HUMBOLDT COUNTY REGIONAL PEDESTRIAN PLAN PREPARED BY: Alta Planning + Design Redwood Community Action Agency SHN Consultant Engineers PREPARED FOR: Humboldt County Association of Governments June 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................1-1 1.1. Project Setting..................................................................................................................................................1-1 1.2. Overview of the Study Area..........................................................................................................................1-1 1.3. Plan Contents ..................................................................................................................................................1-2 II. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN.............................................................................................................................2-1 2.1. Need for Pedestrian Facilities in Humboldt County.................................................................................2-1 2.2. Previous Pedestrian Plans..............................................................................................................................2-1 2.3. Goals and Objectives......................................................................................................................................2-1 III. STUDY PROCESS................................................................................................................................................3-1 3.1. Advisory Committee.......................................................................................................................................3-1 3.2. Public Input .....................................................................................................................................................3-1 3.2.1. Public Survey..................................................................................................................................3-1 3.2.2. Public Workshops..........................................................................................................................3-3 IV. PLANNING & POLICY CONTEXT......................................................................................................4-1 4.1. Affected Agencies ...........................................................................................................................................4-1 4.1.1. California Department of Transportation .................................................................................4-1 4.1.2. Humboldt County Association of Governments .....................................................................4-1 4.1.3. Humboldt County .........................................................................................................................4-1 4.2. Relevant Planning Documents......................................................................................................................4-2 4.2.1. Humboldt County Plans...............................................................................................................4-2 4.2.2. Humboldt County Association of Governments’ Plans..........................................................4-3 4.2.3. Other Agencies - Hoopa Valley Tribe........................................................................................4-4 4.2.4. Other Agencies - Yurok Tribal Transportation Plan (2006)...................................................4-7 4.2.5. Other Agencies - Redwood Community Action Agency........................................................4-7 4.2.6. Other Agencies - Humboldt Partnership for Active Living ...................................................4-8 V. PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS ............................................................................................................................5-1 5.1. Community Details.........................................................................................................................................5-1 5.1.1. Pedestrian Collision Data .............................................................................................................5-1 5.1.2. Humboldt County General Findings..........................................................................................5-1 5.2. Countywide Projects.....................................................................................................................................5-10 5.2.1. Regional Trails..............................................................................................................................5-10 5.2.2. Safe Routes to School .................................................................................................................5-11 5.2.3. School Safety Improvements.....................................................................................................5-15 5.3. Incorporated Communities .........................................................................................................................5-16 5.3.1. Arcata.............................................................................................................................................5-16 5.3.2. Blue Lake ......................................................................................................................................5-29 5.3.3. Eureka ...........................................................................................................................................5-37 i Humboldt County Regional Pedestrian Plan 5.3.4. Ferndale.........................................................................................................................................5-47 5.3.5. Fortuna..........................................................................................................................................5-53 5.3.6. Rio Dell .........................................................................................................................................5-63 5.3.7. Trinidad.........................................................................................................................................5-67 5.4. Unincorporated Communities ....................................................................................................................5-71 5.4.1. Eureka’s Surrounding Communities.........................................................................................5-71 5.4.2. Southern Humboldt ....................................................................................................................5-73 5.4.3. Avenue of the Giants Communities.........................................................................................5-74 5.4.4. Coastal Communities ..................................................................................................................5-81 5.4.5. Fieldbrook / Glendale ................................................................................................................5-82 5.4.6. Hoopa............................................................................................................................................5-83 5.4.7. Hydesville and Carlotta...............................................................................................................5-89 5.4.8. Loleta.............................................................................................................................................5-89 5.4.9. Samoa Penninsula........................................................................................................................5-95 5.4.10. McKinleyville ...........................................................................................................................5-101 5.4.11. Orleans......................................................................................................................................5-109 5.4.12. Scotia .........................................................................................................................................5-115 5.4.13. Trinidad Rancheria..................................................................................................................5-115 5.4.14. Weitchpec .................................................................................................................................5-116 5.4.15. Willow Creek............................................................................................................................5-121 VI. PROJECT PRIORITIZATION .................................................................................... 6-1 6.1. Ranking Criteria...............................................................................................................................................6-1 6.1.1. Trip Generators .............................................................................................................................6-1 6.1.2. Transit Access ................................................................................................................................6-1 6.1.3. Street Classification .......................................................................................................................6-1 6.1.4. Traffic Speed ..................................................................................................................................6-2