Community engagement, feedback from project partners and broadly accepted research have shown us that greater separation between bikes, pedestrians and traffic is preferred. More people opt to ride bicycles if the bicycle facilities are better protected.
Based on feedback from the community and project partners, we have developed three options for pedestrian and biking facilities. Your feedback will help us determine which option or combination of options is most appropriate.
These designs are preliminary and subject to change.
Raised bike lane
Raised bike lanes would be separated from vehicle traffic by a curb and separated from pedestrians by a planting strip.
Separates bikes from pedestrians with a planting strip and from vehicle traffic by a raised curb
Raised bike lane improves bicycle visibility at intersections and along the corridor
May interfere with delivery and trash pickup where there are existing single-family residential driveways
Increased maintenance costs and new equipment required
May need additional right-of-way
Raised bike lane
Multiuse path only
Cyclists would share a multiuse path with pedestrians, separated by a tactile strip with bumps on it. The multiuse path would be separated from vehicle traffic by a curb and planting strip.
Bikes will be adjacent to pedestrians
Multiuse path is raised and separated from traffic, but the bike lane would transition to the street level to improve bicycle visibility at intersections
Planter strip would accommodate delivery and trash pickup where there are existing single-family residential driveways, but delivery and trash pickup vehicles would stop in the travel lane
Multiuse path may increase maintenance costs and would either be maintained by adjacent property owner or require new equipment
May need less right-of-way than a raised bike lane
Multiuse path only
On-street buffered bike lane with multiuse path
An on-street buffered bike lane and a multiuse path would give cyclists an option between sharing a multiuse path with pedestrians or using an on-street bike lane separated from traffic, but with no physical barrier. In this alternative, there is no strip separating bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the multiuse path.
Bikes will be adjacent to either vehicles or pedestrians based on choice and comfort level
Buffered bike lane is level with traffic; multiuse path is raised and separated, but the bike lane would transition to the street level to improve bicycle visibility at intersections
Bike lanes accommodate delivery and trash pickup where there are existing single-family residential driveways
Buffered bike lane easier to maintain; multiuse path may increase maintenance costs and would either be maintained by adjacent property owner or require new equipment
May need more right-of-way than a raised bike lane
