PIN 950112 I-81 PedestrianBridge, Planning Study

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Introductions

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Purpose of the Meeting

• Discuss Need for a Study

• Provide Overview Needs, Objectives, andOutcomes of the Study

• Review Study Analyses & Information

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• Review Study Analyses & Information

• Receive Public Input

• Distribute Community Survey

Why a Study?

• Bridge Condition

• Low Clearance OverI-81

• Americans with

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• Americans withDisabilities ActRequirements

• Advantages of a Study

Study Objectives

Primary Objective:

Identify the pedestrian needs of the community in the vicinity ofthe existing I-81 pedestrian bridge and to develop alternatives

that will meet those needs in a practical way to be addressed as afuture capital project

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future capital project

Secondary Objective:

Document bicycle needs in the project area and identify solutionsto address those needs to the extent that they do not conflict withpedestrian needs of primary objective and can be addressed in a

practical way by a future capital project.

Study Analyses & Information

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Pedestrian Counts

Summary of Pedestrian CountsMay 16- 29 & July 3- 22, 2013

Total Pedestrians 1350

Average Daily Pedestrians 40

Lowest Use Day (Friday, 7/19) 17

Highest Use Day

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Highest Use Day(Memorial Day, Monday, 5/27)

75

Summary of Spiedie Fest WeekendPedestrian CountsAugust 2- 4, 2013

Total Pedestrians 3549

Average Daily Pedestrians 887

Engineering Analysis

• Feasibility

• Accident Screening

• Environmental Resources

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• Cost

Inventory of Pedestrian GeneratingEvents and Locations

• Spiedie Fest

• Otsiningo Park &Farmers Market

• Employers

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• Employers

• Sunrise Terrace

• BCC

• Others?

Public Outreach & CommunityInput

• Tonight’s Meeting

• Local Officials Meetings

• Community Survey

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• Future Outreach

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Conceptual Alternatives

• Null/Removal Alternative

• Rehabilitation of Pedestrian Bridge

• Retrofit of Front St./US Route 11 Bridge overI-81 with Pedestrian Accommodations

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I-81 with Pedestrian Accommodations

• Replacement on Existing or New Alignment

• Pedestrian Underpass

• Others?

Next Steps

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Contact Information

Jillian Newby, Project Manager

NYSDOT- Region 9

44 Hawley St.

Binghamton, NY 13901

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Binghamton, NY 13901

607-721-8576

81PedestrianBridge@dot.ny.gov

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