Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center CASE STUDY COMPENDIUM July, 2010 Table of Contents Foreword v COMPREHENSIVE 1 Anthem Park Development — Vancouver, WA 3 Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Campaign — Burlington, VT 5 City of Richmond Pedestrian Strategy — Richmond, Canada 7 Info 2 Share — Hamilton Township, NJ 9 Missoula Pedestrian Safety Campaign — Missoula, MT 11 Phoenix School Safety Program — Phoenix, AZ 13 TrailNet — St. Louis, MO 15 EDUCATION 17 Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety and Education Program — Tucson, AZ 19 Bringing Bicycle Education to Spanish-Speaking Communities — Amarillo, TX 23 Comprehensive School-Age Pedestrian Safety Program — Orange County, FL 27 Cross Safely Drive Safely — Amherst, MA 29 Cross the Street As If Your Life Depends On It — Ontario, Canada 31 Let the Bus Go, Then You Go — Toledo, OH 33 Look Out For Each Other, Share the Responsibility — Edmonton, Canada 35 Mayor Daley’s Bicycling Ambassadors — Chicago, IL 37 Pedestrian Safety Education in a San Diego County School — San Diego, CA 41 Pedestrian Safety Enforcement DVDs — Madison, WI 43 Perils for Pedestrians — Bethesda, MD 45 Share the Road for a Healthy Maine — Portland, ME 47 Street Smarts — San Jose, CA 49 Walk Safe Program — Miami-Dade County, FL 51 i TABLE OF CONTENTS — CONTINUED ENGINEERING 53 28th Street Multi-Modal Improvements — Boulder, CO 55 A Partnership for Pedestrian Safety — Eagle County, CO 57 Bicycle Boulevards — Emeryville, CA 59 Bringing Life to Transportation — Tucson, AZ 63 Camelback Pedestrian Underpass — Phoenix, AZ 65 City of Boulder Crosswalk Compliance Studies & Treatment Implementation — Boulder, CO 67 Complete Streets Laws and Ordinances — Nationwide 69 Destination Doylestown Bike & Hike Path — Doylestown, PA 71 Development of Boulder’s Multimodal System — Boulder, CO 73 El Cajon’s Road Diet — El Cajon, CA 79 Elementary School Crosswalk Enhancement Project — Bellevue, WA 81 Engineering Solutions to Pedestrian Safety — Cambridge, MA 83 False Creek Pedestrian and Cyclist Crossings Study — Vancouver, Canada 85 Interstate Interchange Pedestrian Enhancement — City of Englewood, OH 87 Iowa City Bike Library — Iowa City, IA 89 Irondequoit Lakeside Multi-Use Trail — Irondequoit, NY 91 Ke Ala Hele Makalae Trail — Kauai, HI 93 Linear Shared Use Path — Piqua, OH 95 Local Street Improvements Make Walking Safer and Easier — Seattle, WA 97 Mulberry Street Improvement Project — Milton, DE 99 Phillip A. Rayhill Memorial Trail — New Hartford, NY 101 Pulaski County Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge — Pulaski County, AR 103 Reconfiguration of Thomas Circle — Washington, D.C. 105 Route 71 Pedestrian Tunnel at Monmouth University — West Long Branch, NJ 107 Serene Way Sidewalk Project — Snohomish County, WA 109 Severance Circle Project — Cleveland Heights, OH 111 Sidewalk Construction Program — County of Alameda, CA 113 Sidewalk Improvements in the Downtown Area — Village of Okauchee, WI 115 Smart Traffic Signal System — Northern Virginia 117 Sunnyslope High School Pedestrian Demonstration Project — Phoenix, AZ 119 Tempe Crosscut Canal Multi-Use Path — Tempe, AZ 121 The Padden Parkway Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge — Clark County, WA 123 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS — CONTINUED Thurston Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation Project — Ithaca, NY 125 Traffic Calming and Crime Prevention — Ohio, Florida, & Virginia 127 Traffic Calming to Enhance Pedestrian Safety — Great Neck Plaza, NY 131 ENCOURAGEMENT 133 Bikestation Long Beach — Long Beach, CA 135 Bike to Work Week — Victoria, British Columbia 137 Denver Bike Map — Denver, CO 141 Let’s Walk Downtown — Atlanta, GA 145 Portland SmartTrips — Portland, OR 147 South Carolina Bicycling and Walking Resolution — State of South Carolina 151 PLANNING 153 City of Charlotte Commitment to the Pedestrian Program — Charlotte, NC 155 Community Involvement During the Planning Process — Norfolk, VA 157 Creating a Pedestrian Facility Inventory — New Castle County, DE 159 Downtown Orlando Transportation Plan — Orlando, FL 161 Intermodal Transportation Planning and Development — Tucson, AZ 165 Livable Streets Plan — Raleigh, NC 171 New Jersey Governor’s Pedestrian Safety Initiative — State of New Jersey 173 Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel Policy — State of Kentucky 177 Pedestrian Generator Checklist — State of New York 179 Pedestrian Safety Planning Group — Bethlehem, NY 181 Technical Assistance for Small Cities and Rural Communities — Northwest Georgia 183 Traffic Calming Guidelines — Sacramento, CA 185 Trail User Counts and Surveys — Ozaukee County, WI 187 Tucson Region Sidewalk Inventory — Tucson, AZ 191 OTHER 195 Charlotte’s South Corridor — Charlotte, NC 197 Citizen’s Accessibility Evaluation Tool — Hillsborough County, FL 199 Community Action and Fundraising in Portland, OR — Portland, OR 201 Corridor Traffic Calming — Albemarle, VA 203 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS — CONTINUED Creating Active Rural Communities — Haliburton County, Ontario 205 Creating Walkable Communities, Partnership Campaign — Upstate South Carolina 209 Crosswalk Flags and the Adopt-a-Crosswalk Program — Salt Lake City, UT 211 East Winston Heritage Trails — Forsyth County, NC 213 Get Active Orlando — Orlando, FL 215 Green Ribbon Month — Davis County, UT 217 Health Impact Assessment of Proposed Atlanta Beltline — Atlanta, GA 219 Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25 — Omaha, NE 221 Main Street Project — Trumansburg, NY 223 Mayor’s Committee on the Built Environment — Louisville, KY 227 Mobile Tablet Bus Stop Inventory — Louisville, KY 229 Norfolk Pedestrian Safety Initiatives — Norfolk, VA 231 Olympia’s Parks and Sidewalks Funding Measure — Olympia, WA 233 Overcoming Opposition to Sidewalk Construction — Winston-Salem, NC 237 Pedestrian Design Assistance Program — Phoenix, AZ 239 Pedestrian Safety Initiative — Baltimore, MD 241 Quantifying Countermeasure Effectiveness — Orlando, FL 243 Saranac Lake River Walk — Saranac Lake, NY 247 Transit Waiting Environments — Cleveland, OH 249 Walk Oakland! Map and Guide — Oakland, CA 251 Walk Wise, Drive Smart — Hendersonville, NC 253 iv Foreword This PBIC Case Study Compendium contains a collection of brief, original case studies developed by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center and the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP). The case studies, or success stories, cover pedestrian and bicycle projects and programs from across the US and abroad, including engineering, education, enforcement, encouragement, planning, health promotion, and comprehensive safety initiatives. They are intended to provide ideas and spur thinking about potential activities communities can undertake to further support bicycling and walking. Each case study provides a context in which the program or project takes place, a description of the pedestrian and/or bicycle issues faced, as well as how the community sought to address their concerns through various measures. Finally, a results section describes the successes and lessons learned from the planning or implementation of the activity. When available, data are provided to support results. The case studies in the compendium are categorized into different sections depending on the main activity that the community initiative involved: 1. Comprehensive 2. Education 3. Engineering 4. Encouragement 5. Planning 6. Other Many case studies involve multiple components and could be categorized in several sections at once. To explore specific issues or browse overlapping topics, we recommend using the Advanced Search in the PBIC Library to find individual case studies. This compendium is a dynamic document that is updated regularly, so please check the PBIC web sites for the latest version: http://www.walkinginfo.org/case_studies and http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/case_studies. Additionally, we invite you to share your pedestrian or bicycle program’s activities and successes with us. To submit a case study or share an idea, please email Laura Sandt at [email protected]. v COMPREHENSIVE 1 PBIC CASE STUDY — VANCOUVER, WA Anthem Park Development Problem Th e Vancouver Housing Authority (VHA) wanted to connect an apartment complex with the neighboring community by redeveloping a brownfi eld property next to the complex. Background Since its construction, Columbia House Apartments was separated from Main Street by the empty site of the old Vancouver High School. Senior citizens living in the apartments had to navigate a 6 percent grade in front of the building and were confronted with abandoned school buildings. In addition, in 2002 the majority of Clark County residents were overweight or obese. As a result, the city wanted to encourage residents to incorporate walking and other physical activity into their daily lives. Solution Th e VHA partnered with a private development fi rm to create a new project called Anthem Park to redevelop a 1.5 acre portion of neighboring property. Th is mixed-use, mixed income property would include 58 units of aff ordable housing, 22 owner-occupied townhomes, two retail spaces, and underground parking. Th e objectives of the project were to “remove barriers to pedestrian activity for the elderly and disabled residents of Columbia House” and to “create a comfortable transition between the west side of the block and the Main Street frontage to invite more pedestrian activity among residents.” Anthem Park was designed to enhance the outdoor environment and encourage residents to get outside and be more active in their daily lives. Results Th e Anthem Park development was able to use the existing topography by converting what was the old high school football stadium into an