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MBPAC MEETING – HEPMPO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN EFFORTS January 25, 2019
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MBPAC MEETING –
HEPMPO BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN EFFORTS
January 25, 2019
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
I. WHAT IS HEPMPO?
II. TWO SUCCESS STORIES:
a) City of Hagerstown Bicycle Master Plan Update
b) US40 Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
III. TWO FUTURE SUCCESS STORIES:
a) Hagerstown Downtown Bicycle and Pedestrian
Safety Action Plan
b) Weverton Railroad Crossing Feasibility Study
WHAT IS HEPMPO?
Urbanized area with population > 50,000.
Administers the metropolitan transportation planning
process in the HEP region.
Funded - 80% Federal, 10% State, 10% Local.
Comprised of Interstate Council, Technical Advisory
Committee and Staff.
HEPMPO is responsible for:
Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
One of seven MPOs in Maryland.
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
I. WHAT IS HEPMPO?
II. TWO SUCCESS STORIES:
a) City of Hagerstown Bicycle Master Plan Update
b) US40 Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
III. TWO FUTURE SUCCESS STORIES:
a) Hagerstown Downtown Bicycle and Pedestrian
Safety Action Plan
b) Weverton Railroad Crossing Feasibility Study
City of Hagerstown
Bicycle Master Plan Update
Partnered with City of
Hagerstown staff and
Bicycle Advisory Committee.
MPO-funded.
Public meeting, survey.
Laid out implementation
plan for future facilities,
phasing and priorities.
Completed May 2016,
adopted by Mayor and City
Council.
Following Plan, 2017 and 2018
Bikeways Grant Awards
received ($156K total).
Nearly 7 total miles of new
shared-lane markings and bike
lanes added.
City of Hagerstown
Bicycle Master Plan Update
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
I. WHAT IS HEPMPO?
II. TWO SUCCESS STORIES:
a) City of Hagerstown Bicycle Master Plan Update
b) US40 Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
III. TWO FUTURE SUCCESS STORIES:
a) Hagerstown Downtown Bicycle and Pedestrian
Safety Action Plan
b) Weverton Railroad Crossing Feasibility Study
US40 Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
Three pedestrian deaths
Apr-Dec 2014.
Priority for City of
Hagerstown and
Washington County at
MDOT Tours.
Need for PRSA
identified; MPO-funded.
Completed August 2015.
Study Limits (Cannon Ave –
Redwood Cir)
US40 Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
SHA District 6 secured
engineering funds for Phase 1
(Cannon-Eastern); plans almost
at 100%.
SHA OOTS completed
intersection improvements at
US40/Cleveland Ave.
SHA Administrator Slater
announced construction funding
awarded at 2018 Tour.
NTP scheduled for July.
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
I. WHAT IS HEPMPO?
II. TWO SUCCESS STORIES:
a) City of Hagerstown Bicycle Master Plan Update
b) US40 Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
III. TWO FUTURE SUCCESS STORIES:
a) Hagerstown Downtown Bicycle and Pedestrian
Safety Action Plan
b) Weverton Railroad Crossing Feasibility Study
Hagerstown Downtown Bicycle and
Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
MPO mapped bike/ped
crashes; concentrations
in Downtown area.
MHSO hosted NHTSA
Safety Action Plan
training.
Saw opportunity to
develop a safety plan
through SHA’s Bicycle
and Pedestrian Priority
Area program.
2018 Designated
BPPA (first west of
Germantown).
Plan development
will be State-led
(US40).
Downtown area
has crossover with
other planning
efforts.
Hagerstown Downtown Bicycle and
Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
I. WHAT IS HEPMPO?
II. TWO SUCCESS STORIES:
a) City of Hagerstown Bicycle Master Plan Update
b) US40 Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
III. TWO FUTURE SUCCESS STORIES:
a) Hagerstown Downtown Bicycle and Pedestrian
Safety Action Plan
b) Weverton Railroad Crossing Feasibility Study
Weverton Railroad Crossing
Feasibility Study
Private at-grade RR
crossing where AT/C&O;
USBR11/USBR50 diverge.
Popular Potomac River
access point.
21,688 crossings in 2017
(up 75% from 2015).
33 trains per day (CSX,
MARC, Amtrak)
Minimal safety features.
Weverton Railroad Crossing
Feasibility Study
Working with CSX,
NPS, SHA, DNR,
Washington County
on different options.
Public outreach this
Spring.
Developing concept
plans, environmental
screenings, cost
estimates.
THANK YOU!
