Bicycle Lanes
When done well, bicycle lanes are 6-feet-wide or more and marked with a white stripe.
(Related:Livability Fact Sheet: Bicycling)
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By reducing the crossing distance, an island also increases pedestrian visibility and safety.
Another benefit: Crossing islands can feature signage and attractive landscaping.
Doing this reduces the distance a person must cross, which in turn increases pedestrian visibility and safety.
Curb extensions can also include landscaping, signs, seating and bicycle racks.
(Related:Livability Fact Sheet: TrafficCalming)
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In such a scenario people are protected from moving traffic when they get into or out of a car.
Also, when leaving the spot, the driver’s visibility of the road is improved.
Another bonus: Head-out diagonal parking can yield more parking spaces than parallel parking.
(Related:Livability Fact Sheet: Parking)
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The narrowing of lanes rarely disrupts the normal traffic flow, even for trucks and emergency vehicles.
(See item 12.)
(Related:Livability Fact Sheet: Road Diets)
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Today, many parklets are permanent or semi-permanent.
(Here’s an AARP “Livable Lesson” about creating aparklet.)
Pedestrian-scaled light fixtures are closer to the ground (standing about 15 feet high) than roadway lights.
“As a further benefit,” adds ChangeLab.
Trees visually screen utility poles and concrete sidewalks, and they help to quiet street noise.
(Related:Livability Fact Sheet: Street Trees)
