Evaluation of safety, design, and operation of shared-use paths.

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This TechBrief summarizes the final report of the same title (FHWA-HRT-05-137). Shared-use paths are paved, off-street travel ways that serve bicyclists, pedestrians, and other non-motorized modes of travel. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has developed a new method to estimate the level of service (LOS) on a shared-use path, using a team of researchers led by the North Carolina State University Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. This TechBrief presents the project objectives and discusses the new theory of traffic flow on shared-use paths, coast-to-coast data collection, the survey of 105 trail users, the new LOS estimation procedure for shared-use paths, and the Shared-Use Path Level of Service (SUPLOS) calculator (a spreadsheet). (Author/publisher)

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C 46028 [electronic version only] /21 /
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McLean, VA, U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, Federal Highway Administration FHWA, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Office of Safety Research and Development, 2006, 6 p., 4 ref.; FHWA-HRT-05-139

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