Table of Contents 1 Introduction .........................................................................................1-1 1.1 Background ................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 Study Purpose ............................................................................. 1-1 1.3 Study Methodology...................................................................... 1-3 1.4 Study Products............................................................................. 1-3 2 Planning Process ..................................................................................2-1 2.1 Agency Involvement..................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 League of Illinois Bicyclists ................................................. 2-1 2.1.2 Steering Committee........................................................... 2-1 2.1.3 Bicyclist and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) ............. 2-1 2.1.4 Other Agency Involvement ................................................. 2-1 2.2 Public Involvement....................................................................... 2-3 2.2.1 Public Workshop #1 ......................................................... 2-3 2.2.2 Public Workshop #2 ......................................................... 2-4 2.2.3 Other Comments .............................................................. 2-4 3 Existing Conditions................................................................................3-1 3.1 Existing Facilities.......................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Bike Lanes........................................................................ 3-1 3.1.2 Shared-Use Paths.............................................................. 3-1 3.1.3 Sidepaths ......................................................................... 3-3 3.1.4 Urbana Park District parks & facilities with mapped paths & trails ....................................................................................... 3-3 3.1.5 University of Illinois Bike Paths............................................ 3-4 3.1.6 Changes in the Existing Network during the Plan Process ...... 3-5 3.2 Existing Documents Researched .................................................... 3-6 3.3 Existing Conditions Database ....................................................... 3-7 3.3.1 Existing Data Collection..................................................... 3-7 3.3.2 Field Survey...................................................................... 3-7 4 Goals & Objectives...............................................................................4-1 5 Guidelines ...........................................................................................5-1 6 Bikeway Types in the Urbana Bicycle Master Plan .....................................6-1 6.1 On-Road Facilities....................................................................... 6-1 6.1.1 Bike Lane ......................................................................... 6-1 6.1.2 Bike Route........................................................................ 6-8 6.1.3 Shared Bike / Parking Lane ................................................ 6-8 6.1.4 Share the Road ................................................................. 6-9 6.1.5 Shared Lane Marking ........................................................ 6-9 i Table of Contents 6.1.6 Refuge Island.................................................................. 6-10 6.1.7 Bike-Activated Stoplight ................................................... 6-10 6.2 Off-Road Facilities..................................................................... 6-11 6.2.1 Shared-Use Path (Trail).................................................... 6-11 6.2.1.1 Sidepath......................................................... 6-15 6.2.1.2 Rails-to-Trails.................................................. 6-15 6.2.2 University Bike Path ......................................................... 6-15 7 Bicycle Level of Service (BLOS) ...............................................................7-1 7.1 BLOS Correspondence to Bicycle User Types ................................. 7-1 7.2 BLOS Estimation.......................................................................... 7-1 7.2 Existing BLOS.............................................................................. 7-3 7.3 Future BLOS ............................................................................... 7-3 8 Bicycle Network Recommendations ........................................................8-1 8.1 Facility Treatments....................................................................... 8-1 8.1.1 Airport Road Corridor........................................................ 8-2 8.1.2 Amber Lane / Scovill Street Corridor ................................... 8-3 8.1.3 Anderson Street Corridor ................................................... 8-4 8.1.4 Beringer Circle.................................................................. 8-5 8.1.5 Boneyard Creek Trail......................................................... 8-6 8.1.6 Bradley Avenue/Country Club Road/Perkins Road Corridor... 8-6 8.1.7 Broadway Avenue Corridor ................................................ 8-9 8.1.8 Brownfield Road ............................................................. 8-12 8.1.9 Carle Medical Campus Path ............................................ 8-13 8.1.10 Champaign County East Campus Loop Path .................... 8-14 8.1.11 Coler Avenue ................................................................ 8-15 8.1.12 Colorado Avenue........................................................... 8-16 8.1.13 Crestview Park Loop Path................................................ 8-16 8.1.14 Crystal Lake Park / Busey Woods Loop Path ..................... 8-17 8.1.15 Cunningham Avenue (US 45) / Vine Street Corridor .......... 8-18 8.1.16 Curtis Road ................................................................... 8-18 8.1.17 Eads Street .................................................................... 8-19 8.1.18 East Urbana Trails.......................................................... 8-19 8.1.19 Eastern Avenue .............................................................. 8-20 8.1.20 Fairview Avenue / Beslin Street Corridor........................... 8-21 8.1.21 Florida Avenue Corridor ................................................. 8-22 8.1.22 George Huff Drive / Hazelwood Drive Corridor ................ 8-24 8.1.23 Goodwin Avenue Corridor.............................................. 8-25 8.1.24 Green Street.................................................................. 8-25 8.1.25 Gregory Street ............................................................... 8-27 8.1.26 High Cross Road (IL 130) ............................................... 8-27 ii Table of Contents 8.1.27 Illinois Street Corridor..................................................... 8-28 8.1.28 Kerr Avenue................................................................... 8-30 8.1.29 Kinch Street Corridor...................................................... 8-30 8.1.30 King Park Loop Path....................................................... 8-33 8.1.31 Lanore Drive / Adams Street Corridor .............................. 8-35 8.1.32 Lincoln Avenue Corridor ................................................. 8-36 8.1.33 Lohmann Park ............................................................... 8-36 8.1.34 Main Street Corridor ...................................................... 8-37 8.1.35 Mumford Drive .............................................................. 8-41 8.1.36 Nevada Street................................................................ 8-42 8.1.37 Northeast Urbana—Park Trails........................................ 8-42 8.1.38 Northeast Urbana—Other Facilities ................................. 8-43 8.1.39 Future Olympian Drive Corridor ...................................... 8-43 8.1.40 Orchard Street ............................................................... 8-44 8.1.41 Oregon Street................................................................ 8-44 8.1.42 Park Street..................................................................... 8-44 8.1.43 Pennsylvania Avenue ...................................................... 8-45 8.1.44 Pfeffer Road Corridor ..................................................... 8-46 8.1.45 Philo Road .................................................................... 8-47 8.1.46 Race Street .................................................................... 8-48 8.1.47 Rail-Trail ....................................................................... 8-51 8.1.48 Slayback Road............................................................... 8-52 8.1.49 Smith Road / Bakers Lane Corridor.................................. 8-53 8.1.50 South Urbana Trails ....................................................... 8-54 8.1.51 Washington Street Corridor............................................. 8-55 8.1.52 Windsor Road................................................................ 8-59 8.1.53 Wright Street.................................................................. 8-60 8.2 Parking..................................................................................... 8-61 8.3 Drainage Grates ....................................................................... 8-62 8.4 Bike Activated Stoplights ...........................................................