10/18/2017. Today s webinar agenda. Continuing Education. Designing Transit to Support Active Transportation, and Vice Versa

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1 Today s webinar agenda 3:00 pm: Introduction 3:05 pm: Presentation 3:45 pm: Questions 4:00 pm: Webinar ends For technical assistance during the webinar: Choose these prompts: 1,1,1 Continuing Education To document Professional Development Hours (PDH) or Certification Maintenance (CM) credit for the AICP: Log your attendance on the site host s sign in sheet Site hosts: return the completed sign in sheet to APBP after the webinar (fax to or e mail webinars@apbp.org) A Certificate of Attendance may be downloaded and printed here: Planners: APBP has applied to the AICP for 1.0 CM credits for this webinar Designing Transit to Support Active Transportation, and Vice Versa For technical assistance during the webinar, call Choose these audio prompts: 1,1,1 October 18,

2 Upcoming Training Nov 14 Nov 15 Dec 13 U.S. Federal Policy Briefing (FREE) Street Lighting Best Practices and Innovations in Illumination Technology The Modes They Are a Changing Changing Landscape of Transportation and Implications for Bicycling and Walking Visit for details and registration Thanks to the generous sponsors of today s webinar program Today s Webinar Presenters Lia Yim is a Transportation Planning Manager for Los Angeles Metro. As an active transportation planner at a transit agency, she is focused on addressing first and last mile solutions to broaden the reach of transit. In addition to managing the Bike/Bus Interface Study, she helped launch the debut of Metro Bike Share in Downtown Los Angeles and has also worked on the recent expansions bringing the total to 120 stations and 1,400 bicycles in the system. She is overseeing the development of the next Metro Bike Hub, a secure bike parking facility for about 200 bikes at Union Station. Growing up in a car dependent Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s, she is now thrilled to commute daily by bus, bike and/or train. 2

3 Today s Webinar Presenters Andy Kosinski specializes in transit projects, and serves as Project Manager for service planning, transit engineering, and complete street design efforts out of the Fehr & Peers San Francisco office. Andy recently served as contributor to the NACTO Transit Street Design Guide and as co author of ITE s accompanying Application Supplement to the Guide. Andy s broad experience in the fields of engineering and planning allows him to bring a truly multidisciplined approach to solve transit problems. He has lived in the Bay Area, car free, for nearly a decade, and enjoys riding transit with his one year old daughter, but they have yet to try bicycling together! Today s Webinar Presenters Sandra Clarey, Senior Transit Planner/Project Manager, McMahon Associates, has over 13 years of experience in multimodal transportation planning in the U.S., Ireland, and Australia, including 4 years of service planning at MBTA. Sandra specializes in transit planning and design for bus operations. She developed bus stop design guidelines for RIPTA and MBTA, and has planned and designed over a thousand bus stops for a variety of clients. Sandra has presented on bus stop design at GrowSmart RI and Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association (PPTA) conferences and will present at the upcoming Southern New England American Planners Association (SNEAPA) conference. She is a member of the NorthEast Passenger Transportation Association (NEPTA), and received her Master s in Regional and Urban Planning from University College Dublin, Ireland. Sandra was selected by MassTransit as a 2017 Top 40 Under 40 honoree. Bike/Bus Interface Study 3

4 Lia Yim Los Angeles Metro Andy Kosinski, PE Fehr & Study Context Approach Recommendations Study Context 4

5 L.A. County Bus Service Bicycling is On The Rise Bike Infrastructure is On The Rise 5

6 Bike/Bus Interactions On The Rise A2 Existing Design Guidance Approach 6

7 Slide 17 A2 I added a few more for completeness. Author, 10/15/2017

8 Study Deliverables Report Design Guidebook Literature Review Before/After Analysis Training Guidance A3 Working Group Metro Bike Program & Systemwide Planning Long Beach Los Angeles/LADOT Pasadena Santa Monica West Hollywood Planning Staff Engineering Staff Caltrans Culver City LA County DPW LADOT Long Beach Metro Operations & Service Planning Big Blue Bus Culver City Bus Foothill Transit GTrans LADOT Long Beach Transit Pasadena Transit Transit Operators Bicycle Education & Outreach Bike SGV LACBC MCM Santa Monica Spoke Peer Review 7

9 Slide 20 A3 Consider deleting the bulleted lists for conciseness - will allow us to flash up this slide for less duration. Author, 10/15/2017

10 Study Corridors Standard bike lanes Buffered bike lanes Separated bikeway Shared bike bus lane (SBBL) Study Metrics Volumes Ridership Behavior Bus Ops Bicycle Traffic Stress Collisions Outreach 8

11 Recommendations General Findings 1. Bicycling increased on all study corridors 2. Addition of bike facilities improved safety and standardized riding behavior 3. No apparent correlation between bus frequency and bicycling activity 4. Bus performance largely unchanged on study corridors 5. All users prefer green skip stripe markings 6. Buses and bicycles can share streets safely Bicycle Safety Education 9

12 Bicycle Safety Education Bicycle Safety Education Operator Training 10

13 Design Guidelines Eight recommendations Focus on bike bus interaction at stops, intersections and corridors Responsive to gaps in existing guidelines Supported by corridor analysis, particularly outreach and stakeholder engagement Stripe Conflict Area at Stops Provide Space for Bus to Clear Bikeway 11

14 Implementation Process Recommendations Recipe for Success: 1. Collaborative process 2. Early engagement 3. Follow up Thank You Lia Yim, Metro Andy Kosinski, PE, Fehr & Designing Transit to Support Active Transportation, and Vice Versa APBP Webinar October 18, 2017 Sandra Clarey Transportation Solutions Building Better Communities 12

15 Outline Overview of bus stop design Supporting active transportation in bus stop design Addressing bus stop accessibility in non-transit focused projects New England transit project examples Transportation Solutions Building Better Communities Page 37 Rhode Island Guide, 2017 Page 38 Distance Between Stops Page 39 13

16 Transit Generator Route planning Pedestrian connections Good site planning Bus stop amenities OK Transportation Solutions Building Better Communities Page 40 Placement at the Intersection Page 41 Configuration Page 42 14

17 Configuration Curb Extension Wider Sidewalk Amenities Bus stop zone Pedestrian thru-flow zone Pull Out Cuts into the sidewalk Narrows pedestrian & bus stop zones Less opportunity for amenities Page 43 Stop Length Page 44 Stop Length I wouldn t need a caretaker if the bus pulled up to the sidewalk Page 45 15

18 Pedestrian Connectivity & ADA ADA Requirements for Bus Stops Landing Area Solid surface Unobstructed Min. 5 x 8 area Max. 2% cross slope Accessible route landing area to bus shelter Solid surface 4 clear path Max. 2% cross slope Page 46 Pedestrian Connectivity & ADA Clear zone(s) Accessible route to benches Page 47 Pedestrian Connectivity & ADA A sidewalk!! Good Page 48 16

19 Pedestrian Connectivity & ADA Clear path for other pedestrians Clearance around amenities Page 49 Pedestrian Connectivity & ADA Accessible route to crossing point Curb ramps at intersections Visible crosswalks Connect to a pedestrian network Page 50 Bicycle Infrastructure Page 51 17

20 Other Factors Safety & security Lighting Signs & Striping Vertical clearance & visibility Reinforce no parking Page 52 Ideal Stop Before After Page 53 Prioritizing Active Transp. at Stops MBTA 7,000 stops RIPTA 4,000 stops Greater Portland Region 650 stops Bus stop audits Page 54 18

21 Project Example 1 MBTA - Bus Stop Audits & Accessibility Improvements GIS analysis Ridership Audit 150 stops & connections Prioritize the list (funding for ~ 50 stops) Focus - worst, not the passable stops Priority stops criteria Design of Pedestrian Improvements Landing area & sidewalk Curb ramps Crosswalk adjustments Page 55 Project Example 2 MBTA - Plan for Accessible Transit Infrastructure (PATI) Project Systemwide station/stop audit Focus - stops with: major barriers requires boarding/alighting in the street Keep/eliminate (GIS analysis & ridership) Design of Improvements as before + New crosswalks HAWK & RRFB Pedestrian signals Page 56 Project Example 3 Transit Stop Access Project in Greater Portland, ME Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System (PACTS) & Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) 4 transit providers Prioritize 650 stops to field inventory 200 stops Prioritization of 200 stops for design of improvements at ~120 stops Point scale assigned to Ridership Condition of stop elements Public input lessons learned Other bike/ped improvements Gettingthereme.org Page 57 19

22 Improve Bus Stops in Other Projects ADA Transition Plans/Curb ramp programs Roadway & sidewalk reconstruction projects Bike striping projects Transit agencies can t do it alone we all have a responsibility DOTs Municipalities / townships Other roadway jurisdictions (e.g. parkways) Developers & property owners Planners, engineers & landscape architects who design our streets Page 58 Key Takeaways 1. ADA requirements for bus stops! 2. Functionally accessible or passable (i.e. not just ADAcompliance) stops AND paths to/from stops 3. We all have a responsibility to prepare good designs for transit that support active transportation, and vice versa Page 59 Resources: Transportation Solutions Building Better Communities 20

23 Still have questions? Sandra Clarey McMahon Associates Boston Office me: call: (617) Transportation Solutions Building Better Communities Q & A Lia Yim Andy Kosinski Sandra Clarey Thanks to the generous sponsors of today s webinar program 21

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