Davidson Walks & Rolls! Active Transportation Master Plan

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1 Davidson Walks & Rolls! Active Transportation Master Plan Presentation to Town Board

2 Davidson Comp Plan (2010).Our town s sense of community is rooted.in pedestrian orientation

3 Davidson National Citizen Survey (2007 & 2012) 96% (75% strongly supported) supported Town funding pedestrian facilities (2012) 88% supported (59% strongly supported) funding bicycle facilities (2012)

4 Davidson Design for Life 2010 Goal of the Board of Commissioners 2011 Grant from the CDC 2012 Street Design Standards HIA 2013 Pedestrian & Active Transportation HIA To help Davidson be a community that is healthy today and even healthier tomorrow while serving as a model for other small towns by implementing healthy design.

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6 CURRENT CONDITIONS: Comparison to Other Cities for Rates of Cycling (2000 Census) 16.0% 14.0% 14.4% 12.0% 10.0% 8.0% 7.1% 6.9% 6.0% 5.6% 5.2% 4.0% 4.1% 2.0% 0.0% United States 0.4% Davis, CA Corvallis, OR Boulder, CO Berkeley, CA Durango, CO Portland, OR 1.7% 1.2% 0.9% Charleston, SC Austin, TX North Carolina 0.2% Carrboro, NC Chapel Hill, NC 2.4% Brevard, NC 0.9% 0.7%0.4%0.4%0.1% 0.1% 1.2% Wilmington, NC Ashville, NC Durham, NC Cary, NC 0.3%0.3% 0.0% Charlotte, NC Davidson, NC Cornelius, NC Mooresville, NC Huntersville, NC

7 NORTH CAROLINA BICYCLING AND WALKING RATE COMPARISONS Geography BFC Level Population Employed Population Bicycle Mode Share Walk Mode Share United States - 306,603, ,488, % 2.83% Carrboro Silver 19,367 11, % 3.19% Asheville Bronze 82,823 39, % 3.33% Cary Bronze 131,631 68, % 1.37% Chapel Hill Bronze 56,289 25, % 11.15% Charlotte Bronze 722, , % 2.03% Davidson Bronze 10,544 4, % 6.13% Durham Bronze 224, , % 2.92% Greensboro Bronze 267, , % 1.97% Raleigh Bronze 395, , % 2.33% Wilmington Bronze 105,900 49, % 2.38%

8 BFC/WFC College Towns Community State BFC Level WFC Level Boulder CO Platinum Davis CA Platinum Fort Collins CO Platinum Bronze Eugene OR Gold Gold Cambridge MA Gold Madison WI Gold Palo Alto CA Gold Stanford University CA Gold Ann Arbor MI Silver Gold Austin TX Silver Bronze Bloomington IN Silver Charlottesville VA Silver Silver Carrboro NC Silver Northampton MA Bronze Bronze Davidson NC Bronze Bronze

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10 WFC/BFC Review Feedback Develop a dedicated pedestrian plan Implement a regular pedestrian counts Encourage walking/biking through events, programs, and education campaigns Improve major pedestrian crossings Increase % of trips made by bicycle Increase secure bike parking Implement Safe Routes to School program Provide broader range of [bike] facility choices

11 Benefits of Current Walking/Biking DAVIDSON ANNUAL WALKING AND BICYCLING BENEFITS Annual VMT Reduced 590,000 Air Quality CO2 Emissions Reduced (pounds) 480,000 Other Vehicle Emissions Reduced (pounds) 19,000 Total Vehicle Emissions Costs Reduced $14,000 Social Benefits Reduced Traffic Congestion Costs $29,000 Reduced Vehicle Crash Costs $213,000 Reduced Road Maintenance Costs $89,000 Individual Benefits Household Vehicle Operation Cost Savings $334,000 Health Care Cost Savings from Physical Activity $58,000 Total Monetized Benefits: $736,000

12 Public Involvement Public Open House Survey (750+ respondents) Stakeholder Interviews Westside/Seniors Davidson College Schools HOA/Neighborhoods Business/DESC Ingersoll Rand Boy Scout Troop 58 NCDOT Project Webpage

13 Draft Active Transportation Plan Developing the Active Transport Network Recommendations Hubs and Spokes Connections within the Town School Areas Commercial Areas Population Density Neighborhood Centers Downtown Regional Connections

14 High Priority Communities Factors: - Youth - Seniors - Transit access - Medicaid Households - Subsidized Housing - Non-white, Single Parent households

15 School Access

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17 Preferred Bikeway Types: Buffered Bike Lane

18 Preferred Bikeway Types: Side path (and multi-use paths/greenways)

19 Preferred Bikeway Types: Cycle track

20 Quiet streets ( bike boulevards ) Signage, wayfinding, traffic calming Pine Avinger Lorimer Dogwood South Street Depot Delburg Kimberly River Falls

21 Vision for : Davidson s walking and bicycling infrastructure, culture, and programs will ensure that: People feel comfortable walking and biking on all streets. Sidewalks and Trails connect all neighborhoods. Key destinations comfortably accessible on foot/by bike. Students feel comfortable walking/biking to schools. Residents/visitors practice safe walking, and biking and safe driving. Health equity, community-wide physical activity, and travel choices for all ages and abilities are increasing. Town s civic/social, environmental, and economic health goals are supported.

22 Bike/Walk Corridors

23 Downtown Corridors

24 Priority Walkway/Bikeway Corridor Projects (top 11) 1. Beaty (griffith-main) (sidewalk/sidepath) 2. S. Main (sidewalk replacement) 3. griffith (sidewalk/sidepath; long term: cycletrack?) 4. Concord Rd (new sidewalk + widen for sidepath to Kimberly) 5. N. Main (new sidewalk east side) 6. Jackson (sidewalk/sidepath) 7. I-77 Bridge (sidewalk/sidepath) 8. Jetton (sidewalk south side) 9. Potts (sidewalk) 10. DCR (extend sidepath from Apollonaire to end of Greenway) 11. Grey (new sidewalk)

25 Priority Greenways Dogwood Lane/Conroy Avenue Connector ($100K) Kincaid Greenway Extension (Antiquity-Main St.; MCT and CTT; $1.4M) Jackson Street/Sloan Street Connector (Cost TBD) McConnell-Fisher Farm Greenway ($2M) Jackson Street/Main Street/Downtown Greenway (Mooresville-Charlotte Trail segment; $1.4M) West Branch Wetlands Greenway (Long-term; $1M)

26 Sidewalk/Bikeway Network Gap: Beaty

27 Potential Bike/Walk Connections to IR Potential mutiuse path; 1.2 miles (7 minute bike ride to Harris Teeter) Proposed CLT- Mooresville Trail (3 miles to Lowes) Bike/walking routes to Downtown/Colle ge (0.9 mi; 5 minute bike)

28 Replace/Widen sidewalk: South Main

29 Mooresville- Charlotte Trail The master plans for the towns within Mecklenburg County And the Mecklenburg County Greenway Master Plan do not provide a north-south corridor for off road bicycle and pedestrian traffic. These same master plans do have an abundance of east-west corridors that provide tremendous potential for extending access to the proposed Mooresville to Charlotte Trail and future Red Line Rail corridor.

30 Insert a second before and after photo; after can appear on second manual click or after 5-7 seconds Jackson Street, Davidson The Mooresville to Charlotte Trail offers improved access to local as well as regional destinations and activities. (Image by Parsons Brinkerhoff, Courtesy of Davidson Meck County; Walks & tunnel Rolls image:

31 I-77 BRIDGE/EXIT RAMP with BIKE/PED SIDEPATH (near term solution)

32 Priority Intersections Roundabouts at Exit 30 Main Street Corridor Concord Road Corridor Davidson-Concord at Robert Walker s/rrfb_crosswalk.jpg

33 Typical Intersection Treatments 1. Reduce radii 2. Increase ped sight distance 3. Hi-visibility crossings 4. Pork-chop island 5. Signals 6. Improve lighting

34 Priority Pedestrian Amenities Lighting crossings) ADA/Universal Access Shade Bus Shelters/Transit waiting areas Benches Fountains

35 Wayfinding! Corporate Sponsors Coordinate with maps/kioks Include Calorie/ Physical Activity info information

36 Build Bike/Ped Culture Programs, Policies, Enforcement...If you build it they will come; program and encourage, they will be devoted...

37 Bike Share Downtown- Exit 30 College Employers Satellite system from Charlotte?

38 Priority Programs (4 E s) 1. Safe routes to school programs for walking and biking 2. More police enforcement of drivers 3. Safety education for pedestrians and Education/Safety cyclists 4. Car-free street events 5. Safety education for motorists 6. Wayfinding/Signage/Maps 7. Bike Share (College, Downtown, Employers) 8. N hood/employer/schools individualized marketing/education/trip reduction program Coordinating carpooling for schools, etc.

39 Enforcement Speed Feedback Signs Enforcement stings/warnings for motorists, cyclists, peds

40 Davidson Walks & Rolls! Active Transportation Plan Questions? Contact: John Cock Alta Planning + Design johncock@altaplanning.com