Everett Bicycle Master Plan FINAL PLAN MARCH 2011 PREPARED BY: Alta Planning + Design, City of Everett, and Everett Bicycle Community PREPARED FOR: City of Everett and Everett Bicycle Community Acknowledgments The Bike Master Plan was a significant team effort involving the Cities Traffic Engineering, Planning, Civil Design, and Parks departments with the Assistance of Alta Planning and Design. This technical expertise was combined with a significant Citizen outreach program and extraordinary levels of participation by individual citizens. B.I.K.E.S of Snohomish County and the Cascade Bicycle Club provided valuable feedback and material for the plan. Bill Weber and Kristin Kinnamon of B.I.K.E.S and John Lindstrom and Bob Jackson provided detailed feedback on proposed routes. Over 100 citizens at four public meetings and a stakeholder email list of approximately 200 individuals. City of Everett Elected Officials Mayor – Ray Stephanson City Council Members: Paul Roberts (President) - Position 1 Jeff Moore - Position 2 Arlan Hatloe (Vice President) - Position 3 Ron Gipson - Position 4 Drew Nielsen - Position 5 Brenda Stonecipher - Position 6 Shannon Affholter - Position 7 City of Everett Staff Dave Davis, Director, Public Works Ryan Sass, City Engineer Dongho Chang, Traffic Engineer Jim Ozanne, Public Works - Traffic Engineering provided day to day management, field verification and coordination between all the groups Tom Hood, Public Works - Engineering helped develop the detailed cost estimating methods Paul Crane, Public Works - Utilities provided international perspective and reviewed the draft plan Brent Linder and Jim MacLauchlan, Public Works - GIS provided the aerial photos and cross sections Steve Ingalsbe, Planning provided cycling expertise and route and plan review Mark Harrison, Parks provided input on the various trail options TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ III Setting ............................................................................................................................ iii Recommendations ....................................................................................................... iii Community Support for Plan Development ............................................................ v Relationship of Everett Bicycle Master Plan to Everett Planning Documents ... v Last Thoughts ............................................................................................................... v I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... I-1 Setting .......................................................................................................................... I-1 Purpose of the Everett Bicycle System Master Plan ............................................ I-1 Contents of the Plan ................................................................................................. I-2 II. EXISTING CONDITIONS ........................................................................... II-1 Past Planning Efforts .............................................................................................. II-1 Climate & Topography ........................................................................................... II-1 Transportation Infrastructure ................................................................................ II-3 Roadway Network ......................................................................................................... II-3 Transit Service ................................................................................................................ II-3 Bicycling Conditions ...................................................................................................... II-3 Bicycling Events ...................................................................................................... II-7 Data Collection Effort Summary .......................................................................... II-7 Public Involvement ........................................................................................................ II-7 Periodic newsletter updates .......................................................................................... II-8 Stakeholder interviews ................................................................................................... II-8 Summary of fieldwork ................................................................................................... II-9 Collision data .................................................................................................................. II-9 Employer survey .......................................................................................................... II-10 Distribution of Draft Report ..................................................................................... II-10 III. RECOMMENDED BIKEWAY FACILITIES .............................................. III-1 Existing Facilities Analysis ................................................................................... III-2 “Fair” Rated Bicycle Facilities Analysis .................................................................... III-4 “Good” Rated Bicycle Facilities Analysis ................................................................ III-5 “Better” Rated Bicycle Facilities Analysis ................................................................ III-7 Trails ............................................................................................................................... III-8 Proposed Facilities ................................................................................................. III-9 Connections between Existing Facilities .................................................................. III-1 Proposed Facility Additions ....................................................................................... III-2 IV. RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS: EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT, ENCOURAGEMENT, & EVALUATION ................................................... IV-1 Existing Education and Outreach Efforts .......................................................... IV-1 Existing Materials ......................................................................................................... IV-1 Clubs and Organizations ............................................................................................. IV-2 Recommended Education and Outreach Efforts .............................................. IV-3 Collision Data Review Procedure ..................................................................... IV-15 Maintenance ......................................................................................................... IV-15 Bicycle Wayfinding Signage Plan ....................................................................... IV-17 V. DESIGN STANDARDS................................................................................... V-1 Design Standards ..................................................................................................... V-1 VI. PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS ......................................................................... VI-1 “Fair” Existing Facilities ............................................................................................. VI-4 “Good” Existing Facilities ........................................................................................ VI-10 Connections to Existing Facilities ........................................................................... VI-18 Tier 1 Facilities ........................................................................................................... VI-24 Tier 2 Facilities ........................................................................................................... VI-33 State Highway Access ................................................................................................ VI-43 VII. FUNDING STRATEGIES ........................................................................... VII-1 Federal, State, and Regional Funding Sources ....................................................... VII-1 City of Everett Funding Sources .............................................................................. VII-6 APPENDIX A. PROJECT CONCEPT GUIDELINES…..………………...………A-1 APPENDIX B. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS. .... B-1 APPENDIX C. COLLISION DATA ANALYSIS ..................................................... C-1 APPENDIX D. SURVEY OF COMMUTE TRIP REDUCTION EMPLOYERS. D-1 APPENDIX E. STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS ..................................................E-1 APPENDIX F. NEWSLETTERS. ............................................................................ F-1 APPENDIX G. END OF TRIP FACILITIES. ........................................................ G-1 APPENDIX H. BIKE SHARING TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM .................... H-1 APPENDIX I. TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND VEHICLE DETECTION ....................... I-1 APPENDIX J. COMMENTS TO DRAFT PLAN ..................................................... J-1 APPENDIX K. FIELDWORK NOTES……………………………………………...K-1 APPENDIX L. COST ESTIMATING SPREADSHEET…………………………...L-1 APPENDIX M. URBAN DESIGN STREETSCAPE EXAMPLES……………….M-1 APPENDIX N. ERRATA SHEET…………………………………………………..N-1 ii Executive Summary Setting The Everett Bicycle System Master Plan is the product of a coordinated effort between Everett’s residents, civil servants and elected officials.