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Browsing by Author "Sykes, Robert D."

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    Creating Bicycle Transportation Networks: A Guidebook
    (Minnesota Department of Transportation, 1996-07) Sykes, Robert D.; Driscoll, Trina Wicklatz
    This guide presents a practical planning model for bicycle transportation in cities, suburbs and small towns. It focuses on the use of networks of specialized bicycle facilities and bicycle friendly zones to support and promote the use of bicycles for transportation. The potential of using bicycle roadway networks in relationship to land use is discussed in terms of using them to make a civic contribution to the form of the city beyond transportation function. A model classification system for bicycle facilities is presented that is similar to the "functional classification of streets" for motor vehicle roadways. Bicycle Expressways, Bicycle Boulevards and Bicycle Byways are introduced and discussed as specific types of bicycle roadways. Detailed planning parameters are recommended for assembling the different types of bicycle facilities into integrated systems to support bicycle use for utilitarian transportation. Planning guidelines for bicycle friendly zones are presented, along with a step-by-step process that describes how communities can plan for bicycle transportation. Planning and design considerations that are important to the success of a bicycle transportation system are also discussed. These considerations include the needs of cyclists, skill levels, personal safety issues, system legibility and traffic calming techniques. This guidebook is intended for use by professional planners, designers and engineers, neighborhood groups, bicycle advocates and community decision makers.
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    Defining an Urban Bicycle Transportation System for Minnesota Cities
    (1994-12) Sykes, Robert D.; Wicklatz, Trina; Webster, Mark
    A review of the literature on bicycle transportation shows there have been many studies and publications that present good arguments as to why we should foster the use of the bicycle as a mode of utilitarian transportation. However, this literature tells us little to help understand how to implement a bicycle transportation system in an orderly and systematic way. The intention of this study was to identify a systematic way by which use of the bicycle as utilitarian transportation in Minnesota cities could be increased. History suggests that a conceptual construct of a roadway system that not only merely accommodates, but is also driven toward aggressively satisfying the broad range of bicycle transportation needs would be a powerful tool in this direction. Toward this end, the study focused on identifying essentials of such a vision for a bicycle transportation system and articulating the attributes most likely to bring it success in application on the land in the urban areas of Minnesota. The approach taken in this study was simple. It focused on attempting to answer two general questions: (1) How can the bicycle effectively compete with the automobile as a mode of urban transportation? and (2) What can be learned from the apparent success of the urban motor vehicle roadway transportation that can be applied to foster expanded use of bicycling as urban transportation?
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    Impact of Alternative Storm Water Management Approaches on Highway Infrastructure: Guide for Selection of Best Management Practices - Volume 1
    (2006-02-01) Arika, Caleb; Canelon, Dario J.; Nieber, John L.; Sykes, Robert D.
    Highway infrastructure represents a substantial portion of the total impervious areas that generate runoff water. Because of long winters in congested areas that require frequent applications of de-icing materials, much of the runoff has the potential for affecting downstream water quality. However, storm water management techniques themselves have the potential for compromising the integrity of adjacent highways when they result in significant increases of water content in the soil beneath the roadway.

    Because of impacts and the costs associated with construction and maintenance, any storm water management system needs to be assessed before any decisions are made regarding new highway development or redevelopment. The authors consider Best Management Practices (BMPs) as they relate to the most commonly used storm water management approaches including dry ponds, wet ponds, infiltration trenches, infiltration basins, constructed wetlands, grassed swales, bioretention cells, sand filters and porous pavements. They provide a framework for considering cost of practices, negative impact on infrastructure, results from a BMP-related survey of highway design and maintenance professionals and cost-estimation formulas for each of the most commonly used storm water management approaches in urban Minnesota.

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    Impact of Alternative Storm Water Management Approaches on Highway Infrastructure: Project Task Reports - Volume 2
    (2006-02-01) Arika, Caleb; Canelon, Dario J.; Nieber, John L.; Sykes, Robert D.
    Highway infrastructure represents a substantial portion of the total impervious areas that generate runoff water. Because of long winters in congested areas that require frequent applications of de-icing materials, much of the runoff has the potential for affecting downstream water quality. However, storm water management techniques themselves have the potential for compromising the integrity of adjacent highways when they result in significant increases of water content in the soil beneath the roadway.

    Because of impacts and the costs associated with construction and maintenance, any storm water management system needs to be assessed before any decisions are made regarding new highway development or redevelopment. The authors consider Best Management Practices (BMPs) as they relate to the most commonly used storm water management approaches including dry ponds, wet ponds, infiltration trenches, infiltration basins, constructed wetlands, grassed swales, bioretention cells, sand filters and porous pavements. They provide a framework for considering cost of practices, negative impact on infrastructure, results from a BMP-related survey of highway design and maintenance professionals and cost-estimation formulas for each of the most commonly used storm water management approaches in urban Minnesota.