2016.03.17 Downtown West Community Input Meeting 1 - Edgewood School

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Downtown West

Community Input Meeting

A project funded by a $1.2million grant from the CT Department of Transportation’s Community Connectivity Program

Designed and constructed by City of New Haven

#DowntownWest#EdgewoodAve

@NewHavenDOT

@NewHavenEng


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Presentation Outline

Introductions

Project Purpose

Project Background

City’s Vision

Street Design Guides

Edgewood Avenue Corridor

Design Considerations

Planning Process

Conceptual Plans

Further Input – Q&A

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Project Purpose

“The purpose of the Downtown West

Commuting

Corridor

project

is

to

establish

a

two‐way, dedicated, and protected cycle track

from western residential neighborhoods and

SCSU to

downtown

New

Haven.”

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Project Purpose

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SCSUSCSU

Downtown

New Haven

Western Section

of

New Haven

Western Section

of

New Haven


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Street Smarts Education

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• Complete Streets legislation

• “Street Smarts” transportation safety campaign

• Traffic enforcement

• Physical improvements to city streets


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Design Manual

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• Complete Streets Committee: Residents: (3); BOA (3)& City Staff (3)

• Mission: To develop and promote a safe context‐sensitive transportation network that serves all users and

integrates the planning and design of complete streets that fosters a livable, sustainable, and economically vibrant

community. Develop both a manual and a process for ongoing public involvement.

• Adopted:

By the

Board

of

Aldermen,

September

7,

2010


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Enforcement and Education

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In June of 2015

NHPD announced

fleet of new hires

trained on

bicycle

City Parking

Enforcement is

trained on

bicycle

and rides city’s bike

lanes to enforce


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City’s Multimodal Vision Map


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National Guidance on Street Design

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NACTO Bikeway

Design

Guide

(2011)

NACTO Urban Street Design Guide (2013)

FHWA Separated Bike Lane and Planning Design Guide (2015)

NACTO Transit

Street

Design

Guide

(April

2016)


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West of Mall section ‐ Orange

Edgewood Mall section ‐ Green

East of

Mall

Section

‐ Blue


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Design Considerations

Roadway Geometry

Posted

and

travel

speeds Traffic volumes

On‐street parking

Driveways

Traffic signals

Pedestrian movements

Pavement Condition

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Planning Process

Field meetings

Design issues

– Traffic signals

– On‐street parking

– Bicycle lane transitions

Community Input March 17th at 6:30pm ‐ Edgewood

March 29th at 6:30pm ‐ Troup School

Refine designs

based

on

input

Present final designs to

City Plan Commission

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Parking Counts

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Street Cross St 1 Cross St 2 Side of

Street Spaces Cars Cars Cars Cars Cars Cars Cars Cars Cars Cars Cars Cars

Edgewood Ave Forest Rd Alston Ave North 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Edgewood Ave Forest Rd Alston Ave South 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Edgewood Ave Alston Ave McKinley Ave North 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Edgewood Ave Alston Ave McKinley Ave South 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Edgewood Ave McKinley Ave Alden Ave North 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Edgewood Ave McKinley Ave Alden Ave South 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Edgewood Ave Alden Ave Marvel Rd North 10 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 4

Edgewood Ave Marvel Rd Central Ave North 15 3 4 1 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 6 4

Edgewood Ave Alden Ave Central Ave South 19 1 2 3 1 4 1 7 5 4 3 3 3

Edgewood Ave Central Ave W Rock Ave North 9 2 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 3 2 2 1

Edgewood Ave Central Ave W Rock Ave South 10 1 2 2 1 2 5 0 4 2 3 4 2

Edgewood Ave W Rock Ave Yale Ave North 13 8 9 5 10 5 5 5 6 6 7 3 7

Edgewood

Ave W

Rock

Ave Yale

Ave South 13 6 5 7 5 6 4 4 6 3 5 0 3Post date 23‐Feb 24‐Feb 25‐Feb 26‐Feb 29‐Feb 1‐Mar 2‐Mar 3‐Mar 9‐Mar 10‐Mar 14‐Mar 15‐Mar

Time 12pm 12pm 11:30am 12pm 11:30am 12pm 12pm 11:30am 11:30am 12pm 3:00pm 9:30am


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Parking – fixing Yale Ave adding >150 spaces

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Conceptual Plans – Present Day

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Conceptual Plans – Before SB502

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Conceptual Plans – After SB502

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Eastern Section – Between Winthrop and Orchard

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Edgewood Mall Section

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Western Section – Concept 1

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Western Section – Concept 2

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Question and Answer

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Contact us and let us know your thoughts!

Doug Hausladen – 203‐946‐8067

[email protected]

Giovanni Zinn – 203‐946‐8105

[email protected]

2016.03.17 Downtown West Community Input Meeting 1 - Edgewood School

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