Pedestrian, Bicycle

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Pedestrian, Bicycle Safe Routes

• Task Force Update
• Project Recommendation

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History of Walking Biking in Bellevue

• Pedestrian and bicycle issues have been discussed
  at the Town and Village Board level since the
  early to mid 1990s.
• Task Force created in 2008 to address safe
  walking routes to school.

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Issues in Bellevue

• Lack of safe routes to school
• Lack of cross-town connections
• Standards and Specifications
• Consensus of scope

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Opportunities in Bellevue

• Large areas of undeveloped land allow opportunity
  to construct facilities when areas are developed.
• Resident interest is high.
• Grant funding is available in some cases.
• Officials are interested in developing a program.
• The addition of pedestrian/bicycle facilities
  will help sell development and raise property
  values.

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Desires in Bellevue

• Officials make fair, consistent policies
  regarding the placement, installation and
  maintenance of facilities.
• Residents are educated on proper use.
• Future facilities are designed to encourage high
  volume use.
• Points of destination, such as schools, parks,
  places of worship and business districts, are
  connected to pedestrian and bicycle facilities.

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Desires in Bellevue

• Motorists are aware and abide by traffic laws
  designed to protect pedestrians and cyclists.
• An established plan is the defining tool for the
  location and type of future pedestrian/bicycle
  facilities.
• Pedestrian/bicycle facilities help promote
  health, wellness and community.

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What do we have?

• The Village of Bellevue has
• 83 miles of roadway
• 1 mile of sidewalk
• 2.8 miles of side-paths
• 2.2 miles of recreational trail (East River
  Trail)

Only 4.5 of all roadways in the village provide
pedestrian and or bicycle facilities!
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What do we have?

• 2009 Citizen Survey A majority of survey
  participants (65) would like to see additional
  recreational trails and many (57) would like the
  addition of sidewalks.
• Half of all trips are shorter than 3 miles - a 15
  minute bike ride
• One in ten households do not own an automobile
• 1/3 of the population do not drive an automobile
• About one in nine trips are made by foot or
  bicycle already

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Existing Guidelines Plans

• National
• Manual On Uniform Traffic Control (MUTCD 2003)
• AASHTO Bicycle Design Guide (1999)
• AASHTO Pedestrian Design Guide (2004)
• ADA
• State
• WisDOT Bicycle Facility Design Guidance
• WisDOT Pedestrian Facility Design Guidance
• Brown County
• Green Bay MPO Long-Range Transportation Plan
• Village of Bellevue
• Comprehensive Plan
• Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

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What do we want?

• A pedestrian and bicycle transportation system
  that effectively connects points of destination
• schools
• parks
• businesses
• public facilities and places of worship

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What do we want?

• A pedestrian and bicycle transportation system
  that is safe and accessible for the abilities and
  training of the expected users.

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What do we want?

• Integrate the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians
  into the Villages planning, budgeting and
  maintenance processes.

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What do we want?

• Support the effectiveness of the villages
  pedestrian and bicycle transportation system
  through engineering, education, enforcement, and
  encouragement measures.

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Whats next for the Task Force?

• Review our goals and objectives.
• How do we get what we want?
• Draft Formal Policy
• Specific Actions Recommendations
• Education, Enforcement Encouragement program
  recommendations
• Plan review approval.

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Whats next for the Task Force?

• Review street projects and provide
  recommendations based on proposed plan policy.

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Why should we care about walking and bicycling?

• Most basic forms of transportation
• Benefits of walking and bicycling
• Health fitness
• Environmentally friendly
• Economically sound sustainable
• Social and fun!

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Why doesnt everyone walk or bicycle?

• Time
• Weather
• Distance
• No Facilities
• Safety

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Safety

• Perceived vs. Actual
• What bothers you the most may not be your biggest
  problem?
• Engineer (Design) facilities that are proven to
  be safer!
• Provide education, encouragement and enforcement
  measure to overcome perceived safety concerns.

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Safety

• Disproportionate Deaths
• Percent of all trips made on foot or by bicycle?
• 8.5
• Percent of all traffic fatalities that are
  pedestrians and bicyclists?
• 13

References 2005 NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts, 2001
National Household Transportation Survey
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Safety

• Research carried out by the US DOT
• Pedestrians are 88.2 less likely to be involved
  in a vehicle/pedestrian crash where sidewalk are
  present and used.
• Vehicular speed is also a major factor in crash
  survival.

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Typical Roadway Design

• Focus on moving high volumes of motor vehicle
  traffic as quickly and efficiently as possible.

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What Pedestrians Need

• Lower volumes of motor vehicle traffic moving at
  slow speeds, sidewalks, separation from traffic
  and well-defined crossing points.

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Sidewalk Width 4 feet
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Sidewalk Width Benefits of 5 foot
Two adults can walk side-by-side
5 sidewalk, 2 grass utility strip
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Crosswalk Refuge Refuge with Traffic Calming
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Crossing Islands
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What Bicyclists Need
SPACE! Lack of adequate space creates hazards for
bicyclists and motorists
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Common Roadway and Traffic Conditions that Affect
Bicyclists

• Effective travel width for bicyclists
• On-street parking encroachments
• Volume of motor vehicles
• Speed of traffic
• Proportion of heavy vehicles
• Pavement surface condition

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Photo by SCI
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Paved Shoulders
Minimum width 4 any additional shoulder is
better than none at all
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Wide Curb Lanes
14' Wide
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Bike Lane Design
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Improving Safety-Before
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Improving Safety-After
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Improving Safety-Before
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Improving Safety-After
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Improving Safety-After
League of American Bicyclists
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Side-Paths
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Whats the risk?

• Cyclists are 5 times more likely to be involved
  in a bicycle/vehicle crash using a side-path than
  on-road bike lanes.
• Over half (58) of all bicycle crashes occur at
  intersections

-Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Types of the Early
1990s, FHWA 1996
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Problems with Side-Paths

• They require one direction of bicycle traffic to
  ride against vehicle traffic, contrary to normal
  rules of the road.

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Problems with Side-Paths

• When the path ends, bicyclists going against
  traffic will tend to continue to travel on the
  wrong side of the street.

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Problems with Side-Paths

• At intersections, motorists entering or crossing
  the roadway often will not notice bicyclists
  approaching from their right.

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Motorist failed to yield crashes(Right on red
light)
-Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Types of the Early
1990s, FHWA 1996
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Motorist failed to yield crashes(Driveway or
Alley)
-Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Types of the Early
1990s, FHWA 1996
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Problems with Side-Paths

• Signs posted for roadway users are backwards for
  contra-flow bike traffic.

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Problems with Side-Paths
Many bicyclists will use the roadway instead
because they have found the roadway to be more
convenient, better maintained, or safer.
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Project Recommendations

• Lime Kiln Road South Huron Road

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Lime Kiln Road

• On-Street Bike Lanes (5 ft width)
• Daly Drive N to Cty Hwy GV (Monroe Road)
• Sidewalk on east side of street (5 ft width)
• Daly Drive N to Cty Hwy GV (Monroe Road)
• Sidewalk on west side of street when development
  occurs
• Pave Shoulders
• Daly Drive S to Village Limits

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Lime Kiln Road
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South Huron Road

• On-Street Bike Lanes (5 ft width)
• Eaton Road S to Willow Road
• Sidewalk on both sides of street (6 ft width)
• Grass median for pedestrian refuge during
  crossing and traffic calming.

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South Huron Road
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Why?

• Design guidelines recommend these facilities.
  (AASHTO, WisDOT, etc.)
• Factual data suggests that these are the safest,
  most accessible, and widely accepted facilities.

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Why?

• Professional consultation suggests these
  facilities
• Schreiber Anderson Associates
• WE BIKE, etc.
• Accomplishes Task Force objectives
• Connectivity
• Safety Accessibility

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What are others doing?

• Dickinson Rd (Town of Ledgeview)

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What are others doing?

• Allouez Avenue (Village of Allouez)

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What are others doing?

• South Huron Rd (City of Green Bay)

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What are others doing?

• Allouez Avenue (Village of Bellevue)

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Thank You!