Lesson 1: Movement And Utility Systems Flashcards
Surface drainage channels are located ____ of the roadways and connect to storm water conduits
Along side
Pedestrian walkways are located where, in relationship to the road way?
Parallel
4 types of system patterns
Grid, radial, curvilinear and linear
Categories of traffic arteries from larger to smallest
Freeways, expressways and motorways
Arterial streets and highways
Collector-distributor streets
Local access streets
Street widths are determined by…
Travel levels and amount of parking
Traffic lanes are typically ___ to ____ ft wide
11-12
Parallel parking lanes are usually ___ ft wide
8
Simple, reverse, compound and broken back are types of?
Curves
True or false: streets that intersect at less than 80 degrees should be avoided?
True
Intersections in a straight line should offset no less than ____ ft and ____ ft for major arterial streets
150 and 800
Length of cul-du-sac should not exceed _____ ft with a minimum turning radius of 80ft with. No parking
400
Maximum depth of loop street is?
700 ft
Maximum block length is?
1600 ft
Curb radii should be a minimum of ___ ft and ____ft for majors streets
12 and 50
Stop signs, traffic signals, turning lanes, islands, grade separations and medians are types of?
Movement control device
Traffic signals are used when volume exceeds _____ vehicles/hour (v/hr)
750
Grade separations are used when traffic volume exceeds _____ v/hr
3000
Most common type of grade separation is?
Cloverleaf
Most expensive grade separation is?
Direct left turn
Most efficient grade separation is?
Diamond interchange
Up ramps for grade separations is usually between ____ and ____%
3 and 6
Slope for down ramp for grade separations is typically?
8%
True or false: the ideal location for an access drive is between the parking and building
True
A circulation system connecting the site to the local public road system is necessary when the volume of traffics exceeds _____vehicles
400-500
Circular access street with carefully located access points connecting to the local public road system is called?
Loop distributor-collector drive
The following must be considered when organizing parking…
Vehicle length, width, overhang (front and rear), turning radii
Where should accessible spaces be located?
Close to building entrance
Typical parking space width…
8’-4”
Parking stalls at angles less than 40 degrees may be ____ ft wide
8
Parking stalls are usually ___-___ ft long
18 to 20
Minimum one way traffics aisle width is?
12 ft
At 90 degrees the total width of a parking bay with 2 way drive aisle is?
64 ft
A reasonable estimate for the square footage of parking per car is?
400 sqft
Which parking layout can house the greatest vehicle capacity?
45 degrees
65 degrees
90 degrees
90 degrees
Which parking layout is the easiest for the maneuverability of a vehicle?
60 degrees
90 degrees
60 degrees
The max slope for the ramp of a parking garage?
15%
Above what % should transitions be used for vehicle ramps?
10%
What is the minimum length of a vehicular ramp transition?
8ft
What is the maximum slope of a vehicular ramp transition?
1/2 the slope of the ramp
An exit ramp leading up to a public sidewalk should not exceed ___% as to no allow the cars hood to obstruct the view of a pedestrian?
5%
Parking areas should be slope at least ___% to allow surface drainage.
1%
True or false: it’s ok for parking areas to contain dead end aisles?
False
Space between facing rows should contain what, to allow for the cleaning and filtering of runoff?
Vegetated Swales
Parking areas used at night should be illuminated at a level of ____foot candle minimum.
1/2
Consider: Given the cost of land per square foot, it may be cheaper to build a vertical parking structure rather than a sprawling parking lot
Look at the cost per parking spaces as it relates to the cost of land and the cost per sqft of a parking structure.
Square footage covered by the average person?
3 sqft
Minimum square footage for comfortable pedestrian movement per person is?
13 sqft
Sidewalks should be a minimum of ____ ft wide and 6’- 10” for large connector sidewalks
5ft
Transit planning must be coupled with what kind of planning to be successful?
Land use planning
A minimum density of _____ people/acre must be achieved in order to be practical
30
PUD stands for?
Planned Unit Development
Different types of residential units that are sensitively grouped together is called?
Planned Unit Development
Max walking distance is between ___ and ____ mile
1/4 and 1/2
The local bus is used to move people between which levels of density?
Medium and high density
The express bus is used to move people between which densities?
Medium to high
Rapid rail transit moves people between medium and high density as well as for short trips within ____ density areas
High
Locating housing, commercial and institutional development near existing mass transit is called?
Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
Being confined to a wheel chair is a type of which handicap?
Non-ambulatory
Impaired muscular function is an example of which type of handicap?
Coordination
Movement with the assistance of cane or walker are examples of which type of handicap?
Semi-ambulatory
Which type of handicap is of the greatest concern when designing space?
Non-Amubulatory
Minimum wheel chair turning radius is?
60 inches at 180 degrees
Minimum with of a corridor so that two wheel chairs can pass each other is?
5 ft / 60 inches
No public walkways should have a gradient greater than 1:___
20
Minimum with for an accessible curb cut is?
3 ft
The maximum slope for the flared edges of a curb cut is?
1:10
Maximum slope of an accessible ramp is 1:____
12
The maximum length of an accessible ramp is?
30 feet
A flat transitions of at least ___ft must be provided at the end of a accessible ramp segment
5 feet
Water lines usually have ____ priority when developing utilities
First
True or false: Trunk lines for several major utilities should be located in the same street
False
Water lines are usually located it which section of the street?
The center
Water supply demands are usually ______galloons per person per day
150
When main and service headers are located on both sides of the street it is know as a ______ _______ system
Dual main
Water main sizes are usually ____ in diameter in residential areas and _____ in height density areas
6” and 8”
True or false: Water main sizes are usually dictated by local fire protection requirements
True
Fire hydrants are usually locate _____ ft apart in high density areas
150 feet
True or false: Water collected via the waste water system will eventually make it to a treatment facility
True
Sanitary sewer should be at least ____ ft way from the water supply
10 ft
Waste water pumped over long distances is called a….?
Force Main
Electricity, gas and telephone lines are usually place in which area?
The right of way (ROW)
A Storm Drainage System usually consist of….?
Drainage surface
Open gutters
Ditches
Underground Pipes
Storm sewers are usually located in the street’s….?
ROW
Utility systems are located ____ and ______ the road system
Above and below
