University of Arizona Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Final Plan August 2012 PREPARED BY: Alta Planning + Design Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. PREPARED FOR: Pima Association of Governments The University of Arizona Pima Association of Governments and University of Arizona University of Arizona Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Overview ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Plan Objectives .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 2 Background ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Plan Study Area ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Setting ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 3 Existing Plans and Policies ....................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 University of Arizona Plans and Policies .............................................................................................................. 7 3.2 City of Tucson Plans and Policies .......................................................................................................................... 11 3.3 Other Regional Plans and Policies ......................................................................................................................... 17 3.4 State Policies ................................................................................................................................................................ 19 4 Existing Conditions .................................................................................................................................................. 25 4.1 Existing Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure ................................................................................................ 25 4.2 Existing End-of-Trip Facilities .............................................................................................................................. 35 4.3 Multi-Modal Connections ...................................................................................................................................... 40 4.4 Collision and Safety Analysis .................................................................................................................................44 4.5 Education and Encouragement Programs ........................................................................................................... 51 4.6 Past Expenditures ..................................................................................................................................................... 57 5 Needs Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................... 59 5.1 Public Outreach ......................................................................................................................................................... 59 5.2 Mode Share .................................................................................................................................................................. 65 5.3 Online Survey .............................................................................................................................................................. 66 5.4 Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts ............................................................................................................................... 71 5.5 Bikeway Gap Analysis .............................................................................................................................................. 74 5.6 Pedestrian Deficiencies ............................................................................................................................................ 79 6 Best Practices ............................................................................................................................................................... 81 6.1 Reduce Collision Risk ............................................................................................................................................... 81 6.2 Improve Existing Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................... 82 Alta Planning + Design | i 6.3 Develop Design Guidelines ..................................................................................................................................... 84 6.4 Increase Bicycle and Pedestrian Mode Share and Safety ................................................................................ 85 6.5 Implementation .......................................................................................................................................................... 87 7 Zone 1 Recommended Improvements .................................................................................................................. 89 8 Zone 2 Recommendations ...................................................................................................................................... 111 8.1 Recommended Improvements ............................................................................................................................... 111 8.2 Estimated Costs ........................................................................................................................................................ 116 9 Zone 3 Recommendations ...................................................................................................................................... 119 9.1 Recommended Improvements .............................................................................................................................. 119 9.2 Estimated Cost ......................................................................................................................................................... 124 10 Regional Programmatic Improvements ............................................................................................................. 129 10.1 Education ................................................................................................................................................................... 129 10.2 Encouragement ......................................................................................................................................................... 132 10.3 Enforcement .............................................................................................................................................................. 134 10.4 Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................................. 135 11 Project Prioritization and Implementation ...................................................................................................... 139 11.1 Project Prioritization .............................................................................................................................................. 139 11.2 Phasing Plan .............................................................................................................................................................. 154 11.3 Funding Sources ...................................................................................................................................................... 160 11.4 Campus Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Implementation .................................................. 169 11.5 Policy Implications ................................................................................................................................................... 171 Appendices ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 173 Alta Planning + Design | ii Pima Association of Governments and University of Arizona University of Arizona Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan List of Figures Figure 2-1: University of Arizona Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan – Study Area ........................................................ 4 Figure 3-1: Modern Street Car Alignment ................................................................................................................................ 12 Figure 3-2: Grant Road Improvement Plan, Bicycle Boulevard Conceptual Routes ................................................... 14 Figure 3-3: Tucson Planned Regional Low-Stress Bikeways (Bike Boulevards) .........................................................