Agenda Packet 2-19-19 Work Session

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MovingAhead 2018 Outreach Summary 38 • Also, physically separated bicycle routes from cars should be emphasized. • The north end of the Coburg corridor, the route along Crescent and Chad between Coburg Rd and Game Farm, has seen incredibly rapid development. Along that short stretch, since 2013, over 1100 high density housing units have been created. Additionally, Chad has been rezoned to allow more flexible commercial development. Frequent transit connection to downtown is overdue. • This is a failure to think outside the box. For example, a major corridor improvement would have consisted of a route linking River Road to Amazon via Chambers and 28th/29th by-passing down-town completely. It would provide high levels of service to the South Hills and connect the Amazon recreation resources with River Road. It would also provide cross-town access to EMX and the University via connections with EMX at 6th/7th and Rte. 78 at 18th Avenue. This is but one example. • We're failing. Car use is way up, walking, bus, and cycling are all collapsing as mode shares. Some serious rethinking of our approach is in order. Re River Rd: All schools are west of RR. Many students live east of RR. There are no appropriate crossings to the bike path system. Reconsider moving/changing the proposed enhanced crossing designed to serve the front of NEHS to a signal crossing at hour/ that serves the rear entrance to NEHS/corridor elementary. Also on the RR EmX alternative, consider moving the station south to serve the rear of NEHS to facilitate access to the river bike path. • People want frequent service, under protected shelters, and within short walking distance. • Thank you for asking. • As I get older, public transportation becomes more important. One of my concerns, which we will have to address as we proceed, is the distance one needs to cover from home to nearest bus stop. I think this will require a nimble system of connectors throughout the neighborhoods. Perhaps smaller, frequent bus can be employed. • Concerning River Road: - Emx Alternative - putting bikes and walkers on the same path under Beltline seems like it could be a bad mix together, especially as debris build up on sidewalk and bikes swerve to avoid debris and walkers (many north students use sidewalks here. - Enhanced alternative - really wonder if increased distance between stops will increase ridership - has a study been done to determine how many people currently vs. the enhanced version or Emx version will go downtown; poster shows a number of increased users but I guess that is based on increased capacity: need to determine how many will really start using the upgraded service on River Road - What makes River Road so attractive is the number of trees along the road; 132 trees. I guess seems a lot: try to maintain current River Road character as much as possible. - Biking along RR is not currently fun, especially if one must turn left (cross 4 lanes of traffic): no option really increases bike rider safety very much: Emx option has fewer vehicles in right lane, next to bikers, really need means to lower vehicle speeds - For enhanced option what happened under the Beltline Bridge with improvements north and south of Beltline, need a safe transition for bikes - Have roundabouts been considered or even feasible?" • EmX with walking can triple/quadruple transit time. Dangerous for elders and disabled and hard for them to get to (distance to stop) seats facing center (at frong & middle) are dangerous February 19, 2019, Work Session - Item 1