Bakersfield LOW STRESS BIKE NETWORK PLAN PROPOSAL TO CREATE A LOW-STRESS BIKEWAY NETWORK IN THE VICINITY OF THE BAKERSFIELD HIGH-SPEED RAIL STATION ALIFORNIA 81CYCLE COALITION CONTENTS Executive Summary � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 1 Summary of Implementation Objectives � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �1 Recommended Projects � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �2 Methodology � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �3 Existing Conditions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �3 Community Outreach � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �3 Introduction � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 4 Site Area � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 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Best Practices and Design Guidelines � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 12 Policy Recommendations � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 12 Design Guidelines � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 13 Background and Planning Context � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 18 Adopted Plans and Projects � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 18 Existing + Adopted Network Analysis � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 23 Bike Network Analysis of The Existing Low-Stress Network � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 24 Bike Network Analysis of the Adopted Low-stress Network � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 26 Community Outreach � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 29 Survey Analysis � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 30 Recommended Projects � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 36 Kern Street Bike Boulevard � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 40 30th/Pacific Street Bike Boulevard � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 42 Gage Street Bike Boulevard � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 44 Potomac Avenue Bike Boulevard � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 46 Virginia Street Bike Boulevard � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 48 Kentucky Street Bikeway Extension � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 50 Bank Street/South Brown Bike Boulevard Extension � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 52 Pine Street Bike Boulevard Westchester Extension � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 54 California Avenue/99 Freeway Alternative Bikeway Connections � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 56 Future High-Speed Rail Station Local Bike Connections � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 58 Kern Island Canal Extension � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 60 Acacia Avenue to the Kern River Parkway � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 61 Hageman Flyover Bikeway Extension � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 63 Roberts Lane Bikeway � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 65 Implementation � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 66 General Considerations of Improvements � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 66 Implementation Drivers � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 67 Quick and Effective Implementation � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 67 Stakeholders and Relevant Jurisdictions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 67 Cost Estimates � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 68 Potential Funding Sources � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 68 Potential Local Funding Sources � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 72 Sources � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 73 Appendix � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 74 This page intentionally left blank EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXecUTIVE SUMMARY The arrival of high-speed rail provides a with primary goals of equity, safety, and powerful economic development opportunity sustainability� The proposal highlights best for Bakersfield. The neighborhoods within a practices in accommodating travelers who few miles of the future High-Speed Rail (HSR) use bikes and provides recommendations station can benefit from increased business for implementing an attractive, safe, and activity; more jobs, including resilient jobs in complete low-stress bicycling network in Central small businesses; greater investment in public Bakersfield. amenities; and healthier and safer streets� This outcome is not guaranteed, however� Measures This proposal includes recommendations that support biking and walking to and from for the safety improvements that will most the station and in the vicinity of the station are effectively provide a network of routes that integral to success in meeting these goals� most Bakersfield residents would consider safe enough to bike on� If implemented fully, the Supported by a Sustainable Transportation recommendations will create transformative Planning grant, the project team has developed opportunities for a wide range of Bakersfield recommendations to maximize the use of bikes, residents, including seniors and children, as well walking, and other active or low-impact mobility as the potential bicyclist who is ‘interested in modes to most effectively support the health biking but concerned’ about safety� and economy of Bakersfield and other cities in the Central Valley� These recommendations SUMMARY OF IMPLEMENTATION address what is necessary to create safe and comfortable, “low-stress” access between the OBJECTIVES Bakersfield High-Speed Rail station and key 1. Build out Kern Active Transportation Plan destinations within three miles from the station� (ATP) projects deemed low-stress first Ensure all intersections and crossings are The recommendations prioritize resident 2. also low-stress when building a bike network access to the existing and future transit hubs CALBIKE | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 1 F R U I T V A L E A V E M T V E R N O N A M V O E H A W K S T CALIFORNIA AVE U BRUNDAGE LANE O N A I O K N S A T V E High-Speed Rail Station Kern River 0 1 2 mi Adopted Low Stress Routes Parks Proposed Low Stress Routes Figure 1. Recommended Bakersfield low-stress Network 3. Build out network quickly using quick-build 4. Potomac Avenue Bike Boulevard strategies and implement best practices as 5. Virginia Street Bike Boulevard funding becomes available 6. Kentucky Street Bikeway Extension 4. Build network out in order of positive impact on the connectivity of the low-stress 7. Bank Street Bike Boulevard Extension network 8. Pine Street Bike Boulevard Westchester 5. Update Bakersfield General Plan street Extension design guidelines and standards to meet 9. California Avenue/Highway 99 Alternative low-stress qualifications to National Bikeway Connections Association of City Transportation Officials 10. Future High-Speed Rail Station Local Bike (NACTO) standards Connections 11. Kern Island Canal Shared Use Path RECOMMENDED PROJECTS Extension 1. Kern Street Bike Boulevard 12. Acacia Avenue Bike Boulevard 2. 30th/Pacific Street Bike Boulevard 13. Hageman Flyover Bikeway 3. Gage Street Bike Boulevard 14. Roberts Lane Bikeway CALBIKE | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 2 METHODOLOGY COMMUNITY OUTREACH To create this proposal, the project team used In addition to the GIS analysis, this proposal a novel and sophisticated methodology to relied on qualitative analysis of Bakersfield’s analyze the effect of specific improvements. The street network, as explained in hundreds of method, called the Bicycle Network Analysis, comments and conversations in an extensive relies on the truism that a connection between outreach process� Because of the COVID-19 two points is only as strong as the weakest link� pandemic and shelter-in-place orders, the project team
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