Ballard Neighborhood Greenway Open House

July 26, 2012

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Format of Open House

Presentation 30 minutes Open House 45 minutes

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What is a Neighborhood Greenway?

A healthy place to travel, play, and live

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All Ages and Abilities

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Overall Goals & Benefits

Safer streets for everyone Improved bicycling and pedestrian connections Provide more eyes on the street Healthy transportation options

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Who Will Use Greenways?

Strong Enthused and and Fearless Confident

Willing but Wary No Way, No How

Source: Roger Geller, Portland Office of Transportation

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What makes a good Neighborhood Greenway?

A place where people want to walk and bike Low speed and volume Destinations Gradual inclines Crossing improvements

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Ballard Greenways a neighborhood organization

Working with partners in 17 Seattle neighborhoods

ballardgreenways.org/
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The Vision a network of safe, inviting streets for all ages

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Ballard Greenway Network

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Project Limits
Seaview Ave NW (Burke Gilman Trail) to 4th Ave NW

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Connections
Trails Transit Schools Business districts Library Parks

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Route Selection Process

Community Insights & Desires

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Traffic Volume Along the Greenway

Desired Volume Less Than 1,000 1000 989

750

500 290 250

480 328

w/o 34th Ave NW

w/o 24th Ave NW

e/o 24th Ave NW

e/o 11th Ave NW

Daily Number of Vehicles

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Traffic Volume Crossing the Greenway

35,000
31,949

30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000

5,628 12,695

11,881

5,000 0

3,960

5,138

32nd Ave NW

24th Ave NW

20th Ave NW

15th Ave NW

14th Ave NW

8th Ave NW

Vehicles
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Traffic Volume Market vs. NW 58th?

Vehicles
4%

NW 58th Street NW Market Street

Parallel streets 989 vs. 24,200 cars No wonder people want neighborhood greenways!

96%

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Traffic Speeds Along the Greenway

30 25 20 15 10 5 0 25.3 23.3 21.6 24.3

w/o 34th Ave NW

w/o 24th Ave NW

e/o 24th Ave NW

e/o 11th Ave NW

Speed Limit 25

85th Percentile Speed

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Traffic Speeds Crossing the Greenway

45.0 40.0 35.0 30.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0
32nd Ave NW 24th Ave NW 20th Ave NW 15th Ave NW 14th Ave NW 8th Ave NW

34.7 30.4

36.0 34.0 29.3

34.4

Speed Limit 30

85th Percentile Speed

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Collisions
Collision Type
14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

Frequency

Stack Ranked by Frequency January 2009-December, 2011

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Collisions
Three pedestrian collisions One bicycle collision

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Project Details: Pavement Repair

Condition assessment Spot repairs Asphalt patches Seam filling

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Project Details: Shared Lane Markings

Motorists: Expect to see and share the roadway with bicyclists. Follow the rules of the road. Bicyclists: Use the sharrow to help find your way along the greenway & to guide where you ride in the roadway.

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Project Details: Shared Lane Markings

Entering the Greenway Along the Greenway Traffic Circles

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Project Details: Non arterial intersections

Stop signs for traffic crossing the greenway Shared lane markings

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Project Details: Destination Signs

Along the route Entering the Greenway Where the Greenway turns

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Project Details: Arterial Crossings

@ 32nd Ave NW, 20th Ave NW & 14th Ave NW

Pavement markings Signing

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Project Details: 37th Pl NW & Seaview Ave NW

New bike ramp and widen the sidewalk to improve access to the Burke Gilman Trail

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Project Details: 24th Ave NW

Crossing island Bike parking assessment

Example from Portland

50% Plans

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Project Details: 15th Ave NW

Permanent partial closure Improve bike detection at signal

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Project Details: 8th Ave NW

Need funding to upgrade to full signal

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Who Benefits
Residents
Less cut through traffic makes streets more livable

Drivers
Better separation between motor vehicles and human powered vehicles

Neighborhood Greenways

Bicyclists
Safer, more comfortable routes for riders

Pedestrians
Safer crossings of busy streets
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Project Funding
Budget for this project (roughly 2 miles) is $320,000 Compare to the estimate for a 3-mile extension of SR 509 estimated at $1.4 billion in 2006 Neighborhood Greenways provide high return on relatively small investment
SDOT Budget
Why is so much of SDOTs budget being spent on projects for people who are biking? FACT: In 2010, only 2.2% of SDOTs budget was dedicated to bicycle-specific projects

Bikes Everything Else

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Project Schedule
Comment period through August 10, 2012 Final design Late August, 2012 Signs and markings - Fall, 2012 Bike parking Winter, 2013 Street name signs Winter, 2013 Median islands and sidewalk widening Winter, 2013 Before and after study Spring, 2013

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Thank You!

http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/ballardgreenway.htm http://seattlegreenways.org/ http://ballardgreenways.org

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