Types of Pedestrian Infrastructure
Types of Pedestrian Infrastructure
CDOT sees every project as an opportunity to improve pedestrian safety. A wide variety of designs and tools are used to emphasize the presence and vulnerability of people on foot, boosting access for residents on all types of roadways across the City.
![Rendering of a street with curb bump-outs and crosswalk with people walking](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/Bumpouts/Bumpoutsrendering_cardcrop copy.jpg)
Typical Design
![View of a street and cars driving away from viewer with bumpouts narrowing roadway at a crosswalk](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/Bumpouts/BumpoutCentralAve_cardcrop.jpg)
North Central Avenue
![view of an intersection with a stop sign an a concrete bumpout detached from the curb next to the crosswalk](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/PedMainPage/detachedbumpout_cardcrop.jpg)
North Lavergne Avenue
![Rendering of a street with a pedestrian refuge island in the center and people crossing in the crosswalk](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RefugeIsland/RefugeIslandRendering_cardcrop.jpg)
Typical Design
![Person crossing the street in crosswalk passing through a concrete refuge island](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RefugeIsland/ConcreteIsland_cardcrop.jpg)
West Diversey Avenue
![People crossing street with car waiting and concrete refuge island in the center](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RefugeIsland/Broadway&Winonarefugeisland_after_cardcrop.jpg)
North Broadway Avenue
![Rendering of a raised crosswalk across a roadway and people walking on the crosswalk](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RaisedCrosswalk/Raisedcrosswalkrender_cardcrop.jpg)
Typical Design
![View of a raised crosswalk across a roadway](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RaisedCrosswalk/RaisedCrosswalk1_cardcrop.jpg)
West Wilcox Street
![View of a raised crosswalk across a roadway](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RaisedCrosswalk/CentralPark_Raisedcrosswalk_cardcrop.jpg)
North Central Park Avenue
Bus Boarding Islands / Bus Bulbs
- Expand the sidewalk space at bus stops
- Improve boarding for passengers with easier transitions to and from the bus and sidewalk
- Help buses move faster by decreasing the time lost when merging into traffic after service stops
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![Rendering of person about to board bus from boarding island](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/BBIrender_cardcrop.png)
Typical Design
![Bus stopping and people boarding with person biking away from viewer in bike lane separated from vehicle travel lane by a concrete median](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/Transit/milwaukeebusbulb_cardcrop.jpg)
North Milwaukee Avenue
![bus stopped in roadway with bus boarding island and person waiting to board](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/Transit/87thBusbulb_cardcrop.jpg)
West 87th Street
Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacons
- Activated when pedestrians push the button
- Notify drivers that a pedestrian is present and about to cross
- Can be installed at typical pedestrian crossings on streets without stop signs or traffic signals
![Rendering of a pedestrian crossing road sign with lights and a push-button](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/RRFBRendering.jpg)
Typical Design
![Roadway with rapid rectangular flashing beacon signs on both sides of a pedestrian crossing](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/RRFB_DevonoffKostner_cardcrop.jpg)
West Devon Avenue
![Roadway with rapid rectangular flashing beacon signs on both sides of a pedestrian crossing](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/NWHighwayRRFB_cardcrop.jpg)
North Northwest Highway
Pedestrian Countdown Signals
- Provide a numeric countdown display for people walking
- Let pedestrians know how many seconds they have to finish crossing the intersection
![Rendering of pedestrian countdown signal with red hand and number 10](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/Pedcountdown_cardcrop.jpg)
Typical Design
Leading Pedestrian Intervals
- Give pedestrians a head start when entering an intersection
- Enhance the visibility of people crossing an intersection
- Reinforce that people walking have the priority in the street over turning vehicles
![Renderingof traffic signal showing red and pedestrian signal displaying walk signal](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/LPIrendering_cardcrop.jpg)
Typical Design
Chicanes
- Consist of raised concrete curves extending out into the street from the curb
- Require drivers to increase their attention and slow down to navigate the street
- Can be activated with amenities like benches, bike racks, or landscaping
![Rendering of a chicane on a roadway showing concrete used to realign the vehicle path](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/Chicanerenderingcropped_cardcrop.jpg)
Typical Design
![View of street with off-set parking and landscaping](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/Albany Ave_Chicane_cardcrop.jpg)
North Albany Avenue
![Truck driving on street with mid-block bumpouts](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/RRFB/RacineChicane_cardcrop.jpg)
South Racine Avenue
Left Turn Traffic Calming
- “Hardens” the centerline at intersections with raised curbs, bollards, and rubber speed bumps
- Encourages drivers to take a safer turning path, turn more slowly, and yield to people walking
- Emphasizes crossing locations and the presence of pedestrians
![Rendering of person crossing street with hardened centerline](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/PedMainPage/LTTCrendering.jpg)
Typical Design
![Person crossing street with rubber speed bump and vertical delineators along street centerline and left turning car pausing to yield to pedestrian](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/PedMainPage/LTTCState_cardcrop.jpg)
North State Street
![View of intersection with bollards installed along and rubber speed bump on both sides of crosswalk.](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/PedMainPage/LTTCRockwell_cardcrop.jpg)
West Division Street
Neighborhood Traffic Circles
- Consist of raised concrete circles with signage at the center of residential intersections
- Require drivers to increase their attention and slow down to navigate the intersection
- Effective at residential intersections with or without stop signs
- Can be activated with landscaping
![Street with traffic circle in the center of intersection with plants growing in it](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/PedMainPage/NTCdrakewrightwood.jpg)
North Drake Street
![Traffic circle in center of intersection with signage](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/PedMainPage/NTCStLouisWalnut_cardcrop.jpg)
South St Louis Avenue
![neighborhood traffic circle with car passing through](/content/dam/city/sites/complete-streets/images/PedMainPage/NTCkomensky_cardcrop.jpg)