Lady Bird Lake Trail Boardwalk Expansion
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Your Department with a Heart!
BOARDWALK TRAIL AT LADY BIRD LAKE
TEXAS TRAILS AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
CONFERENCE 2/3/2012
CITY OF AUSTIN
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Austin’s Groundbreaking Team
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Your Department with a Heart!
Agenda
1. Orientation
2. Project Summary
3. Design Standards
4. Sections of the Trail
5. Shade Structures
6. Restrooms
7. Recent Revisions
8. Benefit/Cost Analysis
9. Questions
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THE BUTLER TRAIL AT LADY BIRD LAKE
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Your Department with a Heart!
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PROJECT SUMMARY
• Objective – Safe, attractive, multi-use trail link • Timeline
• City design began 8/08 w/public input • Preliminary alignment approved by Council 3/09 • Final design and permitting currently underway • Bidding to start 12/26/11 • Construction to begin in 2012; completed late 2013
• A joint effort of Parks and Recreation and Public Works Departments • Construction funding from 2010 Mobility Bond and The Trail Foundation
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DESIGN STANDARDS
• Current Trail Conditions • Various widths 8’-20’ • Not continuous - gaps
• Dividing Line
• A mixed-use trail with mixed traffic • Prescribed width
• Connecting East and West Austin
• Detour Placement
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KIT OF PARTS
• 20’ long x 14’ wide deck section on 24” dia. • Concrete piers & steel structure • Textured and integrally colored concrete deck • Galvanized handrail & lighting • Etched centerline
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SKYLINE SEGMENT
Your Department with a Heart!
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WEST END OF THE BOARDWALK TRAIL
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BLUNN INTERSECTION
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UNDER IH-35
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BOARDWALK FROM IH-35
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EAST END OF THE BOARDWALK TRAIL
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BOARDWALK AT BREAKERS WEST TOWARDS IH-35
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SHADE STRUCTURE
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW AT THE BREAKERS
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LAKESHORE PLAZA – PLAN VIEW
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RESTROOM AT LAKESHORE
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KEY DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS
• LED lighting in handrail • Dashed centerline divider and regulatory signs • Accessible parking nearby • TTF Recognition panels at Lakeshore landscape feature
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NEXT STEPS
• Final permit review • Bid/Award • Construction
• Forecast Usage
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BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS
http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/bikecost/index.cfm
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BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS
Inputs: • Mid-Year Construction – 2013 • Off-Street Bicycle Trail • 1.2% Bicycle Modal Split • 2140 m in length
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BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS Demand
In a 1.5 mile (2400 m) radius around the proposed facility
Low Estimate Mid Estimate High Estimate
Existing Cyclists 502 5958 8962
New Commuters 220 2024 3018
Total 722 7982 11980
Annual Benefits
Low Estimate Mid Estimate High Estimate
Recreation 605,557 7,191,397 10,818,192
Health 28,123 259,079 386,265
Total 633,680 7,450,476 11,204,457
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BOARDWALK TRAIL AT LADY BIRD LAKE
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QUESTIONS?