Community Neighborhood Development

In Community Neighborhood Development, you'll learn ...

• Techniques for the planning and design of community neighborhood developments
• The functions of different roadway types
• How one-way streets can strategically be used in community neighborhood design to attain safer, move-controlled travel
• Different types of intersections as they relate to traffic control

Overview

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Credit: 1 PDH

Length: 28 pages

Community neighborhood development consists of designers balancing the needs of through traffic, commercial areas, public areas, and residential areas. Traffic volume, trip characteristics, speed and level of service, and other factors in the functional classification system relate to the mobility of motor vehicles and must be integrated with the needs of bicyclists or pedestrians. The context of land use of the surrounding environment must also be considered.

Specific design principles and processes must be considered in community neighborhood development to promote safe and effective movement of all thoroughfare users in the community. They must provide mobility for users, create a safe street for users, accommodate efficient movement of goods, promote access for emergency services, transit, waste management and delivery trucks, and provide access to properties.

In this course, the community roadway system is defined from high speed, low access to low speed, and greater overall access. Definitions of the roadway types are provided to distinguish the differences between the functions of the roadway types. Parking and pedestrian crossings are discussed as they must be built into the community roadway system.

The use of one-way streets is covered to identify how they can strategically be used in community neighborhood design to attain safer, move-controlled travel, and the different types of intersections are defined as they relate to traffic control in an ever-increasing usage of a roadway system. The key to a well-planned and designed community neighborhood development is to focus on both the safe and efficient movement of the traveling public. This course will provide you with techniques for the planning and design of community neighborhood developments.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• General Principles of Community Neighborhood Development
• Design Principles and Processes of Community Neighborhood Development
• Community Roadway Systems
• Links and Nodes
• On-Street Parking
• Pedestrian Crossings
• Access Management
• One-Way Streets
• Intersections

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.