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Session 11 Pechakucha Session 11: Pecha Kucha - Bikeway design 10th Annual Silicon Valley Bike Summit Aug 6 & 7, 2020 Bicycle Superhighway Lauren Ledbetter Valley Transportation Authority Bike to work buddies Date night Target run Photos: Lauren Ledbetter San Tomas Expressway Guadalupe River Trail Photos: Top: Google Street View; Bottom: Richard Masoner Magenta Adventure, New Zealand San Jose Minneapolis Photos: Top: Richard Masoner; Bottom: Simon Blenski, City of Minneapolis Public Works Stevens Creek Trail Sunnyvale East Channel Bikeway Trail/237 Bay (planned) Los Gatos Creek Trail San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail Guadalupe River Trail River Guadalupe Coyote Creek Trail Creek Coyote Berryessa BART Berryessa Berryessa BART ??? Diridon Guadalupe River Trail Photo: Lauren Ledbetter Mountain View Vancouver, Canada Mountain View New York Photos: Lauren Ledbetter Santa Clara Photo: Lauren Ledbetter San Jose Photo: Sergio Ruiz Palo Alto – Ross Avenue Bicycle Boulevard Photos: City of Palo Alto Steven’s Creek Trail – Mountain View Don Burnett Bike/Ped Bridge Cupertino-Sunnyvale Photos: Left: Jim Stallman; Right: Richard Masoner Calabazas Creek Trail On-Street @ El Camino Real San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail @ Monroe St Photos: Lauren Ledbetter “I love the new Peninsula Bikeway signs that recently went up in Mountain View. They’re friendly and helpful, whether or not you ride a bike, walk or drive. ” - I Love Mountain View Blog Peninsula Bikeway Photos: www.ilovemv.org Quails with little quail masks - Cupertino 8th Grade Voluntary Transfer Program East Palo Alto Bike Audit Photos: Left: Palo Alto; East Palo Alto & Palo Alto Right: Lauren Ledbetter Heavy construction equipment spotted July 2020. N Adobe Creek Bike/Ped Bridge – Palo Alto Photo: Lauren Ledbetter Graphics: City of Palo Alto Maps: City of San Jose Coyote Creek Trail – San Jose 101/Trimble Interchange Santa Clara, County, San Jose Guadalupe River Trail San Jose Bike path Mineta Int’l 16 ft wide Airport lighted Central Expressway Graphics: VTA Central Bikeway Study Santa Clara, County, San Jose Graphics: VTA Photos: Center Top and Bottom: VTA; Right and Left: Lauren Ledbetter Think Regional, Act Local Rachael Faye, Peninsula Open Space Trust Think Regional, Act Local Envisioning a Regional Trail Network and Developing its Component Parts Rachael Faye, Peninsula Open Space Trust 8.7.20 A unified voice for a world- class, interconnected regional trail network throughout the Bay Area. TrailNation Collaborative Partners Power of Partnerships § Transportation agencies: Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Valley Transportation Authority, Alameda CTC § Recreation/Open Space Agencies: East Bay Regional Parks District, Mid-Pen Regional Open Space, POST, Golden Gate Nat’l Recreation Area, Golden Gate Parks Conservancy § Public Health agencies: Santa Clara and Alameda County DPH § Non-profits: San Francisco Bay Trail Project, Bay Area Ridge Trail Council, Bike East Bay, SVBC, MCBC, TOGETHER Bay Area § Private sector: Alta Planning, Placeworks, Toole Design Group Regional Benefits Protecting our Creating Smart Improving Strengthening the Promoting Environment Active Transportation Recreation, Health Local & Regional Social Equity Options & Wellness Economy BATC Goals and Strategies § Promoting the vision of a world class 2,500+ mile regional trail network § Advocating for increased funding for trails § Mapping and analyzing the regional trail network through GIS to demonstrate how a complete network promotes connectivity § Working regionwide to advance 13 priority trail projects through technical assistance, advocacy and education BATC’s Accomplishments § In process of mapping first-ever Bay Area regional trail network § Published Trails Count! Report: best practices for trail data, recommendations to MTC § MTC developing regional bike/ped data portal and count protocols § Partnered in successful campaigns to pass/increase funding for key trail programs (ATP, Prop 68, RM3, PDAs) Advancing BATC’s Priority Trail Projects Richmond Greenway SMART Pathway Bay Skyway East Bay Greenway Guadalupe River Trail Bay-to-Sea Trail Guadalupe River Trail Richmond Greenway 1977 to 2019 We are creating a connected network of regional trails and open spaces to be enjoyed by all. PRIORITY TRAIL CORRIDORS < S A N F R A N C I S C O < ¢¡101 POST-PROTECTED LAND B A Y Pacifica ÄÆ92 OTHER PROTECTED LAND ¦§¨680 ÄÆ1 PRIORITY TRAIL CORRIDORS ¦§¨880 ÄÆ84 A. BAY TO SEA TRAIL Half < Moon A B. CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL Bay < < Palo < Alto C. LONG RIDGE TO POMPONIO TRAIL ¢¡101 ¦§¨280 D. BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL B San 84 Jose San < ÄÆ E E. COYOTE CREEK TRAIL Gregorio ÄÆ8 5 C < Coyote D < P A C I F I C < < O C E A N < ¢¡101 ÄÆ17 Gilroy ÄÆ1 Santa Cruz < M O N T E R E Y Miles B A Y ´ 0 3 6 PARTNERSHIPS DUMBARTON RAIL CORRIDOR DUMBARTON RAIL CORRIDOR STRATEGIC ADVOCACY Building protected bikeways on El Camino Real Ria Lo, City of Mountain View Ria Hutabarat Lo, PhD City of Mountain View Transportation Manager Silicon Valley Bike Summit, August 7-8, 2020 Shallow front yards New travel lanes Orphan parcels (displaced housing) 46 5 20 20 150-400 sq ft Mode Walk Bike Bus Car Space by 30 mph, 60 mph, 3 mph 10 mph 30 mph, 40-60 pax 1 pax 1 pax 5,000 sq ft 20 50 75 sq ft 1,500 sq ft Space by Mode, Moving Mode, Adapted from Matthew Blackett/Spacing.ca with data from Victoria Transport Policy Institute SOLD! $1,998,000 (2015) 48 REGIONAL VISION TO LOCAL ACTION 49 CITY PROJECT PROCESS* Plan Design Implement Design Construct Study segments projects Plan feasibility corridors Analyze Plan network corridorsPlan corridors * Each box requires a funding source and Council approval Most boxes also require community and stakeholder engagement 51 ECR ECR General Precise Streetscape Plan Plan Plan 52 EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY WITH PARKING LANES 53 CLASS IV PROTECTED BIKEWAY CLASS II BIKE LANES AT PINCHPOINTS 54 55 EL CAMINO REAL PROCESS ECR ECR General Precise Streetscape Plan Plan Plan Caltrans Caltrans District 4 repaving Bike Plan 56 57 GETTING WITH THE (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT) PROGRAM General Plan Policies Vision Zero Priorities Repaving Cost Saving Opportunity Parking 58 EL CAMINO REAL PROCESS ECR ECR Design General Caltrans Precise Streetscape Bikeway Plan repaving Plan Plan Segment Vision Parking Zero Analysis Analysis Caltrans District 4 *Bike Staff effortPlan 59 60 61 Bikeway Segment 1 Border Segment Border Segment Parking Tradeoffs, Lane Striping Only 62 63 LOW STRESS LOW STRESS BIKEABLE ISLANDS BIKEABLE ISLANDS 64 Quick Build during crisis Vignesh Swaminathan, Crossroad Labs Atherton, CA East Palo Alto, CA Quick Build During a Crisis Pushing Public Works to Make Action Vignesh Swaminathan, PE CEO and President Crossroad Lab Sustainability Commission Vice Chair VTA Citizen Advisory Committee and Measure A Citizen Watchdog Committee Vice chair Mountain View, CA Cupertino, CA San Jose, CA San Jose, CA We are Water Based, our System is Water based Roman Empire ~150 AD Indus Valley Civilization ~2600 BCE Lost City of Pompeii ~79 AD Tamilakam ~500 BCE Ohlone Tribes Santa Clara, CA Seattle, WA Stevens Creek Trail Wildlife Corridors From Pop-Up to Permanent Cupertino, CA DEMONSTATION San Jose, CA Mountain View, CA PILOT PROJECT Fremont, CA San Jose, CA (New Bart Station) INTERIM DESIGN PERMANENT INSTALLATION PERMANENT INSTALLATION City Structure Projects Stem From • Grants-CIP • Operations • Development • Maintenance • Environmental • Sustainability • Private Sector Plans • Advocacy • Work Order Specs Estimate Communication in Engineering ECONOMY TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT EQUITY CIVIL PLANNING Plans Exhibit Specs Estimate Memo Cost San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Francisco, CA Palo Alto, CA Emeryville, CA Cupertino, CA How Other Cities do it City of Cupertino Stormwater Fees ~$56 Annually • Paving • Street Sweeping • Stormwater • ADA Project Delivery Methods Design-Build Integrated Project Design-Bid-Build Delivery Community City City Community City General City General Engineer Engineer Contactor Engineer Consultant Consultant Contactor Community Sub Contactor Sub Consultant Sub Contactor Contactor 100% Percent Design Complete When the Contractors are Engaged 0% Community Consensus Seattle, WA Palo Alto, CA Protected Intersections OR Edge of Travelway San Jose, CA Protected Intersection Modification • Defines Edge of Travel with Engineering • Allows space for future PBL or Art • Write policy that this is Temporary • Does not Affect Drainage • Allows for the Trusting of users • Requires Engineer in field to verify Planner Exhibit Engineer City Crew Memo Cost San Jose, CA San Jose, CA Enable the Leaders and the Community Community Signature City Staff Leaders Project A lot can happen… Seriously Exhibit Community On Going City Staff Leaders projects Consensus Memo Cost Enable the Leaders and the Community Cupertino, CA Oakland, CA Fremont, CA.
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