City of Fitchburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
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City of Fitchburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan i City of Fitchburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Acknowledgements ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS City Council Mayor Tom Clauder Andy Potts Jason Williams Roger Tesch Darren Stucker Richard Bloomquist Bill Horns Steve Arnold Jay Allen Plan Commission Alphonso Cooper John Freiburger Ed Kinney Mark McNally Alderperson Jay Allen Mayor Tom Clauder Staff Contact Tom Hovel Transportation and Transit Committee Brian Casey Rosanne Lindsay Kim Lobdell Jerry Sieling Alderperson Steve Arnold Appointed by BPW Peter Rusch Appointed by Plan Commission Alphonso Cooper City of Fitchburg Staff Tom Hovel, City Planner Paul Woodard, City Engineer/Director of Public Works Ahnaray Bizjak, Transportation Project Engineer City of Fitchburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Acknowledgements Bike and Pedestrian Audit Team Dave Herbst Angela Kinderman Kevin LeRoy Ed Letourneau Rosanne Lindsay Jim Lucht Mark McNally Steve Penne Pete Rusch Pam Sprecher-Galka Scott Endl Jason Schmidt Ahnaray Bizjak Plan Prepared For Plans Prepared By City of Fitchburg James Neidhart, Author 5520 Lacy Road JN Design and Planning Fitchburg, WI 53711 2299 Gold Drive 608-270-4200 Fitchburg, WI 53711 www.city.fitchburg.wi.us 608-271-6819 City of Fitchburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan I. Introduction Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 4 II. BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITY GUIDELINES .......................................................... 7 GENERAL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS ................... 7 SIDEWALK RECOMMENDATIONS....................................................................................... 7 STREET RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................... 8 BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTOR AND SHARED-USE PATH RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................................................... 9 BICYCLE ROUTE DESIGNATION RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................ 10 CURB RAMP RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................. 11 CURB RADIUS RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................... 11 TRAFFIC CALMING RECOMMENDATIONS....................................................................... 11 CROSSWALK MARKING RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................. 12 GRADE SEPARATED CROSSING RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................... 13 TRAFFIC AND CROSSING SIGNAL RECOMMENDATIONS............................................. 14 BICYCLE SUPPORT FACILITY RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................... 14 TRANSIT CONNECTION RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................... 14 CONTINUITY DURING CONSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS.................................... 15 CRASH INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................... 15 EDUCATION RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................. 15 ENCOURAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................... 17 ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................ 17 ORDINANCE REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................... 17 RESOURCE AND BUDGET PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS....................................... 17 IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................... 18 FUTURE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS......................................................................................................... 18 III. BICYCLE RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................... 19 GENERAL, CITYWIDE RECOMMENDATIONS: ................................................................................... 19 ON-ROAD FACILITIES................................................................................................................... 21 Major North/South Routes .................................................................................................... 21 CTH MM (Oregon Road, Rimrock Road, Ski Lane and East Badger Road)....................................21 Syene Road and S. Syene Road.....................................................................................................22 McCoy Road....................................................................................................................................23 Fish Hatchery Road/CTH D .............................................................................................................24 Richardson Street to Wilshire Drive to Chapel Valley to the McKee Road underpass to Kinsale Drive to Hartwicke Drive or Dunmore Street to Longford Terrace to Leopold Way to Post Road ....27 Seminole Highway (to Whalen Road and others) ............................................................................29 Gilbert to Meadowood to Big Bow to Frontier to Williamsburg Way to Anton Road to King James Way to Kapec to Nesbitt to Fitchrona Road.....................................................................................30 Major East/West Routes ....................................................................................................... 33 McKee Road/CTH PD......................................................................................................................33 East Cheryl Parkway to Cheryl Drive to Richardson Street to Schumann Drive..............................35 Lacy Road .......................................................................................................................................36 Whalen Road to Caine Road to Byrne Road ...................................................................................38 CTH M .............................................................................................................................................39 Other Fitchburg Roads of Interest ........................................................................................ 40 East Clayton Road...........................................................................................................................40 Larsen Road ....................................................................................................................................41 Goodland Park Road .......................................................................................................................41 Irish Lane.........................................................................................................................................41 Murphy Road ...................................................................................................................................41 Lalor Road .......................................................................................................................................41 CTH B..............................................................................................................................................41 1 City of Fitchburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan I. Introduction Schneider Road...............................................................................................................................41 Schuster Road.................................................................................................................................41 Blizzard Road ..................................................................................................................................42 Purcell Road ....................................................................................................................................42 Borchert Road .................................................................................................................................42 Fitchburg Road ................................................................................................................................42 Wendt Road.....................................................................................................................................42 Mutchler Road .................................................................................................................................42 Grandview Road..............................................................................................................................42 Adams Road....................................................................................................................................43 Osmundsen Road............................................................................................................................43 Verona Frontage Road ....................................................................................................................43 MAJOR SHARED - USE PATHS ...................................................................................................... 43 Existing Paths ....................................................................................................................... 43 Capital City State Trail.....................................................................................................................43