complete freeways: evaluation of florida's bicycles on limited access facilities pilot program
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Title: Complete Freeways: Evaluation of Florida's Bicycles on Limited Access Facilities Pilot Program Track: Connect Format: 60 minute panel Abstract: The Florida "Bicycles on Limited Access Facilities Pilot Program" has improved three limited access bridges to allow use by bicyclists. Bridge modifications include conventional and innovative improvements. Before and after data suggest that these pilot projects have been beneficial and a full evaluation will be conducted to see if the program could be expanded to other limited access facilities in Florida. Presenters: Presenter: David Henderson Miami-Dade MPO Co-Presenter: Stewart Robertson Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.TRANSCRIPT
Complete Freeways: Evaluation of Florida’s Bicycles on Limited Access Facilities Pilot Program
PRO WALK/PRO BIKE/PRO PLACE
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
DAVID HENDERSON, MIAMI -DADE MPO
STEWART ROBERTSON, P.E. , KIMLEY-HORN
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Bike Lane Mileage and Mode Split
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Bicycle Facility Mileage
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Bicyclist Injuries and Fatalities: Miami-Dade County
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Bike Lane Mileage and Mode Split
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Legislative Direction Florida House Bill 2012-599, via Florida Statute 316.091
Two (2) year (minimum) pilot program permitting bicycles on select limited access facilities.
Three (3) facilities selected by – October 2012.
Implementation by – March 2013.
Evaluation – Ongoing
Findings and recommendations to Governor and Legislature by September 2015.
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Facility Criteria Facility segment must…
◦ cross a river, lake, bay, inlet, or surface water
◦ where no street or highway crossing is available for use within two (2) miles of limited access facility entrance measured along the shortest public right-of-way
Other considerations include population within five (5) miles, cost, safety, operational impacts and alternative means.
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Project Locations
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Pineda Causeway
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Pineda Causeway/SR 404 Brevard County/Cape Canaveral National Seashore
Crosses the Indian and Banana Rivers between US 1 and SR A1A
4-lane Divided Limited Access Highway
55 mph posted speed limit
41,500 Average Annual Daily Traffic
3.0% Trucks
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Julia Tuttle Causeway
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Julia Tuttle Causeway (I-195) Connects Miami and Miami Beach
Crosses Biscayne Bay between US 1 and Alton Road
6-Lane Divided Interstate Limited Access Facility
55 mph posted speed on bridge
104,779 AADT
2.5% trucks
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William Lehman Causeway
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Connects Aventura and Sunny Isles Beach
Crosses the Intracoastal Waterway between US 1 and SR A1A
6-Lane Divided Limited Access Facility
45 mph posted speed on bridge, 55 mph posted speed on causeway
32,500 AADT
2.7% trucks
William Lehman Causeway (S.R. 856)
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Retrofits to the Causeways Added bike lane markings to the paved shoulders
Added signage to clarify that the pilot projects are open to bicycle travel
Added “audible and vibratory” edge line striping on concrete bridge surface
Identified the merge areas across the ramps with green pavement markings to increase driver’s awareness of cyclists
Raised the railing height on the bridge segments by adding hand-railing
Modified drainage grates to be bicycle friendly
Continued bike lane markings on entrance and exit ramps where possible ◦ Added shared lane markings and other bicycle design considerations on
constrained ramps
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Julia Tuttle Causeway (I-195) Corridor Tour
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Julia Tuttle Causeway – Before Project Implementation 19
Julia Tuttle Causeway – 10-Foot Shoulders with Ground-In Rumble Strips 20
Julia Tuttle Causeway – Audible and Vibratory Edge Line on Concrete Bridge
Note: A subsequent
project added hand
railing to the bridge after
this photo was taken.
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Julia Tuttle Causeway – Green Color Bike Lane on Westbound Entrance Ramp 22
Julia Tuttle Causeway – Green Color Bike Lane on Westbound Entrance Ramp 23
Julia Tuttle Causeway – Green Color Bike Lane on Westbound Entrance Ramp 24
Julia Tuttle Causeway – Westbound Exit to U.S. 1 in Miami 25
Julia Tuttle Causeway – Innovative Use of Sharrows on Westbound Exit Ramp 26
Julia Tuttle Causeway – Exit Ramp Transitions to Sharrows on Frontage Road 27
Julia Tuttle Causeway – Shoulder Added to Eastbound Exit Ramp to Mia Bch 28
William Lehman Causeway (S.R. 856)
Corridor Tour
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Lehman Causeway – Eastbound 10-Foot Shoulder 30
Lehman Causeway – Westbound 8-Foot Shoulder 31
William Lehman Causeway at SR A1A
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Lehman Causeway – Westbound Flyover from Northbound A1A 33
Lehman Causeway – Westbound Flyover from Northbound A1A 34
Lehman Causeway – Frontage Road Bicycle Crossing to Shared Use Path 35
Lehman Causeway – Sharrows on Lehman Causeway Frontage Road 36
Lehman Causeway – Innovative Bicycle Priority on Frontage Road 37
Before and after data collection ◦ One continuous week of counts
◦ Before (December 9-15, 2012)
◦ After (December 11-17, 2013)
William Lehman Causeway (S.R. 856) ◦ 40 percent increase in weekday bicycle trips
◦ 39 percent increase in weekend bicycle trips
Julia Tuttle Causeway (I-195) ◦ 167 percent increase in weekday bicycle trips
◦ 68 percent increase in weekend bicycle trips
Bicycle Counts
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Comparative Bicyclist Counts
Previous weekly bi-directional bicyclist volume = 609 bpw. Current weekly bi-directional bicyclist volume = 840 bpw.
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Daily Bicyclists on SR 856/William Lehman Causeway
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Comparative Bicyclist Counts
Previous weekly bi-directional bicyclist volume = 106 bpw. Current weekly bi-directional bicyclist volume = 183 bpw.
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Previous Current
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Operational Characteristics at Crossing Locations
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Two much-needed bicycle facilities on busy causeway corridors
More direct bicycle routes and improved connectivity between the mainland and the barrier island
Reduced travel distances for bicyclists up to 75 percent compared to adjacent corridors
Improved Bicycle Level of Service (BLOS)
Further promotion of bicycling as a viable mode of transportation
Better served the base of bicyclists who had already been using the corridors
Has led to over 40 percent increase in bicycle trips in the first year alone
The Result
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Next Steps
Final Report
Legislative Action
Future Application
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State law was amended to allow use of the existing shoulder rather than construction of a separate bicycle facility
Projects delivered in less than one (1) year
Construction of the improvements to both causeways was achieved at a total cost of less than $1 million
Three bicycle facilities added on important causeway corridors
Paves the way for similar future projects around the State
Additional pedestrian mobility improvements being considered on Lehman Causeway
Summary
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Next Steps
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Mary Anne Koos – Central Office Roadway Design
Ken Jeffries – Transportation Planner
Chris Tavella – District Design Engineer
Omar Meitin – District Traffic Operations Engineer
Danny Iglesias – Project Manager (William Lehman Cswy)
Heidi Solaun-Dominguez – Project Manager (Julia Tuttle Cswy)
Felix Hernandez – Internal design and plans production
FDOT District Six Planning and Design Team
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Joan Carter – Pedestrian/Bicycle Coordinator
Todd Alexander – Project Manager
George Borchick – Roadway Design
Steve Tonjes – Environmental Management
Mary McGehee – Environmental Management
FDOT District Five Planning and Design Team
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Thank You! David Henderson
Miami-Dade MPO
Stewart Robertson, P.E.
Kimley-Horn
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