A study of the effect of ADA accessibility on Kansas roundabouts.

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• Alternative Title:
  Study of the effect of Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility on Kansas roundabouts ; Study of the effects of ADA accessibility on Kansas roundabouts ; Study of the effects of Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility on Kansas roundabouts
• Creators:
  Russell, Eugene
• Corporate Creators:
  Kansas State University. Civil Engineering Dept.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Kansas. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Materials & Research ; K-TRAN (Research program)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Barrier-free Design Pedestrian Crosswalks Pedestrian Facilities Design Traffic Circles
• Publication/ Report Number:
  K-TRAN: KSU-05-4
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Kansas
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Kansas. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The Access Board, with authority to enforce provisions of the American Disabilities Act (ADA), initially determined
  
  that roundabouts are not accessible by blind pedestrians and drafted proposed guidelines to require pedestrian
  
  signals at all roundabouts. More recently, the Access Board proposed final guidelines requiring pedestrian signals
  
  at all roundabouts with two or more lanes. It is possible that if these guidelines become Federal regulations through
  
  the Federal rule making process, and low-cost pedestrian signals are not developed, the growth of roundabouts
  
  could diminish greatly throughout Kansas and the USA. This will, in effect, deny motorists and public transportation
  
  organizations a safe, cost-effective means of intersection traffic control which potentially could result in many lives not
  
  saved and injuries not prevented. It has been projected that when stop controlled and signal controlled intersections
  
  are replaced by roundabouts there is a 76% reduction in injury crashes and a projected 90% decrease in fatalities.
  
  Kansas has been a national leader in design and construction of roundabouts and Kansas motorists would suffer a
  
  loss of these safety benefits if roundabout growth were slowed or halted. Roundabouts also have proven benefits
  
  in reduction of intersection delay and stopping as well as reduction in air pollution. These benefits could be lost or
  
  diminished as well.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  C1528
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:424bb3438b56ad18adf367018202c6356fe3e79b53bb383e18050df8e8f005c2
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16651/dot_16651_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.19 MB ]