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Structure—A bridge, retaining wall or tunnel.
Traffic Calming—Measures intended to slow or reduce motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve
safety for pedestrians and bicyclists and improve the environment for residents.
Traffic Control Devices—Signs, signals or other fixtures, whether permanent or temporary, placed
on or adjacent to a travel-way by any authority of a public body having jurisdiction to regulate, warn
or guide traffic.
Traffic Volume—The given number of vehicles that pass a given point for a given amount of time
(hour, day, year). See ADT.
Transit Mall—A street, or set of streets, in a city or town along which automobile traffic is
prohibited or greatly restricted and only public transit vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians are
permitted.
TSP— Transportation System Plan: The overall plan for all transportation modes for a given area
(usually city, county or MPO).
UGB—Urban Growth Boundary: the area surrounding an incorporated city in which the city may
legally expand its city limits.
Ultrasonic Detector—A detector that senses the presence or passage of vehicles through its field
of emitted ultrasonic energy.
Urban Area—The area immediately surrounding an incorporated city or rural community that is
urban in character, regardless of size.
Utility Cyclist—An individual(s) who uses a bicycle primarily to reach a particular destination to
purchase or deliver goods and services. Messengers are classified as utility cyclists.
Vehicle—Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or
drawn upon a highway, including vehicles that are self-propelled or powered by any means.
Video Detection— The use of video sensors to monitor and detect activity
Walkway—A transportation facility built for use by pedestrians, including persons in wheelchairs.
Walkways include sidewalks, paths and paved shoulders.
Warning Signs—A yellow bicycle crossing sign (W11-1) as established in the National Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices is the standard sign for use in advance of a point where an
officially designated bike path or bike trail crosses a roadway.
Wide Outside Lane—A wider than normal curbside travel lane that is provided for ease of bicycle
operation where there is insufficient room for a bike lane or shoulder bikeway.
Regional Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Master Plan—Amended June 2011 E-8