BACKGROUND

FORD SITE TRANSPORTATION PRINCIPLES • Interconnected system of streets, bikeways, and walkways that is safe and accessible for people of various ages and abilities. • Mix and density of activities to support transit through and around the site. • Urban design and site layout to reduce auto trips and manage traffic impacts.

• People are walking 6% more • Bike commuting increased 60% • Public transportation use than in 2005 since 2005 increased 37% since 1995 and is at the highest rate since 1956

DOCUMENTS THAT INFORM OUR WORK

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e H S m L u I 0 100 200 400 600 800 1,000 c o W Ft. D “Above standard” design for sidewalks and boulevards, such a decorative paving and planters, costs more money to install and maintain for the city and adjacent property owners. Is this extra expense worth it? BICYCLE ENVIRONMENT ASSUMPTIONS • Bicycling is an increasingly popular form of transportation • St Paul and Highland’s bicycle network should and will be expanded in coming years

TYPES OF BICYCLE FACILITIES Off-street path Bicycle Boulevard Enhanced Shared Lane In-Street Separated Lane (often includes walking path)

EXISTING AND PLANNED BIKEWAYS

Existing Bike Network DRAFT Planned Bike Network

What will help create a strong bicycle network on and around the Ford site? BICYCLE SUPPORT FACILITIES ASSUMPTION • Availability of bicycles and bike parking increases ridership

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Nice Ride Stations - 2014

What facilities do you think would encourage more bicycling for travel or recreation?

Bike racks in public Storage and lockers at Storage or lockers at Showers at place of Bike Services Tool Hub space place of employment place of residence employment (i.e. Nice Ride)

Additional Comments? PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE CORRIDORS

ASSUMPTION • Strong bicycle and pedestrian networks will be created into and throughout the site

A number of pedestrian/bicycle corridor types are being considered for connections to and through the Ford site:

Pedestrian Mainstreet Neighborhood Corridor Lane Bicycle & Pedestrian Trail (20 - 60 feet) (28 - 40 feet) (12 - 14 feet) (26 - 44 feet)

Please use colors to show types Where should these corridor types be used?

Do you have other thoughts or considerations regarding these corridors? FORD PARKWAY ASSUMPTIONS • Ford Parkway is challenging for people walking/biking along and across it • Bicycle and pedestrian connections from Ford Parkway to Mississippi River Blvd need improvement

Please mark Where would you like to see pedestrian and bicycle connections improved? issues on map

How can we improve bicycle and pedestrian safety along Ford Parkway?

How can pedestrian and bicycle connections between Ford Parkway and Mississippi River Blvd be improved? BOTTLENECKS ON MRB ASSUMPTION • Narrow spots on Mississippi River Blvd (MRB), particularly at bridges, provide inadequate width for separate pedestrian & bike trails, creating conflicts between bicyclists and pedestrians and reducing safety Primary constraints to separating bikes/peds are: • Topography • Existing Structures • Right of Way Availability

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The city will be working on this issue during Ford site planning and beyond. Do you have thoughts on how can we improve the bottlenecks on MRB? EXISTING & PLANNED TRANSIT

What would encourage you to make more trips by transit?

Highland Park / Ford Site Transit Service in 2016 Please Comment

42ND ST 87 RANDOLPH AVE Snelling & Randolph 23 74 To Uptown Transit Center To Downtown St. Paul To METRO Green Line / To Downtown St. Paul 46th St & 46th Ave Rosedale Transit Center MINNEHAHA AVE To METRO Green Line Saint Paul CRETIN AVE SNELLING AVE FAIRVIEW AVE FAIRVIEW 46TH AVE 46 CLEVELAND AVE 70 46th St A Line 46TH ST HIGHLAND PKWY HIGHLAND PKWY

46th St & Minnehaha74 FINN ST KENNETH ST Snelling & Highland WOODLAEN AVE WOODLAEN FORD PKWY 23 FORD PKWY

Ford & Fairview Ford & Woodlawn Ford & Finn Ford & Kenneth To South Minneapolis 46TH AVE

FORD SITE ST PAUL AVE 84 49TH ST FAIRVIEW AVE FAIRVIEW

50th St 23 MONTREAL AVE Minneapolis 134

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Legend 54 84 Bus Routes Route 23 CLEVELAND AVE Route 46 To Downtown St. Paul Route 54 Route 70 ST PAUL AVE Route 74 VA Medical Center Route 84 46 Route 87 STHERIDAN AVE W 7TH ST DAVERN ST DAVERN Route 134 46 Transitway Ft. Snelling (unorg.) A Line

METRO Blue Line EDGCUMBE RD NORFOLK AVE 134 StaƟon To MSP Airport City Boundary 54 84

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What type of transit would you like to see serve the Ford site? Why?

Streetcar Bus Rapid Transit

Light Rail Transit Bus FUTURE OF THE RAIL SPUR

CANADAIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY SPUR • 5-mile rail spur is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway • Future freight rail use is unlikely • City received federal TIGER grant ($100,000) to study the preliminary design of a public transportation corridor to carry a bicycle-pedestrian trail and transit as determined by Riverview Corridor Study, which will begin in 2016

CO-LOCATION POTENTIAL FOR SPUR • Co-location = locating multiple Hiawatha transportation modes within the same Light Rail corridor Transit Trail

• The rail spur offers an opportunity for co-location of transit and a bicycle/ Bus Rapid pedestrian path Transit Metro Orange Line – Los Angeles

Ideas and Comments?