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Modal ShowdownMarch 30, 2015
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Need for project
■ Cities have constrained ROW■ Multiple plans and desires for streets
ParkingLoading
Bike corralsParklets
Bus Layover
Bioswales
Taxis
Bikehsare
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Planning in Seattle
■ Comprehensive Plan■ Move Seattle■ ROWIM■ Modal Plans
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ROW Framework Use & Home
■ Type of projects?– Capital construction
■ Who would use?– Project Manager; Project Definition Team
■ When to use?– Before 5%
■ Home?– Complete Streets Checklist
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Chicago – Complete Streets Chicago
■ Mode hierarchy – based on street typology– Pedestrians always #1
■ Hierarchy can be changed with exception■ Decision trees■ Compliance committee for enforcement/implementation
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Washington, D.C. – MoveDC LRTP, 2014
■ “All major roads must have a second function beyond moving pedestrians and automobiles”
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San Francisco
■ Better Streets, 2010– Developed street typologies– Pedestrian and streetscaping design guidance
■ Mode hierarchy project (ongoing)– 20-40 street typologies (building off Better Streets)– Hierarchy with safety on top– Hierarchy to be adopted into General Plan
“When you start talking about modal ‘priority,’ you end up forcing trade offs that don’t’ need to happen IF you take away
space from driving.”
- Teo Wickland, SFMTA
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Starting from scratch …
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
OPTION 3
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Similar components
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Differences
OPTION 2
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Differences
OPTION 3
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Starting from scratch …
Loading
Bike corralsParklets
Bus Layover
Bioswales
Taxis
Bikehsare
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Functions, not modes
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The SIX right of way functions
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Rooted in policy
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Draft framework!
Is the pedestr
ian realm
sufficient?
Priority Freight Transit Bike
1 Major Truck Streets
HCT Off street path
2 Priority Bus
Protected Bike Lane
3 Arterial Streets
Frequent Transit
In-Street
Redimension ROW
Inventory functional needs Prioritize modal
plans
Determine transition zone prioritization
Optimize:-Can uses be combined?-Uses at different times of day?-General purpose lane be displaced?-Curb functions be displaced?-Lower priority mobility uses be displaced?-Alternate route?
Yes No
Yes 1. Support for modal plan
2. Access for commerce
3. Access for people4. Activation5. Greening
1. Support for modal plan priorities
2. Access for commerce3. Access for people4. Greening5. Storage
No 1. Access for commerce
2. Access for people3. Activation4. Greening5. Mobility
1. Access for people2. Greening3. Activation4. Storage5. Access for commerce
Between modes with equal priority, prioritize:1. Goods movement2. High efficiency person
mobility
Is the street in a modal plan?
Is the street in an urban center/urban village?
Can all functions fit?