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3. The AASHTO Guide to Bicycle Facilities, 4 th Edition recommends bike lanes on both sides of a two -way street except for streets with appreciable grade. On streets where downhill grades are long enough to result in bicycle speeds similar to motor vehicle speeds, then a bike lane may be provided only in the uphill direction where speed differential may present a safety issue. 4. Bike lanes are not a standard feature of Neighborhood Collectors. The existing Neighborhood Collectors south from Bailey Hill, starting with Warren and continuing as Timberline Drive have marked bike lanes. This extension of the uphill bike lane improved the bicycling network. 5. Timberline Drive will be undergoing a Pavement Preservation project, providing the City with an opportunity to develop bicycle facilities to adopted and recommended standards. 6. If parking is removed from the west side of Timberline Drive, Timberline Drive is wide enough to support the addition of an uphill bike lane. The width of Timberline Drive varies from block to block but features a consistent minimum width of 29' -6 ". The existing street cross section would provide for two 12' travel lanes and allow for a marked bike lane at least 5' wide. Any additional street width will be added to the bike lane up to 6 foot maximum. Any additional width will be added to the travel lanes. 7. Representatives from adjacent homeowner's associations (Somerset Hills VIII and Somerset Hills III) are supportive of removing parking due to the unpredictability of the presence of on- street parking and narrowing of the street that occurs when cars are parked on the street. 8. On- street parking bays exist on the east side of Timberline Drive between Skyview Lane to Wintercreek Drive. All observed on- street parking demand can be accommodated within these east -side parking bays if on street parking were removed from the west side. 9. Removing parking from the west side of Timberline Drive will provide space to extend the current uphill bike lane to the south providing a safer space for people on bikes to operate, making the adjacent travel lane width more predictable, and enabling the public to use Timberline Drive in a more efficient, multimodal manner and, therefore, is in the best interest of the public. On the basis of these findings, I order that: 1. Parking shall be removed from the west side of Timberline Drive from private road serving 2700 -2750 Timberline Drive to Wintercreek Drive. This parking restriction will be in place at all times. Administrative Order - Page 2 of 3