WINTER CYCLING CONGRESS. Small Town and Rural Bicycle and Pedestrian Design Guide

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1 WINTER CYCLING CONGRESS Small Town and Rural Bicycle and Pedestrian Design Guide Rebecca Gleason, MS, PE Taylor Lonsdale, PE Western Transportation Institute Montana State University In partnership with Alta Planning & Design February 2, 2016

2 2 Small town and rural bicycle and pedestrian design guide

3 Project Partners Funding: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota - Center for Prevention Michael Huber Project Team: Alta Planning + Design Dana Dickman, Nick Falbo, Steve Durrant, Joe Gilpin Federal Highway Administration Cooperative Agreement Dan Goodman - Office of Human Environment Livability Team National Association of Counties Kathy Nothstine, Jack Morgan Small Urban & Rural Livability Center Western Transportation Institute Rebecca Gleason, Taylor Lonsdale

4 Technical Advisors Bill Nesper League of American Bicyclists Talia Jacobson Oregon Department of Transportation Rich Crossler Laird Oregon Department of Transportation Jenna Stanke Marmon - Jackson County Oregon Roads and Parks Robert Ping Walkable and Livable Communities Institute Jim Rosenow - Minnesota Department of Transportation Peter Furth Northeastern University (International rural best practice) Gary Toth Project for Public Spaces Susan Law Federal Highway Administration Western Federal Lands Cindy Bobbit Grant County Oklahoma Commissioner Claire Collins Bath County Virginia Commissioner Lynn Padgett Ouray County Colorado Commissioner Wayne Emington FHWA Division Office Maine

5 Project Approach Design Typologies Case Studies Focus on Networks

6 TYPOLOGIES/SCENARIOS (STREETS) Side Path Enhanced shoulders Advisory Shoulder (Advisory Bike Lanes) Rural Multiway Boulevard Main Street Main Street with level surface Local special purpose street Calmed street (Rural bicycle boulevard) Single lane street Street with pedestrian lane

7 TYPOLOGIES/SCENARIOS (Intersections and Transitions) Gateway to Main Street Town Center Gateway to Highway Population Center Highway/High Speed Roadway Intersection Crossing Compact Rural Roundabout Shared Use Path and Roadway Intersection Side path Crossings Bridge Retrofit

8 Sidepath Queensland Australia Photo courtesy Alta Planning & Design

9 Sidepath Seward Hwy, AK Photo courtesy Paul Zykofsky

10 Enhanced Shoulder Townsend, MT

11 Enhanced Shoulder Yolo County, CA Photo courtesy Paul Zykofsky

12 Enhanced shoulder Lihue, HI

13 Enhanced shoulder Lihue, HI

14 Advisory Shoulders Photo courtesy Danny Kim The Dartmouth

15 Multi-way Boulevard Bothell, WA

16 Multi-way Boulevard Bothell, WA Bothell, WA Photo courtesy Google earth

17 Calmed Street Bath UK Photo: Alta Planning & Design

18 Roundabout: Big Lake MN Photo courtesy Google earth

19 FOCUS ON NETWORKS Networks are interconnected pedestrian and/or bicycle transportation facilities that allow people of all ages and abilities to safely and conveniently get where they want to go

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22 Gateway Transition Local Streets Rural Roundabout Main Street Main Street Side Path Path Intersection Enhanced Shoulders Local Streets Advisory Shoulder

23 Case Study: Ennis, MT Population: 880 in town 1,194 within 2 miles of school 3,291 in school district Town: Grid in town Madison River

24 Ennis, MT photo: Ennismontanarealestateblogspot.com Main Street Madison River photo: panoramio.com

25 Mustang Trail Marked Route Sidewalk or Asphalt Path Nature Trail Proposed Trail/ Sidepath

26 Golf Course Connection

27 Sidepath

28 Sidepath After Before

29 Sidepath Before After

30 Sidewalk After Before

31 Before Sidewalk After

32 Residential Street Portland, OR Shelby, MT Photo: Alta Planning & Design Photo: Taylor Lonsdale

33 Shelby, MT

34 34 Small Town and Rural Bicycle and Pedestrian Design Guide Research and Evidence Model Typologies Case Studies Photo Library

35 35 Questions Taylor Lonsdale, PE Rebecca Gleason, MS, PE I thought of that while riding my bicycle Einstein in reference to the Theory of Relativity