Moving Greater University Circle Transportation and Mobility Plan October 2015 Acknowledgments Moving Greater University Circle is a collective effort of stakeholders. The City of Cleveland Planning Commission is the project sponsor. The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) is the manager of the Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative (TLCI) and is the second public agency partner for the study. University Circle, Inc. is the project manager and study cosponsor. The Project Team thanks each of these stakeholders plus all members of the Core Advisory Committee, the Project Steering Committee, and the many members of the public who provided insight and feedback throughout the project. Core Advisory Committee Steering Committee All Core Committee, plus: • Case Western Reserve University • Cleveland City Planning Commission • Cleveland Museum of Art • Cleveland Division of Traffi c Engineering • Cleveland Sight Center • Cleveland Clinic Foundation • Judson Services • Cleveland Museum of Natural History • Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio • Cleveland VA Medical Center • Musical Arts Association • Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority • Museum of Contemporary Art • Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency • Ronald McDonald House • University Circle Inc. • University Circle Police Department • University Hospitals Health System • University Circle United Methodist Church • Western Reserve Historical Society Consultant Project Team Primary Funders • Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. • Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency • City Architecture • The George Gund Foundation • TMS Engineers, Inc. *A full list of UCI Action Plan donors can be found on • Bongorno Consulting page 140 in the appendix. Table of Contents Introduction Introduction 1 Strategies Walking First 6 Connectivity 13 Bicycle Friendly 16 Transit Accessible 21 Safe and Reliable Auto Access 24 Legible District 26 Dynamic Streets 30 Smart Parking 35 TransportationDemand Management 38 Places !"#$%#&"'*"+#-%" / Carnegie Avenue and Stokes Blvd. 55 Stokes Boulevard and Cedar Road 58 79"";"#&"'*"+-%"#+" < !"="+$%#>?;# &"'*"+-%"#$%@"" K !"#&;#@" KQ Introduction Table of Contents 9X K !"9? K Appendices ";Y K Z[!;"&+; ] Speed Tables Memorandum 120 Cedar-University Memorandum 124 Crash Map 130 LOS Map 131 Synchro Results (submitted electronically) 132 Corridor Map 133 "" < Introduction Introduction Walking and biking in University Circle University Circle is a city within a city. It is the second largest employment center in the region and boasts a diverse residential population and some of the most prominent health care, educational and cultural institutions in the state. Supporting these active and interesting land uses is a multi-modal transportation network where people walk, bike, drive, and utilize a variety of transit options. The Greater University Circle area is also changing, with growing workforce, resident, and visitor populations traveling to, within, and through the area every day. The Moving Greater University Circle Transportation & Mobility Study is one component of the district’s forward thinking approach harnessing the energy of this growth and positioning the transportation system to serve all users now and into the future. This report provides two sets of recommendations ["!!`"";[""!#"[+;!\q • Strategies: Best practices on how the individual components of the multimodal transportation network can support University Circle as a great place; and • Placesq!!"[<<;"!"""+! !";""[!% Working with the area stakeholders, components of the following four intersection recommendations have been prioritized [""""!!]"!`?"#?#!;!"#""}@"+<7~q 1. &"'*"+-%"+" 2. !"@"&; 3. !"%<</ 4. !"="+$% 1 1$%`!8V:#0VJ%V 1$%`V7%HC1R0VJ%V: Q`R`10VL:7VCRQ:R 1$%`0VJ%V: % 'VV 1$%`)%*:`R:#Q:R !""""!""+"!`!"?"!! activities or planning efforts: • Z!`""!"`?!"#[$&"'*"+ Jr. Drive; • South Wade Park; and • Z9"";X}+;`?$%<</ Street. Z`"";[!!"""`![&"+>9""; Circle project, detailed on the next page. 2 Introduction About MGUC Moving Greater University Circle is a three-part study and implementation plan that will help assess areas of need and opportunity in University Circle’s transportation system. The study will identify short and long-term strategies for effective transportation management and will outline a clear path for impactful short and long- term steps to address our shared transportation issues. Moving Greater University Circle has three primary components: 1. The District Parking Study examined existing and projected supply and demand in the study area and was completed in December 2014. The resulting Parking Management Plan focused on opportunities for collaborative management of the district’s parking facilities, including improved information systems, ease of access, and establishment of a “park once” scheme for the neighborhood. Transportation demand management (TDM) strategies were also highlighted as an important method for ensuring the most ef cient use of existing supply. 2. This report documents the Transportation & Mobility Plan, which examined the multi-modal transportation systems, patterns, choices, and challenges that confront people as they travel to, through and within the study area. Two rounds of public engagement were conducted in October 2014 and April 2015 and included surveys, focus groups, open houses, walking audits, and an online interactive mapping tool. Feedback from these sessions generated a focus on 11 “mobility focus areas” for improvements to key travel corridors and intersections utilizing 10 core mobility strategies. 3. The Transportation Management Implementation Plan will synthesize recommendations from the rst two components and establish a series of short and long-term goals, metrics, action steps, and organizational responsibilities, based on stakeholder feedback and partner buy-in. Launched in June 2015, this phase of work includes a thorough scan of best practices from peer communities around the United States and examination of applications in the local context. The Transportation & Mobility Plan was led by a Steering Committee that included 20 institutional and public sector partners, a list of which is provided in the full report. The consulting team was led by Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associations, with support from City Architecture and Bongorno Consulting, LLC. Funding for the plan was provided by NOACA’s Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative and the George Gund Foundation. 3 Introduction Introduction ZZ>Y The following Strategy sheets outline the principles through which University Circle can continue to develop its multimodal network, welcoming people and development while minimizing impacts to the district’s transportation network. These Strategies include opportunities for all modes to contribute to the network. The Strategies recognize that transportation is intrinsically related to land use, so also address how streets and properties can be used for non-transportation purposes. The Strategies also incorporate the recommendations from the Phase 1 Parking and Demand Management component of the Moving Greater University Circle Plan. Recommended Strategies include: • Walking First • Connectivity • Bicycle Friendly • Transit Accessible • Safe & Reliable Auto Access • Legible District • Dynamic Streets • Smart Parking • Transportation Demand Management • !+;"!q • A Goal to guide the Transportation & Mobility Plan and a Rationale for how that Goal can be achieved through the Strategy • An introduction to the Strategy; • Z"""`;"!"+&>9!?"!+; • ""!"""[9"";"!?"!+; • Sample Tools showing examples and best practices of how the Strategy can be implemented. Strategies 4 Strategy Map Strategy Transportation Demand Management Demand Transportation Smart Parking Smart Dynamic Streets Dynamic Legible District Legible Connectivity Safe & Reliable Auto Access Auto Reliable & Safe Transit Accessible Transit Bicycle Friendly Bicycle Walking First Walking E 74 ST R E 73 ST ADDI DEC E 75 PL E E 74 ST E 75 ST ST D C RD SON E 76 ST E KER AVE KER E 76 ST AR AVE H E 77 ST L E 77 ST E ST 77 E E 77 ST L S M E 78 ST A T E 78 ST E CENTRAL AVE V E L E R AMOS AVE R LUCIA AVE LUCIA E 79 ST O A CORY A GOLDEN AV V E 80 ST S E E E 80 ST E 81 ST E 81 ST E 81 ST E 81 ST A E 81 ST V VE E 81 ST E 82 ST E 82 ST E 82 ST E E 82 ST E 82 ST E E 82 PL E 83 ST CRAWFORD RD E 83 ST E 84 ST W E 84 ST EE83P 83 PLL FO H E 8844 SSTT R E E E 8855 STST E 84 STT D O W R W 8 8 8 U 5 5 E 85 ST 5 D A A S S S T T G E 8686 SSTT D D E 85 ST D E 86 ST E 86 ST H BIB E E BLAINB KENM K E 8866 ST I ST R A L E E 88 ST P P A E 87 ST CHDALEC AVE V E 8787 STST N A A I H M E N M M E 8989 STST R R E 88 ST E 8877 SSTT D E ORE AVE ORE O O O A K K AVE Chester and Euclid Avenues, Stokes Stokes Avenues, Euclid and Chester A R R R R L E 9090 SSTT V E E R R A A A E A A A I I A V V S S S E 91 STST V E 89 SSTT V Chester Avenue at at Avenue Chester E E E E East 93rd Street 93rd East E 9900 STST Drive Jr. MLK and Boulevard, CRAC E 9292 SSTT E 90 ST E 9900 SSTT R C E E A T T T 0 0 9 9 S S WWF FOOR E 9393 STST R E 93 ST D RD LAMONTL A RD E 9494 SSTT A E 93 ST at Avenue Carnegie E 9933 STST E 95 ST E 9933 STST M CARNEGIEC AVE O Stokes Boulevard Stokes A A QUINCYQ AVE E 9966 SSTT N E 9 4 S T R U T E 9797 STST N Q QUEBEC AVE QUEBEC E 979 ST I A N E U ANSEL RD ANSEL VVE RD ANSEL L L U U U U T T C T G H H H E E E C C C R R N E N K K I I I I N N N G G G T Y T R M M R A I A B M E M H H J A A A J T E E T R C C R E 11000 SSTT AVE CEDAR EUCE A A A A V E E E C U E D V