Union Street Corridor Study - AlexandriaVA.Gov...Project Goals and Challenges • Build upon...
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Union Street Corridor Study Waterfront Commission Meeting #2 August 23, 2012
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Agenda
• Open House • Project Overview • Site-specific Improvements & Discussion
• Corridor Alternatives & Discussion • Concept Idea Questionnaire • Public Meeting & Next Steps
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Project Goals and Challenges
• Build upon previous studies • Facilitate a vibrant waterfront • Address parking and circulation issues
• Enhance safety for all modes • Implement Complete Streets • Balance needs:
- Of all users - On different days and times of the week
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Ongoing work • Existing
Transportation Conditions - Field Assessments - Traffic Counts (all
modes!) - Parking - Overnight Parking - Delivery Truck Activity - Motorcoach Activity - Crash Data
• Public Engagement - Stakeholder Interviews - Waterfront Commission - Trail Intercept Surveys
• Alternatives and Recommendations
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Project Schedule TASK MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT
Fieldwork/Data Collection
Analysis and Documentation
Develop & Refine Recommendations
Waterfront Commission Meetings X X X
Public Meeting
Final Report
Planning Commission Meeting
Transportation Commission Meeting
City Council Meeting 5
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What we’ve heard from you
• Eliminate on street parking right at King and Union in order to build curb extensions/bulb outs.
• Do bulb outs and curbs extensions by Windmill Park to slow down traffic.
• Utilize pilots to test different and possibly “outside of the box” solutions.
• Provide in person traffic management at King and Union.
• Recognize that the issue of bikes not stopping at stop signs is not the same at all intersections.
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• Need to define Union Street as a pedestrian and bicycle priority street
• Limited roadway width • Serve all users • Unique solutions for different areas • Respect historic character of Union Street
Framework for Concept Development
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Site-specific Improvement Unit Block of King Street - Background
Waterfront Plan recommended: • making the unit block of Unit Street a “pedestrian hub”.
• limiting motor access to only emergency vehicles, delivery vehicles, motor coaches and the King Street Trolley.
• creating more space for pedestrians to congregate.
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7’ parking
29’ cars & bikes
12’ sidewalk 12’ sidewalk
Existing Conditions
Site-specific Improvement Unit Block of King Street
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7’ parking
19’ cars & bikes
17’ sidewalk 17’ sidewalk
Widen Sidewalk
Site-specific Improvement Unit Block of King Street
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Site-specific Improvement Unit Block of King Street
Additional design details: • Enhance trolley stop • Limit motor vehicle traffic • Create plaza-like atmosphere
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Site-specific Improvement Union & King Street - Issues • Pedestrian crowding on corners and sidewalk
• Pedestrians concerned with being hit by a motorist or bicycle
• Bicyclists compliance with stop sign
• Motorists wait time and frustration
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Site-specific Improvement Union & King Street - Options
1 - Install Traffic Signal
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2 - Improved crosswalks
(see boards and handouts for additional details)
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Site-specific Improvement Windmill Hill Park
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• Higher speeds between Wolfe Street and Gibbon Street
• Bicycles entering and exiting via Wilkes Street trail
• Desire to connect both sides of Windmill Hill Park
• Build on work done in Windmill Hill Park Concept Plan (2003)
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Site-specific Improvement Windmill Hill Park – Option 1, 1A
15 (see boards and handouts for additional details)
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Site-specific Improvement Windmill Hill Park– Option 2
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Existing
Proposed Chicane
(see boards and handouts for additional details)
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Site-specific Improvement Mt. Vernon Trail Connection - Issues
• Mt. Vernon Trail connection to Pendleton Street
• Pedestrian crossing where Union Street and Pendleton intersect
• Connection of Alexandria Waterfront Walk & park to park
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Site-specific Improvement Mt. Vernon Trail Connection - Options
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Short-Term Improvement
(see boards and handouts for additional details)
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Site-specific Improvement Mt. Vernon Trail Connection - Options
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Short-Term Improvement
(see boards and handouts for additional details)
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Site-specific Improvement Mt. Vernon Trail Connection - Options
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Long-Term Improvement
(see boards and handouts for additional details)
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DUKE to
FRANKLIN
busiest on Saturday
consistent throughout
week
consistent throughout
week
PENDLETON to
CAMERON
CAMERON to
DUKE
Union Street Today Multi-Modal Volumes
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Union Street Today Multi-Modal Volumes
Time of Day on Saturday
# p
er h
ou
r 700
375
250
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Union Street Today
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7 feet parking
26 feet cars and bikes
8 feet sidewalk
8 feet sidewalk
From building face to building face….
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Union Street Today
full sidewalk = 8 feet
effective sidewalk = 4 ft
How much space do pedestrians have?
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How is Union Street distributed today?
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4’ pedestrian
travel
26’ car & bike travel
4’ pedestrian
travel
By space… 25% for pedestrians 75% for cars and bikes
By volume… 55% pedestrians 45% cars and bikes
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Corridor Alternative #1
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7’ parking
26’ cars & bikes
Keep Existing Layout
8’ sidewalk
(4’ effective)
8’ sidewalk
(4’ effective)
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Corridor Alternative #2
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7’ parking
& tree boxes
Narrow Lanes & Move Tree Boxes
22’ cars & bikes
10’ sidewalk
(6’ effective)
10’ sidewalk
(6’ effective)
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Corridor Alternative #2
Narrow Lanes & Move Tree Boxes*
*Trees to be removed and replaced with new trees
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Corridor Alternative #2
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Corridor Alternative #3
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Shared Street
7’ parking
& tree boxes
22’ shared space*
10’ sidewalk
(6’ effective)
10’ sidewalk
(6’ effective)
*sidewalk and roadway at same level
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Shared Street Example: Ellsworth Street in Silver Spring, MD
Corridor Alternative #3
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Corridor Alternative #3 Shared Street Example • Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA
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• Historic area, narrow sidewalks & streets, high pedestrian volume
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Creating a balanced cross-section
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Shared Street Example: • Vordingburg, Denmark 1990-92 • 4,000 veh/day
Union Street, ~4,100 veh/day
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Corridor Alternative #3 Benefits of a Shared Street
• Reduces travel speeds for cars & bicycles
• More efficient/balanced: functions differently with different user volumes
• More social activities & civic interaction • Chaos improves safety
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Corridor Alternative #4
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Remove Parking
26’ cars & bikes
11.5’ sidewalk (7.5’ effective)
11.5’ sidewalk (7.5’ effective)
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Corridor Alternative #4
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4 feet tree box
4 to 5 feet sidewalk
4 feet sidewalk
keep existing trees
4 feet tree box
8 to 9 feet sidewalk
move tree boxes out OR
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Corridor Alternative #5
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7’ parking
Make Union Street One Way
16’ cars
& bikes
13’ sidewalk (9’ effective)
13’ sidewalk (9’ effective)