2016 public works expo
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2016 Public Works Expo
“A Year in the Life of a Protected Bikeway”
Mike KennedyDirector, Transportation Maintenance & [email protected]
(612) 673‐3759
Matthew DyrdahlBicycle and Pedestrian [email protected]
(612) 673‐3642
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Winter Cycling Congress
• This presentation was given at the 4thAnnual Winter Cycling Congress in Minneapolis, MN February 2, 2016
• We will talk a little about that experience later in this session.
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#1 Bike City: Minneapolis The unforgiving and frigid city of Minneapolis is the country's top spot to be an urban cyclist. Now we just have to figure out why.
• Minneapolis is receiving national recognition as a bicycle friendly community.
• That also results in:o A high level of expectationso Questions about long term
operation and maintenance.o Design issues never before
contemplated.o Conflicts with maintenance
needs
Agenda
• Vision of Protected Bikeways in Minneapolis
• Oak Street Protected Bike Lane – Design and Maintenance
• General• Equipment/procedures
• Other examples
• Budgeting
• Winter Cycling Congress
• Questions4
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Vision of Protected Bikeways in Minneapolis
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Vision of Protected Bikeways in Minneapolis
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Take your pick:
• Protected Bike Lane
• Barrier Separated Bikeway
• Cycle Track
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• 2011 bicycle master plan does not address protected bikeways other than trails
• 2013 Climate Action Plan calls for 30 miles of on‐street protected bicycle facilities by 2020
• Several protected bikeways were underway
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Why prioritize protected bikeways?
Why prioritize protected bikeways?
• Important tool to increase bicycling in Minneapolis
• Protected bikeways can extend the experience of biking on a trail to busy city destinations
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19 corridors were identified for evaluation
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Criteria:
• High Bicycle Demand
• High Traffic Conflict
• Good Network Integration (connecting people to destinations)
Feasibility Analysis
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Example corridor from feasibility analysis
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Implementation• 55 miles of recommended projects
• Separated into 3 tiers based on priority and implementation opportunities
• Many projects are already planned and funded
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2015 new andimproved network:19.4 miles
Protected Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Blvd
Shared Lane
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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Shared Lane 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 9 10 14 15 14
Bike Boulevard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 19 20 21
Bike Lane 19 24 26 26 28 29 29 30 31 39 39 40 40 44 64 69 78 82 88
Protected Bikeway 62 62 64 68 71 74 76 80 81 84 88 89 89 89 92 93 95 96 102
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250Miles
Minneapolis Bikeway Mileage
Protected Bikeway Bike Lane Bike Boulevard Shared Lane
Facility Miles
Bike Lane 12.6
On‐Street Protected Bike Lane 3.8
Sidepath 2.4
Bike Boulevard 0.3
Shared Lane 0.2
Total 19.4*
6.3 miles of protected bikeways installed
2015 Bikeway Summary
*Includes new and improved segments. Net increase in bikeway network is 12.3 miles.
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Facility Miles1st Ave N Protected to Buffered Bike Lanes .5
Blaisdell Ave S Protected Bike Lanes 1.4
11th Ave S Protected Bike Lanes .5
Franklin Ave E Protected Bike Lanes 0.3
Franklin Ave SE Bike Lanes 0.2
Nicollet Ave S Bike Lanes 2.5
3rd Avenue: 1.1
Broadway Street NE Protected Bike Lanes .75
Park/Portland Ave Raised Protected Bike Lanes (downtown) 3 Block Faces
Total 7.25*3.55 miles of protected bikeways
2016 Planned Bikeways
*Includes new and improved segments.
26th Ave NImproved corridorSidepathTheodore Wirth Pkwy to West Broadway Ave NLyndale Ave N to 2nd St NLead agency: City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Wirth Pkwy connection under construction
Looking west along Farview Park
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26th/28th St ENew corridorProtected bike lanes26th St E (Hiawatha Ave to 5th Ave S)28th St E (Portland Ave S to Midtown Greenway)Lead agency: City of Minneapolis
26th St E at 14th Ave S 28th St E at 13th Ave S
Plymouth Ave N/8th Ave NENew/Improved corridorProtected bike lanes, bike boulevardPlymouth Ave N (Lyndale Ave N to River)8th Ave NE (River to 5th St NE)Lead agency: City of Minneapolis
Looking west at West River Rd N
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Oak St SENew corridorProtected bike lanesWashington Ave SE to East River PkwyLead agency: City of Minneapolis
Looking south at Essex St SE Looking south at Fulton St SE
Oak Street Design Process
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Two‐Way System “Hugging” U of M
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Oak Street Design Process (Continued)
• Project connected river trail system to the heart of campus
• High demand route (1,110 bicyclists/day, 10,000 pedestrians/day)
• Parking buffer with striping and plastic bollards
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Oak Street Design Process (Continued)
• Majority of on‐street parking preserved
• Offset parking bays marked by paint and white bollards
• Better access to campus destinations
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Temporary Northbound Transition
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Oak Street Protected Bike Lane PlanSouth Segment
Solid Barrier – No Parking
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Oak Street Protected Bike Lane PlanMiddle Segment
Delineators and Parking
Oak Street Protected Bike Lane PlanNorth Segment
Delineators and Parking
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Oak Street Protected Bike LanesPublic Works Paving Construction & Bike‐Ped Group
Pilot Project for Physical Barrier/Separator
• Part of design was to try a true barrier separation
• Short section precluded a mechanized (slip form or other) installation. Hand forming an option, but ended up going with precast curb stop sections
• City forces installed the pilot section
Oak Street pre‐project conditions: No bike lanes
Oak Street Protected Bike LanesPublic Works Paving Construction & Bike‐Ped Group
Pilot Project for Physical Barrier/Separator
• City standard today is the (pick your name):
• Delineator
• Bollards
• Channelizer
• Posts
• Pedestals
• Candlesticks
• Hit sticks
• Wanted actual barrier
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Oak Street Protected Bike LanesPublic Works Paving Construction & Bike‐Ped Group
Pilot Project for Physical Barrier/Separator
• The project scope included the milling of asphalt pavement, forming a notch for the precast barrier to be placed into and secured
• The barrier needed to form a strong rigid foundation and barrier to:
• Create a solid, safe separation between bikes and vehicles
• Stand up to the rigors of traffic, and snow and ice control equipment
Barrier Construction
• Precast concrete car stops• Dry cast concrete for enhanced durability
• 10 ft. (3 meters) long• 12 in. (304.8 mm) wide• 16 in. (406.4) high• 1,700 pounds (771 kg) each
• Delivered to site and off loaded with 3 c.y. (2.3 cubic meter) loader with forks
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Barrier Construction
• The asphalt pavement was• Marked
• Milled (notched) with a small milling machine
• The millings shoveled out by hand and
• Millings removed, and cut completely cleaned
Barrier Construction
• The result was a neat, clean cut in the pavement to set the barrier
• Straight, with uniform depth
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Barrier Construction
• Precast car stops set into place with a smaller, tracked machine with forks
• The result is a clean, uniform and high quality looking, physical barrier
Barrier Construction
• The final step is to place concrete in the gaps to set the curb stops permanently into place
• Final end treatments provide the finishing touches
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Barrier ConstructionCost Summary
• 10 foot precast car stops delivered plus misc. materials: $29.50 per foot.
• Labor and equipment: $21.00 per foot.
• Total furnished and installed: $50.50 per foot.
• If more permanent bike barriers of this type are desired, would investigate slip form concrete construction rather than precast car stops, for a potential lower materials estimated cost of $15 per foot, giving a revised total F&I estimated cost of $36 per foot.
Protected Bike Lane Maintenance
• We are talking about• Sweeping/cleaning
• Snow and ice control
• Not talking about• Signing
• Striping/pavement markings
• Lighting
• Pavement maintenance
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Summer cleaning
• Problem: Winter sand and debris migrate to the gutters and settle between the delineators in the buffer zones
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Summer cleaning
• In many cases, standard street sweepers fit and can maneuver between the tube delineators, or extend or retract brooms to fit
• May require special trips or multiple passes, leading to extra time or costs
• Many on street bike lanes swept weekly, and plan that LOS for Cycle Tracks
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Summer cleaning• May also need alternative equipment and procedures.
• Sometimes you can purchase what might work, otherwise field staff come up with ingenious solutions.
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“Leaf Buncher” created by subbing bristles for snowplow cutting edge.
Broom and pan attachment.
Summer cleaning
• Looking at different equipment; either what you have, or new ideas.
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Small regenerative air sweeper demo
Skid steer with broom.
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Winter Maintenance
• Challenges
• Lessons Learned
• How we are adjusting
• New equipment and procedures
• Budgeting
• Etc.
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Winter Maintenance
• Two way bike lane allows for the use of a standard pick‐up
• Can just barely maneuver the Washington Street entrance, but could get challenging with large snowfall.
• Curb separated section easier to maintain
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Winter Maintenance
• Two boulevard conditions
• South end allows for snow storage in boulevard
• North end, sidewalk adjacent to curb.
• Little storage, may need removal operations
• Sidewalk crews throw snow into bike lanes
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Winter Maintenance
•Conflicts• Sidewalk crews push snow into bike lanes
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Winter Maintenance
• Plowing the parking lanes…?
• It’s rare that buffer zone is available for cleaning. People must walk over snow windrow to pay parking meter
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Winter Maintenance
• “What do I do now?!”
• We can just fit down the two‐way protected lane with the pick‐up and plow, but crew and bike conflicts can happen.
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Winter Maintenance
• Level of Service discrepancy
• Bare pavement harder to attain in bike lanes. Bikes don’t have the volumes or power to get to bare pavement in same time frame as vehicles.
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Protected Bike Lane MaintenanceEquipment
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Articulating ‘snow break’ v‐plow helps in plowing around delineators
day and night!
Removing Snow as needed to maintain widths
Windrow removal with blowers and loaders
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Winter Maintenance
• Sometimes equipment won’t fit
• Might be on just part of the facility requiring a special trip
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Brooms and blowers
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Protected Bike Lane MaintenanceEquipment
• Bridge and bike lane clearing equipment
• Snow and ice control
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Pretreating /Anti‐icing
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Other Facilities ExamplesPlymouth Bridge
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Another Parked car Protected Bike Lane• First of a kind in MPLS, installed several years ago downtown
• Over time, it turned out to not be liked by business owners, or even bikers
• Being reconfigured in 2016 to put cars against the curb and buffered bike lane between cars and traffic, while sacrificing another driving lane
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Bike Lane MaintenanceBudgeting • All new to us; just beginning to gain enough experience to accurately create unit costs
• Mayor and Council have accepted that you need to fund long term o&m of new inventory
• Have been funding new equipment and ongoing maintenance for new bike lanes.
• Different rates for different facilities
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If you want to do this…
… you have to fund this.
How are we doing?
• Are our efforts providing results?
• Local Fair Trade/Organic Coffee distributor: Peace Coffee
• Sent us a lovely letter of thanks (and a couple pounds of coffee!)
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How are we doing?
• Are our efforts providing results?
• Facebook post: Jan 12, 2016
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Next Steps for Protected Bikeways
• 2016 project delivery
• Protected Intersections
• Winter Maintenance Study/Evaluation
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Winter Cycling Congress
• The 4th Annual Winter Cycling Congress in Minneapolis, MN February 2, 2016
• Three day conference including lectures, educational sessions, workshops and riding tours
• Approximately 400 international attendees
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Winter Cycling Congress• Local host Committee organized the event.
• Co‐chair was a Contributing Director of Nice Ride MN, our local bike share program
• Organized home‐stays for traveling delegates• Created bike‐sharing between attendees• Arranged riding tours for conference
• Had very high initial expectations of the City• “We want every trail and bike lane leading to the
conference hotel to look like the World Cup Bicycling Championships were on them!
• Approximately 400 international attendees• City, County, Parks, Universities and other agency
professionals• Planners, designers, vendors, academics, elected
officials, media representatives, organized advocates as well as those from the general public
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Winter Cycling Congress• Sessions organized into three main themes:
• Build it• Bike it• Maintain it
• Topics ranged from:• Winter City experiences• Best Practices• Maintaining friction• Successful advocacy strategies• Growing interest in your community
• Biking equity• Year round biking• Roundtable discussions• Mobile tours
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Winter Cycling Congress
• Everything was going fine, and then this hit on Tuesday morning…
• 10” Snowstorm that resulted in our having to declare a Snow Emergency
• But by the next morning, our crews had everything cleared and opened.
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Winter Cycling Congress
• There were four scheduled Mobile Tours where groups rode trails and bike lanes.
• All facilities were open and ridable, with one minor exception; a private development trail.
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Mobile Tour on Thursday featuring the Oak Street protected bike lanes, and Public Works crews and equipment.
2017 Winter Cycling Congress
Montreal Canada will be the next city to host the Winter Cycling Congress in 2017 as part of its 375th anniversary celebrations.
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