How wide should traffic lanes be? | Walk Lobby TV
Channel: Andy Boenau
Date: 02/09/2015

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Most travel lanes are 12 feet wide. Many are even bigger. Check out the right-turn lanes. They might be 14 or 15 feet wide.

Researchers have been telling us that wider lanes are more dangerous than narrow lanes. But engineers keep building wide lanes.

So how narrow can they be? Studies are piling up saying 10 feet is a great number. It might not sound like much, but 10 or 10.5 feet wide is much safer than 12 feet.

Check out these links for more information about the connection between safety and the width of car lanes:

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/10/why-12-foot-traffic-lanes-are-disastrous-for-safety-and-must-be-replaced-now/381117/

http://nacto.org/docs/usdg/lane_widths_on_safety_and_capacity_petritsch.pdf

http://www.academia.edu/12488747/Narrower_Lanes_Safer_Streets_Accepted_Paper_for_CITE_Conference_Regina_2015_

http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=1085159