Eastern Neighborhood TRIPS

Community Task Force meetingTHEMES & OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTATION

Eastern Neighborhood TRIPS

Community Task Force meetingTHEMES & OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTATION

06 | 08 | 2010 | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

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Agenda

• Major Themes & Opportunities by mode:• Transit• Pedestrian• Bicycle • Shuttles CarSharing Taxis• Parking• Goods Movement• Vehicle Circulation

• Proposed Study methodology• Key milestones • Next Steps

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Major transit routes operate relatively slowly

Considerable gaps in east-west transit service through the study area

The Regional-scale rail service investments

Transit in 16th St faces challenges

SoMa one-way street network can make transit confusing to use\

Transit Themes:

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Transit Toolkit: Transit Effectiveness Project

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Pedestrian conditions are not consistent throughout the study area

Arterials streets in SoMa present challenges to pedestrians

Gaps and barriers in the pedestrian network are presents to all neighborhoods within the study area

Ped injury collisions were concentrated on a few primary travel corridors

Difficulty of crossing 16th Street

Significant barriers of the pedestrian network in the Central Waterfront

Pedestrian Themes

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Streetscape Toolkits: Better Street Plan

7Streetscape Toolkit: “Parklets” Bicycle/Public Space

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Bicycle ThemesBest conditions and facilities, but critical gaps in the network exist

Many designated bicycle routes continue to lack designated bicycle lanes

Insufficient bicycle parking available

Bicycle Route Signage challenging to navigate

9Bicycle Toolkit: Bicycle Plan

Bike Lanes/Paths Sharrows Bike Racks

Bike Signage

10Innovative Bicycle Toolkit

On-Street Bike Corrals

Bicycle Boxes

Protected Bicycle Lanes

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Vehicle circulation ThemesHigh congestion during peak hours in EN area

Built and operated to accommodate high volumes of regional traffic

The major arteries in the SoMa area present challenges for pedestrians and transit

Grid transitions and I-80 create challenges for circulation

12Traffic circle

Traffic Calming Toolkit

Traffic island

Speed cushion

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Parking Themes

High on-street parking occupancy can increase double parking which creates obstacles for transit and traffic

Large areas of the SoMa and Showplace Square have high curb parking demand but lack parking meters

Several residential districts in the study area have very high rates of parking occupancy

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Parking Toolkit-SFPark

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Goods Movement ThemesThere is a perceived shortage of loading and unloading space for delivery vehicles

SoMa streets are important corridors for goods movement

In area with high parking occupancy, delivery vehicles struggle to fing legal loading spaces

In mixed-use districts, delivery trucks share space with passenger vehicles, pedestrians, and bikes

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Shuttles, taxis and car sharingThemes

The increasing prevalence of shuttle services has the potential to conflict with existing Muni service

Most taxi stands are concentrated in SoMa

Shuttles serving Downtown and SoMa destinations provide overlapping routes

Carsharing is highly utilized in the SoMa area

Most shuttles systems are not open to the general public

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Leverage projects in EN area

• 2nd and 5th street Bicycle Lanes

• Central Subway 4th Street TOD Planning

• Transit Center District Plan

• Van Ness BRT

Parallel Planning Efforts

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Preliminary Evaluation Framework• Mix of qualitative & quantitative criteria• Key Goals-identifies the issue

– Evaluation Criteria-identifies the objective:• Metrics-the measurements/tools used to inform the

goal/objective

• Key Proposed Goals include:– Integration and Access– Community– Economy– Environment– Deliverability

• Evaluate the performance of the system and then prioritize and rank projects

• Determine the projects that fall within the scope of EN TRIPS and which will be included in other future projects and programs

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Next Steps

• Future Conditions Analysis– Develop future conditions modeling inputs– Perform future condition model runs using

base network assumptions– Identify initial key-corridor intersections for

Modeling analysis

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EN-TRIPS 6 month Look AheadTask Milestone Date

Issues and Opportunities Report Jun-2010

Future Year Land Use & Transportation Conditions Report Aug-2010

Inventory of Key EN Priority Corridors Aug-2010

Preliminary Street Redesign Options for Select Priority Corridors Nov-2010

Circulation Analysis Report Nov-2010

Key Eastern neighborhoods Transportation Public Realm Improvement Projects Report Jan-2011

Funding and Implementation Strategy Document Jan-2011

• Next Task Force input opportunity after future conditions report is completed• Opportunity for Communitywide Update meeting in July/August