Improving Pedestrian Access to Transit: City of Gresham's Ped-to-MAX Program

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• Creators:
  Ocken, Rebecca
• Corporate Contributors:
  Washington (State). Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Pedestrian areas
  • Bicycles
  • Multimodal transportation
  • Improvements
  • Arterial highways
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Pedestrian movement
  • Public transit
  • City planning
  • Gresham
  More +
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403559
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oregon
• Corporate Publisher:
  Washington (State). Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Accommodating multi-modal travel on high-speed arterials is a challenge, particularly in Gresham where numerous arterials transect the city, creating barriers to pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users. The "Ped-to-MAX" program was created to ease these barriers and improve the pedestrian environment around Gresham's eight light rail stations and town centers, where pedestrian activity is high, even though traffic volumes are heavy and moving at fast speeds. The Ped-to-MAX program redesigns existing street right-of-way and constructs facilities for pedestrians which will improve safety yet accommodate traffic. The program's objective is to create safe pedestrian areas where traffic speeds are slowed and the streetscape is aesthetically appealing, thereby encouraging more pedestrian activity and increasing transit ridership. Improvements include texturized crosswalks, widened sidewalks, off-street pathways, mid-block crosswalks, intersection improvements, medians, curb extensions, street lighting, pedestrian plazas and other amenities.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12929/dot_12929_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 256.45 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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