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

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

Build it and they will come

1990

2012

Build it better

2012 background

With bike boxes

With boxes and signals

With boxes, signals and better lanes

Bikeways

Funded

Blvd emphasis

Bikeways

1990 census

2008 census

2008 8 percent 23% of commuters lived in areas where average bicycle mode split was 13.2%

2008 4.5 percent City-wide bicycle commuting has increased more than 20% since 2008 46% of commuters lived in areas where average bicycle mode split was 9.6%

Take away my parking, please.

Bicycle Corrals

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

SW STARK ST & 10 th AVE, Ace Hotel 23

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

SE DIVISION ST & 22 nd AVE, Bar Avignon 25

Importance of children

Bicycle Corrals background map

Bicycle Corrals installed

Bicycle Corrals requested

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

Build it even better

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

Cycle tracks and buffered lanes

Better lane emphasis

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

SW MOody

SW Moody & Sheridan

Cross bike at Scramble signal

SW Moody, Portland OR

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

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

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

Left Turn Box

Broadway left turn pocket

Broadway left turn pocket Intersection

Cully cycle track

SW Broadway ADA zone

Cully cycle track

Bicycle lanes and tracks

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

Cycle track Cully Boulevard, Northeast Portland

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

Cully cycle track

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

Cycle Tracks: NE Multnomah

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

Standard Configuration: 12-6 1 ft. 12 ft. 6 ft. 10.5 ft. 2.75 ft. 8.5 ft. 8.5 ft. 3.75 ft. 6 ft. 2 ft. 12 ft. 6 ft. 1 ft.

8 Buffered Bike Lane: 10-8 4" stripe 8" stripe 8" stripe

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

SW Oak

13-70 8-80? Change is incremental Barriers more political than practical We are making changes and seeing the results

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

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

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

Portland Region Transportation Expenditures Cumulative 1995-2010 $4 billion active transportation transit Motor vehicle & freight

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

Thank you Jonathan Maus/bikeportland.org