center city bicycle network pilot projects final 1

8/6/2019 Center City Bicycle Network Pilot Projects Final 1

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North/South Bike LanePilot Project Proposal

13 th Street and 10 th Street


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Previous Experiences/Similar Projects

Give Respect Get Respect Campaign

Project Objectives

Selection Criteria

Project Details

Timeline

Q&A 20 minutes

Review striping plans with City staff Center CityBicycleNetworkPilotProjectsAGENDA


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Center CityBicycleNetworkPilotProjects

REVIEW OF SPRUCE / PINE PROJECTS

Converted One Travel Lane to Buffered Bike Lane

Average Motor Vehicle Speed Remained Consistent

Reduced Speed for Fastest, Most Aggressive Drivers

More Orderly, Evenly Paced Traffic Flow

Improved Safety for all road users:

Serious crashes down 45% Fender-benders down 17%


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FINDINGS FROM SPRUCE/PINE

Two main responses:

We need more bike lanes to go North and South

We need cyclists to obey the law



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DEMAND

Center City hashighest share of bike to work tripsin Philadelphia


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Connect Center City employment hubs to Northand South Philadelphia residential areas

Improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians inCenter City

Improve bicyclist behavior

Organize traffic on streets frequently used bybicyclists

Draw cyclists to preferred routesMake a data-based decision

PILOT PROJECT OBJECTIVES


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Center CityBicycle

NetworkPilotProjects

Existing vehicle volume can be carried with oneless lane

Increase capacity of N/S bicycle network throughemployment and service hubs of Center City

Minimize conflicts with buses

Limit conflicts between parked cars and bicycles

Provide safe riding surface for bicycles

SELECTION CRITERIA


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Add Capacity

Safe Surface

Bus Conflicts

High Auto Volume

Build N/S Networkto Employers &Businesses

75 Miles of North/SouthTravel

LanesAnalyzed:

2.5 Miles of Pilot Bike Lanes


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Pilot Buffered Lanes SharrowsTraditional Lanes


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EVALUATION

City will collect data onVehicle speedQueue lengths at intersectionsVehicle volumesBicycle volumes

Behavior of bicyclists

Data based decision to be made afterreview of this information andcomments from residents, businesses

and users.


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Buffered bike lane

Shared turn lane

SAMPLE LINE DIAGRAM10 th & LOCUST


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Buffered bike lane

Shared turn lane

SAMPLE LINE DIAGRAM13 th & PINE


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Shared Lane forturning traffic

Buffered bike lanewide enough foremergency vehicles

SAMPLE LINE DIMENSIONS10 th & CHESTNUT


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Center CityBicycleNetworkPilot

Projects

PROJECT TIMELINE

LateJune

Linestriping PlansFinalized

July-October

Post DataCollection

OngoingMonitoring

LateFall Evaluate And Report

Data

Second CommunityMeeting

Met With KeyStakeholders

May10

th CommunityMeeting

Mid/Late May

Follow Up WithStakeholders

Pre Data Collection

April

Pilot LanesInstalled


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VISUALIZING 10th @ Jefferson


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VISUALIZING 10 th @ Chinatown


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VISUALIZING 13 th and Sansom


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VISUALIZING 13 th and Rodman


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QUESTIONS?COMMENTS?

Charles [email protected] [email protected]

1401 JFK Boulevard

Suite 1430Philadelphia PA, 19102

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