CITY OF DOWNEY BICYCLE MASTER PLAN

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1 CITY OF DOWNEY BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AUGUST 2014 PREPARED BY FEHR & PEERS

2 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla 2

3 August 2014 DRAFT CONTENTS 1. Itroductio... 6 Bicycle Master Pla Overview: Goals ad Objectives...6 Public Ivolvemet ad Pla Developmet...6 Cotets of the Pla Existig Policy Framework City of Dowey Plas ad Policies...10 Gateway Cities Plas ad Policies...14 Los Ageles Couty Metro ad Other Couty Plas ad Policies...15 Regioal Plas ad Policies...16 State Policies...17 Federal Iitiatives Existig Coditios ad Public Iput Existig ad Future Lad Use ad Settlemet Patters...20 The Bicyclig Eviromet...20 Commuity Iput Process...27 Summary of Key Issues Proposed Bicycle Facilities Proposed Bicycle Network...32 Proposed Ed-of-Trip Bicycle Facilities Support Programs Existig Bicycle Safety Educatio ad Outreach Programs...42 Recommeded Support Programs

4 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1 Proposed Bicycle Facility Network... 8 Figure 2-1 City of Dowey Lad Use Diagram Figure 2-2 Dowtow Dowey Specific Pla Figure 3-1 Future Developmet Areas Figure 3-2 Types of Bikeways Figure 3-3 Existig Bicycle Facilities Figure 3-4 Dowey Bicycle Collisios Figure 3-5 Dot Exercise Bike Facility Types Figure 3-6 Dot Exercise Bike Parkig Types Figure 3-7 Survey Resposes Challeges Figure 3-8 Bike-Shed Aalysis Figure 3-9 Bike-Shed Aalysis, Excludig 6-Lae Roads Figure 4-1 Proposed Bicycle Facility Network Figure 4-2 Preferred Bicycle Rack Desig Figure 4-3 Udesirable Bicycle Rack Desig Figure 4-4 Spacig Guidelies Off-Street Figure 4-5 Spacig Guidelies Aisles Figure 4-6 Spacig Guidelies Sidewalks Figure 4-7 Proposed Ed-of-Trip Facilities

5 August 2014 DRAFT LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1: Summary of Proposed Facilities... 7 Table 1-2: Summary of Proposed Policy/Program Chages... 7 Table 1-3: Cotets of the Bicycle Master Pla... 7 Table 2-1: Summary of Policies ad Plas Table 3-1: Existig jourey to Work Data Table 3-2: Dowey Bicyclists by Trip Group Table 3-3: Dowey Existig ad Future Bicyclig Activity Table 3-4: Bicycle Collisio Frequecy Table 3-5: Bicycle Fatality Summary Table 3-6: Primary Collisio Factors Table 3-7: Frequecy of Collisio Type Table 3-8: Collisios by Time of Day Table 3-9: Alcohol-Ivolved Bicycle Collisios Table 4-1: Summary of Proposed Phase I Bikeways Table 4-2: Summary of Proposed Phase II Projects Table 4-3: Summary of Bicycle Parkig Types Table 4-4: Model Califoria Bicycle Parkig Ordiace Table 4-5: Recommeded Ed-of-Trip Facilities Table 5-1: Recommeded Near-Term / Priority Support Programs for Dowey

6 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla 6 1. INTRODUCTION Bicycle Master Pla Overview: Goals ad Objectives Backgroud: The City of Dowey The City of Dowey is located withi the Gateway Cities regio of Los Ageles Couty, approximately 10 miles southeast of Dowtow Los Ageles ad approximately 12 miles ortheast of Dowtow Log Beach. Accordig to the 2010 US Cesus, over 110,000 people live i the City of Dowey. The city has a history of ivolvemet with the aerospace idustry sice the middle of the 20 th cetury, ad dates back to the begiig of the 20 th cetury as a ceter of agriculture ad trade. Today, the City of Dowey is a family-orieted commuity with thousads of busiesses, services, ad civic groups. Visio for the Dowey Bicycle Master Pla Dowey has a well-developed regioal ad local trasportatio system. Dowey ejoys excellet access to regioal trasportatio assets such as the I-5, I-710, I-605, ad I-105 freeways, the Sa Gabriel River Bike Path, the Rio Hodo Bike Path, ad the Metro Gree Lie. Dowey offers a local bus service, the Dowey Lik, i additioal to regioal service provided by Metro. Dowtow Dowey provides excellet walkig access to stores, restaurats, arts ad culture, ad educatioal opportuities. May Dowey residets ride bicycles both for trasportatio ad for fu. However, Dowey experieces a great deal of cogestio ad traffic related to goods movemet comig from the Port of Log Beach ad the Port of Los Ageles. The local road etwork required to support these eeds ca ofte mea a usupportive or ucomfortable eviromet for bicyclig. Furthermore, active trasportatio modes such as bicyclig are icreasigly recogized as importat compoets of the trasportatio system. Bicyclig helps to reduce vehicle emissios ad meet sustaiability goals, improve the health ad welless of a commuity, ad icrease local ecoomic developmet ad civic ivolvemet. Based o the cotext of trasportatio ad bicyclig withi Dowey, alog with the beefits of ecouragig bicyclig withi the City of Dowey, the Dowey Bicycle Master Pla (DBMP) aims to maximize coectivity by bicycle to the assets already i place withi the city. The primary goals of the Bicycle Master Pla are to provide a safe, efficiet, ad coected etwork of bicycle facilities that residets ad stakeholders ca ejoy for a variety of purposes. Public Ivolvemet ad Pla Developmet The developmet of the Bicycle Master Pla comes as part of a effort by the City of Dowey to address local ad regioal desires to ehace the viability of bicyclig as a mode of trasportatio ad reduce trasportatio system impacts o local commuities. By makig bikig easier ad safer, the City ca better maage its trasportatio etwork ad reduce its overall greehouse gas emissios resultig from sigle occupat drivig. The City of Dowey Geeral Pla, adopted i 2005, idetifies active modes of trasportatio such as bicyclig as a way to mitigate cogestio ad advace livable commuities. The Geeral Pla Circulatio Elemet directly recommeds the creatio of a Bicycle Master Pla to idetify bicycle routes throughout the city (Program ). The process to develop the Bicycle Master Pla bega i May I order to ivolve the public i the developmet of the Bicycle Master Pla, the project team coducted public egagemet activities throughout the summer. These activities are detailed more closely i Chapter 3, ad iclude: Outreach at special evets such as the Tour de Dowey ad Summer Cocert at Furma Park Commuity workshops Bicyclig eeds assessmet survey Website ad social media

7 August 2014 DRAFT Additioally, project staff egaged i several data collectio efforts to support the developmet of the pla. These data icluded measuremets of street ad lae widths, aligmets, traffic couts, motorist ad bicyclist behavior observatios, ad video footage of each proposed bike route usig a GoPro camera. Proposed Bicycle Network Based o the goals ad cotext of the Bicycle Master Pla, alog with the public iput process, a proposed bicycle etwork of o-street ad ed-of-trip facilities was developed by the project team for review by the City ad by the public. This proposed etwork is discussed i Chapter 4. Table 1-1 summarizes Table 1-1: Summary of Proposed Facilities Type of Facility Number of Segmets or Facilities Total Mileage Class II bikeway Class III bikeway Bike racks Bicycle corrals 8 -- Bike lockers 1 -- Chagig facilities 1 -- Clothig/equipmet storage facilities 1 -- the proposed facilities by type ad mileage. Figure 1-1 illustrates the Proposed Bicycle Network. Proposed Policy ad Program Chages To support the ifrastructure chages suggested i the Proposed Bicycle Network, the Bicycle Master Pla also recommeds policy chages ad programmig to maximize the effectiveess, safety ad utilizatio of ew bicycle facilities. Table 1-2 summarizes the policy chages ad programmig recommedatios. Fudig ad Implemetatio I additio to developig a proposed bicycle etwork of o-street ad edof-trip facilities, the Bicycle Master Pla icludes iformatio o typical cross- Proposed Policy/ Program Chages Adjustmets to bike-related clauses i Muicipal Code Bicycle-parkig policy to be added to Muicipal Code Chapter Table 1-3: Cotets of the Bicycle Master Pla Cotets Chapter 1: Itroductio -- Chapter 2: Existig Policy Framework Chapter 3: Existig Coditios ad Public Iput Chapter 4: Proposed Bicycle Network Chapter 5: Support Programs Chapter 6: Bikeway Implemetatio Guide Table 1-2: Summary of Proposed Policy/Program Chages Lead Departmet Fudig Source Estimated Cost Plaig Divisio, City Coucil To be determied To be determied Plaig Divisio, City Coucil To be determied To be determied Staff / Agecy Traiig All Relevat City Departmets To be determied To be determied Bicycle ad Pedestria Advisory Committee Plaig Divisio To be determied To be determied Bicycle Traiig for Officers Dowey Police Departmet To be determied To be determied Data Collectio ad Moitorig LACBC, Uiversities, All Relevat City Departmets To be determied To be determied sectios, cost estimates, fudig, ad implemetatio i the form of a Bikeways Implemetatio Guide, cotaied i Chapter 6. Cotets of the Pla Table 1-3 outlies the cotets of the Bicycle Master Pla by chapter. Summarizes the key plas, programs, policies ad other plaig documets that will be affected by ad may affect the recommedatios ad implemetatio of the Bicycle Master Pla Discusses the existig local coditios relevat to bicyclig ad walkig, icludig lad use patters ad commutig statistics. This sectio also icludes a discussio of the public iput process throughout the developmet of the Bicycle Master Pla Presets the etwork of proposed o-street ad ed-of-trip bicycle facilities based o expressed eeds, future developmet coditios, key destiatios, ad activity ceters. Describes the bicycle ad pedestria safety ad educatio programs i Dowey, ad recommeds additioal programs ad ehacemets to improve the state of bicyclig ad walkig i the city. Icludes a phased implemetatio for the bicycle etwork, descriptio of fudig opportuities, plaig-level cost estimates, typical crosssectios, photosimulatios of proposed desigs, ad potetial challeges to implemetatio. Appedices Icludes full data set, speed surveys, traffic couts, ad public iput process / survey results. 7

8 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla Motebello Cudahy Bell South Gate ' ' Bell Gardes Stewart ad Gray Rd Diwiddie St Firestoe Blvd Rives Ave ' Old River School Rd Commerce ' Florece Ave 4th St Dowey Civic Ceter Warre High School Guatemala Ave Suva St Dowey 5th St Tweedy L Dowey Ave Dowey High School Telegraph Rd Gallati Rd Lakewood Blvd Haledo Ave Woodruff Ave Pico Rivera Lemora Ave Florece Ave Passos Blvd 5 ' ' Sata Fe Sprigs LA Couty Uicorporated Lywood ' Gardedale St Quill Dr Paramout Imperial Hwy Dowey Ave Paramout Blvd Alameda St Blodgett Ave Lakewood Blvd Brookshire Ave M Doova St Metro Gree Lie Lakewood Blvd Hawell Ave Columbia Way Patto Rd Adoree St Bellflower Blvd Bellflower Washbur Rd 105 Foster Rd Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd ' ' 605 Existig Bicycle Facilities Bike Path (Class I) Uder/Overpass Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Plaed Bicycle Facilities Bike Lae (Class II) Norwalk ' Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Bike Route (Class III) School N Gateway Cities Bike Project Idea Corridor Park Gateway Cities Bike Project Idea Locatio Existig Bicycle Path Access Poits Phase II Bicycle Improvemets Figure 1-1: Existig ad Proposed Bikeways ad Facilities 8 Figure 4-1

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10 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla 10 City of Dowey Plas ad Policies Dowey Geeral Pla Dowtow Dowey Specific Pla Dowey Muicipal Code Dowey Parks ad Recreatio Master Pla Gateway Cities Plas ad Policies Gateway Cities Active Trasportatio Pla Gateway Cities Sustaiable Commuities Strategy City of South Gate Bicycle Trasportatio Pla Lywood Bicycle ad Pedestria Trasportatio Pla Paramout Bicycle Pla - I progress Bellflower Bicycle Pla - I progress 2. EXISTING POLICY FRAMEWORK This chapter summarizes the existig plas ad policy documets relevat to bicyclig i the City of Dowey. These documets have bee grouped ito City of Dowey Plas ad Policies, Gateway Cities Plas ad Policies, Los Ageles Couty Plas ad Policies, Regioal Plas ad Table 2-1: Summary of Policies ad Plas Los Ageles Couty Plas ad Policies LA Couty Metro Bicycle Trasportatio Strategic Pla LA Couty Bicycle Master Pla LA Couty Metro Coutywide Sustaiability Plaig Policy ad Implemetatio Pla / Sustaiable Commuities Strategy LA Couty Metro First/Last Mile Strategic Pla LA Couty Metro Cogestio Maagemet Program LA Couty TOD Access Study Regioal Plas ad Policies Rail to River Active Trasportatio Corridor Feasibility Study LA River Ecosystem Restoratio Itegrated Feasibility Report Souther Califoria Associatio of Govermets Regioal Trasportatio Pla / Sustaiable Commuities Strategy State Policies AB 32 / SB 375 Califoria Vehicle Code Caltras Complete Streets Policy Califoria Complete Streets Act AB 1581 ad Caltras Policy Directive Federal Iitiatives US DOT Policy Statemet o Bicycles Policies, State Policies, ad Federal Iitiatives. Table 2-1 summarizes the existig plas ad policy documets icluded i this chapter. City of Dowey Plas ad Policies Dowey Geeral Pla The Lad Use Elemet of the Dowey Geeral Pla outlies the use of space withi the city. The Lad Use Diagram displays the lad use categories established i the Geeral Pla, icludig low to medium desity residetial, commercial, maufacturig, ope space, schools, public, ad mixed use. The City of Dowey s lad use ad settlemet patters are show i Figure 2-1. The city ejoys a relatively thorough itegratio of commercial ad retail opportuities withi easy access to most residetial eighborhoods. This provides a good framework for a bicycle etwork that ca provide access to key destiatios withi the city. I additio to the lad use desigatios, other goals i the Lad Use Elemet relevat to the Bicycle Master Pla iclude promotig the establishmet of TODs ear the Gree Lie Statio at Lakewood Boulevard ad at the I-105 Freeway, promotig Dowtow Dowey as a destiatio for etertaimet ad diig uses, promotig mixed-use ad smart growth areas i Dowtow Dowey ad Dowey Ladig, ad promotig project desigs that reduce depedecy o vehicles ad promote pedestria, trasit ad alterate modes of travel. The Circulatio Elemet of the Dowey Geeral Pla classifies streets ito categories icludig major arterial, primary arterial, secodary arterial, collector, ad local. It also outlies strategies for addressig traffic cogestio which may be relevat to the Bicycle Master Pla icludig: the removal of o-street parkig to icrease capacity ad improve safety, reducig the umber of driveways o streets, discouragig the use of local streets as through streets by selectig projects or desigig sites, street patters ad street sigalizatio that ecourage vehicular traffic to use major arterials,

11 Lakewood Blvd Bellflower Blvd R-1 5,000 August R-1 6, DRAFT R-1 7,500 R-1 8,500 R-1 10,000 R-2 Cudahy Bell Bell Gardes Commerce Suva St Tweedy L Telegraph Rd Gallati Rd Pico Rivera R-3 LA Couty Uicorporated R-3-O Commercial C-P C-1 C-2 C-3 þ South Gate Firestoe Blvd Stewart ad Gray Rd Old River School Rd Rives Ave Florece Ave Dowey 5th St Dowey Ave Lakewood Blvd Woodruff Ave Florece Ave 5 Sata Fe Sprigs Residetial R-1 5,000 R-1 6,000 R-1 7,500 R-1 8,500 R-1 10,000 R-2 H-M C-M Mixed-Use M-U Maufacturig M-1 M-2 Ope Space O-S O-S (PM) - Obsolete Lywood Gardedale St Imperial Hwy Dowey Ave Paramout Blvd Alameda St Brookshire Ave M Patto Rd Columbia Way 105 Foster Rd Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd 605 Norwalk R-3 R-3-O Commercial C-P C-1 C-2 C-3 H-M C-M Mixed-Use M-U Specific Pla Other O-S (PU) - Obsolete SP 85-1 (Racho Los Amigos) SP 88-1 (Racho Busiess Park) SP 89-1 (Stoewood) SP 90-1 (Florece/I-5) SP 91-2 (Lakewood/Firestoe) SP 01-1 (Dowey Ladig) DDSP (Dowtow Dowey) TLSP (Tierra Lua) Paramout Bellflower Maufacturig M-1 P PUD M-2 P-B - Obsolete Ope Space O-S Figure 2-1: Lad Use O-S (PM) - Obsolete O-S (PU) - Obsolete Specific Pla SP 85-1 (Racho Los Amigos) 11 SP 88-1 (Racho Busiess Park) Figure 2-1

12 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla 12 promotig the use of alterate modes of travel, ad promotig bicyclig as a attractive alterative to vehicular trasportatio (City of Dowey, 2005). Other Geeral Pla Elemets which metio goals related to the Bicycle Master Pla iclude the Coservatio Elemet, the Safety Elemet, the Ope Space Elemet, the Desig Elemet, ad the Ecoomic Developmet Elemet. These goals are peripherally related to bicyclig i Dowey via themes such as air quality goals or desig guidelies. The goals ad programs idetified throughout the Dowey Geeral Pla have helped to shape the goals ad directio of the Bicycle Master Pla. Dowtow Dowey Specific Pla The Dowtow Dowey Specific Pla addresses lad use ad developmet i Dowtow Dowey, where much of the future growth is predicted to occur. Figure 2-2 shows the lad use pla for Dowtow Dowey. It also icludes a Mobility Pla that discusses bicycle use i detail. The Pla recommeds a bicycle backboe etwork to provide access to Dowtow from other parts of Dowey. The Mobility Pla recommeds primarily Class III bike routes o Collector/Local streets, with more visible Class II bike lae treatmets o Dowey Aveue ad Brookshire Aveue. The facilities proposed i the Bicycle Master Pla are cosistet with those proposed i the Dowtow Dowey Specific Pla. The Mobility Pla also recommeds Class I bicycle parkig facilities, defied as bicycle storage racks, bicycle lockers, bicycle bars (staffed or ustaffed), to be located ear the Dowey Depot ad the Civic Ceter. Other recommeded ed-of-trip facilities iclude lockers, racks, locker rooms ad showers, to be provided typically by employers. Fially, the Mobility Pla recommeds rest ameities like drikig foutais, beches, picic tables ad law areas, some of which are already provided through the dowtow area. The Bicycle Master Pla expads o the recommedatios i the Dowtow Dowey Specific Pla to ecourage a bicycle parkig policy for ew developmet, desig guidelies, ad sitig guidelies for bicycle parkig. Dowey Muicipal Code The Dowey Muicipal Code curretly requires that residets who ride bicycles o a city street or sidewalk obtai a licese for the bicycle. The bicycle ower obtais a licese for the bicycle from the City or from the bicycle retailer who has bee desigated as a authorized aget by the City (Sectio 3201a ad 3201b). The decal associated with the bicycle licese must be affixed to the bicycle (Sectio 3202). Busiesses which buy secodhad bicycles or sell ew bicycles must make a daily report to the Police Departmet with a list of all sellers/buyers, icludig their ame ad address, the licese umber, ad a descriptio of the bicycle (Sectio 3203). Other requiremets associated with this regulatio relate to the trasfer of owership (Sectio 3204), destructio or alteratio of the licese or decal (Sectio 3205), the fees associated with registratio (Sectio 3206), the creatio of a Bicycle Licese Fud from the fees for the purposes of admiisterig the program ad buildig supportive bicycle facilities (Sectio 3207), ad the associated fie for ocompliace ($5.00) (Sectio 3208). These sectios have ot bee updated sice 1984, ad were origially adopted i These sectios are beig revisited as part of the Bicycle Master Pla, as there is support to amed or remove these sectios. The Muicipal Code cosiders pedestria safety ad pedestria-orieted/- friedly desig (Sectio 9152) i the sectio o Mixed-Use Zoes (Sectio 9316), but does ot iclude similar laguage for bicycle safety or bicyclefriedly desig. Sectio 9530 o trasportatio demad maagemet requires certai actios to be take by oresidetial developmets betwee 25, ,000 square feet, icludig bicycle route iformatio ad o-site bicycle facilities posted o a bulleti board, bicycle racks or secure bicycle parkig. For developmets over 100,000 square feet, the above facilities are required as well as safe ad coveiet access from the exteral circulatio system to o-site bicycle parkig facilities (Sectio ).

13 August 2014 DRAFT M Figure 2-2: Dowtow Dowey Lad Use 13

14 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla Bicycles are listed i some other parts of the Muicipal Code, alogside pedestrias ad vehicles, as it relates to ladscapig (Sectio 9520) ad sigs (Sectio 9602, 9614). As part of the fidigs that are made for Site Pla Reviews, cosideratio must be give to the fuctioal aspects of the site, icludig automobile ad pedestria circulatio (Sectio ). Bicycles should be added to this sectio to be cosistet with the other cases where pedestrias, vehicles, ad bicyclists are metioed all together. Dowey Parks ad Recreatio Master Pla The survey summary from the Parks ad Recreatio Master Pla shows that Furma Park ad Apollo Park are the most-utilized spaces i the city. The survey also shows that a majority of respodets would be willig to raise property taxes $20 per year or more for improvemets to existig parks, developmet of trails, or additioal recreatio programs. Recetly, the City aouced plas to istall walkig tracks at several local parks. This potetially shows strog public support for bicycle improvemets if they are tied to park improvemets. The Bicycle Master Pla cosiders these importat commuity resources i the developmet of the proposed o-street bicycle facilities ad bicycle parkig facilities. Gateway Cities Plas ad Policies Gateway Cities Active Trasportatio Pla The Gateway Cities Coucil of Govermets is developig a Active Trasportatio Pla (ATP). This Pla proposes a active trasportatio etwork coectig the cities that are part of the Gateway Cities Coucil of Govermets, icludig the City of Dowey. For example, the bike facility proposed o Columbia Way i Dowey would coect to the proposed regioal bike lae o Clark Ave i the Gateway Cities ATP to provide access to cities south of Dowey, ad the proposed road diet ad bicycle lae o Gardedale is listed i the Gateway Cities ATP as well as the Dowey Bicycle Master Pla. The Gateway Cities ATP also icludes a discussio of support programs, pedestria facilities, trasit statio area improvemets (at selected statios), ad fudig for the proposed improvemets. Gateway Cities Sustaiable Commuities Strategy The Gateway Cities Coucil of Govermets has chose to develop a Sustaiable Commuities Strategy (SCS) rather tha rely o a regioal SCS developed by SCAG. Oly oe other SCAG subregio has decided to do this, out of 14 total subregios. SCAG s SCS (discussed below) is superseded by the GCCOG SCS. The GCCOG SCS is composed of five budles of GHG reductio strategies, icludig: Trasportatio Strategies Trasportatio Demad Maagemet Strategies Lad Use Strategies Regioal Trasportatio Projects, icludig Measure R-fuded projects Iteractive Effects Betwee Lad Use ad Regioal Trasit Projects Some strategies have already bee employed over the last decade; all will be implemeted i the future to reduce subregioal emissios from a 2005 bechmark to target levels by 2020 ad GCCOG SCS strategies have bee itegrated with regioal trasportatio projects icluded i the 2012 SCAG RTP for the GCCOG area. The tailored, local ature of the Gateway Cities SCS is projected to result i GHG reductios of 8.4 percet per capita by 2020 ad 15 percet per capita by 2035, exceedig regioal targets set by the Califoria Air Resources Board. The Dowey Bicycle Master Pla aligs with the goals of the Gateway Cities SCS by promotig zero-emissios trasportatio strategies, coectig to regioal trasportatio projects icluded i the Gateway Cities ATP, ad proposig policy chages which stregthe the City of Dowey s approach to trasportatio demad maagemet. 14

15 August 2014 DRAFT Bicycle Plas from Adjacet Cities Several cities ear Dowey have advaced active trasportatio plaig by adoptig plas that focus o the developmet of bicycle ad pedestria ifrastructure, support facilities, public ivolvemet, programs ad practices, ad potetial fudig sources. These cities iclude: City of South Gate Bicycle Trasportatio Pla Lywood Bicycle ad Pedestria Trasportatio Pla Paramout i progress Bellflower i progress Los Ageles Couty Metro ad Other Couty Plas ad Policies LA Couty Metro Bicycle Trasportatio Strategic Pla I 2006, the Los Ageles Couty Metropolita Trasportatio Authority (Metro) released two documets relatig to bicycle plaig i the regio: the Metro Bicycle Trasportatio Strategic Pla (BTSP) ad BTA Compliace Documet. Both of these documets supplat prior coutywide bicycle plaig documets datig back to The Strategic Pla is iteded to be used by local cities ad Los Ageles Couty Trasit agecies i settig bicyclerelated priorities that lead to regioal improvemets. The documet discusses the sigificace of bicycle usage with trasit as a way of expadig mobility optios withi the regio. The BTA documet ivetories ad maps existig ad plaed facilities, ad provides iformatio regardig past expeditures by the 89 local jurisdictios withi the couty. The pla also icludes: a listig of 167 bike-trasit hubs i the couty, procedures for evaluatig access to trasit, best-practices i a tool box of desig measures, gaps i the regioal bikeway etwork, ad 12 prototypical bike-trasit hub access plas i differet areas of the couty, icludig a sample bicycle access pla for Metrolik Statios. The Dowey Bicycle Master Pla supports the goals of the BTSP ad BTA by recommedig access improvemets to the Lakewood Gree Lie Statio ad by improvig bicycle access withi LA Couty geerally ad the Gateway Cities regio specifically. LA Couty Bicycle Master Pla The Los Ageles Couty Bicycle Master Pla was adopted by the Los Ageles Couty Board of Supervisors. The Pla was developed by the Los Ageles Couty Public Works Departmet ad a appoited Bicycle Task Force. The Coutywide Bicycle Pla idetifies opportuities for off-street bicycle facilities, o-street bicycle facilities, ad shared-use pathways i uicorporated areas of Los Ageles Couty, icludig those withi ad adjacet to the City of Dowey, icludig the Rio Hodo ad Sa Gabriel River trails. LA Couty Metro Coutywide Sustaiability Plaig Policy ad Implemetatio Pla / Sustaiable Commuities Strategies I 2012, the Los Ageles Couty Metropolita Trasportatio Authority (Metro) released their Coutywide Sustaiability Plaig Policy & Implemetatio Pla as a complemet to their previous efforts to improve air quality ad icrease the rage of trasportatio choices available to residets i Los Ageles. The Policy aims to better itegrate lad-use ad trasportatio plaig i order to provide more mobility optios ad better access, as well as promote gree modes of trasportatio icludig active trasportatio modes such as walkig ad bicyclig. Metro s Policy is superseded by the GCCOG s sub-regioal SCS, discussed above, but is relevat i uderstadig couty-wide goals i order to alig the proposed bicycle etwork i Dowey with the rest of Los Ageles Couty. LA Couty Metro First/Last Mile Strategic Pla The Los Ageles Couty Metropolita Trasportatio Authority (Metro) released a draft of their First Last Mile Strategic Pla i late The goal of this documet is to provide guidelies to improve access to trasit across the couty, ad i doig so, maximize multi-modal beefits. The guidace i this 15

16 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla documet aligs with the GCCOG SCS, the SCAG RTP/ SCS ad the Metro Coutywide Sustaiability Plaig Policy, described above. The First Last Mile Strategic Pla cites the existig coditios, both i terms of desig ad safety statistics, ad itroduces the cocept of The Path, a proposed coutywide trasit access etwork, comprised of a series of active trasportatio improvemets that exted to ad from Metro Rail ad BRT statios. The documet also icludes a step-by-step process for idetifyig a Path etwork for ay give statio area ad a toolbox of improvemets that would help establish a Path etwork aroud the statio. The Dowey Bicycle Master Pla supports the goals of the First/Last Mile Strategic Pla by recommedig access improvemets to the Lakewood Gree Lie Statio. LA Couty Metro Cogestio Maagemet Program The LA Couty Metropolita Trasportatio Authority (Metro) adopted the 2010 Cogestio Maagemet Program as the eighth update to a history of cogestio maagemet programs datig back to The 2010 CMP is a multimodal program, icludig strategies related to the freeways ad streets, the trasit etwork, trasportatio demad maagemet, ad lad use. Jurisdictios are required to coform to the CMP i order to receive fudig from the state gas tax, as allocated by Sectio 2105 of the Califoria Streets ad Highways Code. As part of the process of developig recommedatios for the Dowey Bicycle Master Pla, the project team has goe through itersectiolevel aalysis of the proposed treatmets to esure ogoig coformace to the CMP. Regioal Plas ad Policies Souther Califoria Associatio of Govermets Regioal Trasportatio Pla/Sustaiable Commuities Strategy I 2012, SCAG adopted the 2012 Regioal Trasportatio Pla/Sustaiable Commuities Strategy (RTP/SCS), which itegrates the regio s trasportatio ad lad use plaig. The o-motorized trasportatio sectio provides iformatio regardig existig mode split, bicyclist types, bicycle safety, the Califoria Strategic Highway Safety Pla for bicyclists, ad idetifies implemetatio priorities for local jurisdictios. Of the $524.7 billio trasportatio expeditures i the RTP, $6.9 billio are allocated for omotorized projects. Like the LA Couty Metro SCS discussed above, the SCAG SCS is superseded by the GCCOG sub-regioal SCS but is relevat i uderstadig regioal goals i order to alig the proposed bicycle etwork i Dowey with the rest of the Souther Califoria regio. LA River Ecosystem Restoratio Itegrated Feasibility Report The Uited States Army Corps of Egieers, i partership with the City of Los Ageles, completed the Los Ageles River Ecosystem Restoratio Itegrated Feasibility Report i September The mai objective of the Tetatively Selected Pla (TSP) ad pla alteratives is restore approximately 11 miles of the Los Ageles River with a more atural habitat, recoect existig tributaries ad habitats, reestablishig the historic flood plai, ad preservig existig levels of flood risk maagemet. The documet focuses o four actio alteratives that have udergoe detailed aalysis ad represet the optios available for selectio. The optios vary i terms of ivestmet ad fial implemetatio compoets. With portios of the LA River i the area havig a desigated bicycle path orth ad south of dowtow Los Ageles, the selected alterative will help close the facility gap ad improve bicycle accessibility ad coectivity throughout the regio. The Dowey Bicycle Master Pla addresses coectivity to two other major orth-south regioal bike paths, the Rio Hodo ad the Sa Gabriel River trails. Additioally, proposed east-west facilities i the Dowey Bicycle Master Pla would help coect Dowey residets to the LA River path, improvig overall regioal coectivity. State Policies AB 32/SB 375 Seate Bill (SB) 375 is the implemetatio legislatio for Assembly Bill (AB) 32. AB 32 requires the reductio of greehouse gases (GHG) by 28 percet by the 16

17 August 2014 DRAFT year 2020 ad by 50 percet by the year GHGs are emissios carbo dioxide chief amog them that accumulate i the atmosphere ad trap solar eergy i a way that ca affect global climate patters. The largest source of these emissios related to huma activity is geerated by combustiopowered machiery, iteral combustio vehicle egies, ad equipmet used to geerate power ad heat. SB 375 tasks metropolita ad regioal plaig agecies with achievig GHG reductios through their Regioal or Metropolita Trasportatio Plas. The reductio of the use the automobile for trip makig is oe method for reducig GHG emissios. This ca be achieved through the use of modes other tha the automobile, such as walkig, bicyclig, or usig trasit. The Dowey Bicycle Master Pla supports the goals of AB32/ SB375 by promotig bicyclig throughout the city, a zero-emissios mode of trasportatio. Califoria Vehicle Code The Califoria Vehicle Code establishes rules ad regulatios for operatig a bicycle o the street i the state of Califoria, which the Dowey Police Departmet is resposible for eforcig. Close adherece ad strict eforcemet of the Vehicle Code for both motorists ad bicyclists would have safety beefits for everyoe i Dowey. The followig is a o-exhaustive list of the most importat regulatios related to bicycle operatio, by Vehicle Code Sectio: A perso ridig a bicycle has all the rights ad is subject to all the provisios applicable to the driver of a vehicle It is ulawful to ride a bicycle uder the ifluece of alcohol or drugs Establishes equipmet requiremets for bicycles, icludig lights, brakes, ad hadlebar cofiguratios A perso ridig a bicycle at a speed less tha the ormal speed of traffic shall ride as close as practicable to the right-had curb or edge of the roadway except whe overtakig aother bicycle or vehicle, whe preparig for a left tur, whe ecessary to avoid usafe coditios, or whe approachig a right-tur lae Local jurisdictios may adopt bicycle regulatios provided they do ot coflict with the CVC No perso shall drive a motor vehicle i the bicycle lae except to park i a curb lae where parkig is permitted, to eter or leave the roadway, or to prepare for a tur withi 200 feet from the itersectio Bicycle parkig must ot coflict with the path for pedestria traffic Bicycle riders uder the age of 18 must wear a helmet Bicycle riders must follow official traffic cotrol sigals, except where bicycle traffic sigals direct bicycles otherwise, i cojuctio with Sectio Bicycles operated o the streets or shoulder shall be operated i the same directio as vehicles Three Feet for Safety Act requires drivers of a motor vehicle to pass a bicycle with at least three feet of space (effective September 16, 2014.) Caltras ad local authorities may prohibit the use of bicycles o cotrolled-access roadways such as freeways or expressways Califoria Departmet of Motor Vehicles desigs ad distributes the liceses ad registratio forms to ay city that adopts a bicycle licese ordiace. Caltras Complete Streets Policy I 2001, Caltras adopted a routie accommodatio policy for the state 17

18 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla 18 i the form of Deputy Directive 64, Accommodatig Nomotorized Travel. The directive was updated i 2008 as Complete Streets Itegratig the Trasportatio System. The ew policy reads, i part: The Departmet views all trasportatio improvemets as opportuities to improve safety, access, ad mobility for all travelers i Califoria ad recogizes bicycle, pedestria, ad trasit modes as itegral elemets of the trasportatio system. The Departmet develops itegrated multimodal projects i balace with commuity goals, plas, ad values. Addressig the safety ad mobility eeds of bicyclists, pedestrias, ad trasit users i all projects, regardless of fudig, is implicit i these objectives. Bicycle, pedestria ad trasit travel is facilitated by creatig complete streets begiig early i system plaig ad cotiuig through project delivery ad maiteace ad operatios. The directive establishes Caltras ow resposibilities uder this policy. Amog the resposibilities that Caltras assigs to various staff positios uder the policy are: Esure bicycle, pedestria, ad trasit iterests are appropriately represeted o iterdiscipliary plaig ad project delivery developmet teams. Esure bicycle, pedestria, ad trasit user eeds are addressed ad deficiecies idetified durig system ad corridor plaig, project iitiatio, scopig, ad programmig. Esure icorporatio of bicycle, pedestria, ad trasit travel elemets i all Departmet trasportatio plas ad studies. Promote lad uses that ecourage bicycle, pedestria, ad trasit travel. Research, develop, ad implemet multimodal performace measures. Califoria Complete Streets Act Assembly Bill 1358, the Califoria Complete Streets Act of 2008, requires that the legislative body of a city or couty, upo ay substative revisio of the circulatio elemet of the geeral pla, modify the circulatio elemet to pla for a balaced, multimodal trasportatio etwork that meets the eeds of all users [icludig] motorists, pedestrias, bicyclists, childre, persos with disabilities, seiors, movers of commercial goods, ad users of public trasportatio. This provisio of the law wet ito effect o Jauary 1, The law also directs the Goveror s Office of Plaig ad Research to amed its guidelies for the developmet of circulatio elemets so as to assist cities ad couties i meetig the above requiremet. AB 1581 ad Caltras Policy Directive Assembly Bill (AB) 1581 provides directio that ew actuated traffic sigal costructio ad modificatios to existig traffic sigals iclude the ability to detect bicycles ad motorcycles. It also calls for the timig of actuated traffic sigals to accout for bicycles. I respose to AB 1581, Caltras has issues Traffic Operatios Policy Directive 09-06, which has proposed modificatios to Table 4D-105(D) of the Califoria Maual o Uiform Traffic Cotrol Devices. The Califoria Traffic Cotrol Devices Committee is cosiderig the proposed modificatios. Federal Iitiatives US DOT Policy Statemet o Bicycles I additio to local, regioal, ad state plaig iitiatives, the Uited States Departmet of Trasportatio issued a Policy Statemet o Bicycle ad Pedestria Accommodatio Regulatios ad Recommedatios i This policy directive demostrates the DOT s support of fully itegrated active trasportatio etworks by icorporatig walkig ad bicyclig facilities ito trasportatio projects. The statemet ecourages trasportatio agecies to go beyod miimum stadards i the provisio of the facilities. The DOT further ecourages agecies to adopt policy statemets that would affect bicyclig ad walkig, such as:

19 August 2014 DRAFT Cosiderig walkig ad bicyclig as equals with other trasportatio modes Esurig availability of trasportatio choices for people of all ages ad abilities Goig beyod miimum desig stadards Itegratig bicycle ad pedestria accommodatios o ew, rehabilitated, ad limited access bridges Collectig data o walkig ad bikig trips Settig mode share for walkig ad bicyclig ad trackig them over time Removig sow from sidewalks ad shared use paths Improvig o-motorized facilities durig maiteace projects 19

20 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla 3. EXISTING CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC INPUT Existig ad Future Lad Use ad Settlemet Patters The City of Dowey is a member of the Gateway Cities Coucil of Govermets (GCCOG), which is developig a Active Trasportatio Pla for the regio. This Bicycle Master Pla is the first comprehesive bicycle plaig effort coducted by the city. The City of Dowey experieces mild temperatures ad low levels of raifall. The city is relatively flat, ad crossed by a grid of streets that support easy access to freeways, regioal ecoomic opportuities, local ecoomic ad recreatioal opportuities, ad regioal goods movemet. Patters of commercial ad residetial developmet have resulted i a well-itegrated city which offers short trip-legths to everyday destiatios. These coditios offer both opportuities ad challeges to active modes of trasportatio such as bicyclig. The climate ad topography are ideal for cyclig, ad the itegrated developmet patters throughout the city miimize trip legths, ideal for bicyclig. However, the city is situated alog importat regioal corridors, resultig i a high proportio of truck traffic ad through traffic that could discourage bicyclig. Future lad use ad developmet patters have bee idetified i the Geeral Pla ad the Dowtow Dowey Specific Pla, discussed i the previous chapter. Figure 3-1 shows the areas idetified for future mixed-use developmet, which are ideal locatios to ecourage bicyclig for trasportatio. These cosideratios have shaped the developmet of the proposed bicycle etwork preseted i Chapter 4. The Bicyclig Eviromet Existig ad Future Bicyclig Activity i Dowey Kowig how may people bicycle, ad for what purposes, ca help Dowey develop effective projects ad programs to better serve residets ad residetemployees. A commo term used i describig demad for bicycle facilities is mode split. Mode split refers to the form of trasportatio a perso chooses to take, such as walkig, bicyclig, public trasit or drivig. It is ofte used i evaluatig commuter alteratives such as bicyclig, where the objective is to icrease the percetage of people selectig a meas of trasportatio other tha the sigle-occupat (or drive-aloe) automobile. Table 3-1 presets the America Commuity Survey data (2012, 5-year estimates)for the jourey-towork split for the City of Dowey, compared to the Uited States, Califoria, ad Los Ageles Couty. Table 3-1: Existig jourey to Work Data Mode Uited States Califoria Los Ageles Couty Dowey Drive Aloe 76.1% 73.0% 72.2% 80.7% Carpool 10.0% 11.5% 10.9% 11.7% Trasit 5.0% 5.1% 7.1% 2.6% Bike 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 0.2% Walk 2.8% 2.8% 2.9% 1.8% Other 5.5% 6.5% 6.1% 3.1% Source: America Commuities Survey, 2012 (5-year estimates), As show, drivig is the predomiat meas of commutig i Dowey, higher tha the rates for Los Ageles Couty, Califoria, ad the Uited States as a whole. Bicycle trips represet less tha oe percet of home-based work trips i Dowey. This should ot be misiterpreted as the bicycle mode share of all trips for several reasos: Jourey-to-work data oly represets commute trips, which ted to be loger tha shoppig, school, recreatio, ad other trips, ad are therefore less compatible with bicyclig. 20

21 Lakewood Blvd Bellflower Blvd August 2014 DRAFT C-3 H-M C-M Bell Commerce Telegraph Rd Pico Rivera Mixed-Use M-U Maufacturig Cudahy Bell Gardes Suva St Tweedy L Gallati Rd M-1 M-2 Ope Space O-S South Gate Firestoe Blvd Stewart ad Gray Rd Old River School Rd Rives Ave Florece Ave Dowey 5th St Dowey Ave Lakewood Blvd Woodruff Ave Florece Ave 5 Sata Fe Sprigs Residetial R-1 5,000 R-1 6,000 R-1 7,500 R-1 8,500 R-1 10,000 R-2 þ O-S (PM) - Obsolete O-S (PU) - Obsolete Specific Pla SP 85-1 (Racho Los Amigos) SP 88-1 (Racho Busiess Park) SP 89-1 (Stoewood) SP 90-1 (Florece/I-5) SP 91-2 (Lakewood/Firestoe) SP 01-1 (Dowey Ladig) Lywood Gardedale St Imperial Hwy Dowey Ave Paramout Blvd Alameda St Brookshire Ave M Patto Rd Columbia Way 105 Foster Rd Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd 605 Norwalk R-3 R-3-O Commercial C-P C-1 C-2 C-3 H-M C-M Mixed-Use M-U Other DDSP (Dowtow Dowey) TLSP (Tierra Lua) P PUD P-B - Obsolete Future Developmet Areas Paramout Bellflower Maufacturig M-1 M-2 Ope Space O-S Figure 3-1: Dowey Future Lad Use Patters 21

22 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla Cesus jourey-to-work data fails to capture people who commute by bicycle oe or two days per week. Jourey-to-work data does ot accout for commuters with multiple modes of travel to ad from work, such as commuters that ride a bicycle to a trasit statio before trasferrig to trasit for the remaider of their jourey to work. No separate accoutig of shoppig, school, or recreatioal trips is made i the Cesus; these trips make up more tha half of the perso trips o a typical weekday ad a sigificatly greater proportio o the weeked. These trips also ted to be short to medium i legth ad therefore ca be well suited for bicyclig. Jourey-to-work reports iformatio for adult work trips, but does ot request data o school trips, which are much more likely to be bicyclig trips because school-aged idividuals caot drive util the latter half of their high school years. The SCAG s Year 2000 Post-Cesus Regioal Travel Survey, which surveyed 17,000 households i the six-couty Los Ageles area, foud that oe percet of all trips i the regio are by bicycle. Bicycle commutig rates i Los Ageles Couty have rise sice 2000 (from 0.6% to 0.8%), so it is likely that overall bicycle trips have rise as well. Table 3-2 summarizes bicycle ridership estimates for commute ad ocommute cyclists. Accordig to the 2012 America Commuity Survey (5-year estimates), there were 29,134 studets from grades 1 to 12 ad i college i Dowey. Based o previous data collected i Pomoa, a similarly-sized city i Los Ageles Couty, ad data collected by LA Couty Metro, approximately 2% of studets i elemetary school or college ride a bicycle to school. Based o these assumptios (29,134 x 2%), Dowey would have a estimated 583 studet cyclists. Approximately 1,250 of Dowey workers commute by trasit (reported i the 2012 ACS 5-Year Estimates). Accordig to o-board bus ad rail surveys coducted by Metro i 2001, approximately 1.2% of trasit riders cycle to trasit stops; therefore, Dowey would have about 15 home-to-trasit cyclists (1,250 x 1.2%). Table 3-2: Dowey Bicyclists by Trip Group Type of Commuter Daily Bicycle Commuters Daily Bicycle Trips Worker (Home-to-work trips) Studet (Home-to-school trips) 583 1,166 Trasit Rider (Home-to-trasit trips) Totals 706 1,412 Source: America Commuities Survey, 2012 (5-year estimates), LA Couty Metro, Fehr & Peers Commute trips represet a miority of bicycle trips. To get a fuller sese of bicyclig i Dowey, oe must accout for the other reasos for which people use bicycles. The Natioal Bicycle & Walkig Study, published by the Federal Highway Admiistratio i 1995, estimated that for every commute trip made by bicycle, there were 1.74 trips made for shoppig, social, ad other utilitaria purposes. Assumig the average commuter makes two trips per day, we ca estimate the total umber of commute trips to be 1,412 (706 commuters x 2 trips per commuter). We ca the estimate the umber of additioal o-commute trips i Dowey to be 2,457 (1,412 commute trips x 1.74 o-commute trips). Additioally, cyclig is a popular recreatioal activity for all age groups. While portios of this pla are focused o ecouragig bicyclig as a form of trasportatio, recreatioal riders, with ecouragemet, may trasitio to bicyclig commuters. Similarly, recreatioal cyclig ca be a popular family activity, ad childre who ride with parets may be more likely to bike to school or with their frieds. Regardless, Dowey has a mild climate, flat terrai, ad may parks, schools, ad other commuity destiatios withi a 10-miute bicycle ride of dowtow or residetial eighborhoods. The Federal Highway Admiistratio ad U.S. Departmet of Trasportatio released i May 2010 the Natioal Bicycle & Walkig Study: 15 Year Status Report. The agecies foud that betwee the iitial report i 1995 ad 22

23 August 2014 DRAFT household survey data collected i 2009, bicyclig activity had icreased i geeral, though ot to the goal of doublig walkig ad bikig trips that was set i Iterestigly, though oly oe percet of respodets i the 2009 Natioal Households Travel Survey said that they made everyday trips by bike, 12 percet said that they had ridde a bike i the past week. Future bicycle trips will deped o a umber of factors such as the availability of well-coected facilities, appropriate educatio ad promotio programs desiged to ecourage cyclig, ad locatio, desity, ad type of future lad developmet. Cities with thoughtful bikeway plas ad meaigful implemetatio programs have foud high levels of correlatio betwee bicycle facilities ad umber of cyclists. Three cities with such plas Portlad, Sa Fracisco, ad Seattle foud that the umber of cyclists o a bicycle corridor after it was improved was double or triple the previous cout. More geerally, the 2010 Natioal Bicycle & Walkig Study: 15 Year Status Report foud that betwee 1990 ad 2008 fudig for bike ad pedestria projects icreased from less tha 0.5 percet of federal trasportatio fudig to about oe percet. Over that same time, pedestria ad bicycle trips icreased by about 50 percet. With appropriate bicycle facilities i place ad implemetatio of employer trip reductio programs, the bicycle mode split could icrease sigificatly above its curret rate. Accordig to the methodology adopted by the Los Ageles Couty Metropolita Trasportatio Authority ad outlied i their Bicycle Trasportatio Strategic Pla (Volume 2), cities ca expect to see a 279% icrease i bicyclig upo build-out of a complete bicycle etwork. By expadig bicycle facilities that ecourage a broad cross sectio of bicyclists ad improve safety, Dowey could icrease the curret mode split, which would result i over 10,000 bicycle trips daily by 2020, as show i Table 3-3. Existig Bicycle Facilities ad Programs The Califoria Streets ad Highways Code desigates three classes of bikeways: Class I, Class II, ad Class III. Class I bikeways are also kow as bike paths or shared-use paths. These facilities are costructed o separated right-of-way, Table 3-3: Dowey Existig ad Future Bicyclig Activity Number of daily bicycle commuters 706 1,970 Number of daily bicycle commute trips 1,412 3,939 Daily No-Commute Bicycle Trips 2,457 6,855 Total Daily Bicycle Trips 3,869 10,794 Source: America Commuities Survey, 2012 (5-year estimates), LA Couty Metro, Fehr & Peers iteded exclusively for bicycles ad pedestrias with miimal iterferece by motorized vehicles. Class II bikeways, also frequetly referred to as bike laes, provide desigated right-of-way for bicyclists typically by paitig a separated space o the same roadway used by motorized vehicles. The use of Class II bikeways by motorists or pedestrias is prohibited except to cross the bike lae or to park. Class III bikeways, frequetly referred to as bike routes, are typically desigated o the roadway by sigs ad paited sharrows. Class III bikeways are geerally provided where the vehicle speeds ad volumes of a roadway ted to be lower. Figure 3-2 illustrates the three differet classes of bikeways. Curretly, two regioal Class I bicycle facilities exist i Dowey. The Rio Hodo Bike Path ad the Sa Gabriel River Path ru alog the west ad east sides of the city, respectively. These bicycle paths are popular recreatioal destiatios as well as importat regioal coectors betwee Dowey, the Gateways Cities regio, ad other parts of Los Ageles Couty. I additio to the Class I bikeways, ed-of-trip bike parkig exists at the library ear Dowey Civic Ceter ad Dowey High School. Bicyclists ca coect to trasit at the Dowey Bus Depot ad the Metro Gree Lie Statio, storig their bicycle i short-term parkig or log-term parkig (Metro Gree Lie Statio oly), loadig the bicycle oto bus-mouted bike racks o Dowey Lik buses ad Metro buses, or brigig it o the Metro Gree Lie. Figure 3-3 illustrates the locatios of these bicycle facilities throughout the city. Although there are o o-goig bicycle safety or educatio programs i Dowey, several safety ad educatio activities have occurred i recet years, icludig: 23

24 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla Natioal Night Out Bicycle Safety Workshop i August 2013 Figure 3-2: Bicycle Facility Types Need to Kow Bicycle Safety Educatio Course sposored by LA Couty Metro i August 2013 Safe Moves City Traffic Safety Rodeo Course i Jue 2014 Dowey Kids Bike Festival i Jue 2014 Bicycle Collisios Aalysis Table 3-4 lists the sixtee itersectios with the highest frequecy of collisios. The list is based o the umber of collisios at a give itersectio betwee 2009 ad 2014, ad is ot adjusted for vehicle or bicyclist volumes. A map displayig reported bicycle collisios over this period is show i Figure 3-4. Durig this period, crashes occurred primarily alog major arterials such as Florece Ave, Firestoe Blvd, Stewart ad Gray Rd, ad Imperial Hwy. Table 3-4: Bicycle Collisio Frequecy Itersectio of Icidet Number of Collisios Imperial Hwy & Columbia Way 4 Imperial Hwy & Lakewood Blvd 4 Stewart ad Gray Rd & Rives Ave 4 Stewart ad Gray Rd & Paramout Blvd 4 Bellflower Blvd & I-105 Fwy 4 Stewart ad Gray Rd & Dowey Ave 3 Stewart ad Gray Rd & Lakewood Blvd 3 Imperial Hwy & Woodruff Ave 3 Firestoe Blvd & Rives Ave 3 Firestoe Blvd & Paramout Blvd 3 Firestoe Blvd & Woodruff Ave 3 Florece Ave & Old River School Rd 3 Florece Ave & Wiley Burke Ave 3 Paramout Blvd & De Palma St 3 Lakewood Blvd & Gardedale St 3 Lakewood Blvd & I-105 Fwy 3 Source: City of Dowey, Fehr & Peers Table 3-5 shows the circumstaces at the locatio of a bicycle-related fatality. There was oly oe bicycle-related fatality betwee 2009 ad The primary collisio factor (PCF) was a usafe lae chage. For all collisios betwee 2009 ad 2014, the top two PCFs were travel o the wrog side of the road ad automobile right-of-way violatios, accoutig for 62% of collisios. Table 3-6 summarizes all PCFs for bicycleivolved crashes betwee 2009 ad

25 August 2014 DRAFT Motebello Commerce Telegraph Rd LA Couty Uicorporated Bell Pico Rivera Cudahy Bell Gardes Suva St Tweedy L Gallati Rd Bicycle Parkig at Library Dowey Bus Depot: Short-Term Bike Parkig Coectios to Buses with Racks South Gate Metro Gree Lie: Short-Term Bike Parkig Lywood Log-Term Bike Parkig (Bike Lockers) Gree Lie Park--Ride Facility Coectios to Buses with Racks Metro Gree Lie: Chagig/Storig Clothes ad Equipmet Gree Lie Bike Lockers Gardedale St Firestoe Blvd Stewart ad Gray Rd Paramout Imperial Hwy Dowey Ave Old River School Rd Rives Ave Paramout Blvd Alameda St Lakewood Blvd M Florece Ave Warre High School Brookshire Ave Dowey Dowey Civic Ceter Columbia Way Metro Gree Lie: Lakewood Blvd Patto Rd 5th St Dowey Ave Dowey High School 105 Bellflower Blvd Bellflower Lakewood Blvd Foster Rd Woodruff Ave Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd Florece Ave Sata Fe Sprigs Existig Bicycle Facilities Bike Path (Class I) Uder/Overpass Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Plaed Bicycle Facilities Bike Lae (Class II) Norwalk Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Bike Route (Class III) Bicycle Support Facilities Ed-of-trip Bicycle Facilities Bicycle Trasport Facilities N Chagig/Storig Clothes ad Equipmet Park School Figure 3-3: Existig Bikeways ad Bicycle Support Facilities Figure

26 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla _2 Motebello Cudahy Source: City of Dowey, Fehr & Peers, 2014 Note: Collisios mapped to itersectio withi 150' Lywood Bell South Gate Figure 3-4: Bicycle-Ivolved Collisios Gardedale St Bell Gardes Firestoe Blvd Dowey Dowey High School Metro Gree Lie: Lakewood Blvd M 105 Paramout Bellflower Stewart ad Gray Rd Warre High School Imperial Hwy Dowey Ave Rives Ave Paramout Blvd Old River School Rd Alameda St Lakewood Blvd Commerce Florece Ave Brookshire Ave Suva St Dowey Civic Ceter Columbia Way Patto Rd 5th St P Bellflower Blvd Tweedy L Dowey Ave Gallati Rd Lakewood Blvd Foster Rd Telegraph Rd Woodruff Ave Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd Pico Rivera Florece Ave Existig Bicycle Facilities Bike Path (Class I) Uder/Overpass Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Plaed Bicycle Facilities Bike Lae (Class II) Norwalk Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Bike Route (Class III) Bicycle Collisios 3 4 Fatality P 1 Sata Fe Sprigs 1 2 LA Couty Uicorporated N 26 Figure 3-4 City of Dowey Bicycle Ivolved Collisios

27 August 2014 DRAFT Locatio Woodruff Av & Belcher St Type of Collisio Table 3-7 shows the frequecy of collisio type for all bicycle-ivolved crashes betwee 2009 ad I 74% of these crashes, the crash type was a broadside collisio. Table 3-8 summarizes the time of day data for collisios. The time of day data was grouped ito four categories: school/ busiess hours (7:00 AM to 4:59 PM), eveig hours (5:00 to 8:59 PM), ight hours (9:00 PM to 2:59 AM), ad morig hours (3:00 to 6:59 AM). Nearly two-thirds of bicycle collisios occur betwee 7:00 AM ad 4:59 PM, ad 92% of all collisios occur betwee 7:00 AM ad 8:59 PM. Table 3-5: Bicycle Fatality Summary Dir. Of Travel 1 Movemet Prec. Coll. 1 Broadside North Chagig Laes Source: City of Dowey, Fehr & Peers Dir. Of Travel 2 North Table 3-6: Primary Collisio Factors PCF Occurreces Percet Wrog Side of Road 84 37% Auto R/W Violatio 57 25% Ukow 28 12% Traffic Sigals ad Sigs 26 12% Improper Turig 9 4% Other Hazardous Movemet 5 2% Usafe Speed 4 2% Other 3 1% Source: City of Dowey, Fehr & Peers Table 3-7: Frequecy of Collisio Type Type of Collisio Occurreces Percet Broadside % Other 27 12% Sideswipe 10 4% Head-O 8 4% Rear-Ed 6 3% Vehicle - Pedestria 6 3% Hit Object 1 0% Not Stated 1 0% Source: City of Dowey, Fehr & Peers Movemet Prec. Coll. 2 Proceedig Straight Table 3-9 provides iformatio o the ivolvemet of alcohol i collisios. The PCF drivig uder the ifluece was documeted i oe icidet betwee 2009 ad PCF Usafe Lae Chage Table 3-8: Collisios by Time of Day Time of Day Percet School/busiess hours 7:00 AM to 4:59 PM 62% Eveig hours 5:00 to 8:59 PM 29% Night hours 9:00 PM to 2:59 AM 6% Morig hours 3:00 to 6:59 AM 2% Source: City of Dowey, Fehr & Peers Locatio Castaa Av & Prichard St Type of Collisio Table 3-9: Alcohol-Ivolved Bicycle Collisios Dir. Of Travel 1 Movemet Prec. Coll. 1 Hit Object South Proceedig Straight Source: City of Dowey, Fehr & Peers Dir. Of Travel 2 Movemet Prec. Coll. 2 Commuity Iput Process The developmet of the Bicycle Master Pla comes as part of a effort by the City of Dowey to address local ad regioal desires to ehace the viability of bicyclig as a mode of trasportatio ad reduce trasportatio system impacts o local commuities. By makig bikig easier ad safer, the City ca better maage its trasportatio etwork ad reduce its overall greehouse gas emissios resultig from sigle occupat drivig. The process to develop this pla bega i May Public Evets The goals, policies, recommedatios, ad actio items i this Pla are the outcome of a substatial public outreach effort by the City. Durig Jue ad July 2014, the project team accepted public iput to the Pla at various evets. Project team members talked to the public about the Pla at the Tour De Dowey evet o Saturday, Jue 14, at a special evet at Furma Park o Wedesday, July 2, ad at a Commuity Workshop o Saturday, July 12. Durig the Tour De Dowey evet, project staff maed a iformatio table about the Bicycle Master Pla ad coducted a mappig exercise to solicit iput PCF - - Drivig Uder Ifluece 27

28 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla about the bicyclig eviromet i Dowey ad future bicycle facilities. Visitors were ecouraged to fix sticky otes to the map idetifyig specific roadways ad locatios with positive or egative iput or recommedatios. All of the sticky ote commets were documeted ad categorized by staff. The most commo themes from respodets across all streets idetified were: addig bike laes, addig coectios to river bike paths, ad cocer about vehicular speed ad volume. Addig a bike share program, especially i cojuctio with access to the Metro Gree Lie Lakewood Statio, was suggested several times Figure 3-6: Preferred Bicycle Parkig Type Iverted - U Post ad Loop I-street Bicycle Corral Bicycle Lockers Artistic/Braded Bicycle Rack Female (Adult) Male (Adult) Male (Mior) Female (Mior) Bicycle Trasit Ceter Parkig Durig the Commuity Workshop, a dot exercise was coducted i which participats prioritized bicycle facility ad parkig types. Participats demostrated a preferece for cycle tracks over siged bike routes. Figures 3-5 ad 3-6 display the results of the dot exercise Cycle Track Figure 3-5: Preferred Bicycle Facility Type Buffered/Colored Bike Laes Bike Path (Class I) Bike Laes with Road Diet Bike Lae (Class II) Female (Adult) Male (Adult) Male (Mior) Female (Mior) Bike Route with Sigage Oly (Class III) Bike Boulevard Bicyclig Needs Assessmet Survey A survey was circulated i Eglish ad Spaish to assess the geeral eeds for bicyclig i the city. The survey was hosted olie at ad was available at all public outreach evets i paper ad digital format. The survey asked respodets to rate their comfort bicyclig i Dowey, their frequecy of cyclig for specific purposes, ad to idetify challeges ad opportuities for cyclig i the city. Several questios allowed ope-eded resposes to idetify favorite routes, most challegig streets, ad most challegig itersectios for cyclig. I total, 232 survey resposes were collected. The project team aalyzed the survey resposes, documetig commo themes ad terms used i the ope eded resposes. This aalysis was used to determie the frequecy of high priority topics. For example, whe asked what made certai streets challegig to bike o, the most commo themes were volume ad speed of traffic or lack of bike laes. Firestoe Boulevard ad Florece Aveue were the two most frequetly cited challegig to bike o roads. Web Presece A public website ( was developed to support public egagemet ad commuicatio about the Pla. This website hosted the survey discussed above. It also commuicated Pla updates, posted draft versios of the Pla, ad icluded bicycle safety cotet. A Facebook page was also created ad kept up to date with public evets ad progress of the Pla, ad ca be accessed at 28

29 August 2014 DRAFT Parked cars preset a dager to me Streets are too wide or busy No bike parkig Speedig No bike laes 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Figure 3-7: Top Resposes to Challeges to Bicyclig Survey Questio Summary of Key Issues Based o data collectio icludig field visits, survey resposes, a public iput dot exercise, a public iput mappig exercise, vehicle couts, bicycle couts, ad a collisio aalysis, several key issues were idetified related to bicyclig i Dowey. These key issues helped guide the developmet of the proposed bicycle etwork icluded i this Pla. First, there is a latet demad for bicyclig i Dowey. Figure 3-7 shows the survey resposes to the questio I your opiio, do [the potetial challeges ad obstacles to bikig listed below] discourage people from bikig i Dowey? Eighty-five percet of survey respodets thought that the lack of bicycle laes was a obstacle that discouraged people from bikig, ad 80% of respodets thought that speedig was a obstacle that discouraged people from bikig. Developig a comprehesive etwork of bicycle facilities visible to residets of Dowey could ecourage people to cosider ridig a bicycle for the first time ad to ride more ofte. ad survey resposes. Chages to the lae cofiguratios o these arterials could provide sufficiet space for bicycle laes, ecourage motorists to drive more slowly, ad provide coectios throughout the city, while miimally impedig corridor performace ad reducig collisios. Fially, there is a lack of bicycle coectios to some of the most valuable resources i the city. May residets ejoy ridig o the bike paths alog the east ad west sides of the city, but experiece a difficult time bikig to them. Similarly, the Metro Gree Lie Statio provides regioal access to jobs ad resources, but lacks desigated bicycle facilities betwee the statio ad eighborhoods withi Dowey. Figures 3-8 ad 3-9 illustrate the oe-, five-, ad 10-miute bike travel times from the Dowey Civic Ceter, Warre High School, ad the Metro Gree Lie Statio. Figure 3-8 shows the bike travel times whe all streets are icluded i the aalysis; the coverage of the city withi a five-miute bike ride from these three destiatios is relatively comprehesive. Figure 3-9 shows a similar aalysis, excludig streets with six laes. The coverage of the city withi a five-miute bike ride is cosiderably dimiished, particularly from the Metro Gree Lie Statio ad at the edges of the city. The proposed bicycle etwork is desiged coect these destiatios to eighborhoods ad to each other, o comfortable, safe facilities i order to support better multi-modal access through the city. This Bicycle Master Pla proposes a etwork of bicycle facilities icludig routes that could immediately support bicycle laes ad bicycle routes, providig comprehesive coverage of the city to key destiatios, as well as projects that would help maximize the coectivity of facilities throughout the city, improve access to the regioal bike paths, ad provide coectios to adjacet cities. Secod, may arterials have two laes i each directio ad parkig laes o both sides, but support lower-tha-expected traffic volumes. Several of these arterials experiece speedig cocers, based o vehicle couts, speed surveys, 29

30 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla Commerce Telegraph Rd LA Couty Uicorporated Bell Pico Rivera Cudahy Bell Gardes Suva St Tweedy L South Gate Firestoe Blvd Stewart ad Gray Rd Old River School Rd Rives Ave Florece Ave Warre High School Dowey 5th St Dowey Civic Ceter Dowey Ave Dowey High School Gallati Rd Lakewood Blvd Woodruff Ave Florece Ave 5 Sata Fe Sprigs Lywood Gardedale St Paramout Imperial Hwy Dowey Ave Paramout Blvd Alameda St Lakewood Blvd M Brookshire Ave Patto Rd Columbia Way Metro Gree Lie: Lakewood Blvd 105 Bellflower Blvd Bellflower Foster Rd Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd 605 Norwalk Bike Travel Time/Distace (Miutes/Miles) Existig Bicycle Facilities Bike Path (Class I) Uder/Overpass Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Plaed Bicycle Facilities 1/.5 5/1 10/1.5 Bike Lae (Class II) Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Bike Route (Class III) School Park N 30 Figure 3-8: Bike Shed Aalysis (All Streets) Figure 3-8 Estimated Bike Travel Times from Dowey Civic Ceter/Dowey High School, Warre High School, ad Metro Gree Lie Statio

31 August 2014 DRAFT Commerce Telegraph Rd LA Couty Uicorporated Bell Pico Rivera Cudahy Bell Gardes Suva St Tweedy L South Gate Firestoe Blvd Stewart ad Gray Rd Old River School Rd Rives Ave Florece Ave Warre High School Dowey 5th St Dowey Civic Ceter Dowey Ave Dowey High School Gallati Rd Lakewood Blvd Woodruff Ave Florece Ave 5 Sata Fe Sprigs Lywood Gardedale St Paramout Imperial Hwy Dowey Ave Paramout Blvd Alameda St Lakewood Blvd M Brookshire Ave Columbia Way Metro Gree Lie: Lakewood Blvd Patto Rd 105 Bellflower Blvd Bellflower Foster Rd Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd 605 Norwalk Bike Travel Time/Distace (Miutes/Miles) Existig Bicycle Facilities Bike Path (Class I) Uder/Overpass Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Plaed Bicycle Facilities 1/.5 5/1 10/1.5 Bike Lae (Class II) Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Bike Route (Class III) Park School N Figure 3-9: Bike Shed Aalysis (No Six-Lae Streets) Figure Estimated Bike Travel Times from Dowey Civic Ceter/Dowey High School, Warre High School, ad Metro Gree Lie Statio

32 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla 4. PROPOSED BICYCLE FACILITIES Proposed Bicycle Network Based o the existig coditios i Dowey ad the public iput obtaied throughout the Bicycle Master Pla process, ew bicycle facilities are proposed i two phases. Phase I Phase 1 projects for the proposed bicycle etwork iclude Class II ad Class III bikeways. Table 4-1 summarizes the type, legth, ad locatio of each facility. I total, 31 Phase 1 projects iclude almost 15 miles of Class II bike laes alog with early 19 miles of Class III bike routes. Figure 4-1 illustrates the extet ad coectivity of the proposed facilities for Phase 1. The proposed Class II bikeways alog Woodruff Aveue betwee Firestoe Blvd ad Foster Road could be costructed without ay other chage to the existig cross-sectio of the street. The other proposed Class II bikeways alog Old School River Road, Dowey Aveue, Brookshire Aveue, Columbia Way, Gallati Road ad Stewart ad Gray Road would require a road diet to trasform the street from two laes i both directios ad parkig o both sides to oe lae i each directio with a ceter tur lae ad parkig o both sides. Road diets are traffic calmig tools desiged to ecourage motorists to obey the speed limit, improvig safety for all road users ad adjacet residets. I Dowey, as discussed i the previous chapter, speedig is a particular problem o residetial streets (secodary arterials) that have excess capacity ad width. The road diet reduces average speed, maitais operatioal efficiecy, ad improves safety. I additio, road diets allow the reallocatio of right-of-way from motorists to other uses such as streetscapig or bicycle laes. The amout of reallocated right-of-way o the proposed segmets would permit the costructio of high- Table 4-1: Summary of Proposed Phase I Bikeways Locatio From To Type of Facility Legth of Segmet (miles) Guatemala Ave Bagle Rd (I-5) Gaiford St Class III 1.13 Gaiford St/Tecum Rd Guatemala Ave Florece Ave Class III 0.27 Old School River Rd Florece Ave Imperial Hwy Class II 2.39 Tweedy L Bagle Rd (I-5) Florece Ave Class III 1.07 Rives Ave Florece Ave Imperial Hwy Class III 2.39 Dowey Ave Gallati Rd 5th St Class II 1.23 Dowey Ave 5th St Firestoe Blvd Class III 0.3 Dowey Ave Firestoe Blvd Gardedale St Class II 2.04 Brookshire Ave Gallati Rd Cherokee Dr Class III 0.86 Brookshire Ave Cherokee Dr Gardedale St Class II 2.63 Patto Rd/Birchdale Ave Firestoe Blvd Meadow Rd Class III 1.42 Hawell Ave Adoree St Gardedale St/Foster Rd Class III 0.34 Columbia Way Lakewood Blvd Foster Rd Class II 0.82 Passos Blvd Telegraph Rd I-5 Overpass Class III 0.25 Lemora Ave/Haledo Ave I-5 Overpass Florece Ave Class III 0.74 Woodruff Ave Florece Ave Firestoe Blvd Class III 0.91 Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd Foster Rd Class II 1.53 Gallati Rd Tweedy L Lakewood Blvd Class II 0.92 Gallati Rd Lakewood Blvd I-5 Freeway Class III 0.97 Suva St Scout Ave Paramout Blvd Class III 0.85 Diwiddie St Rio Hodo Dr Old River School Rd Class III th St / Fostoria St Old River School Rd Paramout Blvd Class III th St / Cecilia St Paramout Blvd Pico Vista Rd Class III 1.89 Steward ad Gray Rd Karmot Ave Firestoe Blvd Class II 3.18 Alameda St Paramout Blvd Lakewood Blvd Class III 0.96 Washbur Rd Bellflower Blvd Regetview Ave Class III 0.76 Quill Dr Los Padrios Dr Paramout Blvd Class III 0.91 Doova St/Rose Ave/James St Brookshire Ave Columbia Way Class III 0.57 Cogressma Steve Hor Way Columbia Way Bellflower Blvd Class III 0.54 Adoree St Lakewood Blvd Columbia Way Class III 0.33 Blodgett Ave/Priscilla St Gardedale St Lakewood Blvd Class III 0.13 Total Mileage

33 August 2014 DRAFT Motebello Cudahy Bell South Gate ' ' Bell Gardes Stewart ad Gray Rd Diwiddie St Firestoe Blvd Rives Ave ' Old River School Rd Commerce ' Florece Ave 4th St Dowey Civic Ceter Warre High School Guatemala Ave Suva St Dowey 5th St Tweedy L Dowey Ave Dowey High School Telegraph Rd Gallati Rd Lakewood Blvd Haledo Ave Woodruff Ave Pico Rivera Lemora Ave Florece Ave Passos Blvd 5 ' ' Sata Fe Sprigs LA Couty Uicorporated Lywood ' Gardedale St Quill Dr Paramout Imperial Hwy Dowey Ave Paramout Blvd Alameda St Blodgett Ave Lakewood Blvd Brookshire Ave M Doova St Metro Gree Lie Lakewood Blvd Hawell Ave Columbia Way Patto Rd Adoree St Bellflower Blvd Bellflower Washbur Rd 105 Foster Rd Woodruff Ave Firestoe Blvd ' ' 605 Existig Bicycle Facilities Bike Path (Class I) Uder/Overpass Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Plaed Bicycle Facilities Bike Lae (Class II) Norwalk ' Bike Lae with Road Diet (Class II) Bike Route (Class III) School N Gateway Cities Bike Project Idea Corridor Park Gateway Cities Bike Project Idea Locatio Existig Bicycle Path Access Poits Phase II Bicycle Improvemets Figure 4-1: Existig ad Proposed Bikeways ad Facilities Figure

34 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla quality bicycle laes with a buffer betwee the bicycles ad the movig vehicles, while maitaiig existig parkig o both sides of the street. The recommeded Class III bikeway facilities are for arrower residetial streets that experiece less vehicular traffic. These bikeways would iclude sigage ad wayfidig, o-street sharrows, ad could iclude additioal traffic calmig elemets. Phase II Phase 2 projects would build o the mometum from the Phase 1 projects, coectig parts of the etwork that iclude more space-costraied itersectios ad street segmets. These projects may require iovative treatmets ad adjustmets to existig pavemet markigs, sigal timig, or right-of-way. For example, the Class III bike routes o Rives Aveue ad Tweedy Lae could be coected alog a short segmet of Florece Ave to provide a cotiuous orth-south coectio across the city, but would likely require chages to Florece Ave alog that segmet. These opportuities ad challeges have bee idetified i Table 4-2. I total, Phase 2 projects iclude 1.5 miles of o-street coectios such as bike laes ad two capital-itesive bicycle/pedestria bridges. Oce Phase 1 Improvemets are implemeted, public support may be strog eough to begi discussios about more difficult coectios i the bicycle etwork. I additio, capital-itesive projects such as bicycle/pedestria bridges require several years for plaig, desig ad egieerig. Icludig these projects i the Bicycle Master Pla provides a framework for future improvemet to the bicycle etwork throughout Dowey. Proposed Ed-of-Trip Bicycle Facilities Bicycle parkig ordiaces allow a city to provide ed-of-trip bicycle facilities i a streamlied, trasparet maer. The process of developig a ordiace icludes settig appropriate levels of bicycle parkig for differet lad uses, Table 4-2: Summary of Proposed Phase II Projects Locatio From To Type of Facility Florece Ave Old River School Rd Rio Hodo Bike Path Coects N/S Class II ad Class III bikeways to Rio Hodo Bike Path Florece Ave Rives Ave Tweedy L Coects two Class III bike routes to provide cotiuous N/S coectio Florece Ave Haledo Ave Woodruff Ave Coects two Class III bike routes to provide cotiuous N/S coectio Paramout Blvd 4th St 5th St Coects two Class III bike routes to provide cotiuous E/W coectio Paramout Blvd Quill Dr Alameda St Coects two Class III bike routes to provide cotiuous E/W coectio Firestoe Blvd Woodruff Ave Woodruff Ave Coects Class II bike lae to Class III bike route to provide cotiuous N/S coectio Lakewood Blvd Alameda St Columbia Way Coects Class II bike lae to Class III bike route to provide coectio through Dowey Ladig ad to Metro Gree Lie Lakewood Blvd Adoree St Priscilla St Coects Class III bike route to Metro Gree Lie Statio Bellflower Blvd Pico Vista Rd Dowey Norwalk Rd Cogressma Steve Hor Way Sa Gabriel River Sa Gabriel River Washbur Rd Coects two Class III bike routes to provide cotiuous E/W coectio - Ped/bike bridge across flood wash would provide coectio betwee Dowey bike etwork, Rio Sa Gabriel Park ad Sa Gabriel River Trail - Ped/bike bridge across flood wash would provide additioal coectio betwee Dowey bike etwork ad Sa Gabriel River Trail Legth of Segmet (miles) Total mileage

35 August 2014 DRAFT establishig desig stadards, ad developig sitig requiremets to esure that istalled bike parkig is fuctioal ad appropriate i the lad use cotext. Bicycle parkig is geerally categorized ito two types: short-term parkig ad log-term parkig. Short-term parkig cosists of bicycle racks located outside of buildigs or i the public rights-of-way (o sidewalks, vehicular parkig spaces, or parks). Short-term bike racks should be coveiet ad i close proximity to a bicyclist s destiatio. Log-term parkig provides a high level of security for a bicycle ad the items attached to a bicycle (e.g. lights, paiers). Log-term bike parkig icludes bike lockers, bike rooms, bike cages, ad bike statios. Table 4-3 describes each type of bike parkig, iteded users, ad related locatio ad equipmet cosideratios. Bicycle Parkig Type Short-Term Parkig Log-Term Parkig Source: Fehr & Peers, LACBC, SFMTA Table 4-3: Summary of Bicycle Parkig Types Descriptio Iteded for a stay of less tha two hours or a trip ot made o a regular basis. Coveiece ad proximity to destiatio is the highest priority. Iteded for a stay of more tha two hours or a trip made o a regular basis. A higher level of security (such as protectio from theft of items ot able to be locked to a bike such as lights, seat ad paiers) ad weather protectio are a higher priority tha coveiece ad proximity to destiatio. Users Retail, restaurat ad professioal service customers Guests of multi-family residetial buildigs Employees at office buildigs, retail, restaurats ad persoal services Teats of multifamily residetial buildigs Locatio & Equipmet Bicycle racks i high visibility areas located less tha 50 from a buildig etrace. Preferred located i City right-of-way withi 500 of destiatios. Ca be located further away from buildig etraces ad wellmarked with sigs. Examples iclude bicycle lockers, bicycle cages or rooms, bike statio with attedat. As described i Chapter 2, requiremets for bicycle parkig are idetified i the Dowey Muicipal Code, Sectio Bicycle parkig is required for o-residetial lad uses over 50,000 square feet. The code does ot curretly provide guidace for bicycle rack desig, sitig, or residetial buildig requiremets. Bicycle parkig recommedatios are also described i the Dowtow Dowey Specific Pla (2010) Mobility Chapter. Bike racks, lockers ad bike statios (with or without attedats) are idetified i the Dowtow Specific Pla. Phase 2 recommedatios for the Bicycle Master Pla are based o these previous plas ad policies. Policy Recommedatios Dowey should cosider adoptig a bicycle parkig ordiace that provides guidace o desig, sitig ad the appropriate levels of bicycle parkig at differet lad uses. The recetly adopted City of Los Ageles bicycle parkig ordiace is oe of the most comprehesive i the regio ad the developmet commuity is curretly workig to make sure they uderstad how to comply with its provisios ad requiremets. The Model Califoria Bicycle Parkig Ordiace is aother good source for model laguage. This sectio provides specific policy recommedatios to provide bike parkig i the City of Dowey. Desig ad Sitig of Bicycle Parkig Iclude detailed desig stadards ad sitig requiremets for bicycle parkig i a bicycle parkig ordiace. This will esure that istalled bicycle parkig is accessible ad fuctioal. Both the City of Los Ageles Ordiace ad the Model Califoria Bicycle Parkig Ordiace have good desig ad sitig laguage. The Associatio of Pedestria ad Bicycle Professioals (APBP) Bicycle Parkig Desig Guidelies also provide good sitig laguage alog with accompayig photos ad graphics. The APBP guide ca be provided as a compaio referece to developers ad City desig review staff. Figures 4-2 ad 4-3 summarize ad illustrate preferred bicycle rack desigs ad udesirable bicycle rack desigs, for short-term ad log-term parkig. Public Right of Way The City should cotiue to provide bicycle parkig i the public right-of-way, particularly alog commercial corridors. The city should establish a program to allow local busiesses to request a bike rack for the city to istall i the public right-of-way outside of the establishmet. See below for guidace o sitig bicycle racks i the public right-of-way. 35

36 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla The existig muicipal code allows for sigs that prohibit bicyclig parkig. If bicycles are regularly observed to be parked by beig affixed to udesirable objects, the it is a idicator that better bicycle accommodatios are eeded at that locatio. Istead of istallig sigs prohibitig bike parkig, cosider istallig bike racks ad place sigs idicatig the proper locatio for secure bike parkig. Figure 4-2: Preferred Bike Rack Desigs Short Term Parkig Iverted - U: The iverted-u is a commo ad effective type of bicycle parkig that ca typically accommodate two bicycles per rack. This rack fits withi a bicycle s evelope, provides support at two poits, ad allows for ease of lockig a bicycle frame ad wheel. These racks are appropriate for sidewalks, public facilities, ad public garages. Post ad Loop: The post ad loop is a variatio of the iverted-u ad is also a commo ad effective type of bicycle parkig that ca typically accommodate two bicycles per rack. This rack fits withi a bicycle s evelope, provides support at two poits, ad allows for ease of lockig a bicycle frame ad wheel. These racks are appropriate for sidewalks, public facilities, ad public garages. Artistic / Braded Bicycle Rack: Some cities have developed or commissioed the desig of artistic or braded racks for their cities or eighborhoods. These racks ca take-o a uique shape or be a variatio of a commo bicycle parkig type ad cotribute to aesthetics of the streetscape. It is importat that cities cosider space required to accommodate bicycle parkig, overall appearace, security, ease of use, ad parkig capacity. These racks are appropriate for sidewalks ad public facilities. Log Term Parkig Bicycle Lockers: Bicycle lockers provide a eclosed storage space for each parked bicycle. Bicycles secured i lockers are geerally less vulerable to theft ad damage tha those secured to racks. It is importat that cities cosider the lockig mechaism ad shell desig for security purposes ad site layout for proper fuctioality. Lockers are appropriate i areas where security is a cocer ad cyclists eed to park their bicycles for exteded time periods, such as trasit statios. Bicycle Trasit Ceter Parkig: Bicycle trasit ceters provide secure ad climate-protected bicycle parkig. These facilities typically offer free parkig durig operatig hours, 24-hour parkig through paid memberships, ad a variety of cyclig services ad ameities. These facilities are most appropriate ear major trasit hubs. Bicycle Rack Sitig Bicycle racks istalled i the public right-of-way should be placed to avoid coflicts with pedestrias ad parked vehicles, o sidewalks typically ear the curb. Bicycle racks o private property should be placed i high visibility areas withi 50 of buildig etraces. Bicycle racks should be placed a miimum of 30 (36 preferred) apart to accommodate two bicycles parkig ext to oe aother as show i Figure 4-4. Spacig guidace for bicycle racks grouped with aisles is provided i Figure 4-5. O sidewalks, bicycle racks should geerally be orieted parallel to the curb withi the furishig zoe. See Figure 4-6 for spacig recommedatios. Racks provided at bus stops or loadig zoes should ot iterfere with boardig or loadig. Figure 4-3: Udesirable Bike Rack Desigs Racks that do ot support the bicycle frame i more tha oe place are ot recommeded. Wave Racks: These types of racks do ot support the bike frame ad ca rui the wheel if the bike falls over. Ladder or Comb Racks: These types of racks do ot support the bike frame ad ca rui the wheel if the bike falls over. Wheel-beder / Toast Racks: These types of racks do ot support the bike frame ad ca rui the wheel if the bike falls over. Bicycle Corrals Iclude defiitios i the Muicipal Code for a bicycle corral (also kow as I- Street or O-Street bicycle parkig). Bicycle corrals are created by covertig o-street parkig spaces or other uderutilized roadway space to bicycle 36

37 August 2014 DRAFT Figure 4-4: Bicycle Rack Spacig Recommedatios Source: APBP Figure 4-6: Sidewalk Bicycle Rack Placemet Recommedatios Source: APBP Figure 4-5: Bicycle Rack Spacig Recommedatios whe Adjacet to a Wall or Grouped with Aisles Source: APBP 37

38 City of Dowey Bicycle Master Pla The istallatio of a bike corral typically yields at least 10 bicycle parkig spaces for every oe coverted car parkig space. parkig areas. The City of Los Ageles icetivizes the use of bicycle corrals i their Muicipal Code by allowig all bicycle parkig spaces i a bike corral to cout toward the required bicycle parkig spaces of the busiess or property ower requestig the bicycle corral. Geeral Use Category Residetial Commercial Table 4-4: Model Califoria Bicycle Parkig Ordiace Required Number of Bicycle Parkig Spaces Specific Use Multi-Family Dwellig with more tha 4 uits: (a) without private garage or equivalet separate storage space for each uit (b) with private garage or equivalet separate storage space for each uit (a) Office Buildig (b) Geeral Retail (c) Grocery Number of Short-Term Bicycle Parkig Spaces Required (a) [.05] per bedroom or [1] per [20] uits (b) [.05] per bedroom or [1] per [20] uits (a) [1] per each [20,000] sq.ft. of floor area (b) [1] per each [5,000] sq.ft. of floor area Number of Log- Term Bicycle Parkig Spaces Required (a) [.5] per bedroom or [1-4] per [4] uits (b) Noe (a) [1-1.5] per [10,000] sq.ft. of floor area (b) [1] per [10,000-12,000] sq.ft. of floor area Required Bicycle Parkig by Lad Use Adopt bicycle parkig requiremets by lad use. Ratios ca be used to determie the amout of bicycle parkig eeded for ew developmet ad major reovatios. Bicycle parkig ratios ca be calculated based o the square footage of each lad use, a percetage of car parkig requiremets, or usig specific umber of uits (i.e. umber of employees, or umber of bedrooms). I additio to usig ratios, may commuities with bicycle parkig ordiaces also require a miimum umber of bicycle parkig spaces. Settig a miimum (such as two spaces) is importat for buildigs that fall below a square foot or car parkig requiremet. Table 4-4 provides recommeded umbers of required spaces from the Model Califoria Bicycle Parkig Ordiace. Licesed Parkig Facilities Require public bicycle parkig as a coditio of issuace or reewal of a licese for idoor parkig garages or outdoor parkig lots. Sitig requiremets should esure easy ad safe access betwee the public right-of-way ad the bicycle parkig spaces withi the licesed parkig facility. Bicycle racks should be located at groud level i parkig garages, clearly visible to pedestria traffic, ad away from driveway coflicts. Civic Idustrial (d) Restaurat (e) Parkig Garage (f) Outdoor Parkig Lot (a) No-assembly cultural (e.g., library, govermet buildigs) (b) Assembly (e.g., church, theater, stadiums, parks) (c) Schools (K-12) (d) Colleges ad Uiversities Maufacturig ad Productio, Agriculture (c) [1] per each [2,000] sq.ft. of floor area (d) [1] per each [2,000] sq.ft. of floor area (e) [2] spaces (f) [1] per [20] motor vehicle spaces (a) [1] per each [8,000-10,000] sq. ft. of floor area (b) Spaces for [2-5] per cet of maximum expected daily attedace (c) [1] per each [20] studets of plaed capacity (d) [1] per each [10] studets of plaed capacity [2] spaces (Ca be icreased at discretio of Plaig/ Zoig Admiistrator) (c) [1] per [10,000-12,000] sq.ft. of floor area (d) [1] per [10,000-12,000] sq.ft. of floor area (e) [1] per [20] motor vehicle spaces (f) [2] spaces (a) [1-1.5] per each [10-20] employees (b) [1-1.5] per each [20] employees (c) [1] per each [10-20] employees ad [1] per each [20] studets of plaed capacity for grades 6-12 (d) [1] per each [10-20] employees ad [1] per each [10] studets of plaed capacity or [1] per each [20,000] sq. feet of floor area, whichever is greater [1] per 20 employees 38

39 August 2014 DRAFT Replacemet of Vehicle Parkig with Bicycle Parkig Allow ew or existig automobile parkig spaces required by the Code to be replaced by bicycle parkig. The City of Los Ageles allows this at a ratio of oe automobile parkig space for every four bicycle parkig spaces provided. Removal of Abadoed Bicycles Require the removal of abadoed bicycles ad establish procedures for doig so, both o private property ad i the public right-of-way. Removal of abadoed bicycles is critical i order to maitai available bicycle parkig supply ad prevet the perceptio that bicycle parkig is leadig to blight. Special Evets Require bicycle parkig at special evets requirig street closures. Required bicycle parkig should be set as a percetage of expected daily Abadoed, stripped bicycle locked to bicycle rack participats ad should be moitored ad adjusted year-to-year, particularly for recurrig evets. Orgaizatios such as the Dowey Bicycle Coalitio could be a vedor or parter to host bicycle valet at special evets, as they did durig the Tour de Dowey. Dowey o Firestoe Blvd, Dowey Ave, 5 th St, ad Paramout Blvd. Proposed off-street bicycle racks are recommeded alog routes with may destiatios, at high-volume itersectios, ad alog key coectig routes withi the ostreet bicycle etwork. Figure 4-7 illustrates the locatio for all recommeded ed-of-trip facilities. I additio to safe bicycle parkig, ed-of-trip facilities iclude places to chage ad store clothig ad equipmet. Proposed chagig ad storage facilities are located at the Metro Gree Table 4-5: Recommeded Ed-of-Trip Facilities Lie Statio at Locatio Type of Facility Lakewood Blvd. Furma Park Bicycle corrals These facilities Apollo Park Bicycle corrals would augmet Dowey Ladig Bicycle corrals the curret Dowtow Dowey (5) Bicycle corrals log-term ad Alog primary ad secodary arterials Off-street bicycle racks short-term Metro Gree Lie Statio Chagig facilities bicycle parkig facilities at this locatio. Metro Gree Lie Statio Clothig/equipmet storage facilities Recommeded Ed-of-Trip Facilities Recommeded ed-of-trip facilities iclude a mix of o-street bicycle corrals ad off-street bicycle parkig i the public right-of-way. Proposed o-street bicycle corrals are recommeded at Furma Park ad Apollo Park, alog Columbia Way ear Dowey Ladig, ad at five locatios i Dowtow Bicycle Valet at the Tour de Dowey, hosted by LACBC 39