could be used in place of current RPs. The
Review of ITE RPs 4 12/12/03
survey was also to help identify RPs most in need of update and any additional subjects that might need an RP. ITE prepared the survey for website use employing software regularly used by ITE for such purposes. Due to software limitations on how many questions could be asked, the survey only included RPs [and the publication that is a compilation of Equipment and Material Standards (EMSs)] with average sales of more than 50 copies annually. The request to participate in the survey was sent electronically to approximately 2,000 members using a database developed by ITE staff. The survey was available for response from July 15, 2003, until August 11, 2003. After the survey closed, TTI summarized and prepared cross-tabulations of the survey responses and interpreted those findings to help determine what the plan of action should be for each ITE RP. Literature Review TTI performed an extensive literature search during the literature review process. The type of sources sought were guidelines or completed research documents covering the same subject areas as the ITE RPs. The documents sought were to contain guidelines that have a national application, not just regional or local. The guidelines were to be sponsored by a national agency or professional organization, or be nationally recognized as the current/best practice. In addition, sources were to be as current as or more current than the existing ITE RP. The literature search used a variety of different search techniques to locate sources. The most widely used technique was to search the literature contents of professional societies and government agencies with areas of interests common to the ITE RPs. The professional organizations, government agencies, and institutions that were examined included:
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), • American Planning Association (APA), • American Public Transit Association (APTA), • American Public Works Association (APWA), • American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), • American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), • Association of American Railroads (AAR), • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), • International City/County Management Association (ICMA), • International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA), • International Road Federation (IRF), • ITS America (ITSA), • National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), • National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), • National Parking Association (NPA), • Public Transport Information (PTI),
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• Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), • Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), • Transportation Research Board (TRB), and • Urban Land Institute (ULI).
A TRIS Online search and literature acquired previously in similar studies found other sources. TTI created a list of sources for each RP reviewed. The research team evaluated each source and determined whether that particular source related sufficiently to the RP subject. Table 1, “List of Recommended Practices Summary Table,” includes those sources that researchers determined provide guidance on the RP subject. Within the table is listed the source title, sponsoring organization, and publishing date. Table 1 also shows if the researchers determined that the documents have the potential to replace the existing ITE RP.
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Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g C
omm
ittee
Des
crip
tion
/ Titl
e C
omm
ents
A
BC
DE
F
Airp
ort R
oadw
ay
Gui
de S
igns
IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
5D-1
(Cha
ir: J
im C
. Le
e)
Pres
ents
pro
pose
d gu
idel
ines
for t
he tr
affic
eng
inee
r an
d th
e ai
rpor
t pla
nner
. Add
ress
es p
rope
r sig
ning
in
airp
ort d
esig
n an
d co
nseq
uenc
es o
f airp
ort l
ayou
t on
sign
pro
gram
s. I
nclu
des
sign
mes
sage
s, d
esig
n an
d gr
aphi
cs, a
nd s
ign
loca
tion
for s
ingl
e- a
nd m
ultip
le-
term
inal
airp
orts
.
2001
TEN
C re
view
pan
el re
com
men
ded:
•
ITE
shou
ld m
ake
revi
sion
s (if
no
revi
sion
s th
en w
ithdr
awn)
. •
Lack
of s
tand
ardi
zatio
n in
airp
ort s
igni
ng
is a
pro
blem
. •
Prob
lem
sta
tem
ent w
as s
ubm
itted
to
NC
HR
P Sy
nthe
sis
prog
ram
(NC
HR
P di
d no
t sel
ect).
•
Cur
rent
RP
is o
ut o
f dat
e; a
irpor
t roa
dway
si
gnin
g is
a m
ajor
issu
e th
at n
eeds
gu
idan
ce.
“Par
t I: G
uide
lines
for t
he S
elec
tions
of S
uppl
emen
tal
Gui
de S
igns
for T
raffi
c G
ener
ator
s Ad
jace
nt to
Fr
eew
ays;
Par
t II:
Gui
delin
es fo
r Airp
ort G
uide
Si
gnin
g; a
nd P
art I
II: L
ist o
f Con
trol C
ities
for U
se in
G
uide
Sig
ns o
n In
ters
tate
Hig
hway
s,”
AASH
TO,
2001
.
No
#1
RP-
014A
19
91
52 p
p.
Sour
ces
Gui
delin
es fo
r Airp
ort S
igni
ng a
nd G
raph
ics,
Am
eric
an A
ssoc
iatio
n of
Airp
ort E
xecu
tives
, 200
1.
(Pur
chas
e fro
m A
pple
Des
ign,
Inc.
)
N
o
Des
ign
and
Safe
ty
of P
edes
trian
Fa
cilit
ies
ITE
Tech
nica
l C
ounc
il C
omm
ittee
5A
-5 (C
hair:
Cha
rles
Zege
er)
Dis
cuss
es g
uide
lines
for t
he d
esig
n an
d sa
fety
of
pede
stria
n fa
cilit
ies
to p
rovi
de s
afe
and
effic
ient
op
portu
nitie
s fo
r peo
ple
to w
alk
near
stre
ets
and
high
way
s.
2001
TEN
C re
com
men
ded
that
no
actio
n be
ta
ken
due
to d
ate
of R
P.
• • •
RP
coul
d be
enh
ance
d to
incl
ude
mor
e in
form
atio
n on
des
ign
and
ADA
guid
elin
es fo
r the
righ
t-of-w
ay.
Ther
e ar
e m
any
subs
eque
nt re
sour
ces
that
cou
ld b
e us
ed to
upd
ate
this
RP
on
spec
ific
pede
stria
n fa
cilit
y su
bjec
ts.
This
doc
umen
t is
as g
ood
a co
mpr
ehen
sive
doc
umen
t as
exis
ts
(pro
babl
y w
ithou
t pee
r rev
iew
).
Plan
ning
and
Impl
emen
ting
Pede
stria
n Fa
cilit
ies
in
Subu
rban
and
Dev
elop
ing
Rur
al A
reas
, NC
HR
P R
epor
t No.
294
A, 1
987.
Dat
ed, p
re-A
DA
No
“Alte
rnat
ive
Trea
tmen
ts fo
r At-G
rade
Ped
estri
an
Cro
ssin
gs:
An IT
E In
form
atio
nal R
epor
t,” N
. Lal
ani,
ITE,
200
1.
N
o
Dra
ft AA
SHTO
Gui
de to
the
Dev
elop
men
t of
Pede
stria
n Fa
cilit
ies,
AAS
HTO
, 200
3.
Und
er d
evel
opm
ent
No
Ac
cess
ible
Rig
hts
of W
ay: A
Des
ign
Gui
de,
Arch
itect
ural
and
Tra
nspo
rtatio
n Ba
rrier
s C
ompl
ianc
e Bo
ard
& FH
WA,
199
9.
N
o
#2
RP-
026
1995
65
pp
Sour
ces
Tran
spor
tatio
n Pl
anni
ng H
andb
ook,
ITE,
199
9.
N
o
Pede
stria
n Fa
cilit
ies
Use
rs G
uide
—Pr
ovid
ing
Safe
ty
and
Mob
ility,
FH
WA,
FH
WA-
RD
-01-
02.
N
o
Review of ITE RPs 7 12/12/03
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 8 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
Des
igni
ng S
idew
alks
and
Tra
ils fo
r Acc
ess—
Part
I of
II: R
evie
w o
f Exi
stin
g G
uide
lines
and
Pra
ctic
es,
FHW
A, 1
999.
N
o
Des
igni
ng S
idew
alks
and
Tra
ils fo
r Acc
ess—
Part
II of
II:
Rev
iew
of E
xist
ing
Gui
delin
es a
nd P
ract
ices
, FH
WA,
199
9.
N
o
Pede
stria
n Fa
cilit
ies
Gui
debo
ok—
Inco
rpor
atin
g Pe
dest
rians
into
Was
hing
ton’
s Tr
ansp
orta
tion
Syst
em, W
ashi
ngto
n D
epar
tmen
t of T
rans
porta
tion
(DO
T), 1
997.
No
Ore
gon’
s Bi
cycl
e an
d Pe
dest
rian
Prog
ram
, Ore
gon
DO
T, 2
003.
No
Cre
atin
g W
alka
ble
Com
mun
ities
—A
Gui
de fo
r Loc
al
Gov
ernm
ents
, Mid
-Am
eric
a R
egio
nal C
ounc
il, 1
998.
No
Free
way
Ent
ranc
e R
amp
Dis
play
s IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
4Z-A
(Cha
ir: D
onal
d E.
Orn
e)
Prov
ides
a re
com
men
ded
prac
tice
for f
reew
ay
entra
nce
ram
p si
gnal
dis
play
s, s
igns
, pav
emen
t m
arki
ngs,
and
cha
nnel
izat
ion.
Dis
cuss
es d
etec
tors
an
d co
ntro
l stra
tegi
es.
• • •
RP
is o
ut o
f dat
e an
d no
t com
plia
nt w
ith
curre
nt M
UTC
D (S
ectio
n 4H
-2).
RP
need
s to
be
upda
ted
or w
ithdr
awn.
R
P do
es c
onso
lidat
e al
l fre
eway
ram
p si
gnal
gui
danc
e in
one
pla
ce.
Free
way
Man
agem
ent H
andb
ook,
FH
WA,
FH
WA-
SA-9
7-06
4, 1
997.
No
M
anua
l of U
nifo
rm T
raffi
c C
ontro
l Dev
ices
, 200
3.
N
o
Traf
fic C
ontro
l Dev
ices
Han
dboo
k, IT
E, 2
002.
No
“D
esig
ning
Fre
eway
On-
Ram
ps fo
r Met
erin
g,” R
epor
t 21
21-S
, N.A
. Cha
udha
ry a
nd C
.J. M
esse
r, TT
I, 20
01.
N
o
#3
RP-
007
1976
10
pp.
Sour
ces
Vario
us s
tate
des
ign
man
uals
and
gui
delin
es
Varie
ty o
f inf
orm
atio
n an
d de
tail
can
be
gain
ed fr
om th
ese
docu
men
ts to
upd
ate
RP.
Ye
s
Gui
delin
es fo
r D
eter
min
ing
Whe
re
the
55-m
ph S
peed
Li
mit
Cou
ld B
e R
aise
d Ta
sk F
orce
(cha
ir:
Jim
Plin
e)
Rec
omm
ends
gui
delin
es fo
r gov
ernm
enta
l ju
risdi
ctio
ns in
sel
ectin
g se
gmen
ts o
f int
erst
ate
high
way
whe
re th
e 55
-mph
lim
it co
uld
be ra
ised
w
ithou
t adv
erse
ly a
ffect
ing
high
way
saf
ety.
2001
TEN
C re
view
pan
el re
com
men
ded
that
th
is R
P be
with
draw
n.
• R
P co
vers
an
outd
ated
issu
e; is
sue
coul
d be
cha
nged
to w
here
spe
ed li
mits
sho
uld
be lo
wer
ed.
• •
• •
Ther
e is
no
rece
nt u
pdat
ing
mat
eria
l for
cu
rrent
sub
ject
. If
reta
ined
in s
ome
form
(fre
eway
/rura
l hi
ghw
ay s
peed
lim
it po
licy)
, inc
lude
: •
acci
dent
sta
tistic
s ve
rsus
spe
ed o
r de
sign
cha
ract
eris
tics,
cr
ash
caus
e fa
ctor
s, a
nd
upda
ted
crite
ria fo
r cha
ngin
g sp
eed
limits
.
#4
RP-
019
1987
12
pp.
Sour
ces
N
/A
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 9 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
Gui
delin
es fo
r D
rivew
ay L
ocat
ion
and
Des
ign
ITE
Tech
nica
l C
ounc
il C
omm
ittee
5B
-130
IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
5B-1
3 (C
hair:
Pau
l C
. Box
)
Esta
blis
hes
guid
elin
es fo
r loc
atio
n an
d de
sign
of
driv
eway
s th
at p
rovi
de a
cces
s fro
m p
ublic
stre
ets
and
high
way
s to
dev
elop
men
ts o
n ab
uttin
g pr
oper
ty.
Incl
udes
cla
ssifi
catio
ns a
nd d
efin
ition
s, d
esig
n co
nsid
erat
ions
, tra
ffic
volu
mes
, des
ign
elem
ents
, and
re
com
men
ded
guid
elin
es.
TEN
C fo
rmed
a n
ew c
omm
ittee
cha
ired
by
Jim
Gat
tis to
dev
elop
an
Info
rmat
iona
l R
epor
t (IR
) on
driv
eway
loca
tion
(TEN
C-1
02-
01).
Ant
icip
ated
com
plet
ion
date
is 2
005.
Ji
m w
ill co
ordi
nate
this
effo
rt w
ith th
e TR
B Ac
cess
Man
agem
ent M
anua
l. • •
•
•
New
IR o
n dr
ivew
ay d
esig
n is
und
erw
ay;
it is
lim
ited
to d
esig
n of
driv
eway
s. N
o at
tem
pt is
mad
e to
sum
mar
ize
the
larg
e is
sue
of a
cces
s m
anag
emen
t. N
ew in
form
atio
n is
ava
ilabl
e to
upd
ate
RP
with
• TR
B Ac
cess
Man
agem
ent M
anua
l an
d st
ate
DO
T ac
cess
man
agem
ent
man
uals
and
gui
des.
Ac
cess
Man
agem
ent H
andb
ook
is n
ot a
s de
taile
d in
des
ign/
layo
ut c
onte
nt a
s cu
rrent
RP.
Acce
ss M
anag
emen
t Man
ual,
TRB,
200
3.
Very
com
preh
ensi
ve
No
Ac
cess
Man
agem
ent G
uide
lines
for A
ctiv
ity C
ente
rs,
NC
HR
P R
epor
t 348
, 199
2.
N
o
Driv
eway
and
Stre
et In
ters
ectio
n Sp
acin
g, T
RB,
19
96.
N
o
Impa
cts
of A
cces
s M
anag
emen
t Tec
hniq
ues,
N
CH
RP
Rep
ort 4
20, 1
999.
In
clud
es c
ase
stud
ies
No
#5
RP-
006B
19
87
23 p
p.
Sour
ces
Stat
e D
OT
acce
ss m
anag
emen
t man
uals
and
gui
des
for F
lorid
a, N
ew J
erse
y, C
olor
ado,
etc
. Sp
ecifi
c m
anua
ls n
ot re
view
ed in
det
ail
No
G
uide
lines
for H
igh-
Occ
upan
cy V
ehic
le
(HO
V) L
anes
IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
6A-1
6 (C
hair:
Eu
gene
M. W
ilson
)
Pres
ents
gui
delin
es fo
r use
by
trans
porta
tion
plan
ners
and
eng
inee
rs c
onsi
derin
g im
plem
enta
tion
of e
xclu
sive
lane
s fo
r hig
h-oc
cupa
ncy
vehi
cles
(H
OV)
. In
clud
es b
oth
gene
ral g
uide
lines
for H
OV
lane
s an
d sp
ecifi
c gu
idel
ines
for e
xclu
sive
lane
s on
co
ntro
lled
acce
ss fa
cilit
ies
with
sha
red
trave
l way
s,
on c
ity s
treet
s, a
nd fo
r aut
horiz
ed v
ehic
les
only
.
• • • • •
Cur
rent
RP
is s
uper
cede
d by
man
y su
bseq
uent
doc
umen
ts.
AASH
TO is
cur
rent
ly u
pdat
ing
thei
r HO
V gu
idel
ines
(199
2).
NC
HR
P m
anua
l (19
98) s
uper
cede
s R
P.
TTI h
as p
rodu
ced
ABC
’s o
f HO
Vs (1
999)
. Th
ere
is n
o ne
ed to
upd
ate
or m
aint
ain
RP.
Sour
ces
HO
V Sy
stem
s M
anua
l, N
CH
RP
Rep
ort 4
13 a
nd 4
14,
1998
.
No
“Gui
de fo
r the
Des
ign
of H
OV
Faci
litie
s,” A
ASH
TO,
1992
(bei
ng u
pdat
ed).
Pu
blic
atio
n ex
pect
ed in
200
4 Ye
s
#6
RP-
017
1986
7
pp.
Fu
hs, C
harle
s A.
Fuh
s, H
igh-
Occ
upan
cy V
ehic
le
faci
litie
s –
Cur
rent
pla
nnin
g, O
pera
tion,
and
Des
ign
Prac
tices
, Par
sons
Brin
kerh
off,
Oct
ober
, 199
0.
Com
preh
ensi
ve; s
uper
cede
d by
sub
sequ
ent
publ
icat
ions
N
o
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 10 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
Gui
delin
es fo
r Pa
rkin
g Fa
cilit
y Lo
catio
n an
d D
esig
n IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
5D-8
(C
hair:
Pau
l C. B
ox)
Esse
ntia
lly a
n up
date
of t
he “L
ocat
ion
and
Des
ign”
ch
apte
r of P
arki
ng P
rinci
ples
, pub
lishe
d in
197
1 by
th
e H
ighw
ay R
esea
rch
Boar
d of
the
Nat
iona
l R
esea
rch
Cou
ncil.
A m
ajor
add
ition
has
bee
n m
ade
on g
uide
lines
for h
andi
capp
ed p
arki
ng n
eeds
. A
seco
nd a
dditi
on re
late
s to
met
hods
of s
epar
atin
g la
rge
(full-
size
) and
sm
all-s
ize
cars
.
Park
ing
Cou
ncil
is re
spon
sibl
e fo
r thi
s R
P.
• •
• •
NPA
doc
umen
ts p
rovi
de s
imila
r in
form
atio
n bu
t not
in s
ame
type
of
pres
enta
tion.
NPA
aut
hor r
ecom
men
ds
that
ITE
cont
inue
to h
ave
this
RP
beca
use
audi
ence
is d
iffer
ent.
ITE
Park
ing
Cou
ncil
to in
itiat
e up
date
in
early
200
4, in
clud
ing:
•
revi
sed
park
ing
stal
l dim
ensi
ons
base
d on
fiel
d ob
serv
atio
ns o
f m
aneu
vers
with
cur
rent
veh
icle
s,
diffe
rent
trea
tmen
t of f
ull
size
/com
pact
spa
ce n
eeds
, and
se
vera
l oth
er to
pics
. G
uide
for t
he D
esig
n of
Par
k-an
d-R
ide
Faci
litie
s,
AASH
TO, 1
992
(bei
ng u
pdat
ed).
Und
er re
view
; ado
ptio
n ex
pect
ed in
200
4 N
o
The
Dim
ensi
ons
of P
arki
ng, 4
th E
ditio
n, N
PA, U
LI,
2000
.
Yes
G
uide
lines
for P
arki
ng G
eom
etric
s, N
PA, 2
002.
C
ould
be
appe
ndix
info
rmat
ion
for R
P N
o
Park
ing
101:
A P
arki
ng P
rimer
, IPI
.
No
#7
RP-
022A
19
94
32 p
p.
Sour
ces
Park
ing
Stru
ctur
es—
The
Thre
e Pr
imar
y As
pect
s of
Fu
nctio
nal D
esig
n, B
ritis
h Pa
rkin
g As
soci
atio
n, 1
980.
G
ood
park
ing
stru
ctur
e sk
etch
es a
nd o
ther
de
tail;
dat
ed m
ater
ials
N
o
Gui
delin
es fo
r Pr
ohib
ition
of T
urns
on
Red
IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
4A-1
7 (C
hair:
W
illiam
F. S
avag
e)
Prov
ides
a s
et o
f uni
form
gui
delin
es fo
r use
by
agen
cies
in d
eter
min
ing
thos
e in
ters
ectio
n ap
proa
ches
whe
re ri
ght t
urn
on re
d sh
ould
be
proh
ibite
d. G
uide
lines
are
qua
litat
ive
and
allo
w fo
r ap
plic
atio
n of
eng
inee
ring
judg
men
t.
2001
TEN
C re
view
pan
el (T
ENC
-101
-06)
re
com
men
ded:
•
RP
need
s re
visi
ons.
•
Com
mitt
ee h
as a
ppro
ved
draf
t. •
In N
ovem
ber 2
003,
Rev
iew
Pan
el
revi
ewed
RP.
A c
ompl
eted
and
fina
l do
cum
ent w
as p
rovi
ded
to IT
E H
eadq
uarte
rs.
The
draf
t doc
umen
t will
now
go
out f
or p
ublic
com
men
t.
#8
RP-
018
1986
2
pp.
Sour
ces
Non
e ye
t fou
nd
#9
R
P-01
1C
1993
18
pp.
Gui
delin
es fo
r R
esid
entia
l Su
bdiv
isio
n St
reet
D
esig
n IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
5A-2
5A
(Cha
ir: P
aul B
ox)
Dev
elop
ed th
roug
h a
revi
ew o
f exi
stin
g lo
cal c
riter
ia
and
natio
nal r
ecom
men
datio
ns, c
urre
nt p
ract
ice,
and
ex
perie
nce,
thes
e gu
idel
ines
are
inte
nded
for
adop
tion
as s
peci
fic e
lem
ents
with
in lo
cal s
ubdi
visi
on
ordi
nanc
es.
The
guid
elin
es a
re d
irect
ed a
t “c
onve
ntio
nal”
resi
dent
ial s
ubdi
visi
ons.
Par
t 1,
“Tra
ffic
Con
side
ratio
ns in
Sub
divi
sion
Pla
nnin
g an
d La
yout
,” ci
tes
the
fact
ors
to b
e co
nsid
ered
in
subd
ivis
ion
syst
ems
plan
ning
, whi
le P
art 2
, “D
esig
n El
emen
ts fo
r Sub
divi
sion
Stre
ets,
” est
ablis
hes
the
indi
vidu
al d
esig
n el
emen
ts o
f the
stre
et a
nd
pede
stria
n sy
stem
s.
RP
coul
d be
influ
ence
d by
pub
licat
ion
of
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
d St
reet
Des
ign
Gui
delin
es.
• •
RP
is in
tend
ed to
be
supe
rced
ed b
y N
eigh
borh
ood
Stre
et D
esig
n G
uide
lines
(2
003)
upo
n its
app
rova
l. Th
ere
is n
o ne
ed to
upd
ate
RP
as a
re
sult.
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 11 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
R
esid
entia
l Stre
ets,
3rd
Edi
tion,
ULI
, NAH
B, A
SCE,
IT
E, 2
001.
No
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
d St
reet
Des
ign
Gui
delin
es —
An
Ore
gon
Gui
de fo
r Red
ucin
g St
reet
Wid
ths,
N
eigh
borh
ood
Stre
ets
Proj
ect S
take
hold
ers,
ITE,
20
00.
No
Sour
ces
Cre
atin
g Li
vabl
e St
reet
s—St
reet
Des
ign
Gui
delin
es,
Met
ro (O
rego
n), 2
002.
C
once
ptua
l; de
tails
lim
ited,
prim
arily
cro
ss-
sect
ions
N
o
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
d St
reet
Des
ign
Gui
delin
es, P
ropo
sed
ITE
RP,
200
3.
Inte
nded
to b
e re
plac
emen
t for
RP-
011C
Ye
s
Stre
et D
esig
n G
uide
lines
for H
ealth
y N
eigh
borh
oods
, D
an B
urde
n et
al.,
Loc
al G
over
nmen
t Com
mis
sion
C
ente
r for
Liv
able
Com
mun
ities
, 199
9.
N
o
Gui
delin
es fo
r the
D
esig
n an
d Ap
plic
atio
n of
Spe
ed
Hum
ps,
ITE
Tech
nica
l C
ounc
il Ta
sk F
orce
(C
hair:
Mar
shal
l El
izer
, Jr.)
Spee
d hu
mps
are
in w
ides
prea
d us
e th
roug
hout
the
Unt
ied
Stat
es, E
urop
e, A
ustra
lia, a
nd o
ther
cou
ntrie
s.
The
safe
ty o
f spe
ed h
umps
and
thei
r abi
lity
to
perfo
rm th
eir i
nten
ded
use
is d
irect
ly c
ontin
gent
upo
n th
eir p
rope
r des
ign
and
appl
icat
ion.
Thi
s IT
E pr
opos
ed re
com
men
ded
prac
tice
will
assi
st in
es
tabl
ishi
ng lo
cally
ado
pted
gui
delin
es fo
r the
des
ign
and
appl
icat
ion
of th
ose
geom
etric
des
ign
feat
ures
.
TEN
C n
oted
that
this
RP
need
s up
datin
g.
•
• • •
Man
y al
tern
ativ
e pr
actic
es a
re in
use
: •
hum
p pr
ofile
and
si
gnin
g m
arki
ng (i
nclu
ding
MU
TCD
). C
urre
nt R
P sh
ould
be
revi
ewed
for u
pdat
e in
ligh
t of c
urre
nt p
ract
ice.
R
P ne
eds
to b
e up
date
d to
refle
ct th
e cu
rrent
MU
TCD
sta
ndar
ds.
“Tow
ards
a N
orth
Am
eric
an G
eom
etric
Des
ign
Stan
dard
for S
peed
Hum
ps,”
P. W
eber
and
J.
Braa
ksm
a, IT
E Jo
urna
l, Vo
l. 70
, No.
1, J
an. 2
000,
pp
. 30-
34.
No
Traf
fic C
alm
ing
Stat
e of
the
Prac
tice,
ITE,
199
9.
N
o
#10
RP-
023A
19
97
39 p
p.
Sour
ces
Gui
de to
Tra
ffic
Cal
min
g, C
anad
ian
Inst
itute
of
Tran
spor
tatio
n En
gine
ers
and
Tran
spor
tatio
n As
soci
atio
n of
Can
ada,
Dec
embe
r 199
8.
Ye
s
Gui
delin
es fo
r Urb
an
Maj
or S
treet
Des
ign
ITE
Tech
nica
l C
ounc
il C
omm
ittee
5-
5 (C
hair:
Pau
l C.
Box)
Pres
ents
gui
delin
es fo
r geo
met
ric d
esig
n el
emen
ts
that
affe
ct fu
nctio
nal o
pera
tion,
as
oppo
sed
to
stru
ctur
al fe
atur
es, o
f urb
an m
ajor
stre
ets.
Int
ende
d to
pro
vide
a fo
unda
tion
or s
tarti
ng p
oint
for r
atio
nal
engi
neer
ing
desi
gn d
ecis
ions
.
TEN
C re
view
pan
el (w
hich
incl
uded
Pau
l Bo
x) re
com
men
ded
with
draw
ing
the
RP
(the
Gre
en B
ooks
wer
e pu
blis
hed
sinc
e th
e R
P w
as d
evel
oped
and
con
tain
add
ition
al
mat
eria
l tha
t dis
cuss
es u
rban
stre
et d
esig
n;
ther
efor
e, p
anel
con
clud
ed th
is R
P is
no
long
er n
eede
d).
• R
P w
ill be
sup
erce
ded
by U
rban
Maj
or
Stre
et D
esig
n H
andb
ook
now
und
erw
ay
by IT
E (E
lizer
, edi
tor).
A Po
licy
of G
eom
etric
Des
ign
of H
ighw
ays
and
Stre
ets,
AAS
HTO
, 200
1.
Ye
s
Mul
tilan
e D
esig
n Al
tern
ativ
es fo
r Im
prov
ing
Subu
rban
H
ighw
ays,
NC
HR
P R
epor
t 282
, 198
6.
N
o
#11
RP-
010A
19
84
81 p
p.
Sour
ces
Inte
rsec
tion
Cha
nnel
izat
ion
Des
ign
Gui
de, N
CH
RP
Rep
ort 2
79, 1
985.
No
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE RPs 12
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g C
omm
ittee
Des
crip
tion
/ Titl
e C
omm
ents
A B
C
D
E F
Flor
ida
Rou
ndab
out G
uide
, 2nd
Edi
tion,
Flo
rida
DO
T,
1998
.
No
R
ound
abou
ts: A
n In
form
atio
nal G
uide
, FH
WA,
FH
WA-
RD
-00-
067,
200
0.
N
o
Man
agem
ent a
nd
Ope
ratio
ns o
f ITS
Gen
eral
ove
rvie
w a
bout
ITS
and
man
agem
ent a
nd
oper
atio
ns.
Goo
d ge
nera
l mat
eria
l tha
t sho
uld
be
appl
icab
le e
ven
with
tech
nolo
gy c
hang
es.
• • • • • • •
A lo
t of r
ecen
t mat
eria
l was
pub
lishe
d by
Jo
int P
rogr
am O
ffice
of F
HW
A.
ITS
is b
eing
mai
nstre
amed
: O
&M o
f ITS
co
mpo
nent
s ar
e be
ing
inte
grat
ed in
to
over
all O
&M o
f roa
dway
sys
tem
. Th
is R
P is
a g
ood
basi
c do
cum
ent b
ut n
ot
tech
nica
lly s
peci
fic.
RP
may
be
bette
r cha
ract
eriz
ed a
s an
ITS
O&M
Prim
er, r
athe
r tha
n R
P.
Ref
eren
ces
coul
d be
upd
ated
, but
co
nten
ts o
f RP
are
curre
nt a
nd v
alid
be
caus
e th
ey a
re v
ery
gene
ral.
An u
pdat
e is
not
nee
ded.
IT
E co
uld
expa
nd th
e re
fere
nce
list
(FH
WA
ITS
web
site
).
Free
way
Man
agem
ent H
andb
ook,
FH
WA,
FH
WA-
SA-9
7-06
4, 1
997.
No
Su
cces
sful
App
roac
hes
to D
eplo
ying
a M
etro
polit
an
Inte
lligen
t Tra
nspo
rtatio
n Sy
stem
, FH
WA,
FH
WA-
JPO
-99-
032,
199
9.
http
://w
ww
.itsd
ocs.
fhw
a.do
t.gov
/jpod
ocs/
rept
s_te
/6J
N01
Yes
#12
RP-
030A
19
99
Sour
ces
Reg
iona
l ITS
Arc
hite
ctur
e G
uida
nce:
Dev
elop
ing,
U
sing
and
Mai
ntai
ning
an
ITS
Arch
itect
ure
for Y
our
Reg
ion,
FH
WA,
FH
WA-
OP-
02-0
24, 2
001.
ht
tp://
ww
w.it
sdoc
s.fh
wa.
dot.g
ov/jp
odoc
s/re
pts_
te/1
3598
No
Plan
ning
Urb
an
Arte
rial a
nd F
reew
ay
Syst
ems
(Cha
ir: S
teve
C
olm
an)
Pres
ents
gen
eral
gui
delin
es a
nd c
riter
ia fo
r pla
nnin
g ur
ban
arte
rial a
nd fr
eew
ay s
yste
ms.
Int
ende
d to
pr
ovid
e an
ove
rvie
w o
f the
pla
nnin
g pr
oces
s fo
r suc
h sy
stem
s an
d th
e re
latio
nshi
ps to
pub
lic tr
ansp
orta
tion
and
land
use
pla
nnin
g.
• • •
RP
was
goi
ng to
be
upda
ted;
dec
isio
n is
aw
aitin
g co
mpr
ehen
sive
revi
ew o
f ITE
R
Ps.
One
thor
ough
TPC
revi
ew
sugg
este
d se
vera
l enh
ance
men
ts a
nd
som
e ex
pans
ion
of th
e sc
ope.
R
P sh
ould
refle
ct c
urre
nt a
ppro
ach
of
incr
easi
ng u
se o
f exi
stin
g fa
cilit
ies
and
publ
ic a
war
enes
s as
wel
l as
limita
tions
on
con
tinua
lly e
xpan
ding
road
way
s.
Ther
e is
not
muc
h in
the
way
of
com
para
ble
guid
elin
es o
ther
than
at
MPO
leve
l.
#13
RP-
015B
19
97
54 p
p.
Sour
ces
No
rece
nt s
ourc
es fo
und
othe
r tha
n lo
cal a
genc
y pu
blic
atio
ns
12/12/03
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 13 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
Pree
mpt
ion
of
Traf
fic S
igna
ls a
t or
near
Act
ive
War
ning
R
ailro
ad G
rade
C
ross
ings
IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
4M-3
5 (C
hair:
W
illard
Alro
th)
This
pro
pose
d R
P su
pple
men
ts th
e re
quire
men
ts s
et
forth
in th
e M
UTC
D a
nd o
ther
refe
renc
e bo
oks
rega
rdin
g th
e us
e of
pre
empt
ion
of tr
affic
sig
nals
at
or n
ear a
ctiv
e w
arni
ng g
rade
cro
ssin
gs.
In J
uly
2003
, Jam
es C
heek
s di
strib
uted
the
upda
te o
f the
RP
for c
omm
ittee
revi
ew p
rior
to p
ublic
atio
n fo
r use
r com
men
ts (T
om
Lanc
aste
r, C
omm
ittee
Cha
ir, T
ENC
-99-
06).
• R
evis
ion
is c
urre
ntly
und
er re
view
by
the
Stan
dard
s R
evie
w P
anel
.
Impl
emen
tatio
n R
epor
t of t
he U
SDO
T G
rade
C
ross
ing
Safe
ty T
ask
Forc
e, U
SDO
T/FH
WA,
FH
WA-
SA09
7-08
5, 1
997.
N
o
Sour
ces
“Gui
danc
e on
Tra
ffic
Con
trol D
evic
es a
t Hig
hway
R
ail G
rade
Cro
ssin
gs,”
FHW
A, 2
002.
No
#14
RP-
025A
19
97
32 p
p.
Tr
affic
Sig
nal O
pera
tions
nea
r Hig
hway
-Rai
l Gra
de
Cro
ssin
gs, N
CH
RP
Synt
hesi
s 27
1, 1
999.
No
Pr
oper
Loc
atio
n of
Bu
s St
ops
Des
crib
es c
onsi
dera
tions
and
cha
ract
eris
tics
need
ed
to d
ecid
e pr
oper
loca
tion
and
desi
gn o
f a b
us s
top.
In
Aug
ust 2
001,
TEN
C re
view
pan
el (T
ENC
-99
-06)
reco
mm
ende
d th
at th
is R
P be
w
ithdr
awn
due
to th
e pu
blic
atio
n of
TC
RP
19.
• • •
Mor
e re
cent
info
rmat
ion
and
refe
renc
es
are
nece
ssar
y.
RP
is s
uper
cede
d by
TC
RP
19.
If IT
E fe
lt st
rong
ly a
bout
hav
ing
such
an
RP,
ITE
coul
d de
velo
p bu
s st
op d
esig
n ch
eckl
ists
from
TC
RP
19 a
nd p
ut th
em
into
an
RP
and
add
good
cas
e st
udy
exam
ples
.
Sour
ces
Gui
delin
es fo
r Pla
nnin
g, D
esig
ning
, and
Ope
ratin
g Bu
s-R
elat
ed S
treet
Impr
ovem
ents
, TTI
, 199
0.
N
o
#15
RP-
003
1967
/198
54
pp.
TC
RP
Rep
ort 1
9—G
uide
lines
for t
he L
ocat
ion
and
Des
ign
of B
us S
tops
, TC
RP-
A10,
199
6.
Ye
s
Scho
ol T
rip S
afet
y Pr
ogra
m
ITE
Tech
nica
l C
ounc
il C
omm
ittee
4A
-1 (C
hair:
A.
Ree
d G
ibby
)
Sets
out
gui
delin
es fo
r im
prov
ing
the
safe
ty o
f you
ng
stud
ent p
edes
trian
s. I
nten
ded
for u
se b
y ed
ucat
iona
l, en
gine
erin
g, e
nfor
cem
ent,
pare
nt/te
ache
r, an
d ot
her o
rgan
izat
ions
in a
loca
lly
plan
ned,
coo
rdin
ated
sch
ool t
rans
porta
tion
safe
ty
prog
ram
.
• •
RP
is p
roba
bly
acce
ptab
le in
its
curre
nt
form
. Lo
ts o
f rec
ent i
nfor
mat
ion
has
been
pu
blis
hed
on th
e su
bjec
t, m
ostly
for
outre
ach
and
educ
atio
nal p
urpo
ses.
Safe
Rou
tes
to S
choo
l, N
atio
nal H
ighw
ay T
raffi
c Sa
fety
Adm
inis
tratio
n, 2
002.
No
Pe
dest
rian
Safe
ty T
oolk
it—U
sers
Man
ual,
Nat
iona
l H
ighw
ay T
raffi
c Sa
fety
Adm
inis
tratio
n, 1
999.
No
#16
RP-
001A
19
84
27 p
p.
Sour
ces
Traf
fic S
afet
y Pl
anni
ng o
n Sc
hool
Site
s, M
ichi
gan
Sect
ion
of IT
E, 1
978.
D
ated
mat
eria
ls
No
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 14 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
Traf
fic C
ontro
l Dev
ices
Han
dboo
k, IT
E, 2
001
N
o
Scho
ol T
raffi
c Sa
fety
, Illin
ois
Dep
artm
ent o
f Tr
ansp
orta
tion,
not
dat
ed.
Dat
ed m
ater
ials
N
o
How
to D
evel
op a
Sch
ool T
rave
l Pla
n, S
ustra
ns,
2000
.
No
Sm
art G
row
th
Tran
spor
tatio
n G
uide
lines
, A
Prop
osed
R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tice
Prov
ides
bac
kgro
und
info
rmat
ion
on la
nd u
se–
trans
porta
tion
rela
tions
hips
whi
ch a
re fu
ndam
enta
l to
trans
porta
tion
aspe
cts
of S
mar
t Gro
wth
. Em
phas
is is
ap
prox
imat
ely
60 (m
ostly
) tra
nspo
rtatio
n pl
anni
ng
guid
elin
es o
n ho
w to
sha
pe th
e tra
nspo
rtatio
n sy
stem
an
d lin
k it
to la
nd u
se/d
evel
opm
ent a
nd it
s pl
anni
ng
to a
chie
ve in
tend
ed re
sults
.
• •
Cur
rent
sta
tus
is a
pro
pose
d R
P. It
is in
pu
blic
revi
ew p
erio
d.
RP
is to
be
revi
sed
upon
rece
ipt o
f co
mm
ents
in fa
ll of
200
3.
#17
RP-
032
2003
Sour
ces
Non
e ye
t fou
nd.
Sp
eed
Zone
G
uide
lines
, A
Proposed
R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tice
ITE
Tech
nica
l C
ounc
il C
omm
ittee
4M
-25
(Cha
ir:
Willi
am T
aylo
r)
Addr
esse
s w
hat c
riter
ia s
houl
d be
use
d to
est
ablis
h th
e ne
ed a
nd p
oten
tial e
ffect
iven
ess
of s
peed
zon
es,
and
the
appr
opria
te s
peed
lim
it if
a sp
eed
zone
is
esta
blis
hed.
In A
pril
1999
, com
mitt
ee w
as in
form
ed th
at
revi
ew p
anel
did
not
app
rove
pro
pose
d R
P an
d en
cour
aged
wor
king
with
revi
ew p
anel
m
embe
rs to
reso
lve
issu
es.
In A
ugus
t 200
0, c
omm
ittee
’s R
P ef
fort
was
st
oppe
d du
e to
(1) r
efus
al to
mak
e ch
ange
s as
sug
gest
ed b
y re
view
pan
el a
nd (2
) TEN
C
exec
utiv
e co
mm
ittee
exp
ress
ed p
refe
renc
e fo
r an
info
rmat
iona
l rep
ort r
athe
r tha
n a
reco
mm
ende
d pr
actic
e.
• • • • • • •
This
is n
ot a
n R
P an
d w
as n
ever
ap
prov
ed.
Con
sens
us o
n w
hat R
P sh
ould
be
was
di
fficu
lt to
ach
ieve
with
in c
omm
ittee
that
pr
epar
ed th
e ex
istin
g pr
opos
ed R
P.
ITE
coul
d su
rvey
its
mem
bers
to s
ee if
su
ch a
n R
P is
nec
essa
ry/d
esire
d.
SCO
RP
coul
d th
en m
ake
deci
sion
how
to
proc
eed.
Su
bsta
ntia
l res
earc
h do
ne o
n sp
eed
limits
(TR
B SR
254
). IT
E ha
s IR
on
spee
d zo
ning
. FH
WA
is d
evel
opin
g an
exp
ert s
yste
m
on s
peed
zon
es (N
CH
RP
dem
onst
ratio
n is
now
und
erw
ay).
USL
imits
v1.
0, a
n ex
pert
advi
sor s
yste
m d
esig
ned
to
assi
st p
ract
ition
ers
to d
eter
min
e ap
prop
riate
spe
ed
limits
thro
ugho
ut th
e U
nite
d St
ates
, ht
tp://
wip
1.et
echg
roup
.com
.au/
abou
t.asp
Yes
#18
RP-
024
1993
5
pp.
Sour
ces
Man
agin
g Sp
eed—
Rev
iew
of C
urre
nt P
ract
ice
for
Setti
ng a
nd E
nfor
cing
Spe
ed L
imits
, TR
B Sp
ecia
l R
epor
t 254
, 199
8.
N
o
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 15 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
Seve
ral s
tate
man
uals
(e.g
., C
altra
ns T
raffi
c M
anua
l,
Cha
pter
8, S
ectio
n 3:
“Sp
eed
Lim
its a
nd Z
ones
,,”
Cal
trans
, 199
6.) (
and
othe
r sim
ilar s
tate
DO
T m
anua
ls a
nd g
uide
s)
Po
ssi
bl e
Traf
fic E
ngin
eerin
g M
anua
l Vol
. 1, C
hapt
er 7
, Vi
croa
ds, 1
997.
D
iffer
ent a
ppro
ach
to s
peed
lim
it/zo
ne
setti
ng
No
Tr
affic
Eng
inee
ring
Han
dboo
k, 5
th E
ditio
n, C
hapt
er 8
, IT
E, 1
999.
G
ener
al o
verv
iew
N
o
Trad
ition
al
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
d D
evel
opm
ent S
treet
D
esig
n G
uide
lines
Con
tain
s a
good
des
crip
tion
of th
e co
ncep
ts a
nd
prin
cipl
es o
f neo
-trad
ition
al n
eigh
borh
ood
stre
et
desi
gn.
Prov
ides
gen
eral
bac
kgro
und
info
rmat
ion
but v
ery
limite
d sp
ecifi
cs o
n ge
omet
ric d
esig
n.
Inst
ead
reco
mm
ends
flex
ibilit
y an
d de
sign
in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith s
peci
fic c
ondi
tions
or p
rovi
des
exam
ples
.
RP
coul
d be
influ
ence
d by
pub
licat
ion
of
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
d St
reet
Des
ign
Gui
delin
es.
• • • •
This
RP
was
orig
inal
ly in
tend
ed to
be
supe
rced
ed b
y N
eigh
borh
ood
Stre
et
Des
ign
Gui
delin
es u
pon
it ap
prov
al.
That
do
cum
ent i
s m
ore
spec
ific.
If
ITE
desi
res
a sp
ecifi
c tra
ditio
nal
neig
hbor
hood
dev
elop
men
t (TN
D) g
uide
, cu
rrent
RP
need
s to
be
mad
e m
ore
spec
ific;
it is
cur
rent
ly m
ore
of a
n ap
proa
ch a
nd p
hilo
soph
y.
Ther
e ar
e m
any
diffe
rent
loca
l des
ign
man
uals
and
spe
cial
dis
trict
s w
ith d
esig
n st
anda
rds
that
refle
ct c
erta
in a
spec
ts o
f TN
D s
treet
des
ign.
Pe
ter S
wift
, Ric
k C
hellm
an, a
nd R
ick
Hal
l ar
e co
-aut
horin
g w
hat m
ay b
e ab
le to
se
rve
as a
n up
date
and
exp
ansi
on o
f thi
s m
ater
ial a
s a
new
urb
anis
m s
treet
des
ign
guid
e; it
may
be
publ
ishe
d by
or i
n as
soci
atio
n w
ith th
e C
ongr
ess
for t
he
New
Urb
anis
m.
Stre
et D
esig
n G
uide
lines
for H
ealth
y N
eigh
borh
oods
, D
an B
urde
n et
al.,
Loc
al G
over
nmen
t Com
mis
sion
C
ente
r for
Liv
able
Com
mun
ities
, 199
9.
N
o
Sour
ces
Cre
atin
g Li
vabl
e St
reet
s—St
reet
Des
ign
Gui
delin
es,
Met
ro (O
rego
n), 2
002.
No
#19
RP-
027A
19
99
N
eigh
borh
ood
Stre
et D
esig
n G
uide
lines
, Pro
pose
d IT
E R
P, 2
003.
Yes
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 16 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
Traf
fic A
cces
s an
d Im
pact
Stu
dies
for
Site
Dev
elop
men
t Ta
sk F
orce
on
Traf
fic
Acce
ss/Im
pact
St
udie
s (C
hair:
Bria
n Bo
chne
r)
This
repo
rt fro
m IT
E’s
Tran
spor
tatio
n Pl
anne
rs
Cou
ncil
desc
ribes
the
key
elem
ents
requ
ired
for
prep
arin
g an
d re
view
ing
acce
ss a
nd im
pact
stu
dies
fo
r new
and
exp
andi
ng la
nd d
evel
opm
ents
. It
is
inte
nded
to p
rovi
de g
uida
nce
and
enco
urag
e co
nsis
tenc
y in
pla
nnin
g si
te a
cces
s, o
n-si
te
circ
ulat
ion
and
park
ing
layo
uts,
and
off-
site
im
prov
emen
ts.
The
repo
rt w
ill pr
ove
usef
ul to
tra
ffic/
trans
porta
tion
engi
neer
s an
d pl
anne
rs, a
s w
ell
as p
ublic
age
ncy
revi
ewer
s in
volv
ed in
the
deve
lopm
ent a
ppro
val p
roce
ss.
RP
is c
urre
ntly
bei
ng p
lann
ed fo
r upd
ate.
C
o-ch
airs
of u
pdat
e co
mm
ittee
hav
e re
com
men
ded
scop
e ex
pans
ion.
Man
ual o
f Tra
nspo
rtatio
n En
gine
erin
g St
udie
s H
andb
ook,
Cha
pter
9, I
TE.
Prim
arily
a s
umm
ary
of c
urre
nt R
P N
o
Site
Impa
ct H
andb
ook,
Flo
rida
DO
T.
Very
det
aile
d; c
ould
be
basi
s fo
r upd
ated
ITE
RP
No
Ev
alua
ting
Traf
fic Im
pact
Stu
dies
—A
Rec
omm
ende
d Pr
actic
e fo
r Mic
higa
n C
omm
uniti
es,
Mic
higa
n D
OT,
19
94.
N
o
Tran
spor
tatio
n an
d La
nd D
evel
opm
ent,
2nd E
ditio
n,
ITE,
200
2.
Doe
s no
t upd
ate
curre
nt R
P bu
t cou
ld s
erve
as
a s
ubst
itute
Ye
s
#20
RP-
020B
19
91
52 p
p.
Sour
ces
Gui
delin
es fo
r Tra
ffic
Impa
ct A
sses
smen
t, In
stitu
tion
of H
ighw
ays
and
Tran
spor
tatio
n, 1
994.
No
Tr
affic
and
Par
king
C
ontro
l for
Sno
w
Emer
genc
ies
ITE
Tech
nica
l C
ounc
il C
omm
ittee
4A
-11
(Cha
ir:
Ric
hard
T. K
latt)
Serv
es a
s a
guid
e to
par
king
, tra
ffic
cont
rol,
and
enfo
rcem
ent m
easu
res
that
can
be
used
to d
eal
effe
ctiv
ely
with
veh
icul
ar tr
affic
con
stra
ints
dur
ing
snow
and
ice
rem
oval
ope
ratio
ns.
2001
TEN
C re
view
pan
el re
com
men
ded:
•
Rev
isio
ns s
houl
d be
mad
e.
• C
omm
ittee
was
form
ed to
revi
se R
P (c
haire
d by
Ric
k Kl
att,
TEN
C-1
01-0
5)
• • •
RP
is u
rban
orie
nted
. FH
WA
sour
ces
are
mor
e m
ater
ials
and
de
tect
ion
orie
nted
. C
ompl
etio
n is
exp
ecte
d la
te 2
004.
#21
RP-
012A
19
83
5 pp
Sour
ces
Non
e ye
t fou
nd
Tr
ip G
ener
atio
n H
andb
ook
This
RP
was
thou
ght b
y m
any
surv
ey re
spon
dent
s to
be
the
ITE
Trip
Gen
erat
ion
repo
rt.
• • • • •
Cha
pter
5 (p
ass-
by, d
iver
ted
link
trips
) sh
ould
be
upda
ted
(five
yea
rs o
ld) a
nd
trans
ferre
d to
ITE
Trip
Gen
erat
ion
repo
rt.
New
dat
a sh
ould
be
at H
Q.
Con
side
r mov
ing
the
data
par
t int
o ne
xt
editi
on o
f Trip
Gen
erat
ion
repo
rt so
up
datin
g of
this
RP
is n
ot n
eede
d as
fre
quen
tly.
The
othe
r cha
pter
s ha
ve n
o co
rresp
ondi
ng
sour
ces
else
whe
re.
Exce
pt fo
r Cha
pter
5, t
his
RP
is c
urre
nt.
#22
RP-
028A
20
01
150
pp.
Sour
ces
Non
e ye
t fou
nd
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
Tabl
e 1.
Lis
t of R
ecom
men
ded
Prac
tices
Sum
mar
y Ta
ble
Review of ITE R
Eval
uatio
n of
Alte
rnat
ives
Pu
bli-
catio
n
Title
and
(D
evel
opin
g D
escr
iptio
n / T
itle
Com
men
ts
A
B C
D
E
F
Ps 17 12/12/03
Com
mitt
ee
Truc
k Es
cape
R
amps
IT
E Te
chni
cal
Cou
ncil
Com
mitt
ee
5B-1
Incl
udes
a s
et o
f gui
delin
es to
be
cons
ider
ed in
the
deve
lopm
ent a
nd o
pera
tion
of tr
uck
esca
pe ra
mps
.
2001
TEN
C re
view
pan
el re
com
men
ded
that
th
is R
P be
with
draw
n. A
lso
reco
mm
ende
d th
at a
pro
blem
sta
tem
ent b
e su
bmitt
ed to
the
NC
HR
P Sy
nthe
sis
prog
ram
. Pr
oble
m
stat
emen
t was
writ
ten
and
subm
itted
; ho
wev
er, N
CH
RP
did
not s
elec
t pro
blem
st
atem
ent i
n 20
02.
• • •
NC
HR
P Sy
nthe
sis
178
supe
rced
es R
P.
NC
HR
P Sy
nthe
sis
178
shou
ld b
e up
date
d to
inco
rpor
ate
new
dev
elop
men
ts (I
TS).
Even
out
date
d N
CH
RP
repo
rt sh
ould
be
used
inst
ead
of IT
E R
P.
#23
RP-
021
1989
17
pp.
Sour
ces
Truc
k Es
cape
Ram
ps, N
CH
RP
Synt
hesi
s of
Hig
hway
Pr
actic
es 1
78, 1
992.
Pr
ovid
es m
uch
of th
e in
form
atio
n th
at c
ould
be
use
d to
upd
ate
or re
plac
e R
P Ye
s
A =
Cou
ld re
plac
e th
e IT
E R
P; B
= U
pdat
es th
e co
vera
ge o
f the
ITE
RP;
C =
Exp
ands
the
cove
rage
of t
he IT
E R
P; D
= C
onfli
cts
with
the
ITE
RP;
E
= Fo
rmal
ly a
dopt
ed b
y pu
blis
hing
/spo
nsor
ing
orga
niza
tion;
F =
Con
tain
s ge
nera
l inf
orm
atio
n.
For the majority of the RP topics, researchers found additional sources that would supplement the existing ITE RP but would not serve as a replacement. These sources contain general information, technical information, research findings, guidelines, and/or current practices covering the given RP topic but are not extensive enough to completely replace the RP. Information within the source documentation could be used in the update process of an RP or if expanded coverage is needed. Seven different RPs could be replaced by other existing documents. One of these RPs, Guidelines for Residential Subdivision Street Design, could be replaced with the new proposed RP, Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines. A second RP, Traditional Neighborhood Development Street Design Guidelines, is also a candidate to be replaced by the same proposed RP, but there has been a lack of consensus as to whether the newer document covers the subject area completely enough. Finally, a long-time proposed RP, Speed Zone Guidelines, could be superceded by a section in the Traffic Engineering Handbook, 5th Edition. Note that ITE never formally approved Speed Zone Guidelines after publication in 1993 as a proposed RP. Other documents that could replace the existing RPs are produced by AASHTO, NCHRP, and TCRP. Table 1 lists these documents. User Survey Results The survey went to approximately 2,000 members of ITE specialty councils. A total of 322 responded to the survey, with 318 complete responses. The RPs included in the survey were those with average annual sales of at least 50 copies sold annually since each publication’s release. Criteria included annual RP sales because of a limit on the number of responses the survey could have, and the team felt that there would not be many respondents regularly using RPs with low sales numbers. Fourteen RPs met the requirement of an average of 50 sales per year (see Appendix A for a list of RPs included). In addition, the ITE publication containing all EMSs was included in the survey. The main objectives of the survey were to find:
• • • • •
the utilization of each RP by the ITE membership; whether the ITE membership believes the RP should be updated; the subtopics within a specific RP that need to be removed, added, and/or updated; alternative sources that are currently being used in place of the ITE RPs; and additional RP topics that are not currently in existence.
The majority of the respondents do not have a familiarity with all RPs in existence. This is especially true of respondents with less than 10 years of work experience. Generally 60 to 75 percent of the respondents were either unfamiliar with or do not use each of the RPs. The Trip Generation Handbook was the one exception to this finding. Only three respondents answered that they did not have knowledge of the existence of the Trip Generation Handbook. The high percentage of unfamiliarity with specific ITE RPs is not surprising given the diversity of the RPs and common combinations of professional practice subdisciplines. For example, it is unlikely
Review of ITE RPs 18 12/12/03
that a person using the Trip Generation Handbook would also be likely to also use Truck Escape Ramps. Upon compiling the data from the survey, researchers found that there was no correlation between sales levels and responses from participants for the “need to update” an RP. Also, there was no correlation found between the age of the document and the “need to update” response from survey participants. The latter could be true because many of the more recent RPs focus on transportation topics where current practices have changed noticeably over the past few years due to technology. Researchers created cross-tabulations from the final survey results to help them reach conclusions about the responses. Selected cross-tabulations are included in the main body of text and Appendix B. The results show that respondents with more than 10 years of work experience have higher overall knowledge about or use the ITE RPs in the work environment (see Table 2). In addition, a higher percentage of respondents with more than 10 years of experience think that RPs should be updated than those with less experience (see Appendix B). Table 2. Utilization of RP by Years of Respondent Experience
Experience <10 years (94 responses) Experience >10 years (234 responses) Recommended Practice Not
Aware Don’t Use
Use Often
Other Pub
Not Aware
Don’t Use
Use Often
Other Pub
1.1 Trip Generation Handbook 0 24 68 2 3 44 174 2
1.2 Traditional Neighborhood Development 41 45 5 2 44 125 51 3
1.3 Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities 20 55 16 1 40 107 70 4
1.4 Traffic Access and Impact Studies 20 48 23 2 36 95 84 8
1.5 Smart GrowthTransportation Guidelines 43 47 2 2 99 104 17 2
1.6 Design of Speed Humps 41 38 12 3 52 108 58 5
1.7 Driveway Location and Design 47 33 9 4 72 81 58 11
1.8 Preemption of Traffic Signals at Railroad Crossings 49 29 15 0 91 91 37 4
1.9 Urban Major Street Design 37 38 9 9 65 85 52 19
1.10 Residential Subdivision Street Design 45 35 9 4 62 105 45 9
1.11 Management and Operations of ITS 44 46 1 2 96 92 29 3
1.12 Neighborhood Street Design 40 41 6 6 59 105 46 8
1.13 School Trip Safety Program 66 23 0 4 114 73 27 5
1.14 Parking Facility Location and Design 29 49 10 5 59 108 46 5
Review of ITE RPs 19 12/12/03
Excluding the “not applicable” (N/A) responses in the “Need to Update” question (#2), it was found that a baseline of about 30 percent of the participants felt that any given RP needed to be updated. That is, regardless of age or currency of an RP, about 30 percent or more of the respondents familiar with the RP stated that the RP should be updated. However, for all RPs except the Trip Generation Handbook the majority of the responses to the “Need to Update” question were N/A (no opinion or not familiar with document). The Trip Generation Handbook (67 percent) and Management and Operations of ITS (56 percent) were the only two RPs with a “Need to Update” response rate of over 50 percent (see Table 3). Over half of the comments suggesting updates to specific parts of RPs were associated with the Trip Generation Handbook. However, the content of the comments indicated that respondents were actually commenting on the Trip Generation report. The majority of the responses stated that the data within the handbook should be updated or expanded. While this applies to Chapter 5 of the handbook (pass-by trip data), the researchers feel that most respondents confused the handbook with the report. Comments on most other RPs were not conclusive about specific areas that need to be updated. A common general response from the survey participants was that each RP should be updated every five years to reflect current practices. Table 3. Percent of Respondents Suggesting Update
Recommended Practice No Update Needed
Suggest Update
Percent Update
2.1 Trip Generation Handbook (confused with Trip Generation report) 88 182 67%
2.2 Traditional Neighborhood Development 76 47 38%
2.3 Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities 92 51 36%
2.4 Traffic Access and Impact Studies 87 72 45%
2.5 Smart Growth Transportation Guidelines 65 27 29%
2.6 Design of Speed Humps 88 37 30%
2.7 Driveway Location and Design 69 44 39%
2.8 Preemption of Traffic Signals at Railroad Crossings 60 27 31%
2.9 Urban Major Street Design 54 41 43%
2.10 Residential Subdivision Street Design 50 47 48%
2.11 Management and Operation of ITS 36 46 56%
2.12 Neighborhood Street Design 51 38 43%
2.13 School Trip Safety Program 39 32 45%
2.14 Parking Facility Location and Design 52 48 48% Note: Includes only yes/no responses; major response N/A except for Trip Generation Handbook (actually Trip Generation Report). Sixty-one respondents (about 20 percent) suggested new topics for which ITE should develop RPs. There was no consensus among the respondents on these new topics. Only traffic signal phasing/programming (8) and parking studies (5) were suggested five or more times. From these responses researchers concluded that there is no clear demand for specific new topics for ITE RPs, at least from the surveyed sample of ITE members.
Review of ITE RPs 20 12/12/03
Conclusions Researchers derived the following conclusions from the review of existing RP documents, alternative sources, and the user survey. Table 4 shows some of these results by RP. • Most ITE RPs are each used or known to 25–40 percent of surveyed members. • Only 5 of the 21 existing RPs are less than five years old, and 12 are at least 15 years old;
most were developed or last updated during the 1980s. • One proposed RP is 10 years old and was not approved but is still available for sale. • Of the 21 existing RPs, nine could be replaced by parts or all of other existing documents that
are more current; the same is true for the never-approved proposed RP on speed zone guidelines.
• One additional potential replacement, the ITE Geometric Design Handbook, is in preparation and three to five other existing RPs are currently planned for update by specialty councils.
• Five additional RPs are outdated, but there is no known current or planned update activity. • Two RPs have been previously suggested by specialty councils for withdrawal, one of which
could be replaced by an existing, more current document. One additional RP is a candidate for withdrawal.
• Four RPs and proposed RPs appear to be current and do not need updates; these include three of the top six bestsellers among these reports.
• From the survey of ITE specialty council members, there was no consensus about additional RP topics that are needed
Recommendations In light of the findings, actions are recommended for each of the 23 existing and proposed RPs included in this evaluation. In general, the recommendations are based on RP content. Table 5 provides the recommendations that can be generalized in five action categories: • Update, revise, and/or expand existing RP (some RPs are currently under revision) • Complete new RP under development • Withdraw existing RP and refer to another existing source • Withdraw existing RP; need no longer exists • Retain existing RP as is Those recommended for update, revision, or expansion are sorted by level of professional interest based on sales based on information provided by ITE. The levels of professional interest based on sales as defined by ITE are: • Significant • Nominal • Marginal
Review of ITE RPs 21 12/12/03
Tabl
e 4.
RP
Stat
us S
umm
ary
RP #
Title
New Prop
osed
RP to
be C
omple
ted
Existin
g Rep
lacem
ent A
vaila
ble
Pendin
g Rep
lacem
ent in
Prepara
tion
RP unde
r Rev
ision
RP Planne
d for
Revisio
n
RP Outd
ated b
ut No A
ctivit
y
Withdra
wal Prev
iously
Rec
ommen
ded
Candid
ate fo
r With
drawal
Propos
ed R
P Nev
er App
roved
OK as Is
1Ai
rpor
t Roa
dway
Gui
de S
igns
xx
2D
esig
n an
d Sa
fety
of P
edes
trian
Fac
ilitie
sx
3Fr
eew
ay E
ntra
nce
Ram
p D
ispl
ays
xx
4G
uide
lines
for D
eter
min
ing
Whe
re th
e 55
-mph
Spe
ed L
imit
Cou
ld B
e R
aise
dx
5G
uide
lines
for D
rivew
ay L
ocat
ion
and
Des
ign
x6
Gui
delin
es fo
r Hig
h-O
ccup
ancy
Veh
icle
(HO
V) L
anes
x7
Gui
delin
es fo
r Par
king
Fac
ility
Loca
tion
and
Des
ign
xx
8G
uide
lines
for P
rohi
bitio
n of
Tur
ns o
n R
edx
9G
uide
lines
for R
esid
entia
l Sub
divi
sion
Stre
et D
esig
nx
x10
Gui
delin
es fo
r the
Des
ign
and
Appl
icat
ion
of S
peed
Hum
psx
?x
11G
uide
lines
for U
rban
Maj
or S
treet
Des
ign
x12
Man
agem
ent a
nd O
pera
tions
of I
TSx
x13
Plan
ning
Urb
an A
rteria
l and
Fre
eway
Sys
tem
s?
14Pr
eem
ptio
n of
Tra
ffic
Sign
als
at o
r nea
r Act
ive
War
ning
Rai
lroad
Gra
de C
ross
ings
xx
15Pr
oper
Loc
atio
n of
Bus
Sto
psx
x16
Scho
ol T
rip S
afet
y Pr
ogra
mx
17Sm
art G
row
th T
rans
porta
tion
Gui
delin
es (p
ropo
sed)
x
18Sp
eed
Zone
Gui
delin
es (p
ropo
sed)
xx
19Tr
aditi
onal
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
d D
evel
opm
ent S
treet
Des
ign
Gui
delin
esx
x20
Traf
fic A
cces
s an
d Im
pact
Stu
dies
for S
ite D
evel
opm
ent
xx
21Tr
affic
and
Par
king
Con
trol f
or S
now
Em
erge
ncie
sx
22Tr
ip G
ener
atio
n H
andb
ook
Dat
ax
23Tr
uck
Esca
pe R
amps
xx
Tabl
e 5.
Rec
omm
enda
tions
R
P N
o.
Title
R
ecom
men
datio
n R
etai
n A
s Is
12
M
anag
emen
t and
Ope
ratio
ns o
f ITS
R
etai
n as
is fo
r ITE
RP
16
Scho
ol T
rip S
afet
y Pr
ogra
ms
Ret
ain
as is
for I
TE R
P; c
onsi
der u
pdat
ing
to in
clud
e in
form
atio
n fro
m
curre
nt s
afe
rout
e to
sch
ool i
mpl
emen
tatio
n ac
tiviti
es.
22
Trip
Gen
erat
ion
Han
dboo
k R
etai
n as
is fo
r ITE
RP;
upd
ate
pass
-by
trip
data
now
in th
is re
port,
but
in
clud
e in
ITE
Trip
Gen
erat
ion
repo
rt so
this
RP
does
not
hav
e to
be
upda
ted
ever
y tim
e ne
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APPENDIX A—Survey Results Table A-1. Respondents’ Use and Familiarity with RPs and EMSs Regarding the following Recommended Practice (RP) or
Equipment or Material Standard (EMS), I 1 2 3 4
The top percentage indicates total respondent ratio; the bottom number represents actual number of respondents selecting the option.
Was not aware of this
publication.
Am aware of, but never use,
this publication.
Frequently use the publication as a reference.
Use another reference as
primary source instead.
1% 22% 76% 1% 1. Trip Generation Handbook 3 71 244 4 27% 54% 17% 2% 2. Traditional Neighborhood Development Street Design
Guidelines 88 172 56 5 19% 52% 27% 2% 3. Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities 61 164 87 6 18% 45% 33% 3% 4. Traffic Access and Impact Studies for Site Development 57 146 107 11 45% 47% 6% 1% 5. Smart Growth Transportation Guidelines 146 152 19 4 29% 46% 23% 2% 6. Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed
Humps, A Recommended Practice 94 147 73 8 38% 36% 21% 5% 7. Guidelines for Driveway Location and Design 120 116 68 16 44% 38% 17% 2% 8. Preemption of Traffic Signals at or near Railroad Grade
Crossings with Active Warning Devices 141 122 53 5 32% 39% 19% 9% 9. Guidelines for Urban Major Street Design 103 124 62 29 34% 44% 17% 4% 10. Guidelines for Residential Subdivision Street Design, A
Recommended Practice 109 140 55 14 45% 44% 9% 2% 11. Management and Operations of Intelligent
Transportation Systems 142 141 30 5 31% 47% 17% 5% 12. Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines 99 148 53 15 58% 31% 9% 3% 13. School Trip Safety Program 183 97 28 9 28% 51% 18% 3% 14. Guidelines for Parking Facility Location and Design 90 160 56 10 62% 27% 9% 2% 15. Traffic Signal Lamps 199 85 28 7 59% 27% 11% 2% 16. Vehicle Traffic Control Signal Heads 189 87 35 7 63% 25% 9% 3% 17. VTCSH Part 2: Light Emitting Diode (LED) Vehicle
Signal Modules (Interim) 199 80 30 8 56% 29% 12% 3% 18. Pedestrian Traffic Control Signal Indications 175 92 38 10 59% 28% 9% 4% 19. A Standard for Vehicle Detectors 183 88 29 12 59% 35% 4% 2% 20. Pretimed Traffic Signal Controllers 186 110 12 6 62% 32% 4% 3% 21. Solid-State Pretimed Traffic Signal Controller Units 194 99 11 8 60% 29% 6% 5% 22. Traffic-Actuated Traffic Signal Controllers—Solid-State 186 90 18 16 65% 24% 6% 5% 23. Controller Cabinets 204 76 18 15 67% 26% 4% 3% 24. Lane-Use Traffic Control Signal Heads 211 80 14 8 75% 18% 3% 4% 25. A Model Performance Specification for the Purchase of
Pavement Marking Paints and Powders 234 57 8 12
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Table A-1. Respondents’ Use and Familiarity with RPs and EMSs (continued) Regarding the following Recommended Practice (RP) or
Equipment or Material Standard (EMS), I 1 2 3 4
The top percentage indicates total respondent ratio; the bottom number represents actual number of respondents selecting the option.
Was not aware of this
publication.
Am aware of, but never use,
this publication.
Frequently use the publication as a reference.
Use another reference as
primary source instead.
73% 21% 2% 4% 26. Specification for Retroreflective White and Yellow and Black Hot-Applied Thermoplastic Marking Materials 226 65 6 12
77% 17% 2% 4% 27. Model Performance Specification for the Purchase of Preformed Plastic Pavement Marking Materials 240 54 7 12
76% 20% 2% 2% 28. Purchase Specification for Flashing and Steady Burn Lights 235 61 7 6
77% 19% 3% 2% 29. Portable Bulb-Type Changeable Message Signs for Highway Work Zones 240 58 9 6
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Table A-2. Need for Update of Existing RPs and EMSs The content of the following publications
1 2 3
The top percentage indicates total respondent ratio; the bottom number represents actual number of respondents selecting the option.
Reflects current
practice and does not need to be updated.
Needs to be updated. N/A
28% 58% 14% 1. Trip Generation Handbook 89 184 43
26% 16% 58% 2. Traditional Neighborhood Development Street Design Guidelines 76 47 173 31% 17% 52% 3. Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities 92 51 153 29% 24% 46% 4. Traffic Access and Impact Studies for Site Development 87 72 137
22% 9% 69% 5. Smart Growth Transportation Guidelines 65 27 201 30% 12% 57% 6. Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps, A Recommended
Practice 90 37 171 24% 15% 61% 7. Guidelines for Driveway Location and Design 69 44 180
21% 9% 70% 8. Preemption of Traffic Signals at or near Railroad Grade Crossings with Active Warning Devices 61 27 204
19% 14% 67% 9. Guidelines for Urban Major Street Design 54 41 192 16% 16% 68% 10. Guidelines for Residential Subdivision Street Design, A Recommended
Practice 48 47 201 12% 16% 72% 11. Management and Operations of Intelligent Transportation Systems 36 46 209 18% 13% 69% 12. Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines 52 38 203 14% 11% 75% 13. School Trip Safety Program 40 32 220
18% 16% 66% 14. Guidelines for Parking Facility Location and Design 53 48 12% 8% 80% 15. Traffic Signal Lamps 35 23 233 14% 8% 78% 16. Vehicle Traffic Control Signal Heads 41 22 227
12% 9% 79% 17. VTCSH Part 2: Light Emitting Diode (LED) Vehicle Signal Modules (Interim) 35 27 228 11% 13% 76% 18. Pedestrian Traffic Control Signal Indications 33 38 223 8% 16% 76% 19. A Standard for Vehicle Detectors 24 45 219
11% 6% 84% 20. Pretimed Traffic Signal Controllers 31 16 241 8% 7% 85% 21. Solid-State Pretimed Traffic Signal Controller Units 24 20 247
10% 12% 78% 22. Traffic-Actuated Traffic Signal Controllers—Solid-State 30 34 227 8% 10% 82% 23. Controller Cabinets 24 29 238
11% 6% 83% 24. Lane-Use Traffic Control Signal Heads 32 18 239 5% 6% 89% 25. A Model Performance Specification for the Purchase of Pavement Marking
Paints and Powders 14 18 256 8% 5% 87% 26. Specification for Retroreflective White and Yellow and Black Hot-Applied
Thermoplastic Marking Materials 22 15 249
195
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Table A-2. Need for Update of Existing RPs and EMSs (continued) The content of the following publications
1 2 3
The top percentage indicates total respondent ratio; the bottom number represents actual number of respondents selecting the option.
Reflects current
practice and does not need to be updated.
Needs to be updated. N/A
6% 5% 89% 27. Model Performance Specification for the Purchase of Preformed Plastic Pavement Marking Materials 18 15 254
6% 5% 89% 28. Purchase Specification for Flashing and Steady Burn Lights 17 14 251 7% 6% 88% 29. Portable Bulb-Type Changeable Message Signs for Highway Work Zones 19 16 253
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Table A-3. Need For Update of Existing RPs and EMSs
Recommended Practice (survey number)
Comment
1. Trip Generation Manual (see last listing for comments that actually pertain to ITE Trip Generation report)
Could develop guidelines for trip generations for transit oriented development. Also the percentages for captured trips needs more definition. Most people just use 20% and I don't think that there is enough information to support this. But they need some number to use because it makes sense to reduce the number of trips.
2. Traditional Neighborhood Development Street Design Guidelines
Document should be updated to reflect the state-of-the-art technology, especially in the areas of traffic calming, safety, and aesthetics. It needs more dimensional information, including sight distance for alleys, design for single unit and other larger moving trucks at internal intersections, width of streets for on-street parking for townhouse/multi-family development where fewer/no driveways (compared to single family detached) do not create gaps in parking to facilitate 2-way traffic (desirable), and design for fire apparatus access that meets International Fire Code requirements. It should also better reflect the need for vehicle trip reduction to promote pedestrian and bicycle trips, safe pedestrian movements, slowing traffic, and community values.
3. Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities
This is an important publication that needs revision periodically to consider good design, safety, aesthetics, changes in technology (e.g., uplights, speed feedback signs, etc.), and to meet current ADA requirements. Ongoing developments in pedestrian safety should also be included along with Canadian and other non-US specific practices.
4. Traffic Access and Impact Studies for Site Development
This document should be expanded to include a broader range of variables for design purposes, including more multi-modal content and more mixed use facility guidance. It should reflect current case law, incorporate sample cases, and provide more input on reduction of trips due to proximity to transit, chaining of trips and pass-by reductions, and the need for vehicle trip reduction to promote pedestrian and bicycle trips. Publication #4 needs to be updated just to keep up with the changing data and practices in both areas.
5. Smart Growth Transportation Guidelines
Should be subject to regular updates at three to five year intervals.
6. Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps, A Recommended Practice
Document needs to be updated to include current practices (particularly if the liability issues with these have changed), and alternative hump profiles and pavement markings, including raised crosswalks. It should include examples of speed humps and case studies of successes and failures.
7. Guidelines for Driveway Location and Design
This could incorporate new access management materials and research results from TRB, FHWA, etc. It should also include sample cases that go outside the normal guidelines. Another suggestion is to consider withdrawing the RP since new the TRB access management manual MAY cover the topic sufficiently.
8. Preemption of Traffic Signals at or Near Railroad Grade Crossings with Active Warning Devices
This document may require changes due to recent agency actions. It should also reflect post-Fox River Grove crash changes in operational philosophies and provide additional details with atc’s and railroad circuits. The installation of pre-signals in different parts of the country has slightly different designs and results due to driver habits, roadway geometrics, traffic volumes and traffic signal phasing. These alternate designs should be investigated and be mentioned in the manual when they should be used.
9. Guidelines for Urban Major Street Design
This document should be updated to include the more innovative design now occurring (e.g., more friendly streets, various enhancements), the worldwide solution-oriented design approaches, pedestrians, bicycles, and other automated mobility devices that are becoming more popular and have concomitant impacts on pedestrian movements particularly at intersections. Other issues include how to use design to separate people and moving devices without overly impacting street capacity and giving priority to carpools and buses.
10. Guidelines for Residential Subdivision Street Design, A Recommended Practice
Seems that this is or should be superceded by Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines (currently proposed RP).
11. Management and Operations of Intelligent Transportation Systems
This topic is changing so rapidly and continually evolving with lots of new research that it needs to be updated periodically to keep up with current technologies and practices.
12. Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines
No specific comments.
13. School Trip Safety Program This document could have minor updates reflecting changes in technology, such as uplights, speed feedback signs, etc.
14. Guidelines for Parking Facility Location and Design
This document needs more current examples and photos of off-street, and especially on-street designs and how they relate.
15. Traffic Signal Lamps Document should reflect the use of Yellow LED
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Table A-3. Need For Update of Existing RPs and EMSs
Recommended Practice (survey number)
Comment
16. Vehicle Traffic Control Signal Heads
Document needs to address standard displays for different lane configurations. It should be updated based on new technology and interface with ITS components.
17. VTCSH Part 2: Light Emitting Diode (LED) Vehicle Signal Modules (Interim)
Document should cover all lens colors, including amber signals and the use of yellow LEDs as accepted practice. It should be updated based on new technologies and the interface with ITS components.
18. Pedestrian Traffic Control Signal Indications
Document should reflect the use of the latest technology as well as the interface with ITS components.
19. A Standard for Vehicle Detectors
This document needs to address the use of the latest stable technologies and note potential problems to be aware of especially with video imaging detection. It also should address the interface with ITS components.
20. Pretimed Traffic Signal Controllers
This document should address many of the new advances in signal controllers and expand to include new equipment options, such as video detection, battery backup, as well as the interface with ITS components. It should also include detailed information about interconnected systems.
21. Solid-State Pretimed Traffic Signal Controller Units
This document should address many of the new advances in signal controllers and expand to include new equipment options, such as video detection, battery backup, as well as the interface with ITS components. It should also include detailed information about interconnected systems.
22. Traffic-Actuated Traffic Signal Controllers-Solid-State
This document should address many of the new advances in signal controllers and expand to include new equipment options, such as video detection, battery backup, as well as the interface with ITS components. It should also reflect the latest NTCIP, include detailed information about interconnected systems, and address the different types of traffic responsive and traffic adaptive systems and the problems to be aware of before implementation.
23. Controller Cabinets This document should address many of the new advances in signal controllers and expand to include new equipment options, such as video and microwave detection, and battery backup, as well as the interface with ITS components. It should include detailed information about interconnected systems and address the issue of leaving room for maintenance activities after the components have been installed and the contractor has left the project.
24. Lane-Use Traffic Control Signal Heads
This document needs to be updated based on new technology and the interface with ITS components. It should focus on the types of displays to give the highest level of conspicuity to the motorist.
25. A Model Performance Specification for the Purchase of Pavement Marking Paints and Powders
No specific comments.
26. Specification for Retroreflective White and Yellow and Black Hot-Applied Thermoplastic Marking Materials
No specific comments.
27. Model Performance Specification for the Purchase of Preformed Plastic Pavement Marking Materials
No specific comments.
28. Purchase Specification for Flashing and Steady Burn Lights
This document needs to address the use of LED lamps for flashing and steady burn lights.
29. Portable Bulb-Type Changeable Message Signs for Highway Work Zones
This document should update the photometric test time to include extended life types – A-C&D lights and red chromaticity. It should be expanded to include other DMS technologies.
Trip Generation Report (not a subject of this review, but majority of comments were on this publication)
Trip Generation Handbook - More examples of multiple size/use developments due to the constant changing ways in which a development (specifically, commercial, i.e. Shopping Center) are used, and also to develop methodologies for assigning trips based on the number/location of access points and how the location of an access point/driveway and the access restriction could affect its use. Also, provide guidance as to the effect of trip generation based on the functional class of the adjacent roadway, for example: The case where a development is located adjacent to or near an interchange, near a major state route in urban/rural areas, or a county road in rural areas. Expand descriptions of multi-use facilities, appropriate internal capture credits between uses. Include more detail/surveys on big box stores (i.e., Costco, Wal-Mart, etc.). Many trip generators are not included or the number of studies is minimal. More data is needed for internal capture/mixed use facilities.
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Table A-3. Need For Update of Existing RPs and EMSs
Recommended Practice (survey number)
Comment
The trip generation manual always needs to be update. It should be a continually changing document. (which it is) But more frequent updates or revisions should be made available via the ITE web site. Update data, add land uses. Trip Generation can ALWAYS be more up to date Trip Generation Handbook - needs to be updated to reflect additional land uses - primarily expansion of commercial uses. The Trip Generation Handbook is always evolving and improving as more data becomes available. Expanded list of trip generators. Trip Generation numbers, some of the categories need to be researched more. Standard Dev. is too large. Need more data sets to fit the line/curve better. Trip Generation. Should be updated with data for multiple use sites such as convenience store/fast food rest., as well as, providing more data for sites that currently have little or no data to go by. Trip generation - additional land uses - small retail plazas, expand pharmacy database Trip Generation Handbook: As new studies are completed, they need to be incorporated into the handbook to keep us current with the latest trip generation trends. Get rid of old data. Provide more information on data to the user. Trip Generation Handbook. Need more surveys and data collection from the Midwest, and from the 2000's. Subject to regular updates at three to five year intervals. Need to update to reflect new data that is available. A larger data set for stand-alone hospitals would be useful as well as the existing data set is very small and does not reflect current operations at hospitals (i.e., more square feet of space per patient) Surveys of all land uses and larger sample sizes (re: More surveys as oppose to relying on only a few samples as representative of the whole) Trip Generation, increase sample sizes for some land use, e.g., LRT stations Trip Generation - more land uses & expanded database of some of the land uses (sample size too small in certain cases). Expanding the database would be extremely useful. ITE Trip Generation Manual: There are a lot of strip centers being developed, and the code must people use is the code for shopping centers. It seems that more information should be for specialty retail center. Trip Generation Manual needs to be updated, particularly for facilities which have mixed-uses within a single structure. Trip generation handbook needs to include more survey information regarding special generators. Some other uses have small sample sizes too. Trip generation handbook needs to include more survey information regarding special generators. Some other uses have small sample sizes too. Trip Generation - Publish Databases Electronically Continue to research and update land uses and their respective trip generation factors.
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Table A-3. Need For Update of Existing RPs and EMSs
Recommended Practice (survey number)
Comment
The ITE Trip Generation Manual is in need of regular update based on emerging research. It is a valuable tool. Publication number 1 needs to be updated just to keep up with the changing data and practices in both areas. Some need continual updating (such as the Trip Generation Handbook). Any with technology issues need to be updated frequently. Street design items need occasional updates to reflect ITS, Smart Street, neighborhood impact mitigation, etc. impacts. Trip Generation Manuals....more studies to validate data The trip generation handbook needs to be updated to provide more accurate rates for uses that were not analyzed much (i.e. specialty retail, banks, etc.) The Trip Generation Handbook is fairly current but land uses are evolving and there are still many land uses with very limited data so it should be updated in the next 3-5 years. Trip generation: the types of businesses and trips generated are things that are constantly evolving and therefore always need updating. FHWA should develop a comprehensive technical document. Then ITE could update the recommended practices to those specific issues where it would be appropriate to develop recommended practices. First document is too large and complex an effort for ITE to manage. Although I have said that they do not need to be updated, the trip generation handbook could be updated regularly with new survey information. An online version of the handbook would be great. Trip Generation requires on-going updating as conditions are changing all the time, particularly in areas that are implementing TDM Trip Generation Handbook needs to provide more information regarding pass-by trips, diverted trips, and internal trips with detailed examples from start to finish #1 - Doing a good job but I imagine that constant review and update of reference materials such as this is always a good idea. 1- The Trip generation manual does not reflect the trips of restaurants in Canada - specifically Tim Horton’s Restaurant. We can the trips to be 150 in the AM peak, not 35. Trip Generation Handbook - more research data for all land use types trip gen always is in need of updating-ITE should develop "incentives" to obtain new data from the industry. also consider cd-rom with more background info than what is published in the books. 1. Always needs fresh new data and new land use codes. Additional surveys on pass-by trips Trip Generation Manual needs to be updated for a number of retail and public uses that no longer appear to be accurate. e.g. schools in particular seem outdated and we have seen a lot of newer retail centers that don't fit well into the 820 or 814 land uses as well as "mega" stores with everything from furniture to produce that just don't match the land use descriptions 1. New types of land uses or land use combinations are constantly being added and the Trip Generation Handbook needs to include these new land uses. 1. Trip Generation Handbook. Update with information for all different types of trucking related facilities such as truck terminals, warehouse distribution, etc. Trip Generation has a number of outdated data including Grocery/Supermarket and Banks where those land uses have changed significantly. The older data should be eliminated because it is skewing the current data points.
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Table A-3. Need For Update of Existing RPs and EMSs
Recommended Practice (survey number)
Comment
Trip Generation Manual needs updating. The more samples, the better. Trip Generation - add more uses. Supermarket ADT not available; specialty retail and shopping center too similar. 1. Trip Generation: More studies for parks, gas stations with fast-food restaurants Trip Generation Manual needs more land use examples. Also more west coast examples. #1 - This data needs regular updating and analysis to remain current. 1 - require more studies to validate trip end estimates Trip Generation... expand data for Specialty Retail, Internal trip capture for mixed-use facilities. Trip generation is in constant need of updating as driving habits and destinations change. Video rental stores were a new entity, big box retail as an evolving problem. Who knows what new business will hit in the next 5 years? The Trip Generation Handbook needs to be continuously updated and expanded to include more data and separate areas that have good transit access to them. 1 - Trip Generation Characteristics are dynamic and should be monitored. Also, there are new uses that need to be addressed as they become popular. Trip Generation Handbook needs more retirement studies and age restricted studies. Number 1. Mainly for uses that have changed through the times, especially, theaters, banks, and convenience stores. Would also like equation for LUC 710 - General Office to be revised for the evening peak hour so that trip gen to smaller office buildings is not overestimated. Trip Generation Manual--Eliminate older data for several land uses; make the user aware of glitches in some formulae (i.e. 710 Office formula for 1,000 SF y-intercept of 78!!); get better info on industrial parks & distribution centers--old rates reflect more labor-intensive operations--not automated. Get new data on banks--why are rates so high per 1,000 SF during peak hours, when most banks are closed?
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Table A-4. Suggested Alternative Resources for RP Material
If your organization uses another document(s) as a reference on the above subjects, please list the title, publisher, and date of each.
Respon-dent
Number Response 1 NEMA TS-2 and ATC specs
2 Delaware Department of Transportation Rules and Regulations for Subdivision Streets, Standards, and Regulations for Access to State Highways, Road Design Manual
3 We use the AASHTO Green Book and state DOT standards for road and entrance design. 1. Ministry of Transportation (B.C.) Trip Generation Manual 2. Ministry of Transportation (B.C.) Pedestrian Facilities Design Handbook 3. Transportation Association of Canada Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Guidelines
4. Transportation Association of Canada Bikeway Traffic Control Guidelines for Canada, December 1998 4
5. Ministry of Transportation (B.C.) Site Impact Analysis Requirements Manual, 1997 5 None. 6 Parking Generation needs updating and expansion 7 Mentioned under question 3 8 Alabama DOT standards
9 FHWA MUTCD, state standards and supplement to MUTCD, state manuals for subdivisions and streets.
Ontario Provincial Standard Specification and Detail Drawings. Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Ronen House publish them.
10 Ontario Ministry of Transportation Geometric Design Manual, Commercial Entrances Manual. The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has developed numerous design manuals that are referenced throughout Ontario.
11 TAC Geometric Design Guidelines and TAC Guide for Uniform Traffic Control Devices 12 Traffic Engineering Handbook, ITE 13 Florida Department of Transportation current specifications (updated each year) 14 Manual of traffic detector design
6. County policy on installation of speed humps. 15
7. Florida Department of Transportation access management standards and design standards. 16 Use traffic study guidelines and impact criteria published by the affected public agency.
1. MUTCD 2. AASHTO Green Book 17 3. Standard specifications and drawings by state
18 The Green Book 19 Generally, as a state DOT, where they exist, we use AASHTO and FHWA publications. 20 NEMA TS-1 and TS-2 for signal controllers and cabinets.
“A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets,” AASHTO, 2001. 21
Roadway Design Manual, TxDOT, October 2002. 22 MUTCD 2000, AASHTO Green Book
Transportation and Land Development (Stover and Koepke) Parking (Weant and Levinson) 23 Canadian Transportation Association of Canada manuals 1. MUTCD millennium edition 2. Manual of Transportation Engineering Studies (ITE, 2000) 3. Traffic and Highway Engineering (Nicholas J. Garber and Lester A. Hoel, revised second edition 1996) (ITP) 4. Traffic Engineering Handbook (ITE, 5th edition, 1999)
24
Traffic Calming in Practice in UK (Kennington Publishing Services, London, 1994) Ministry of Transportation guidelines (Ontario, Canada)
25 Transportation Association of Canada standards MUTCD, FHWA
26 Caltrans (California) highway and traffic manuals
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Table A-4. Suggested Alternative Resources for RP Material (continued)
If your organization uses another document(s) as a reference on the above subjects, please list the title, publisher, and date of each.
Respon-dent
Number Response
27 New Jersey State Highway Access Management Code; AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, NJDOT Roadway Design Manual The survey should have contained other possible answers including: —not aware but would like to review and use 28 —use occasionally
29 Caltrans standards and manuals.
30 We use California Department of Transportation standard specifications and plans; and County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Traffic and Lighting Division; City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation and other local agency sources for standards and recommended practices.
31 I would not necessarily reference one document but try to find all pertinent materials, and then compare the conclusions of the various documents. There is a higher level of trust of the ITE materials, so it is critical for me that ITE maintain a high level of review, process, etc. to assure that the recommendations “work.”
32 TCRP publications; National Safety Council, etc. 33 MUTCD and Green Book 34 MCUTP 35 Transportation Association of Canada various publications and dates
Access Management NCHRP 420 for #7 36
and local guidelines for #3.
37 #1 City of Chula Vista typically uses SANDAG’s “Not So Brief Guide of Vehicular Generation Rates,” April 2002. If the land use is too unique to be listed there, we then go to ITE to see if there is any similar land use available.
38 The City of Edmonton mainly uses TAC guidelines for design and installation of traffic controls. 39 Georgia DOT specs and standards
40 Most of the roadway design and traffic signal documents we use are state / county / municipality specific. Primarily use the ITE publications when we need to justify a variance from something that seems unreasonable in existing policy.
41 Use location-specific traffic impact study requirements mostly and the ITE guidelines as a backup document. 42 AASHTO 43 7. County Land Development Code, Florida State Access Management Standards 44 7. Access to State Highways, Illinois Department of Transportation 45 California Highway Design Manual and Traffic Manual and specifications 46 Local surveys in New York City 47 Typically my other references are state standards; they supercede any “guide” books. 48 AASHTO Green Book and MUTCD 49 San Diego Trip Generation 50 We use mostly Caltrans standard specifications, TEES for the signal controller cabinet, detectors, etc. 51 AASHTO Green Book
52 For all specifications, we reference local DOT specifications. However, some of these are undoubtedly based on ITE standards.
53 Caltrans Traffic Manual 54 For parking lot/deck design—ULI, The Dimension of Parking, 4th edition, 2001
Canadian Capacity Guide Transportation Association Canada Road Design Guide 55 AASHTO For 2, 9, 1, and 12, the primary reference is the TAC Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads.
56 For 6, 2, and 12 the primary reference is TAC Canadian Guide to Neighbourhood Traffic Calming.
57 AASHTO, state and local guidelines 58 We use several other sources, too many to mention. 59 #25—We use ASTM standards 60 We’ve developed our own signal cabinet spec
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Table A-4. Suggested Alternative Resources for RP Material (continued)
If your organization uses another document(s) as a reference on the above subjects, please list the title, publisher, and date of each.
Respon-dent
Number Response 61 We cannot use it in Florida, but Caltrans has a better grip on it than ITE or FDOT. 62 Parking Generation, 2nd Edition, 1987 63 Primarily use agency specifications, which are often based on the various recommended practices. 64 AASHTO Green Book and state DOT regulations.
Table A-5. Respondents by Employer Type
Number of Responses Response Ratio
County Government 20 6%
State/Province Government 30 9%
Federal Government 7 2%
Regional Planning Agency 4 1%
Transit Agency 2 1%
Port Authority 1 0%
Parking Agency 0 0%
Toll Road Authority 0 0%
Consultant 178 55%
Educational Institution 8 2%
Student 0 0%
Manufacturer/Supplier 1 0%
Contractor/Construction 0 0%
Developer 0 0%
Association 2 1%
Airline 0 0%
Railroad 0 0%
Retired 0 0%
Other, Please Specify 5 2%
Total 321 100%
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Table A-6. Suggested Additional Topics for RPs
Are there other topics on which you think ITE should develop RPs or EMSs? Respon-dent
Number Responses 1 Traffic signal systems. Standards for interconnected traffic responsive signal systems.
Recommended Practice: Incident management, roadside safety audits, public outreach, travel studies 2
EMSs: VMS signing, remote weather systems
3 Travel demand forecasting
4 None that I can think of at the moment
5 May or may not be RP material, but what about recommendations for staffing and functions for a city or county traffic/ transportation department?
6 Ethical standards regarding advocacy on behalf of land developers.
Guidelines—Traffic operation centers
Guidelines—ITS systems 7
Guidelines—ITS components
8 How to conduct parking studies for specific land uses such as hospitals, CBDs, and universities
9 Balancing street improvement requirements and property rights
10 Yes, a traffic calming handbook, complete with designs, operations, pavement marking, and striping.
11 What criteria are needed to warrant an adult crossing guard at a school crossing.
12 Update parking standards.
13
ITE seems to put nearly all of its energy into the promotion of mechanical and electronic devices to control traffic. There are other effective was to control traffic such as proper geometry, pavement color contrast, textures, sight distance, landscaping, etc. ITE should promote the use of all effective control means separately or together to make traffic operate as effectively as possible.
14 Roundabouts
15 Update parking generation, particularly include age-restricted residential.
16 Traffic calming measures and devices effectiveness handbook for speed and volume reduction strategies.
17 Dynamic message signs
18 Travel demand models
19 Recommended practices for the use of travel demand modeling in the evaluation of site impact analysis at both the DRI and sub-DRI levels.
20 N/A
Roundabouts 21
Accident reduction strategies
22 Traffic signal programming
23 Clearance intervals and signal timing
24 Traffic management center
Signal change intervals 25
Use of red-light running cameras
Signal timing practices 26
Intersection lighting standards
27 Parking generation needs to be updated
28 Bus and rail system interface guidelines. For example, just how far off a major route should services be diverted?
29 Standards of good practice for transit priority (light rail and bus) on urban streets and highways, ranging from full traffic signal preemption to limited actions, such as advance or extended green, special queue bypass lanes, and other techniques.
30 Roundabouts (When warranted? How to design?)
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Table A-6. Suggested Additional Topics for RPs (continued)
Are there other topics on which you think ITE should develop RPs or EMSs? Respon-dent
Number Responses
Video detection cameras
Red light cameras 31
Speed cameras
32 Highway-rail at-grade crossing standards with FRA.
Dynamic message signs 33
Epoxy pavement markings
Lane allocation regarding truck-only and/or HOV facilities 34
Tolled facilities, point tolled, multi-barrier, and/or distance tolling
35 Parking generation (I think this was started last year)
RP: Strategic transportation plans 36
RP: Urban LRT in city streets
37 I am not sure. Do the documents above, that I am not familiar with, deal with couplets?
38 Traffic analysis/simulation software applications
39 ITE has done RPs for bus stop locations on city streets. The one done in the 1960 was better than the last one I saw, which was done in the ‘80s.
40 Sidewalk requirements for ADA
41 ITS interoperability?
42 Airport landside planning and design
I think there is a good knowledge base out there for traffic signal timing optimization that is largely untapped. Since we are focusing on operations, this would be a good topic to advance. Plus, I have never seen all the good ideas put down in one place.
43 Another topic that deserves additional attention is access management. This is a hot topic now in my state, but the information that we need is more real world examples of documented operational and safety benefits, especially the positive, or negative, impacts on adjacent commercial properties.
44 Travel demand modeling where many planners/engineers are not guided especially in future traffic forecasting. Development of future highly design traffic, etc.
Roundabouts 45
BRT planning and design
46 Design and operation of protected-permitted dual left turn operations, amber LED signal heads, battery back-up operations for traffic signals, etc.
47 I would be interested in recommendations regarding the use of accessible pedestrian refuges. Specifically, are they permissible without marked crosswalks? Do they increase pedestrian risk for crashes on multi-lane roads with speeds greater than 35 mph? Bike facility implementation.
48 Public process for controversial projects.
Signal phasing guidelines
Guidelines for mid-block pedestrian crossings 49
Parking garage circulation and design
1. Work with APBP/AASHTO to develop RP for bike facilities. 50
2. Continue working to develop ITS standards.
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Table A-6. Suggested Additional Topics for RPs (continued)
Are there other topics on which you think ITE should develop RPs or EMSs? Respon-dent
number Responses
EMS for:
—Video detection standards
SPs for:
—Left turn phasing (when to use PPLT versus protected or simply permissive and alternative displays)
—Determining yellow timing for left-turn phasing
—Use of red clearance in signal timing to include discussion of “actuated” versus fixed red-clearance timing
51
—Deployment of a red-light camera program
52 Signal change and clearance interval timings.
53 Your programmed instruction booklets, slides, audio cassettes on signing, marking, traffic studies, and traffic signals from the 1970s need to be updated. They were excellent training materials for younger engineers and technicians. Vehicle stacking (single and multi-lane) requirements for various drive-thru uses, banks, fast food restaurants, car washes, pharmacies, etc. 54 Vehicle stacking requirements for pick-up/drop-off at elementary, middle, and high schools in rural, urban, and suburban areas . . . also recommended access/circulation for school sites, including separation of bus and passenger vehicle uses.
55 Do you have a publication that lists and briefly describes all the documents mentioned above? If “yes” is it widely distributed?
56 Guidelines for bike lane design adjacent to parking lanes, guidelines for use of bike signals for advance green to bikes 57 Removal of pavement markings
58
Interactive development guidelines and/or suggestions for the involvement and inclusion of the other two “E’s” of traffic engineering. The enforcement and education aspects of this trilogy are causing the engineering solutions to fail! Solution design for participants who knowingly violate or push the limits of the design is a no-win scenario, for which a lot of money is being spent for no correction of the problems.
59 LED is my most important request!
60 School zones. Primarily how to handle cross streets that enter in the middle of the zone, length of zone, and time limits of the zone.
When and how to use school zone speed limits.
61 Question 1 does not lend itself to the way we in the central office (standards-making unit) use these. We use some as references when upgrading standards, etc. So there is a column missing that would reflect that we do use some of them but not frequently.
Table. A-7. Respondent Years of Experience
Years Experience Number of Responses
Response Percentage
Less than 2 yrs. 5 1%
3 to 5 yrs. 33 10%
6 to 10 yrs. 57 18%
11 to 20 yrs. 105 33%
Over 20 yrs. 121 38%
Total 321 100%
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APPENDIX B—Cross-Tabulation of Survey Results Table B-1. Utilization of Recommended Practice by “Needs to Be Updated” Response Recommended Practice Don’t Use Use Often Other Pub
2.1 Trip Generation Handbook 14 164 4
2.2 Traditional Neighborhood Development 21 20 1
2.3 Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities 11 34 1
2.4 Traffic Access and Impact Studies 24 45 3
2.5 Smart Growth 14 3 2
2.6 Design of Speed Humps 12 22 1
2.7 Driveway Location and Design 16 22 3
2.8 Preemption of Traffic Signals at Railroad Crossing 8 15 0
2.9 Urban Major Street Design 12 24 2
2.10 Residential Subdivision Street Design 19 25 1
2.11 Management and Operations of ITS 19 14 4
2.12 Neighborhood Street Design 13 21 1
2.13 School Trip Safety Program 10 12 3
2.14 Parking Facility Location and Design 19 20 2
Table B-2. Utilization of Recommended Practice by Respondent Comments on Update Needs Recommended Practice Don’t Use Use Often Other Pub
1.1 Trip Generation Handbook 0 77 3
1.2 Traditional Neighborhood Development 3 2 0
1.3 Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities 0 4 0
1.4 Traffic Access and Impact Studies 2 4 1
1.5 Smart Growth 2 0 0
1.6 Design of Speed Humps 1 4 0
1.7 Driveway Location and Design 2 1 2
1.8 Preemption of Traffic Signals at Railroad Crossings 0 5 0
1.9 Urban Major Street Design 0 4 2
1.10 Residential Subdivision Street Design 1 2 0
1.11 Management and Operations of ITS 3 1 0
1.12 Neighborhood Street Design 0 0 0
1.13 School Trip Safety Program 0 2 0
1.14 Parking Facility Location and Design 0 2 0
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Tabl
e B
-3.
Upd
ate
Nee
d by
Yea
rs o
f Res
pond
ent E
xper
ienc
e
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Ex
perie
nce
< 2
yrs.
(5)
Expe
rienc
e 3
to 5
yrs
. (33
) Ex
perie
nce
6 to
10
yrs.
(56)
Ex
perie
nce
11 to
20
yrs.
(104
) Ex
perie
nce
> 20
yrs
. (12
0)
Rec
omm
ende
d Pr
actic
e N
o U
pdat
e U
pdat
e
N/A
No
Upd
ate
Upd
ate
N/A
No
Upd
ate
Upd
ate
N/A
No
Upd
ate
Upd
ate
N/A
No
Upd
ate
Upd
ate
N/A
2.1
Trip
Gen
erat
ion
Han
dboo
k 1
22
1117
517
354
2659
1633
6916
2.2
Trad
ition
al
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
d D
evel
opm
ent
0
0
52
130
107
3925
1267
3927
54
2.3
Des
ign
and
Safe
ty
of P
edes
trian
Fac
ilitie
s 1
04
52
2713
1132
3315
5540
2357
2.4
Traf
fic A
cces
s an
d Im
pact
Stu
dies
0
05
34
2617
1227
2926
4838
3052
2.5
Smar
t Gro
wth
00
52
130
117
2910
984
4210
68
2.6
Des
ign
of S
peed
H
umps
0
05
31
2914
438
289
6643
2354
2.7
Driv
eway
Loc
atio
n an
d D
esig
n 0
05
13
2914
537
1714
7237
2261
2.8
Pree
mpt
ion
of
Traf
fic S
igna
ls a
t R
ailro
ad C
ross
ings
0
05
12
3014
636
196
7826
1381
2.9
Urb
an M
ajor
Stre
et
Des
ign
0
0
52
229
113
4215
1276
2624
70
2.10
Res
iden
tial
Subd
ivis
ion
Stre
et
Des
ign
0
05
21
3211
342
1412
7723
3166
2.11
Man
agem
ent a
nd
Ope
ratio
ns o
f ITS
0
05
21
307
841
820
7519
1784
2.12
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
d St
reet
Des
ign
0
0
50
033
103
4314
881
2727
66
2.13
Sch
ool T
rip S
afet
y Pr
ogra
m
0
0
50
033
84
4410
885
2120
79
2.14
Par
king
Fac
ility
Loca
tion
and
Des
ign
0
0
52
130
911
3617
1274
2424
72
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Table B-4. Years of Experience for Those Recommending New RPs
Experience Additional ITE RP Topic
< 2 yrs. 0
3 to 5 yrs. 2
6 to 10 yrs. 10
11 to 20 yrs. 20
> 20 yrs. 16
Table B-5. Tally of New RP Topics
Suggested Topics Times Suggested
Bus/Rail Interfacing 1
Dynamic Message Signs 3
Ethics 1
Incident Management 1
ITS Components 3
ITS Systems 3
Parking Studies/Generation 6
Public Outreach 1
Red-Light Running Cameras 4
Removal of Pavement Markings 1
Roadside Safety Audits 1
Roundabouts 5
Strategic Transportation Plans 1
Toll Facility Operations and Design 1
Traffic Calming 3
Traffic Operations Centers 3
Traffic Signal Programming/Phasing 9
Transit Priority on Urban Streets 1
Travel Demand Forecasting 5
Travel Studies 1
Urban LRT in City Streets 1
Vehicle Stacking 1
Warrants for Adult Crossing Guard/School Zone 4
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