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First published January 2000

Sketch Planning a Street Network

Reid EwingView all authors and affiliations
Volume 1722, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.3141/1722-09

Abstract

A sketch planning methodology is used to determine the optimal spacing of through streets as a function of residential density. Unlike earlier efforts to relate street spacing to residential density, this methodology accounts for changes in mode share, trip length, time of travel, and intersection capacity as residential density increases. The methodology is transferable to other areas by modifying assumptions relating to travel demand and street network characteristics. Planners can derive their own spacing requirements for purposes of community master planning, site-plan review and approval, access management, or zoning and subdivision regulation.

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Volume 1722, Issue 1
Pages: 75 - 79
Article first published: January 2000
Issue published: January 2000

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Reid Ewing
Rutgers University, 33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 400, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Surface Transportation Policy Project, 1100 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
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