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Ted CurtisBike/Ped Program ManagerCity of Columbia, MO(573) 442-7189 x 25 ctcurtis@GoColumbiaMo.comwww.getaboutcolumbia.com
Columbia is a small university city
Population 100,000 - hills - weather extremes
Not densely populated: urban area 8 x 8 miles (twice the footprint of San Francisco proper)
Downtown grid area + urban sprawl + barriers (interstates)
University of Missouri – 30,000 students
Bicycle mode share 1.5% +
Approach
Create an integrated, City-wide system
Add bike lanes wherever possible
System should be self-explanatory, understandable by bicyclists and motorists
Where possible, markings for the bike system should be on the street
Innovate and “borrow” ideas from other cities
2007Red: Shared use PathBlue: LanesBrown: Pedways
Red: crushed limestone Shared Use Paths
Blue: Streets with bike lanes
2010
Red: 30 miles of Shared Use Paths – (6 miles concrete)
Blue: 50 miles streets with bike lanes
Green: 30 miles routes with SLM’s (Sharrows)
Bike/Ped Innovations in Columbia, MO
1. On-Street wayfinding symbols
2. loop detector markings
3. BLIP - Bike Lane Infrequent Parking
4. Programs: early concentration
5. Pedways, use of sidewalks, intersection treatments
6. Green Merge areas
7. Bike Blvd with centered “Advisory” bicycle lanes (bike priority lane)
Bike/Ped Innovations in Columbia, MO(Continued)
8. Buffered Bike Lane: dual stripe on arterial (Stadium)
9. Bike Climbing Lane: Uphill bike lane, downhill shared lane (Old 63)
10. 6’7” low clearance culvert underpass (MKT at Flatbranch)
11. Converting parallel parking to Back-in-Diagonal (Ash street downtown)
1. On-Street Wayfinding
18” thermoplastic on asphalt
12” “concrete
graphics” @
Wayfinding symbols uses with bike lanes,
SLM’s (routes)
Wayfinding for Route on Pedway-sidewalk
4” symbols for bike routes through
campus (6” would be better)
2. Loop Detector indicators
MUTCD $21
3. BLIP - Bike Lane w/ Infrequent Parking
Choice is not “parking or no parking” in bike lanes, it is “bike lanes or SLM’s”
Considered only when parking is infrequent
Informal assessment of novice riders behavior:
Before striping: hug curb, swing out around parked cars
After striping: ride in bike lane (near curb) look before crossing the line into the vehicle lane
Added benefit: fewer cars park there after striping
Look behind!
Programming: 4 Step Process
1. Create Awareness: mass media, controversy
2. Foster Understanding of the program, Create positive attitude: mass media
3. Entice individuals to Try It! events, “Personal Travel Planning”
4. Encourage, Instill change to become Normal Behavior –Create-a-Commuter
5. Sidepath - Pedway- Sidewalk
6. MUTCD experiment – green colorations
Solid Green Bike Lane- used where bike lane extends between thru and right turn lanes: Cars yield to bikes
GMA – Green Merge Area - used where bike lane ends before intersection: Bikes yield to cars
Status – first GMA implemented in 2009. Rest in 2010
7. 6’ Advisory Bicycle Lanes on Bike Blvd.
Heavy “traffic calming” on bike blvd:
Street murals at several intersections
Yellow center striping added
Center 6’ bike lanes created with white skip striping (“Advisory” or “Priority” lane)
Will have SLM (Sharrows) centered in bike lane
Summary
Public Works Department in charge of Implementation
Substantial Promotion and Education effort
Major capital trail and sidewalk projects just over half of budget (and most difficult to implement)
Bike lanes are the preferred treatment for on-street treatments (considered even when light parking exists)
Experimenting with approaches – currently just site specific. Determining what should be city-wide treatments
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