Paths, Tracks, and Trails Designing for Pedestrians and Cyclists

• Other Authors: Ceccon, Paolo (Editor), Zampieri, Laura (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mulgrave, Victoria The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd 2016
• Subjects: Pedestrian areas; Sidewalks; Bicycle trails; Urban landscape architecture; Landscape design > Environmental aspects
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.

There is an ever-growing demand for the construction of pedestrian and cyclist paths internationally, and it's the rate of growth that highlights new challenges as well as opportunities for landscape designers. This book showcases several exciting design projects of pedestrian and cyclist paths...

Table of Contents:

• Public infrastructure and public spaces
• Planning a walking and cycling path system
• Types and locations of walking and cycling paths
• Path-user requirements
• Design criteria for walking paths
• Design criteria for bicycle paths
• Intersections of paths and roads
• Provision parking facilities
• Maintenance and management