LAKEWOOD SOUND TRANSIT SOUNDER STATION

You Can’t Get There From Here

Washington APA ConferenceOctober 4-6, 2010

Dan Penrose, AICPSenior Planner, City of Lakewood

Station District

Overlay Method for Site Analysis

Bicycle

Bike Composite Accessibility Index

What is the Route Directness Index?

RDI thresholds

St Claire Hospital

115th Street

Lak

evie

w A

ve.

Bri

dg

epo

rt W

ay

Shared-Use Path

Bike Lanes & Sidewalks

Non-Motorized Railroad Overpass

I-5 Overpass Retrofit / Bike Lanes and Sidewalks

Option A

Option B

Sounder Commuter Rail

St Claire Hospital

115th Street

47th

Ave

nu

e

Non-Motorized Improvement Options

"Sharrow" - Shared-Lane

112th Street

111th Street

Lak

evie

w A

ve.

Bri

dg

epo

rt W

ay

Bike Lanes

Making the Pedestrian-Bike Connection

RR Over-crossing

I-5 Over-crossing

Using Route Directness Index

Baseline with Pedestrian Overpass

taller parcels = higher land use density (address points per acre)

Before After

Land Use Density and RDI

APA Washington ConferenceOctober 4-6, 2010

Dan Penrose, AICPSenior Planner, City of Lakewood

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