COUNTY CENTER DRIVE
REHABILITATION PROJECT – BICYCLE
LANE ENHANCEMENT & PROTECTED
INTERSECTIONS
November 7th, 2022
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
• Bicycle Lane Enhancement as part of County Center Dr Rehabilitation Project
• - Project Background
• - Existing project conditions and configuration
• - Bike Lane Enhancement Proposal
• - Protected Intersection Overview
• - Parking Analysis
• - Summary
• - Next Steps
• - Questions
2 PROJECT BACKGROUND
• Bike Lane Classifications
• - Class I – Bike trail (often a multi-use path)
separated from motorized roadway
• - Class II – Striped Bike lane adjacent vehicle lane
• - Class III – Signage or roadway markings indicating
the road to be shared by vehicles and bikes
• - Class IV – Protected and/or separated bike lane
adjacent to motorized roadway
3 PROJECT BACKGROUND
• County Center Dr Pavement Rehabilitation
Project – Houston Ave to Riggin Ave
• - Measure N Funding ($2.2M)
• - Construction Slated for January 2023
• - Pavement Rehabilitation Project
• - Drainage Improvements
• - ADA Ramp Construction
• - Restriping of the Street
County Center St North of Oriole Ave – Looking North
4 STANDARD DESIGN & EXISTING CONDITION
• County Center Dr is classified as a 2-lane Collector
Roadway
• - Standard Collector Roadway Design:
• - 2-lane roadway, center left turn lane
• curb & gutter, & sidewalk
• 2-Lane Collector Engineering Standard
• County Center Dr – Existing Condition
5 STANDARD DESIGN & EXISTING CONDITION
• -Various destinations surround this
section of County Center Dr.
• Destinations surrounding County Center Dr.
County Center Dr Connectivity
6 STANDARD DESIGN & EXISTING CONDITION
• - Standard intersection design do not
typically continue bike lanes through the
intersection.
• - Bike lanes often end ahead of intersections
drop off or merge with right turn lanes
requiring people on bikes to mix with
vehicles
• County Center Dr at Ferguson Avenue Intersection – Existing Condition
Existing County Center Dr at Ferguson Ave Intersection Design 7 PROPOSED BICYCLE FACILITY
• County Center Dr is an excellent corridor for a Class IV bike route • Existing County Center Dr Configuration • Proposed Bike Lane 8 PROPOSED BICYCLE FACILITY
• Advantages:
• - Encourage an active and healthy community
• - Through safety improvements, increase ridership
• - Reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT).
• Proposed Bike Facility For County Center St• Class IV bike route on Walnut Ave 9 PROPOSED PROTECTED INTERSECTION - SAFETY
• Better Bike networks need
Safer Intersections
• - Intersections are the place
where the most vehicle-bike
conflicts occur. 2017, 43% of
urban bicyclist fatalities
occurred at intersections.
• NACTO analysis of NHTSA FARS data: Non-freeway
Urban Bike Fatalities (US 2017)
10 PROPOSED PROTECTED INTERSECTION - HISTORY
- American Engineers have been aware
of protected intersection design since
1972.
-As of today, there are at least twenty
(20) constructed protected intersections
in California alone.
-With many more throughout the
country.
11 Alabama’s First Protected Intersection – Auburn University
CALIFORNIA SHIFT TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
California has been shifting towards multi-
modal transportation infrastructure.
- - Complete Street shift from vehicle movement
as primary goal to movement of people and
goods
- - Design of infrastructure for “all ages and
abilities” embodying national and international
best practices related to traffic calming.
12 PROTECTED INTERSECTION FUNCTIONALITY
13 PROPOSED PROTECTED INTERSECTION
• Advantages:
• - Improves visibility of
pedestrians and people on
bikes
• - Slows down conflict zones
• -A d d s S e p a r a t i o n a n d
protection for people on
Bikes through the
intersection
• Proposed Protected Intersection at County Center Dr and Ferguson Ave 14 N
PROPOSED BICYCLE FACILITY – PARKING IMPACT
• Disadvantages
• - Removal of on-street parking
• A Parking Study was conducted for two weeks.
• Total Parking Stalls Approximately Available within Project Limits: 433 • Max Street Parking Utilized: 3%
• Parking Survey Date Parking Study Time Number of Cars Parked Wednesday (8/17/2022) 7:30 AM / 6:00 PM 10 / 6
Thursday (8/18/2022) 7:30 AM / 6:30 PM
10 / 11
Friday (8/19/2022) 7:20 AM / 6:30 PM 8 / 10
Tuesday (8/23/2022) 7:20 AM / 6:30 PM 7 / 9
Wednesday (8/24/2022) 7:30 AM / 6:30 PM 8 / 7
Thursday (8/25/2022) 7:20 AM / 6:20 PM 9 / 9
Saturday (8/27/2022) 10:00 AM 7
15 PROPOSED BICYCLE FACILITY – PARKING IMPACT
• Highest observed parking Day
16 PROPOSED BICYCLE FACILITY – PARKING IMPACT
‐ The majority of parked cars were
seen fronting the Town homes,
averaging 6 to 8 parked cars.
• Ample on street parking on Lark Ave, and other adjacent Local Streets
• On street parking along County Center Dr
17 PROPOSED BICYCLE FACILITY – PARKING IMPACT
‐ Field observations indicate local on street parking and onsite parking is sufficient to handle the displacement of the observed parking along County Center Dr .
• Onsite Parking – 6 Available stalls
• Onsite Parking – 6 Available stalls
• Local on Street Parking (Lark Ave)
Approximately 7 Available spaces
18 SUMMARY
Advantages:
‐ Cost savings to the project, stretching
the project funds
‐ Improvement to traffic safety along
the corridor for all modes
Disadvantages:
‐ Loss of some on street parking
• Class IV along Walnut Ave
19 NEXT STEPS
If accepted, proceed with a Public Survey for the local community to garner community feedback on proposal.
‐ ‐ If feedback is positive proceed with proposal
‐ ‐ If feedback is negative return to Council for direction 20 QUESTIONS?
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