Franklin Street Feasibility Study Phase II Public Meeting 2 Preliminary Recommendations

IBI Group with Gorrill Palmer Consulting Engineers, Inc. S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. | Titcomb Associates | Morris Communications

October 1, 2014

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Agenda

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Presentation: 30 minutes • Welcome • How We Got Here • Recommendations To-Date: An Overview of Stations • Next Steps Workshop: 1 hour • Please visit nine stations and make comments at each,

using sticky notes o Please write clearly! o Tell us what you like o If you have suggestions for improvements, tell us

about those too

Vision Statement

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Franklin Street will be a critical transportation facility for all modes of travel, linking Interstate 295 and Back Cove to the waterfront & island ferries and serving as an attractive gateway to the city. Franklin Street will be a vibrant, active and walkable urban corridor, connecting neighborhoods and destinations. It will enhance the urban fabric of the city through mixed-use development of appropriate, functional and diverse residential, commercial and recreational space in the midst of attractive streetscapes. All modes of travel, including motor vehicle, public transit, bicycle and pedestrian, shall be able to coexist in a design that is safe and environmentally sound for an urban setting through state-of-the-art design utilizing optimum architecture, street widths, curbs, sidewalks and street level crosswalks, and other appropriate amenities such as vegetation, trees and art.

How We Got Here

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Task 3 Needs/ Goals/

Objectives

Task 4 Existing Conditions

Task 5 Future Conditions

Task 6 Alternatives

Development

Task 7 Alternatives Analysis

Task 8 Recommendations

Task 9 Study Report

Task 10 Preliminary Design

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Base Map of Franklin Street Feasibility Study Phase II Study Area

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Urban Street Option 1 Alignment

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Urban Street Option 2 Alignment

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Urban Parkway Alignment

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Recommended Alignment (subject to further refinement)

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Recommended Alignment (subject to further refinement)

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Design Speed

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EXISTING Typical Lane Widths and Bike-Ped Infrastructure (north of Congress St)

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Typical Lane Widths and Bike-Ped Infrastructure (north of Congress St)

EXISTING

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Typical Lane Widths and Bike-Ped Infrastructure (north of Congress St) With possibility to accommodate transit in future

EXISTING

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Reducing conflict between transit and bicycle movement

Proposed Transit Service Changes (subject to refinement)

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Nodal Development Opportunities created by proposed realignment

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Whole Foods

Franklin Towers

Cathedral

Lincoln Park

Courthouse

Hampton Inn

Nodal Development Opportunities created by proposed realignment

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Whole Foods

Franklin Towers

Cathedral

Lincoln Park

Courthouse

Hampton Inn

Potential Locations for Development; Height TBD via Future Studies

Marginal Way Intersection Treatment

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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Options considered)

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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Options considered)

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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Options considered)

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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Options considered)

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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Suggested Option)

Lincoln Park Expansion Alternatives

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Lincoln Park Expansion Alternatives

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Lincoln Park Expansion Alternatives

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Range of Street Reconnection Options based on Feasibility (subject to refinement)

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Range of Signalization Options based on Feasibility (subject to refinement)

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HAWK beacon (High-Intensity Activated crossWalK beacon)

RRFB (Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons)

Bike Treatments – Existing

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Bike Treatments – Proposed

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Examples of Bike Boxes

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Philadelphia: http://portlandtransport.com/archives/2012/12/why_bike_boxes.html http://otrec.us/project/227

http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2012

Possible Parking Availability based on Feasibility (subject to refinement)

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Next Steps

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December 2014 – March 2015: Finalize Recommendations • Public Workshop: October 1 • Refine transportation modeling: October-November • Streetscape/landscape recommendations: November-January • Final PAC Meeting: January • Create multi-phase implementation plan: January-February • Create approximate cost estimate: January-February • Final Study Report /TS&E/Council Approval: February-March April - June 2015 – Preliminary Design Report • Develop 60% construction plans • Probable cost estimate