Guidelines for the construction of city streets

Basic data
title	Guidelines for the construction of city streets
Short title	RASt 06
abbreviation	RASt
number	200
scope of application	Design of city streets
Latest issue	2006

The guidelines for the construction of city streets ( RASt 06 for short ) are a technical set of rules valid in Germany and were published in 2007 by the Research Association for Roads and Transport in Cologne . It replaced the two previously valid recommendations for the construction of access roads (EAE) and recommendations for the construction of main roads (EAHV). The RASt 06 is introduced in Bavaria , Berlin Brandenburg , North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg. It is recommended for use in almost all other federal states.

validity

The RASt applies to main roads and access roads that are not built on and are built on in accordance with the guidelines for integrated network design (RIN).

The requirements of the RASt are "current and specific scientific sources of knowledge and reflect the state of the art ", according to the Braunschweig Administrative Court .

content

The RASt is divided into seven sections. After an introduction to the scope and structure of the guidelines, the first section contains the goals and principles for planning and designing city streets. These are based on the habitability and functionality of cities and municipalities and should take into account the different usage demands of road users on the road space. The second section describes the different city streets according to traffic and urban development features, such as their development function and the character of the surrounding area . Sections three and four deal with the design methodology and the demands on the use of street space by local public transport as well as flowing and stationary traffic with motor vehicles. Section five recommends solutions for typical design situations, section six contains the individual design elements for structural traffic management, such as trafficability and visibility at intersections that require certain visual triangles . Section seven deals with the technical equipment and green in the street space.