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Boston Complete Streets Guidelines

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The Guidelines are in development and are updated on a rolling basis. Please join the discussion with your comments. A comprehensive draft will be released in Spring 2011 for formal review.

Blue = For Review Italic = Coming Soon

1 :: Street Types

  • Entire chapter
  • Principles
  • Traditional Class vs. New Types
  • Street Types

2 :: Sidewalks

  • Entire chapter
  • Sidewalk Width Chart
  • Principles
  • Sidewalk and Street Types
  • Features to Activate Sidewalk
  • Sidewalk Materials
  • Greenscape
  • Street Trees
  • Vegetated Stormwater Management
  • Street Furniture
  • Transit Stops
  • Street Lights

3 :: Roadways

  • Entire chapter
  • Lane width chart
  • Principles
  • Features that reduce vehicle speed
  • Travel lanes
  • Transit lanes
  • Bicycle facilities
  • Paving treatment

4 :: Intersections

  • Entire chapter
  • Principles
  • Multimodal Intersections
  • Intersections and Street Types
  • Placemaking at Intersections
  • Intersection Geometry
  • Crosswalk Design
  • Guidelines for Marking Crosswalks
  • Signalized Intersections
  • Bicycle Accommodations at Intersections
  • Transit Accommodations at Intersections

Extras

  • City of Boston Bike Parking Guidelines
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