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CITY OF KENNEWICK – MUNICIPAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT Pedestrian Ramp Priority Rating Policy Purpose: The primary purpose of pedestrian ramps is to facilitate the crossing of intersection and other designated pedestrian crossing locations by the physically impaired. Policy: Limited budgets necessitate the need to establish a prioritization system for the installation of new pedestrian ramps. Locations must have a standard concrete vertical curbing and no existing ramp in order to be prioritized. Existing ramps which do not meet current standards will not be prioritized or replaced until such time as all locations without ramps have received ramps. An exception is made for those existing ramps, which in the opinion of the Director of Public Works, are considered unusually hazardous for the physically impaired. Locations will be assigned points based upon the criteria presented below. Intersection and Area Type Point Assignment Commercial Area Residential Area Industrial Area Roadway Classification PA MA C L PA MA C L PA MA C L Principal Arterial 8 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 Minor Arterial 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 Collector 5 4 4 3 2 1 Local 3 2 1 PA ‐ principal arterial; MA ‐ minor arterial; C ‐ collector; L ‐ local Physically impaired use location* 30 points *Physically impaired use location(s) are normally determined after a complaint/request is made or through and observation while conducting a unrelated traffic survey. Marked, controlled (stop sign or signal) pedestrian or school crosswalk 10 points Adjacent to a senior citizen facility 8 points Adjacent to a public facility 8 points Marked, uncontrolled (no stop sign or signal) pedestrian or school crosswalk 6 points Areas with less than 200 feet (60 m) of continuous sidewalk adjacent to ramp minus 5 points If two or more locations have equal points then the following shall be used to differentiate the locations (in descending order): 1) Physically impaired use location 2) Marked school crosswalk location 3) Marked pedestrian crosswalk location 4) Public facility 5) Senior facility 6) Urban built‐up (80% or more improved) area 7) Rural built‐up (80% or more improved) area 8) Requests 9) City Engineer discretion Those intersections and street segments, except a high physically impaired use location, that are part of a capital improvement project, L.I.D., etc. which will provide pedestrian ramps in the next three years are exempt from prioritization. Peter M. Beaudry Director of Public Works revised: Sept. 2008