Bicycle Corrals Portland Designing Streets NYC October 25, 2012 Roger Geller, Bicycle Coordinator Portland, OR

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1 Bicycle Corrals Portland 8-80 Designing Streets NYC October 25, 2012 Roger Geller, Bicycle Coordinator Portland, OR

2 Build it and they will come

3 1990

4 2012

5 Build it better

6 2012 background

7 With bike boxes

8 With boxes and signals

9 With boxes, signals and better lanes

10 Bikeways

11 Funded

12 Blvd emphasis

13 Bikeways

14 1990 census

15 2008 census

16 percent 23% of commuters lived in areas where average bicycle mode split was 13.2%

17 percent City-wide bicycle commuting has increased more than 20% since % of commuters lived in areas where average bicycle mode split was 9.6%

18 Take away my parking, please.

19 Bicycle Corrals

20 Bicycle Corrals

21 21

22 SE 28 TH AVE & PINE ST, Ken s Pizza and Bamboo Sushi 22

23 SW STARK ST & 10 th AVE, Ace Hotel 23

24 NW THURMAN ST & 24 th AVE, Dragonfly Coffee House 24

25 SE DIVISION ST & 22 nd AVE, Bar Avignon 25

26 Importance of children

27 Importance of children

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29 Bicycle Corrals background map

30 Bicycle Corrals installed

31 Bicycle Corrals requested

32 Separation (Comfort) v. Proximity (Access) Facility Type Separation Proximity Difficulty Shared route Shared Lane Marking Bike Lane Bike Boulevard Off-Street Path Cycle Track

33 Build it even better

34 4 Types of Transportation Cyclists Will ride conventional bikeways Need better bikeways Interested but Concerned No way No How Strong & Fearless Enthused & Confident

35 Cycle tracks and buffered lanes

36 Better lane emphasis

37 SW Moody: 2-way cycle track Issues: Edge treatment Transition at ends with signals Most expensive Cully cycle track

38 SW MOody

39 SW MOody

40 SW MOody

41 SW MOody

42 SW MOody

43 SW MOody

44 SW Moody & Sheridan

45 Cross bike at Scramble signal

46 SW Moody, Portland OR

47 SW Moody, Portland OR

48 SW Moody, Portland OR

49 SW Moody, Portland OR

50 Cycle track SW Broadway: Parking-protected cycle track Issues: Inexpensive retrofit Pedestrian incursions ADA issues Left turns Visibility at right turns Removed a travel lane and moved parking 10 from the curb

51 Cycle track Removed a travel lane and moved parking 10 from the curb

52 SW Broadway cycle track Thanks to Brian McCarter, Zimer Gunsul Frasca

53 Left Turn Box

54 Broadway left turn pocket

55 Broadway left turn pocket

56 Broadway left turn pocket Intersection

57 Cully cycle track

58 SW Broadway ADA zone

59 Cully cycle track

60 Bicycle lanes and tracks

61 Bicycle lanes and tracks

62 Bicycle lanes and tracks

63 Bicycle lanes and tracks

64 Bicycle lanes and tracks

65 NE Cully: Grade-separated cycle track Issues: Easier as new construction Left turns Right turns No more expensive than buffered lanes Cully cycle track

66 Cycle track Cully Boulevard, Northeast Portland

67 Cycle track Cully Boulevard, Northeast Portland

68 Basic design elements Treatment to increase visibility approaching intersection Left turns out of travel lane

69 Cully cycle track

70 NE Multnomah: Parking protected cycle track Issues: 5-lane to 3-lane conversion Transit loading Right turns Left turns Cycle Tracks: NE Multnomah

71 Cycle Tracks: NE Multnomah

72 Cycle Tracks: NE Multnomah

73 SW Stark & Oak: Wide, buffered lanes Issues: Width separation rather than barrier Motorist encroachment Buffered bicycle lanes

74 Standard Configuration: ft. 12 ft. 6 ft ft ft. 8.5 ft. 8.5 ft ft. 6 ft. 2 ft. 12 ft. 6 ft. 1 ft.

75 8 Buffered Bike Lane: " stripe 8" stripe 8" stripe

76 Buffered bicycle lanes Turned a travel lane into a 10 bicycle lane

77 SW Oak

78 SW Oak

79 ? Change is incremental Barriers more political than practical We are making changes and seeing the results

80 Results from Personal Travel Survey 2011 All Trips in Central Portland (excluding CBD) 1994 and 2011 Walk Bike Transit Drive 51% 10% 3% 36% 42% 22% 13% 23%

81 Results from Personal Travel Survey 2011 All Trips in Central Portland (excluding CBD) 1994 and 2011 Walk Bike Transit Drive 51% 10% 3% 36% 42% 22% 13% 23%

82 City of Amsterdam bicycle mode split (all trips) Bike Public Transit Car Foot Center 43% 15% 18% 25% West 32% 18% 20% 30% South 39% 14% 29% 18% East 36% 19% 26% 19% North 17% 15% 38% 30% New-West 17% 23% 37% 23% Southeast 14% 27% 31% 28% Inner Portland* 13% 15% 51% 5% Amsterdam Total 29% 18% 28% 25% Notes: Data source for Amsterdam; divv 2009; for Portland, 2011 Regional Travel Survey Portland data represents all trips only for Central City not including CBD

83 City of Amsterdam mode split (all trips) Bike Public Transit Car Foot Center 43% 15% 18% 25% West 32% 18% 20% 30% South 39% 14% 29% 18% East 36% 19% 26% 19% North 17% 15% 38% 30% New-West 17% 23% 37% 23% Southeast 14% 27% 31% 28% Central Portland 13% 22% 42% 23% Amsterdam Total 29% 18% 28% 25% Notes: Data source for Amsterdam; divv 2009; for Portland, 2011 Regional Travel Survey Portland data represents all trips only for Central City not including CBD

84 Portland Region Transportation Expenditures Cumulative $4 billion active transportation transit Motor vehicle & freight

85 A matter of scale Portland 145 mi 2 /376 km 2 584,000 people Copenhagen 34 mi 2 /88 km 2 551,580 people

86 Thank you Jonathan Maus/bikeportland.org