Respectfully opposed to the manual as it stands. The manual continues to be designed in what appears to be a silo away from broader Phoenix efforts for safety of all road users. It does not appear that this was run by the Vision Zero committee and the 55' standard for large fire trucks is going to be disastrous for infill development. Cities across the world have right-sized fire and other utilities and urban streets should be designed differently to support walkable communities.
AZ is the 2nd-worst state for pedestrian deaths and 3rd worst for cyclist deaths. There are major safety issues with these stipulations. All bike lanes should be 24 hours. Paint is not a sufficient buffer on a major arterial road. Speed tables should be allowed on roads rated up to 35mph to allow for calming on collectors. A 5-foot-wide bike lane isn’t sufficient if car doors are opening into it. Let’s ensure the Vision Zero Committee is empowered to do their work and allowed to review these.
It seems that the city is pulling away from the idea of reducing traffic accidents/fatalities by adopting the new design guidelines. The guidelines only encourage faster speeds with wider streets. Wider streets cost more, increase the heat island effect is the streets are asphalt. Reducing accidents should be the priority and I don’t think the new design guidelines will do that. Thank you.
This is same as the old 2009. It requires design speed 10mph over posted speed limit. Result: wide streets, with larger turning radii than necessary. Proven, during covid, absent congestion, people drive faster, and speeding feels normal since the street is designed for too fast a speed. It is counter to the efforts of vision zero voted by council. The entire mindset of faster motor vehicles created hostile unsafe environment for everyone. New doc should be innovative. This lacks effort.
Respectfully opposed to the manual as it stands. The manual continues to be designed in what appears to be a silo away from broader Phoenix efforts for safety of all road users. It does not appear that this was run by the Vision Zero committee and the 55' standard for large fire trucks is going to be disastrous for infill development. Cities across the world have right-sized fire and other utilities and urban streets should be designed differently to support walkable communities.
AZ is the 2nd-worst state for pedestrian deaths and 3rd worst for cyclist deaths. There are major safety issues with these stipulations. All bike lanes should be 24 hours. Paint is not a sufficient buffer on a major arterial road. Speed tables should be allowed on roads rated up to 35mph to allow for calming on collectors. A 5-foot-wide bike lane isn’t sufficient if car doors are opening into it. Let’s ensure the Vision Zero Committee is empowered to do their work and allowed to review these.
It seems that the city is pulling away from the idea of reducing traffic accidents/fatalities by adopting the new design guidelines. The guidelines only encourage faster speeds with wider streets. Wider streets cost more, increase the heat island effect is the streets are asphalt. Reducing accidents should be the priority and I don’t think the new design guidelines will do that. Thank you.
This is same as the old 2009. It requires design speed 10mph over posted speed limit. Result: wide streets, with larger turning radii than necessary. Proven, during covid, absent congestion, people drive faster, and speeding feels normal since the street is designed for too fast a speed. It is counter to the efforts of vision zero voted by council. The entire mindset of faster motor vehicles created hostile unsafe environment for everyone. New doc should be innovative. This lacks effort.