road diets
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The presentation and the photography to Dan Burden, Walkable Communities.org. This shows the possibilities if a city considers road diets to deal with traffic and transportation problems. The City of Davis California is considering implementing such a policy for Fifth Street. The issue will come before city council in April.TRANSCRIPT
The future is coming…
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The Pedestrian in America has been marginalized The Pedestrian in America has been marginalized compromised to Deathcompromised to Death
What is the Purpose of Cities?
Capacity of Streets
Reframing Key Transportation ConventionsDESIGN TRAFFIC - Interpreting the Results
Sustainable Transportation is about meeting present transportation needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.”
The concept of sustainable transportation is a reaction to things that have gone radically and visibly wrong with current transportation and land use policy, practice and performance over the last half of the twentieth century. In particular unsustainable transportation consumes more energy and creates pollution and declining service levels despite increasing investments.
It delivers poor service for specific social and economic groups. It reduces happiness. It raises the cost of personal transportation to 20% of a family budget and takes time away from family time and ties. Indirectly, it increases health care to 15-20%
The World Has Changed. Former Highway Agencies that see their job as moving cars and tonnage … cannot build the next economy. The next economy requires that “place” be emphasized over speed and volume.
The streets of our cities and towns ought to be for everyone, whether young or old, motorist or bicyclist, walker or wheelchair user, bus rider or shopkeeper. But too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They’re unsafe for people on foot or bike — and unpleasant for everybody.
With disincentives like this, is there any reason
to expect people to switch from driving to walking, bicycling or
transit?
Seamless, integrated, balanced transportation systems requires equal consideration for every
mode.
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More Pavement
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ITS
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MoreCar-CarryingCapacity
Lateral Approach
Incr
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User View and Comfort
Context-Sensitive Design
Traffic Calming
Personal Security
Move Less People, Fewer M
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Intensify land use densities
Promote Mixed Use Development
Transit Supportive Development
Demand Management – Pricing, e-commerce, telecommuting, etc…
Lane Limits
Change Standards
Shift Policy
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More Pavement
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Transit
Bicycling
Walking
HOV/HOT Lanes
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A Balanced Transportation Approach
More Car-CarryingCapacity
Why do we need public places?
Not Walkable Walkable
High Car Dependency Low Car Dependency
Serious Congestion Moderate Congestion
Smart Streets form highly-connected networks of complete streets.
Street connectivity and sidewalk completeness are correlated with lower average vehicle use perperson as well as dispersed vehicle loads that decrease congestion and improve safety.
Smart Streets are right sized for their place an mission, and not built to a model that does not take in the values of the people who will live, work and shop there.
Narrow streets help create comfortable settings for walking, gathering, and lingering, especially in neighborhoods and shopping districts. They often work within a larger network that provides a framework of higher-speed streets that offer connectivity to regional destinations.
With regard to ecological aims, right-sizing means limiting impervious surfaces and potentially “freeing” right of way space that can do double duty by functioning to buffer roadside activity and travel lanes while also introducing ecological functions in the street space.
Smart Streets are designed and managed with speeds and intersectionsappropriate to context. To advance walkability and compact development patterns, smartgrowth street designs manage speed and intersection operations to advance overallcommunity objectives.
Grandview Drive (Collector) above, and “A” Avenue (Arterial) below are examples of Complete Streets that greatly improved land values, safety. Changes helped stabilize tax revenues to keep streets well maintained and attractive. In both examples walking and bicycling increased over 1200%
Grandview Drive, University Place, Washington
“A” Avenue, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Above Where would you rather walk? Where would you rather bike? Which is the safest place to bike? Or Below Where would you rather drive? Where would you rather live? Which is the safest place to drive?
MAIN STREET DEVELOPMENT
30 mph speed zone
25 mph speed zone
45 mph speed zone
Every blizzard proves motorists prefer two lane roads
Indeed they place medians and edge buffers on 4-lane roads when they get to design them (before snow plows arrive). So why not convert to 2-3 lanes, when conditions allow?
Multiple Benefits:
Lower speeds
Lower noise
Lower pollution
Reduced crashes
Safer crossings
More parking
More bike lanes
Increased beauty
More friendly
Higher property valuesMore green
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Former 4-Lane Road
Road Diets and Road SizingRoad Diets and Road Sizing
Pedestrian crash risk increases with number of crash risk increases with number of travel lanes and speed.travel lanes and speed.
• Reducing the number of travel lanes reduces Reducing the number of travel lanes reduces risk, and makes it easier to cross the streetrisk, and makes it easier to cross the street
• Reducing non-essential lanes frees space for Reducing non-essential lanes frees space for higher & better usehigher & better use
• Streets exist 24/7; peak traffic may be a Streets exist 24/7; peak traffic may be a concern for as little as 30 minutes a dayconcern for as little as 30 minutes a day
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
California Street, Mountain View, California
Motorist: Safety 25- 40% improvement
Traffic moves with greater uniformity
Compact intersections more efficient
Greater cost savings
Turns are easier
Senior friendly (as motorists)
Others:
Senior friendly (as pedestrians)
Supports transit, walking and bicycling
Emergency response friendly
Increased property values (and tax base)
Community economic develeopment
Hartford, ConnecticutHartford, ConnecticutSpeed reductions of 3-7 mph are
common
Speed reductions of 3-7 mph are
common
Orlando, FloridaOrlando, Florida
Before After
Most speeds dropped to 20 mph
Motorists do not drive in gutter pan
75% of costs charged to adjacent property owners
Increased property values
As we age our walking speed will slow
This woman took twice as long to get into the street as the younger people. Once in the street it took her three times as long to get to the far side.
Olympia, Washington (School Crossing) – Former 4-lane
77 feet
22 seconds
Valley Boulevard at Monterey El Monte, California
20, 000 ADT
In 22 seconds at 30 mph a motorist travels 968 feet (3.1 football fields)
D Quality CrossingC Quality Crossing
In 6 seconds at 30 mph a motorist travels 264 feet (.9 football fields)In 3 seconds at 30 mph a motorist travels 132 feet (.4 football fields)
25 feet
6 seconds10-12 feet
3 seconds
A Quality Crossing
If the Beatles would have tried to cross this road, rather than Abby Road, would we have been able to hear their music?
1800 vehicles per hourper lane
800 vehicles per hourPer lane
Road Diets
Ten foot travel lanes Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida – Former 3-lane, One-Way
10 Feet
Ten foot travel lanes Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida – Former 3-lane, One-Way
20 Feet
Greenville, South Carolina
Art Walk Master
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University Avenue
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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3 crash types can be reduced by going3 crash types can be reduced by goingfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 1 – rear endersfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 1 – rear enders
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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3 crash types can be reduced by going3 crash types can be reduced by goingfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 2 – side swipesfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 2 – side swipes
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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3 crash types can be reduced by going3 crash types can be reduced by goingfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 3 – left turn/broadsidefrom 4 to 3 lanes: 3 – left turn/broadside
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
• $589,000 project scheduled in FDOT 5-year work plan
• FDOT open to 3-lane option if City takes over jurisdiction
• Changes must be accepted by neighborhood and business associations; before/after studies
ConceptBefore
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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1 crash every 1 crash every 2.5 days2.5 days
34% Reduction
(146 per yr)(146 per yr)
1 crash every 1 crash every 4.2 days4.2 days
(87 per yr)(87 per yr)
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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68% Reduction
1 injury every 1 injury every 9 days9 days
(41 per yr)(41 per yr) 1 injury every 1 injury every 30 days30 days
(12 per yr)(12 per yr)
Before/after studies: 2. Injury rate
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
15.7%
7.5%9.8% 8.9%
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Before/after studies: 3. Speeding analysis
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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Before/after studies: 5. On-street parking utilization
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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Before/after studies: 6. Pedestrian volumes
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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30% Increase
Before/after studies: 7. Bicyclist volumes
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
Also: Noise levels went down…
Before/after studies: Evaluation matrix
Designing for Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
2. Which road produces the higher speed?• With a 4-lane road a fast driver can pass others• With a 2-lane road the slower driver sets the speed
3. Which road produces the higher crash rate?
4. Which is better for bicyclists, pedestrians, businesses?
1. Which road carries more traffic?
San Antonio TXSan Antonio TX
Road Diet CRF: 29% overall
San Antonio TXSan Antonio TX
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Pedestrian Safety – Road Diets
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3 crash types can be reduced by goingfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 1 – rear enders
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3 crash types can be reduced by going3 crash types can be reduced by goingfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 2 – side swipesfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 2 – side swipes
–
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3 crash types can be reduced by going3 crash types can be reduced by goingfrom 4 to 3 lanes: 3 – left turn/broadsidefrom 4 to 3 lanes: 3 – left turn/broadside
This 5-lane Main Street was converted to…This 5-lane Main Street was converted to…
Pottstown PAPottstown PA
This:This: One less travel lane; bike lanes; parallel to back-One less travel lane; bike lanes; parallel to back-in diagonal parking on one side; new pavementin diagonal parking on one side; new pavement
This area was recaptured from a 4This area was recaptured from a 4thth travel lane; travel lane; the street took on a whole new lifethe street took on a whole new life
Portland ORPortland OR
On-street parkingOn-street parking MedianMedian
Center turn-laneCenter turn-lane
Bike lanesBike lanes
Reclaimed road space creates room for many usesReclaimed road space creates room for many uses
Seattle, WASeattle, WA
La Jolla Boulevard, Bird Rock, San Diego, California (Five to two lane conversion, before). Four signals and one four-way stop being removed. Back-in Angled parking to be added. (23,000 ADT)
78 Feet78 Feet
Roadway Date ADT ADT Collision
Location Change Before After Reduction
Greenwood Ave N
N 80th St to N 50th
N 45th Street
Wallingford Area
8th Ave NW
Ballard Area
Martin Luther King Jr W
North of I 90
Dexter Ave N
Queen Ann Area
24th Ave NW
NW 85th to NW 65thOct-95 9727 9754
14 to 10 28%
Jun-91 13606 1494919 to 16
59%
Jan-94 12336 1316115 to 6 60%
Jan-94 10549 1185818 to 7 61%
Dec-72 19421 2027445 to 23
49%
Apr-95 11872 1242724 to 10
58%
Lake Washington Boulevard
Kirkland, WashingtonADT 21,000 (Peaked at 29,000)
La Jolla Boulevard, Bird Rock, San Diego, California (Five to two lane conversion, before). Four signals and one four-way stop being removed. Back-in Angled parking to be added. (23,000 ADT)
78 Feet78 Feet
La Jolla Boulevard, Bird Rock, San Diego, California
14 Feet14 Feet
Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida Five to Two lane conversion
Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida
Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida
9 Feet
University Place, Washington
Four road diets in place
Atlantic Boulevard, Delray Beach, FloridaAtlantic Boulevard, Delray Beach, Florida
Abbott Road, E. Lansing, Michigan
12 Feet12 Feet
5 Feet5 Feet
Natomas, Sacramento, California
Curb-to-Curb 17 feet 38 mph running speeds
Grandview Drive , University Place, WA (33 mph Average Speed)
University Place, Washington
10 Feet
10 Feet
University Place, Washington
The Cycle of Strip Development
Land UsePlanning
Land UsePlanning
INPUTS •Auto Oriented Business•Single Use Zoning•Single Family Residential
GROWTHGROWTH
OUTCOMES•Isolated Neighborhoods•Multiple Automobile Trips•Poor Mobility•Difficult Walking
TransportationPlanning
TransportationPlanning
INPUTS •Traffic Demand Forecasting•Congestion
GROWTHGROWTH
OUTCOMES•Wider Roads•Induced Traffic•More Traffic
Land UsePlanning
Land UsePlanning
GROWTHGROWTH
OUTCOMES
•Increased Mobility•More Walking & Bicycling•Increased Access
OUTCOMES
•Healthy Neighborhoods•Choices of Transportation•More Open Space•Sense of Place•Sense of Community
INPUTS
•Diversity of Business•Mixed Use Zoning•Diversity of Residential Units•Context Sensitive Solutions•Community Involvement
TransportationPlanning
TransportationPlanning
CommunityPlanning
CommunityPlanning
San D
iego, California