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Bicycle Master Plan | I Table of Contents City of Walnut Creek Bicycle Plan August 2011 Transportation Planning Division This page intentionally left blank. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................... V LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................. VI GLOSSARY ............................................................................ VII 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................. 1-1 1.1 PLAN SUMMARY ..................................................................... 1-1 1.2 BENEFITS OF THE BICYCLE PLAN ................................................ 1-2 1.3 PREVIOUS BIKEWAY PLANNING EFFORTS .................................... 1-2 1.4 PUBLIC OUTREACH .................................................................. 1-2 2 PLAN OBJECTIVES ......................................................... 2-1 2.1 MAINTENANCE ........................................................................ 2-2 2.2 EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT & DESIGN ...................................... 2-3 2.3 PROMOTION ........................................................................... 2-4 2.4 DESIGN .................................................................................. 2-5 3 EXISTING CONDITIONS ................................................. 3-1 3.1 SETTING ................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 LAND USE .............................................................................. 3-1 3.3 EXISTING BICYCLE NETWORK & SUPPORT FACILITIES ................... 3-6 3.4 EXISTING SUPPORT FACILITIES ................................................ 3-11 3.5 BICYCLE ACCESS TO TRANSIT STATIONS ................................... 3-15 3.6 PAST EXPENDITURES FOR BICYCLE FACILITIES ........................... 3-15 3.7 BICYCLE SAFETY .................................................................... 3-16 3.8 EXISTING SAFETY PROGRAMS ................................................. 3-18 4 NEEDS ANALYSIS ........................................................... 4-1 4.1 PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF EXISTING NETWORK ............................ 4-1 4.2 TRIP REDUCTION & AIR QUALITY BENEFITS ................................. 4-1 4.3 BICYCLE USAGE & DEMAND ...................................................... 4-2 Bicycle Master Plan | i Table of Contents 4.4 PLANNING FOR THE CYCLIST ..................................................... 4-4 5 PROPOSED BICYCLE NETWORK ................................... 5-1 5.1 YGNACIO VALLEY ROAD .......................................................... 5-5 5.2 RECOMMENDED BICYCLE PROJECTS ........................................... 5-6 5.3 NETWORK FACILITY MAINTENANCE ........................................... 5-6 5.4 NETWORK FACILITY PRIORITIZATION ......................................... 5-7 5.5 BICYCLE PARKING ................................................................... 5-8 5.6 OTHER SUPPORT FACILITIES ................................................... 5-10 5.7 SIGNAGE & WAYFINDING ....................................................... 5-11 5.8 BICYCLE EDUCATION & ENFORCEMENT .................................... 5-12 5.9 ENCOURAGEMENT & PROMOTION ........................................... 5-15 5.10 ENGINEERING & DESIGN ........................................................ 5-16 6 CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER PLANS & POLICIES ......... 6-1 6.1 WALNUT CREEK GENERAL PLAN 2025 ...................................... 6-1 6.2 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT MASTER PLAN .................... 6-4 6.3 COUNTYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ............. 6-4 6.4 COUNTYWIDE BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN PLAN ............................... 6-5 6.5 WALNUT CREEK CREEKS RESTORATION & TRAILS MASTER PLAN ... 6-5 6.6 CITY OF CONCORD TRAILS MASTER PLAN ................................... 6-5 6.7 CITY OF LAFAYETTE BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN ............................ 6-6 6.8 CITY OF PLEASANT HILL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN ............. 6-6 6.9 BAY AREA REGIONAL BICYCLE PLAN .......................................... 6-6 6.10 CALTRANS DEPUTY DIRECTIVE 64 – COMPLETE STREETS .............. 6-7 6.11 MTC ROUTINE ACCOMMODATION POLICY ................................. 6-7 6.12 CALIFORNIA COMPLETE STREETS ACT (AB 1358) ....................... 6-8 6.13 CALIFORNIA GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT (AB 32)........... 6-8 6.14 CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 375 & SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES STRATEGY.............................................................................. 6-8 7 IMPLEMENTATION & FUNDING .................................... 7-1 7.1 POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES ................................................. 7-1 ii | City of Walnut Creek Table of Contents APPENDIX A. BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNT (BTA) REQUIREMENTS ................................................... A-1 APPENDIX B. NEW BICYCLE FACILITIES LIST ................. B-1 B.1 HIGHEST PRIORITY .................................................................. B-1 B.2 ADDITIONAL AND PROPOSED FACILITIES .................................... B-4 B.3 ADDITIONAL BICYCLE RELATED PROJECTS ................................ B-16 B.4 RECOMMENDED FACILITIES IN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE ................. B-17 B.5 EXISTING BICYCLE FACILITIES IN WALNUT CREEK ....................... B-23 APPENDIX C. INVENTORY OF BICYCLE SUPPORT FACILITIES .................................................................... C-1 APPENDIX D. FACILITY DESIGN STANDARDS ............... D-1 Bicycle Master Plan | iii Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES Figure 3-1: Land Use Map .................................................................................................... 3-3 Figure 3-2: Existing Bicycle Facilities .................................................................................. 3-9 Figure 3-3: Bicycle Support Facilities Map ...................................................................... 3-13 Figure 3-4: Transportation Mode Split Options .............................................................. 3-19 Figure 5-1: Existing and Proposed Bicycle Facilities ........................................................ 5-3 Figure 5-2: Example Bikeway Design Guidelines .......................................................... 5-17 Figure 5-3: Example Sharrow Placement ......................................................................... 5-22 LIST OF TABLES Table 3-1: Zoning Ordinance Bicycle Parking Requirement ........................................ 3-12 Table 3-2: Walnut Creek Reported Bicycle Crashes – Party at Fault ....................... 3-16 Table 3-3: Walnut Creek Bicycle Crash Factor .............................................................. 3-17 Table 3-4: Walnut Creek Bicycle Crash Severity ........................................................... 3-17 Table 4-1: Home to Work Mode Split for City of Walnut Creek ................................ 4-2 Table 4-2: Walnut Creek Daily Bicycle Commuters (estimated) ................................... 4-3 Table 5-1: Length of Walnut Creek Bikeway Network (in miles).................................. 5-1 Table C-1: Inventory of Bicycle Support Facilities ............................................................ C-1 iv | City of Walnut Creek ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Walnut Creek Bicycle Plan was developed through a public process that included active participation from the Bicycle Master Plan Advisory Committee (BMPAC), Bicycle Advisory Committee, Transportation Commission, Planning Commission, PROS Commission, City Council, Walnut Creek City Staff and members of the general public. The City of Walnut Creek thanks the following individuals for assisting in the development of the 2011 Walnut Creek Bicycle Plan: City Council Transportation Commission Cindy Silva Brian Krcelic Gary Skrel Luke Lucas Bob Simmons Paul Meyerhofer Kish Rajan Tom O’Toole Kristina Lawson Kevin Wilk City Staff Parks, Recreation, & Open Space Commission Heather Ballenger Bob Brittain Alan Carreon Richard Carlston John Hall Sandra Jacobsen Jim Haggerty Dan Lawrence Scott Harriman Carla Ludwig Jeremy Lochirco Richard Underwood Sandra Meyer Tom Worthy Rafat Raie Victoria Walker Bicycle Advisory Committee Steve Waymire Peter Beernink Bryan Wenter Peter Cartwright Lisa Cline Planning Commission Kara Douglas Cindy Darling Dave Favello Matt Francois Gary Locke Neil Gerstner Larry Panek Jon Malkovich Jim Vendel Allan Moore David Powell Bicycle Master Plan | v List of Acronyms LIST OF ACRONYMS Below is a list of acronyms used frequently in the Walnut Creek Bicycle Plan Capital Improvement ACS American Community Survey CIP Program Countywide Americans with Disabilities ADA CTP (Comprehensive) Act Transportation Plan Bay Area Air Quality Walnut Creek Downtown BAAQMD DBA Management District Business Association BAC Bicycle Advisory Committee EBBC East Bay Bicycle Coalition East Bay Municipal Utility BART Bay Area Rapid Transit EBMUD District Bicycle Master Plan Advisory East Bay Regional Park BMPAC EBRPD Committee District Bicycle Transportation Federal Highway BTA FHWA Account Administration Growth Management BTP Bicycle Transportation Plan GMP Program California Department of Metropolitan Transportation CALTRANS MTC Transportation Commission Regional Transportation CBN Countywide Bicycle Network RTP Plan (Contra Costa) Countywide CBPAC Bicycle and Pedestrian SRTS Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee (Contra Costa) Countywide CBPP SR2T Safe Routes to Transit Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Contra Costa Transportation Statewide Integrated CCTA SWITRS Authority Traffic Record
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