Dunes  City  Bicycle  and  Pedestrian  Needs  Assessment  Ross  Peizer  -­‐  Dunes  City  Assistant  Planner  Intern  /  University  of  Oregon  Master  of  Community  and    Regional  Planning  Candidate    

August  14      2014  

PresentaEon  Outline  

•  Needs  Assessment  Process  (30  minutes)  •  Project  Overview/Timeline  •  Current  CondiEons  •  Research  and  Public  Outreach  •  Survey  Results/Main  Findings  •  PotenEal  Route  OpEons  •  Examples  of  Supported  FaciliEes  •  How  to  Proceed/Next  Steps  

•  Ques8ons  (15  minutes)      

August      2014  

Project  Overview  

1. Why  are  Bicyclists  and  Pedestrians  Important?  2.  How  Did  Dunes  City  get  to  the  Needs  Assessment?  3. What  is  the  Needs  Assessment?  

August      2014  

•  To  assess  the  need  for  development  of  pedestrian  and  bicycle  faciliEes  in  Dunes  City    

•  This  includes  public  outreach  and  idenEficaEon  of  specific  bicycle  and  pedestrian  faciliEes  and  locaEons  

Project  Timeline   August      2014  

• Present  to  City  Council  

 

• Follow  up  on  Next  Steps  

• Present  to  Road  Commission  

• OrientaEon  • Current  CondiEons  

• Analyze  Survey  Data  

• DraR  Needs  Assessment  

• Open  Survey  and  distribute  

• Oregon  Dunes  Triathlon  Public  Outreach  

• Close  Survey  

• Press  Release  • Survey  development    

• InformaEon  gathering/Research  

February    March/April    May   June   July   August  

Current  CondiEons  

Pros  •  Parks  •  Signage  

Cons  •  ConnecEvity  

Issues  •  Safety  

Concerns  

     

August      2014  

Research  

Demographic  Data  •  Median  Age  59.9  •  Percent  Change  of  65+  was  36.3%  (123  people)  between  2000  

and  2010  

•  PopulaEon  Forecast  •  366  more  residents  by  2035  

•  Crash  Data  •  Inventory  of  the  Roads  

August      2014  

Public  Outreach  

Public  Outreach  included:  

August      2014  

LimitaEons  •  Not  a  staEsEcal  sample  •  Online  access    

1.  Online  Survey  2.  In-­‐person  interacEons  at  the  2nd  annual  

Oregon  Dunes  Triathlon  and  Duathlon  

Walking  Survey  Results  

•  77%  of  respondents  walk  around  Dunes  City          

August      2014  

•  47%  of  those  respondents  walk  daily      •  66%  feel  safe  to  very  safe  walking  around  Dunes  City    

Bicycling  Survey  Results  

•  49%  said  they  never  ride  their  bicycle        

August      2014  

•  32%  do  not  feel  safe  riding  on  the  roads  in  Dunes  City    

•  83%  ride  for  recreaEon  

Main  Findings  

1.  Respondents  walk  more  than  they  bicycle.    2.  Respondents  feel  much  safer  walking  than  bicycling  on  

the  roads  in  Dunes  City.    3.  Off  street  paths  would  encourage  more  people  to  walk  

and  bicycle  than  any  other  bicycle  or  pedestrian  facility.  4.  ConnecEons  to  recreaEonal  areas  including  Honeyman  

State  Park  and  resorts  in  Westlake  and  the  North  Beach  area  were  expressed  as  desired  desEnaEons  for  walking  and  bicycling.    

August      2014  

PotenEal  Route  OpEons  

The  following  four  opEons  are  based  on  the  main  findings  from  the  survey  regarding  types  of  faciliEes  respondents  said  would  encourage  them  to  walk  and  bicycle  more  oRen  and  where  they  would  like  those  facili8es.  

August      2014  

Westlake  to  North  Beach  Path   Aug      2014  

North&Beach&Resort&

Westlake&

Poten2al&off&street&path&alignment&along&Siltcoos&Lake&

Petersdorf&and&Byrd&Park&

Camp&Baker&

Bike/Ped  Access  on  Canary  Road  Aug      2014  

Pedestrian*Overpass*from*Dunes*City*to*Honeyman*

Canary*Road*Bridges*which*could*be*more*bike/ped*friendly*

Bike/Ped  Access  on  Canary  Road  Aug      2014  

ConnecEng  Foothill  Drive  and  South  Pioneer  Road  

Aug      2014  

ConnecEng  Foothill  Drive  and  South  Pioneer  Road  

Aug      2014  

Dead%End%

Dead%End%

Possible%Road%Connec1on%

Walkway  and  Overlooks  along  the  Siltcoos  River  

Aug      2014  

Walkway  and  Overlooks  along  the  Siltcoos  River  

Aug      2014  

Dunes&City&Hall/Visitor’s&Center&

Poten4al&Siltcoos&River&Overlooks&and&Walkway&

Examples  of  Supported  FaciliEes   Aug      2014  

Next  Steps   August      2014  

Determine  the  feasibility  for:    

2.  ConnecEng  the  roadway  between  Foothill  Drive  and  South  Pioneer  Road  

 

3.  Improving  pedestrian  and  bicycle  connecEons  along  Canary  Road  and  Canary  Road  bridges  

 4.  Extended  walkway  with  more  outlooks  along  the  Siltcoos    

 River  between  Spruce  Street  and  Hemlock  Street    

*Possibly  negoDate  with  Lane  Country  to  connect  a  bicycle/pedestrian  path  to  the  Hilltop  neighborhood  including  Petersdorf  and  Byrd  Parks  

 

1.  Different  bicycle/pedestrian  path  alignment  opEons  between  Westlake  and  North  Beach  

 

How  to  Proceed  

•  A  Bicycle/Pedestrian  Plan  or  addiEons  to  the  Need  Assessment  would  include  prioriEzaEon  and  phasing  based  on:  •  A  vision  statement  and  goals  •  Costs  and  funding  sources    

 

August      2014  

Thanks!  QuesEons?  

•  City  Administrator  Fred  Hilden  and  Dunes  City  staff      •  Dunes  City  Road  Commission  and  City  Council  •  Lane  Council  of  Governments  (LCOG)  and  Public  Works  

staff  Jacob  Callister  and  Sarah  Wilkinson  •  Everyone  who  took  the  survey  and  parEcipated  in  the  

Needs  Assessment  process  

 

August      2014  

Contact  InformaEon:  Ross  Peizer  rossp@uoregon.edu  (206)  719-­‐4440