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The Last Mile – The Charlotte Story
Dan Gallagher, AICPCharlotte DOT – Planning Manager
Railvolution | September 22, 2014
• What we inherited• What we are doing• What’s next
The way we used to build streets…
The Last Mile – used to just happen
The way we built streets from 1950 - 2000…
Somehow – we forgot about the last mile
In many ways…our profession forgot about pedestrians
1. Identify what is not working and quit doing it!
2. Get it into your codes/policies!
3. Some big things…lots of little things
We needed to change - Get your ordinances/polices right!
It’s not just sidewalks and bikeways…
Steps toward improving the Last Mile
It’s about creating GREAT PLACES and GREAT STREETS
70 feet wide
Charlotte’s Movement to Complete Streets
Many tools – 1 tool is road diets
East Boulevard
16 feet wide
Charlotte has implemented 25+ road diets in last 8 years!
We Invested! - A lot in 10 years!
• $46OM LRT (2007)• $65M – streets,
sidewalks, bikeways
• $1.2B LRT (2017)• $110M – streets,
sidewalks, bikeways
$400M
Complete Streets
Emphasis on LRT Station Areas - our jewels!
Æb LYNX Blue Line Station
Light Rail Station 1 Mile Buffer
Infrastructure plans
Infrastructure for each station area…concurrent with LRT
Æb LYNX Blue Line Station
SCIP Projects
Light Rail Station 1 Mile Buffer
Before After
Better pedestrian environments through capital improvements
Made pathways to stations - inviting
Before After
Better pedestrian environments through private development
Rely on the Private Sector
Æb LYNX Blue Line Station
Bike Lanes
Signed Bike Route
Off Street Paths
SCIP Projects
Light Rail Station 1 Mile Buffer
Complement with a Bike Network
Implemented Charlotte Bcycle
Entirely privately funded!
Bike Lanes on Many Thoroughfares
YEAR_BUILT
Bike Lanes
Signed Bike Routes
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Paved
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Unpaved
Suggested Bike Routes
Bike Lanes In 2003
YEAR_BUILT
Bike Lanes
Signed Bike Routes
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Paved
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Unpaved
Suggested Bike Routes
Growing Our Bike Network
YEAR_BUILT
Bike Lanes
Signed Bike Routes
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Paved
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Unpaved
Suggested Bike Routes
YEAR_BUILT
Bike Lanes
Signed Bike Routes
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Paved
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Unpaved
Suggested Bike Routes
YEAR_BUILT
Bike Lanes
Signed Bike Routes
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Paved
Greenways and Off-Street Paths - Unpaved
Suggested Bike Routes
Facility Type MilesBike lanes and paved shoulders (>3') 75Signed routes 55Greenways and off-street paths 44Total 174
Implemented a big bicycling toolbox!
Continually expanding our toolbox…
Bicycle Detection Bike Box
1212thth Street Cycletrack Street Cycletrack
Buffered Bike Lanes and Green Lanes
Remount Road
E. 4th Street
Little Sugar Creek Greenway = 4 miles
Learned from Minneapolis!Imagine 26 miles! - $35M
Improved Connections to Center City
Re-thinking our bridges
10th St pathway
South Blvd. pathway
Same model for LRT extension northward - Replicate your Successes!
Æb BLE Stations
BLE Alignment
Light Rail Station 1 Mile Buffer
• $1.2B LRT• $107M
Æb BLE Stations
BLE Alignment
Cross Charlotte Bike Trail
Existing
Proposed
Bike Lanes
Signed Bike Route
NECI Projects
Light Rail Station 1 Mile Buffer
• Sidewalk & Pedestrian Safety Program
– Fix gaps in pedestrian network by building missing sidewalks and key pedestrian crossings
– Bonds: $7.5 million/yr.
Over 200 miles of new sidewalk since 2002.
Build it right the first time – so much
cheaper!
Pedestrians are a priority!
The Last MileExciting times - Our work is just…starting
Dan Gallagher, AICPCharlotte DOT – Planning Manager