AP-A Glorssery of Terms

Public Right-of-Way

The area of property where the municipality or other government agency has a dedicated or acquired right-of-way allowing the public to pass over it by certain modes of transportation.

Regulatory Framework

The system of standards, rules, and guidance for wayfinding as well as the bodies that produces, maintains and enforces them.

Survey View

Maps are survey views of an area; they provide a two-dimensional representation of the physical world from the viewpoint of the map maker or surveyor.

Sustainable Transportation

Sustainable transportation options reduce reliance on finite sources of energy and resources. These normally include walking, cycling, transit, and shared transportation services.

Tactile surfaces and Braille

Raised lettering, relief maps, and Braille, which is a writing system using patterns of raised dots, can be used to assist people with blindness or visual impairments who have learned these systems.

Wayfinding

The process of navigation assisted by our senses, decision-making skills, and memories, that builds our understanding of the world around us. • Standard Wayfinding: Primarily uses regulated signage to assist navigation of the state’s public transportation network. Standard wayfinding is consistent, predictable, efficient, and effective. • Enhanced Wayfinding: creatively builds from the foundation of standard wayfinding to offer greater opportunity to target a larger audience, meet wayfinding goals, and incorporate sponsor identity. Enhanced wayfinding is unique, targeted, flexible, effective, and conveys wayfinding information through use of multiple senses. • Community Wayfinding: A type of extended wayfinding that differs from traditional highway signs to reflect local character and identity under guidelines contained in Section 2D.50 of the MDMUTCD.

ONLINE REFERENCES

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) https://www.transportation.org/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) https://www.ada.gov/ Anacostia Trails Heritage Area (ATHA) https://www.anacostiatrails.org/ Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) http://mdrules.elaws.us/comar Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/ Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) https://www.ite.org/ National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) https://nacto.org/publication/urban-bikeway-design-guide/bikewaysigning-marking/bike-route-wayfinding-signage-and-markings-system/ National Parks Service (NPS) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/upload/Wayside-Guide-First-Edition. pdf Prince George’s County Approved General Plan https://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/publications/BookDetail. cfm?item_id=279&Category_id=1 Prince George’s County Bicycle and Pedestrian Program https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/2266/BikingWalkingResources Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/1002/Public-WorksTransportation Prince George’s County Master Plan of Transportation Bikeways and Trails https://www.mncppc.org/DocumentCenter/View/1696/CountywideMaster-Plan-of-Transportation-Bikeways-and-Trails-PDF