ORW

ORW prepared street design guidelines for the City of Burlington Transportation Plan.  The guidelines are a major component of the plan which address expanding transportation choices, safety, connectivity, aesthetics and the quality of experience of the city’s street system.  The street design guidelines address a city-wide hierarchy of streets including:

• Complete Streets:  Important gateway streets that accommodate all modes of travel (pedestrians, bicycles, transit, and automobiles).
• Transit Streets:  Streets which place a priority on the efficient facilitation of transit.
• Bicycle Streets:  Streets which place a priority on completing a network for bicyclists.
• Slow Streets:  Streets in downtown/waterfront ‘pedestrian core’ with pedestrian priority and slow traffic speeds.

The guidelines also include a section on traffic calming design options for neighborhood streets.