Designing Bike-Friendly Streets & Communities
Western Avenue Complete Streets Reconstruction
Daniel L. Murphy, P.E., a senior project manager in our Westwood, MA office, spoke with ASCE’s Civil Engineering Source magazine for a recent article, discussing how engineers can plan transportation projects which engage all road users, including bicyclists.
“City planners and transportation or traffic engineers can review potential bicycle corridors for opportunities to reassign existing pavement widths. Overly wide lanes encourage high travel speeds (that can endanger bikers) and can often be reduced to standard widths. Street parking can be reconsidered, allowing room for bike lanes. It can often be a matter of restriping the roadway to provide some level of bicycle accommodation.”
Read the full article on ASCE’s website.