brad strader - downtown transportation
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Complete Streets and Connectivity Applications in Tiffin
Tiffin Downtown SummitMay 6, 2015
Brad Strader, AICP, PTP – [email protected]
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Outline
1. Complete Streets - A New Way of Looking at Transportation
2. Best Practices
3. Tiffin Goals and Opportunities
4. Transportation Options to Consider
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Complete Streets – A new way of looking at transportation
View the entire Right of Way as important public space
Design for safe and convenient use by all types of travelers
Transportation designed to complement the intended character of different districts
Processing cars through a downtown is not the top priority
Go beyond the street
Use all of the public right-of-way
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Why Complete Streets?
Increased Safety
Improved Public Health
Cleaner Environment
Right of Way Design to Support a Vibrant Downtown … installing pedestrian and
bicycle facilities can reduce the risk of crashes by 28%.
-National Complete Streets
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BEST PRACTICES
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Best Practices – Bicycle Planning
SHARROWSShared use lane marking to signal drivers that bicyclists have legal authority to use
the roadway
BIKE LANESDesignated lane for
bicyclists
SEPARATED BIKEWAYS
Separated on-road two-way path for bicyclists
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• Replace parking space with bike parking area
• Variants of the inverted “U” with a cross bar are considered the best designs
• Design can be customized to brand community
• Bike “share” = bike borrowed and returned
Uncovered Inverted “U” racks
Bike Parking as Art
Bike Rooms and Cages
Bike Share
Best Practices – Bicycle Parking
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Best Practices – Pedestrian Planning
MID-BLOCK CROSSWALKSCrosswalk away from
intersections
PEDESTRIAN COUNTDOWN SIGNALTimer showing how
much time remains for pedestrians to cross
UNIQUE CROSSWALK DESIGNCrosswalk that uses a variety of materials,
graphics and colors to signify crossing
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TIFFIN GOALS AND OPPORTUNITIES
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Goals of the Strategic Plan
Connect universities with downtown
Integrated Streetscape Design and Development
Walkability
Bike Access
Consolidated Parking
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Connectivity Between University Campuses
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Existing Transportation Network
Downtown system is network of one-way streets and one two-way street
Auto Oriented
#### = Existing ADT
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TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO CONSIDER
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5 Minute Walk Radius of Public Surface Parking Lots
Current public parking lots are within 5 minute
walk of the majority of downtown
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Parking Strategies
Incentivize employees to park outside prime parking spots to ensure higher turnover by those visiting downtown
Make parking lots easy to find (wayfinding signs)
Provide attractive routes from parking lots to businesses
Provide adequate lighting
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One-way vs. Two-way Streets
One-WayFewer crashes
More capacity for vehicles
Easier pedestrian crossings (look one way)
Higher vehicle speeds
Complicates wayfinding
Two-WayMore crashes
Less capacity for vehicles
Lower speed
Easier wayfinding
Expense of conversion
May require removal of on-street parking
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2 One-way travel lanesRepurpose
parking lane into a 2-way bikeway
Conceptual Perry Street Re-design – Option A
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Conceptual Perry Street Re-design – Option BTwo-way (1
each way)Reduction to
one parking laneBike lanes in
both directions
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Conceptual Perry Street Re-design – Option CTwo-wayTwo parking
lanesSharrows in
both directions