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WELCOME
The Portland Bureau o Transportation
is exploring options that will
make travelling on North Williams
Avenue between Weidler Street and
Killingsworth Street saer and morecomortable or all users.
With the advice o a Stakeholder
Advisory Committee ormed or this
project, City sta have prepared alternative designs or your consideration.
These designs include potential transportation changes to reduce conicts and
improve operation o the bike lane, auto lanes, bus stops, and crosswalks.
Heres how you can provide your input:
Talk with staPlace comments on the map provided
Answer questions at stations labelled Input Required
Provide written comment
Submit comments on project website:
www.portlandonline.com/transportation/williams
For more inormation, please visit the website or contact the Project Manager:
Ellen Vanderslice
503-823-4638
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2 NE MLK Boulevard:MLK is designated a major city
trafc street or cars and is not a
designated bikeway. Some people
thereore use North Williams
Avenue to bike to destinations on
or near MLK Boulevard.
1 Crossings and Continuity: The side streets west o Williams
dont go through, and the major
east-west streets are hard to cross
because they carry heavy auto
trafc rom I-5.
Why Williams?The City o Portland designated North Williams Avenue a "major city bikew
Portland Bicycle Plan last year. This means North Williams Avenue will beco
the best and busiest bike routes in the bike network, the same way "major
streets" (like NE MLK Blvd.) are designed to be the best and busiest car routWhy was North Williams Avenue designated a "major city bikeway"? And w
many people already biking on North Williams Avenue?
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FOUR MAJOR PROBLEMS
Failure to yield to pedestrians
crosswalks is a common comp
We have heard concerns about speeding on every
segment o N Williams. Between Broadway and Russell,
52% o cars exceed the 30 mph speed limit. Multiple
Auto Speeds
People are concerned about the ease and saety o
walking across N Williams. With two auto lanes and one
bike lane to cross, and ast-moving car trac, usingeven a well-marked crosswalk can be unnerving. North
Williams is a place where many children and people with
disabilities walk and use transit, so crosswalks need to
be sae and easy to use.
Crosswalk Safety
These are the concerns that we have heard most oten rom the residents,
businesses and visitors o N Williams Avenue.
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CROSSWALK SAFETY STRATEGIES
Providing sae and comortable travel orpedestrians using North Williams Avenue is
one o the highest priorities or this project. The
potential strategies or improving the pedestrian
environment includes:
Reducing the number o auto lanes in certain
locations to slow trac and allow drivers to
better see pedestrians
Provide high-visibility or signalized crosswalks
at strategic locations
Provide curb extensions to allow pedestriansand drivers to see one another
Manage conficts with bicyclists
Curb extensions decrease crossing distances and
improves the visibility o pedestrians
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SPEED REDUCTION STRATEGIES
REDUCE TO ONETRAVEL LANE
Providing a single travel lanegenerally reduces vehicle speeds
as vehicles travel behind other
slower-moving vehicles, e.g. North
Vancouver Avenue.
USE SIGNAL TIMING TO
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BUS/BIKE CONFLICT STRATEGIES
CYCLE TRACKDivert bicyclists behind
bus stops so they do not
have to interact with
buses. This treatment
requires managing
conficts between bus
passengers and the cycle
track.
SEPARATE BUSES ANDCYCLISTS IN TIMESeparate signal phases can be used to
separate buses and bikes e g buses could
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BIKEWAY CAPACITY STRATEGIES
The North Williams corridor is one o the most popular bikeways in Portland. This can lead tocrowded conditions where aster cyclists try to pass slower cyclists. Providing more space, so
bicyclists do not encroach into trac lanes when passing, will create a more comortable cycling
environment and be able to carry even more cyclists in the uture. Some potential bikeway
enhancements are described below.
WIDE BIKE LANE BUFFERED BIKE LANE
BENEFITS: BENEFITS:
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NORTH WILLIAMS SEGMENTS 5 -
5 SKIDMORE TO KILLINGSWORTApproximately 700 to 850 motor vehicles during peak h
Light bus stop activity; some conficts (Alberta)
No bicycle count data available
Neighbors concerned about speeding (no speed dataavailable)
Crosswalks are used by vulnerable pedestrians
OPPORTUNITY:
Remove a travel lane
on the west side o th
street and shit lanesto create space or an
enhanced bikeway
Moderate parking demand
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NORTH WILLIAMS SEGMENTS 2 -
2 I-5 ON-RAMP TO RUSSELLApproximately 700 motor vehicles during peak hour
Moderate bus stop activity bus/bike leaprogging
Approximately 300 bicyclists during peak hour
52% o vehicles exceed the speed limit, many neighbor
complaints
Tillamook and Page used by vulnerable pedestrians
Light to moderate parking demand
OPPORTUNITY:Convert an auto trave
lane into an enhanced
bikeway
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SIGNAL PROGRESSION
Ever notice that i you go the right speed along
Grand Avenue (30 mph) or Broadway in Downtown
(12 mph) you get all green lights? Trac engineers
adjust the timing o these signals so that the trac
progresses at these speeds. The same technique
can be used on North Williams Avenue to better
manage vehicle speeds.
However, providing a green wave requires a
close and regular spacing o signals that does
not currently exist on North Williams Avenue. It
is proposed that speeds be better managed in
the commercial district between Cook Street and
Shaver Street by adding signals at:
Failing Street
Beech Street
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LANE CONFIGURATION
One Lane or Two?A single motor vehicle lane on North
Williams Avenue can carry approximately
850 vehicles per hour. Two lanes can carry
approximately 1,700 vehicles per hour.
Peak hour trac does not exceed the one
lane capacity in a number o segments and
existing trac may be accommodated with a
single lane.
In segments 2 and 5, it is proposed that
one o the motor vehicle travel lanes be
converted to provide space or an enhancedbikeway and bus operating space. The
benets o a single travel lane arrangement
include:
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CAPACITY
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
For more inormation see the North Williams Existing ConditionsReport at www.portlandonline.com/transportation/williams
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
For more inormation see the North Williams Existing ConditionsReport at www.portlandonline.com/transportation/williams
NORTH WILLIAMS POTENTIAL BIKEWAY ENHANCEMENT
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CYCLE TRACK ENHANCED BIKE LAN
PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OPTIONSEXISTING CONDITIONS
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NORTH WILLIAMS POTENTIAL BIKEWAY ENHANCEMENT
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