Stanislaus County Non-Motorized Transportation Plan September 2008
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Stanislaus County Non-Motorized Transportation Plan September 2008 Prepared for Stanislaus Council of Governments Prepared by Alta Planning + Design ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Stanislaus County Council of Governments Vince Harris, Executive Director Carlos Yamzon, Senior Regional Planner Charles Turner, Associate Planner Steering Committee Anthony Smith (City of Oakdale) April Schneider (Modesto Bicycle Coalition) Bob Ford (City of Modesto) Curtis Jorritsma (City of Patterson) Doug Critchfield (City of Modesto) Emily Pino (City of Riverbank) Ernie Garza (City of Newman) Jim Weaver (City of Waterford) Kevin Crane (City of Ceres) Leisser Mazariegos (City of Ceres) Mary Hemminger (City of Hughson) Matt Ercikson (City of Waterford) Phil Baird (Modesto Bicycle Coalition) Phil Rockey (City of Oakdale) Roger Fall (City of Turlock) Ron Cherrier (Stanislaus County Public Works) Stephanie Ocasio (City of Newman) Consultants Alta Planning + Design Brett Hondorp, Principal Eric Anderson, Senior Planner Jennifer Donlon, Planner Alta Planning + Design 2560 9th Street Berkeley, CA 94710 voice: 510-540-5008 fax: 510-540-5039 www.altaplanning.com Stanislaus County Non-Motorized Transportation Plan September 2008 Stanislaus County Non-Motorized Transportation Plan September 2008 Stanislaus County Non-Motorized Transportation Plan Report Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................................................................................I 1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. SETTING ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2. NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROCESS ...................................................................................... 2 1.3. OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN STRUCTURE............................................................................................................... 2 1.4. BTA COMPLIANCE............................................................................................................................................. 3 2. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICY ACTIONS ........................................................................................... 5 2.1. GOALS ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS................................................................................................................................5 3. NEEDS ANALYSIS.................................................................................................................................................. 9 3.1. LAND USE AND DEMAND FOR BICYCLING AND WALKING ............................................................................... 9 3.2. MAJOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN DESTINATIONS.......................................................................................... 9 3.3. COMMUTER BICYCLE NEEDS........................................................................................................................... 10 3.4. COMMUTE PATTERNS ...................................................................................................................................... 11 3.5. STANISLAUS COUNTY BICYCLE PARKING AND END-OF-TRIP FACILITIES...................................................... 12 3.6. COLLISION ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................... 12 3.7. PUBLIC OUTREACH .......................................................................................................................................... 19 3.8. FUTURE USAGE AND BENEFITS........................................................................................................................ 19 4. RECOMMENDED BICYCLE FACILITIES..................................................................................................... 21 4.1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 21 4.2. DEVELOPING THE BICYCLE NETWORK............................................................................................................ 22 4.3. PRIMARY COUNTYWIDE BIKEWAY NETWORK................................................................................................ 23 4.4. COUNTYWIDE BICYCLE FACILITIES................................................................................................................. 27 4.5. UNINCORPORATED COUNTY BICYCLE FACILITIES ......................................................................................... 32 4.6. CITY OF CERES................................................................................................................................................. 41 4.7. CITY OF HUGHSON........................................................................................................................................... 45 4.8. CITY OF MODESTO........................................................................................................................................... 48 4.9. CITY OF NEWMAN............................................................................................................................................ 59 4.10. CITY OF OAKDALE ........................................................................................................................................... 62 4.11. CITY OF PATTERSON........................................................................................................................................ 67 4.12. CITY OF RIVERBANK........................................................................................................................................ 70 4.13. CITY OF TURLOCK............................................................................................................................................ 73 4.14. CITY OF WATERFORD ...................................................................................................................................... 78 5. RECOMMENDED PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ............................................................................................. 83 5.1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 83 5.2. DEFINITION OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ......................................................................................................... 83 5.3. EXISTING CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................................... 84 Stanislaus County Non-Motorized Transportation Plan i September 2008 5.4. PROPOSED COUNTYWIDE PEDESTRIAN FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ................................................................ 85 5.5. PEDESTRIAN PROJECT SHEETS ........................................................................................................................ 91 5.6. CERES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: ..................................................................................................................... 92 5.7. HUGHSON IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: ............................................................................................................... 94 5.8. MODESTO IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: ............................................................................................................... 96 5.9. NEWMAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: ................................................................................................................ 98 5.10. OAKDALE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:..............................................................................................................100 5.11. PATTERSON IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: ..........................................................................................................102 5.12. RIVERBANK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:...........................................................................................................104 5.13. TURLOCK INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT:.....................................................................................................106 5.14. WATERFORD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:.........................................................................................................110 6. SAFETY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS....................................................................................................113 6.1. EXISTING PROGRAMS.....................................................................................................................................113 6.2. PROPOSED PROGRAMS...................................................................................................................................114 7. IMPLEMENTATION ..........................................................................................................................................125 7.1. IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS ..........................................................................................................................125 7.2. HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS .............................................................................................................................125