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Better Boulder Supports the Proposed “Rightsizing” Pilot Projects on Iris, Folson, 55Th and 63Rd Street May 18, 2015 Better Boulder supports the proposed “rightsizing” pilot projects on Iris, Folson, 55th and 63rd street. We believe that these projects can make our roads safer, create a more pleasant environment for people walking and cycling, and thus give more people real choices in how they travel. A sustainable future for Boulder requires a city that is designed for people, not just for cars. Many other communities have taken 4 lane arterials and retrofitted them into complete streets, and have found that there are multiple benefits. Studies have shown that at the type of traffic volumes found on these streets, road diets don’t increase congestion, and that neighboring businesses see no negative impacts. According to the US Department of Transportation, studies show that road diets reduce traffic crashes by an average of 29 percent. At the same time, we believe that the city should be very thoughtful about how these projects are implemented. It is important that these be successful, and receive wide community support. We are encouraged by the detailed corridor analysis that the city has performed, which shows that over the vast majority of these corridors rightsizing can be done with little increased vehicle delay. The studies identify two problematic sections – Iris from Broadway to 15th and the section of Folsom from South Street to Arapahoe. We would recommend a careful approach that avoids additional vehicle congestion in these locations in order to maximize the likelihood that the pilot project will be well-received by residents who use all transportation modes. We also support the pilot approach, allowing modifications to improve performance as we learn how these work in practice on these particular corridors. However, the appearance matters – it is important that these by beautiful, not just functional, so we would encourage, for example, the use of planters rather than plastic bollards. www.betterboulder.com; [email protected] Ratzel, Marni From: Council Correspondence Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 5:06 PM To: Ratzel, Marni Subject: BICYCLING: Community Cycles Comments on Rightsizing Streets Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed From: Sue Prant [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 8, 2015 11:00 AM To: Council; TAB Cc: [email protected] Subject: BICYCLING: Community Cycles Comments on Rightsizing Streets Dear Council members and TAB: We are writing you today in strong support of the city’s rightsizing projects for Folsom, Iris, 55th and 63rd streets. The world was going to come to an end because of traffic delays or lost parking in Boulder 4 previous times: Rightsizing Table Mesa from 4 lanes to 2 lanes plus a center turn lane and bike lanes (we have done this before) Rightsizing parts of Broadway near Norwood from 4 lanes to 2 for a bike lane th Adding bike lanes to 17 and removing a handful of parking spaces th Removing parking to add the 13 Street counter flow lane In all these cases, the traffic engineers modeled it and the science told us there would not be problems. But people’s emotions ran high and they insisted all sorts of horrible things would happen - from Boulder High leaving downtown to traffic jam disasters. Yet, because the science was correct, none of these things happened and no one would argue for taking any of these things away today because they all work so well. Today, in reference to the plans for Folsom, Iris, 55th and 63rd, the science of the engineers and traffic modeling tell us they will all work- they will be safer for ALL users and they will not cause huge traffic problems. And just to be certain of this, it’s all a pilot project- we are testing it to see what works and what does not. The rightsizing plans are causing quite a stir in Boulder as they have in virtually every other community that has embarked on them. But by and large, after installation, these counter intuitive projects work. They make the roads safer for people on bikes, people in private automobiles and people walking. They make the roads more pleasant for those that live and work near them. And when we measure before and after, time and again, studies show safer streets and broad support once these projects are in. In fact, a Lewistown, Pennsylvania rightsizing project faced 95% opposition before installation but 95% support after the change was completed. Along with protected bike lanes, these projects are actually popular once people start using them. 1 Los Angeles has done rightsizing on 54 streets with no adverse results. Portland has done 3 streets and realized a 37% crash reduction on those streets. Places like St Paul, Fresno, St Louis and many other have implemented rightsizing projects. And the added benefit of these rightsizing projects? It gives us the extra room to install protected bike lanes. Protected bike lanes have been proven in countless studies to make the difference in getting “interested but concerned” people on bikes and increase bike modal share significantly. Cities like Memphis, Akron, Cincinnati and Denton, TX all have more extensive protected bike lane programs than Boulder. Boulder’s bike modal share is stalled. We need to reach the next level of would be bicyclists. Protected bike lanes have proved to be the answer to getting more people on bikes. Cities with protected bike lanes have seen bike use increase from 50% more at the low end to 190% more bike trips at the high end. Protected bike lanes get more people on bikes. We are confident these projects will succeed. We are the last folks who would want to try something like this if we did not have faith it would work because if it fails, it could set the bicycle movement in Boulder back. But the city’s traffic engineers have done extensive modeling and they tell us with confidence that it will work. The city’s traffic engineers are no radicals. We know, we ask them for things they won’t do all the time. But their testing and science says this will work in Boulder on these roads. We believe in the science that proves this will work. We encourage you to support the rightsizing and protected bike lanes projects on these streets. As pilot projects, they will allow us to see what works and what does not. Thank you for your time and service. Sue Prant Executive Director Community Cycles 2805 Wilderness Pl Suite 1000 Boulder, CO 80301 Phone: 303-564-9681 e-mail: [email protected] www.CommunityCycles.org Join the movement! Become a Community Cycles member Subscribe to our monthly e-news! 2 Ratzel, Marni Subject: FW: BICYCLING: wrong time for "rightsizing" From: Dan Powers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 4:12 PM To: Council Subject: BICYCLING: wrong time for "rightsizing" Hello City Councilors, Yesterday I shared these concerns with Zane Selvans and David Driskell, I want to ask you to pause the implementation of the "rightsizing" road diet project due to the rationale you'll read below. Besides addressing the specific rationale I mention, over the last few days I also am perceiving an unfortunate and unnecessary emotional black and white argument ramping up - and the vote to pause this project is not about its merits, it is about the broader complexity of making good planning choices. Starting last week I began driving around 55th and Arapahoe around 4:30 to get a feel for how the roads are used in addition to other anecdotal experiences there. Talking to business people around there, there is incredulity that lanes would be removed for bikes. I'm heading out again after I send this. This project should not be judged in a vacuum. Its benefits are hypothetical while its negative effects would be immediate and tangible. Please don't get into an all or nothing dynamic about this - waiting to do this until other huge puzzle pieces are clarified is the right thing to do. Thanks for considering these thoughts, Dan Dan Powers Executive Director, Boulder Tomorrow p:720-448-4117 work cell | e:[email protected] | w:www.bouldertomorrow.com The Best Business Ideas Shaping Boulder's Future Note: this is an excerpt; the previous paragraphs are not included - cutting to the chase: But there's a larger problem: This project is occurring in a vacuum and not with any coordinated timing to other evolving characteristics of Boulder. Or is it? While these vehicle lane reductions are argued as worthwhile, there are other moving policy parts in the city: decisions re: anti-growth ballot measures, impact fee proposals and the Comp Plan are looming. I attend those meetings as well and there's no substantive reference to how this traffic experiment ripples into those topics. 1 Look ahead 6 months: any new business development proposal that would be anywhere near a location where the city just removed a lane would show some dis- proportionally egregious impact on traffic compared to leaving the roads as they are now. (This also could include Iris Ave. and 63rd in Gunbarrel.) So before we decide what we will and should allow to be built, and what is it's "impact", we're going to take away existing, efficient, useful infrastructure? That's backwards. This plan guarantees any business growth will be deemed to cause even more traffic impacts than it otherwise would, with a punitive impact fee to follow. We're intentionally shrinking our capacity before we've agreed to a comprehensive vision. This is not how to create a sophisticated Boulder of Tomorrow. (Note: Boulder already has 300 miles of bikeways and city stats say we bike 21% more than the national average.) This is not the way to make decisions.
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