Reduction in the crossing distance for the pedestrians, Remove the possibility of the overtaking Provide increase in capacity for the left turning vehicles Remove the need for the additional lighting and Promote the traffic calming in the residential area. The proposed cross section layout is presented in the following picture: Note: The proposed layout is in conjunction with the given limitations in terms of the corridor width and it does not require additional land take. Also the actual dimensions can be modified during the design to accommodate the requirements for the underground facilities etc. The proposed layout generally proposes the following cross section: 1.5m walkway on the left side of the road, 3.65-4.00m wide traffic lane, 4.0-5.00m wide median, 3.65-4.00m wide traffic lane, 3.10m wide shared walk/cycle lane to the right of the road. The proposed cross-section is more or less the same as the proposed cross-section for the Al Fahal Street, considering that although the street formally requires dualisation the number of vehicles calculated as a traffic demand is 3 times less than the Design Service Traffic Flow for the C10 Design Group. The width of the ROW actually allows the provision of the dual carriageway with 1m wide median and 6m wide carriageway lanes on both sides, but it creates different issues, especially in terms of pedestrian facilities and vulnerable road user’s provisions. The proposed cross-section would therefore provide enough capacity with also providing additional safety for non-motorized road users. 2.7 LIGHTING 2.1.1 PROBLEM Location: General. Summary: Existing lighting design does not provide adequate lighting for the pedestrians and cyclists, considering that the light poles presented in the design are the single arm light poles positioned on the right side of the carriageway, aimed towards the carriageway, therefore providing minimum lighting to the walk/cycle route to the left of the carriageway and no lighting to the walk route to the right of the carriageway (as presented in the following picture). RECOMMENDATION
Reduction in the crossing distance for the pedestrians, Remove the possibility of the overtaking Provide increase in capacity for the left turning vehicles Remove the need for the additional lighting and Promote the traffic calming in the residential area. The proposed cross section layout is presented in the following picture: Note: The proposed layout is in conjunction with the given limitations in terms of the corridor width and it does not require additional land take. Also the actual dimensions can be modified during the design to accommodate the requirements for the underground facilities etc. The proposed layout generally proposes the following cross section: 1.5m walkway on the left side of the road, 3.65-4.00m wide traffic lane, 4.0-5.00m wide median, 3.65-4.00m wide traffic lane, 3.10m wide shared walk/cycle lane to the right of the road. The proposed cross-section is more or less the same as the proposed cross-section for the Al Fahal Street, considering that although the street formally requires dualisation the number of vehicles calculated as a traffic demand is 3 times less than the Design Service Traffic Flow for the C10 Design Group. The width of the ROW actually allows the provision of the dual carriageway with 1m wide median and 6m wide carriageway lanes on both sides, but it creates different issues, especially in terms of pedestrian facilities and vulnerable road user’s provisions. The proposed cross-section would therefore provide enough capacity with also providing additional safety for non-motorized road users. 2.7 LIGHTING 2.1.1 PROBLEM Location: General. Summary: Existing lighting design does not provide adequate lighting for the pedestrians and cyclists, considering that the light poles presented in the design are the single arm light poles positioned on the right side of the carriageway, aimed towards the carriageway, therefore providing minimum lighting to the walk/cycle route to the left of the carriageway and no lighting to the walk route to the right of the carriageway (as presented in the following picture). RECOMMENDATION