CHAPTER 6 GETTING AROUND V ISION: Our safe, connected system is economically and environmentally sustainable for all modes of transportation. February 25, 2019 97 RED WING 2040 COMMUNITY PLAN on identifying, planning for, and guiding future year To review the full Red Wing 2040 Transportation Plan Introduction transportation decisions and improvements. The visit the Online 2040 Document Library. People get around and through Red Wing in different planning process views transportation in terms of the ways, and the term “Getting Around” in the Red Wing movement of people and goods, not just vehicles. Community Engagement 2040 Community Plan encompasses all the ways While the process analyzes specific transportation A summary of input collected from the community is people get from one place to another: by foot, bike, modes, it stresses the interrelationships between included on the following two pages. car, truck, bus, boat, or wheelchair. In Red Wing, modes and facilitates the integration of the various we’ve made great steps to ensure in the future that transportation components into a system that all people are able to get where they are going safely efficiently and cost-effectively meets the mobility and efficiently. needs of the area’s citizens, businesses, industries and Over the last few years, major projects like our the traveling public. Highway 61-Main Street renovation, Levee Road The three primary objectives of the 2040 and Trail project, West Avenue reconstruction, and Transportation Plan are: Twin Bluff Road roundabout have added safety and aesthetic beauty to our town, and we look forward to » To provide a guidance document for city staff continuing that tradition. Improvements in sidewalk and elected officials regarding the planning policy, coupled with financial investments, are also and implementation of effective transportation helping Red Wing be a place where it’s easier to get facilities and systems through 2040. around by walking year-round, thereby creating a » To give private citizens and businesses healthier city overall. background information on transportation issues and allow them to be better informed so they can This chapter of the Community Plan is a summary of better participate in the city’s decision-making on the Red Wing 2040 Transportation Plan. This transportation issues. transportation plan examines all modes of getting around (i.e. roadways, transit, pedestrian facilities, » To communicate to other government agencies bicycle facilities, freight, and aviation) and focuses Red Wing’s perspectives and intentions regarding on identifying, planning for, and guiding future transportation planning issues. decisions and improvements. The planning process The plan begins by providing an overview of Red views transportation in terms of the movement of Wings existing transportation system to provide people and goods, not just vehicles, and integrates a closer look into what facilities are available to transportation components into a system that residents and visitors, and a basic overview of efficiently and cost-effectively meets the mobility facility conditions. The plan then looks at public needs of Red Wing’s residents, businesses, industries, feedback received during the outreach process to and the traveling public.. identify opportunities and challenges within the A transportation plan encompasses a comprehensive transportation system. This feedback, combined with process that examines all transportation modes population and development projections for the city (e.g., roadways, transit, pedestrian facilities, bicycle over the next twenty years, form the basis for the facilities, freight and aviation). The process focuses 2040 Transportation Plan and recommendations. CHAPTER 6 | GETTING AROUND 98 GETTING AROUND W hat would make Red Wing a better place to live? Better Infrastructure Upkeep Improvements to Public Bike and Pedestrian responses505 across all 2017 83% of residents surveyed in the 2017 Transit Infrastructure community engagement Community Survey think pavement 2017 community engagement and Community engagement participants events and surveys repair in Red Wing is either excellent survey participants expressed their said they wanted a more connected or good, and 89% feel that way about desire for access to more public bike and pedestrian network in Red mentioned improvements snow plowing. Those rank as very high transportation options in Red Wing. Wing. Many comments indicated to transportation in Red rates of satisfaction compared with other Many respondents believe the bus a desire for continuous trails along Wing that would make it a Minnesota communities. However, 2017 system would benefit from better the Mississippi River, especially better place to live. The top community engagement and survey scheduling and more frequent between the parks. People also want participants also said the city could do a service. Other residents desire a walkable and bikeable downtown, suggestions are shown to better job keeping up with road repairs commuter train or bus service to safe access to the high school across the right. and snow plowing. Note: Over the past Rochester and the Twin Cities. Ride Hwy 58, and maintained sidewalks in four years, Red Wing has experienced a share services like Uber and Lyft neighborhoods. large number of street reconstruction were also mentioned. projects. 99 RED WING 2040 COMMUNITY PLAN 260 / W hat do folks like most about living in Red Wing? Responses4,160 Location/65 Walkable62 56Ease of Recreational 49 Amtrak/ 15 Infrastructure 11 mentioned Proximity to Community Access/ Little Biking & Hiking Public Transit & Upkeep transportation, Metro Areas Congestion Trails including: RED WING REPORT CARD SNAPSHOT BUS RIDERSHIP Busing is a crucial service for some residents to get to daily destinations like work, day care, and the grocery store. Bus ridership has been on the rise for more than a decade: Improvements to Traffic Less Construction Driver’s Licenses for Flow and Parking With Highway 61 recently Undocumented Residents 60,890 2005 Parking and traffic downtown under construction and a new The 2015 survey of Red Wing’s Latino were posed as issues by many of bridge project underway, it is population found many residents are 65,755 the 2017 community engagement understandable that people unable to acquire a driver’s license. 2010 participants, including having mentioned being tired of With limited transit options and 104,605 trouble finding parking downtown construction in Red Wing. barriers to year-round non-motorized 2015 and on Old West Main Street. People transportation, not having a driver’s also noted some traffic congestion license limits opportunities for 7.4% of households in Red and wishing that traffic flowed immigrants to thrive. better. Wing are without a vehicle. Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey CHAPTER 6 | GETTING AROUND 100 Public Engagement FIGURE 6.1 TRANSPORTATION RELATED COMMENTS RECEIVED AT APRIL 6, 2018 OPEN HOUSE Engagement for the Community Plan began in 2017 with various outreach efforts. During this time, more DOWNTOWN RED WING INSET AREA than 500 respondents mentioned transportation DOWNTOWN RED WING INSET AREA improvements as an important element in making 10 10 Red Wing a better place to live. +,63 +,63 Open House 62 E 4th St +,61 62 Broad St Bluff St 63 On April 26, 2018, stakeholder feedback on the 45 44 E 4th St +,61 61 Le 63 veeRd 48 7 44 Broad St Bluff St transportation system was collected at a 2040 34 47 46 45Dakota 49St Sturgeon Lake Rd 16 Bush St 36 +,61 42 W 7th St 61 37 41 40LeveeR 7 Main d 48 Community Plan Open House held at the Red Wing St Jackson St 38 West Ave 47 46 Dakota 49St 34 CedarSt 50 43 Bush St Sturgeon Lake Rd 16 61 36 7th St +, 42 W 7th St Public Library. Comments were received from over +$18 W 4th St37 41 40 52 Main 17 St Jackson St 38 West Ave 39 CedarSt 50 200 residents on their goals for the transportation 51 43 East Ave 23 Ave 57 ege Central Ave 7th St Coll +$18 24 Buchanan St W 4th St system as well as comments on safety, connectivity, Pine St 52 22 Putnam St 17 25 6 39 58 and services. Based on community feedback, the 51 East Ave 26 t 27 23 S Ave 57 th ge Central Ave Grace St 2 lle Co1 24 Buchanan St following preliminary goals were identified. These 28 SeymourPine St St 22 Putnam St )"46 t nS 58 25 6 so goals helped define the overall vision, goals and a Comment Type M 26 t 27 S th strategies for the 2040 Transportation Plan. Grace St 2 1 28Bike Paths and Trails Seymour St )"46 t nS so Highest Priority Goals 61 Cannon River Ave Bus Stops and Routes a +, M I N S E T A R E A 10 63 »O ffer outstanding mobility, accessibility, and +, 62 Crosswalks and Sidewalks 64 65 connections free from barriers. 34 61 5 18 2 0 4 3 63 +, 12 14 36 15Intersections11 and Streets Spring Creek Rd S 35 )"292 13 Cannon River Ave 57 21 »C ontinue forging an innovative transportation +,61 Mill Rd 58 +$1 I N S E T A R E A FeatherstoneRd 10 system that invigorates our economy and 28 33 55 59+,63 29 19 62 prosperity. )"19 31 56 )"53 30 32 53 65 Rd 64 Twin Bluff 61 2 5434 )"58 +, 5 18 0 +$66 34 Pioneer 60 63 12 » Build a system that allows every resident to lead a Rd 36 15 11 Spring Creek14 Rd S 20 35 )"292 13 9 57 21 healthier, more well-balanced lifestyle. Mill Rd 58 +$1 21 0 1 2 3 4 FeatherstoneRd +$ [ 28 33 Miles 55 59 Priority Goals 29 19 )"19 31 56 )"53 30 32 53 Rd Twin Bluff »P reserve and maintain a high-quality system with 54 )"58 +$66 Pioneer 60 superior standards. 20 Rd 9 »C reate a safe system for all users across all modes 0 1 2 3 4 +$21 of transportation.