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RESULTS FROM THE PILOT TESTADDING A BIKE LANE ON 13TH STREET BY REMOVING ONE MOTOR VEHICLE LANE

Mayors Office of Transportation & Utilities

November 2, 2011

Presented at the University of the Arts

North-South Pilot Project

Provide bike lanes on 10th and 13th streets

by removing a traffic lane

What impact would lane reduction have on

motor vehicle traffic?

Volume Speed

Delay Peak Speeds

Jobs

ShoppingTourism

PerformingArts

Museums

PROJECT GOALSProvide north-south bike lanes through Center City

Discourage cyclists use of sidewalks

Calm motor vehicle traffic

PROBLEM

Philadelphia has an:

Active bicycling community

Extensive bicycle network

But the bicycle network has few extensions into

Center City where trips start or end

Narrow, congested streets have made the provision

of bike lanes or other accommodations difficult

9%10%

4%

7% 7%6%

23%

16%

10% 10%

11%

8%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

Walnut

Morning Peak

Walnut

All Peaks

Market

Noon Peak

Market

All Peaks

Arch

Morning Peak

Arch

All Peaks

Bikesaspercentoftotaltraffic

Bikes now account for nearly a quarter of trafficduring the morning peak at Walnut Street.

Pre Pi lo t P ilot

6,451

4,383

5,722

4,435

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1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

Locust to WalnutWeekday

Callowhill to NobleWeekday

24hourmotorvehiclecount

24 hour weekday motor vehicle traffic decreasedslightly between Locust and Walnut Streets. It

remained the same between Callowhill and Noble.

Pre Pilot Pilot

447 440

619

471

524

439

382

344

512

421

576

440

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WalnutMorning

Peak

WalnutAll Peaks

MarketEvening

Peak

MarketAll Peaks

ArchEvening

Peak

ArchAll Peaks

Numberofmotorvehicles

atpeakhours

Motor vehicle traffic on 13th Street during peak hoursdecreased slightly at Walnut Street and Market Street.

Traffic increased slightly at Arch Street.

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15

19

22

24

14

20

19

24

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5

10

15

20

25

30

Locust to WalnutMedian Speed

Callowhill to NobleMedian Speed

Locust to Walnut85th Percentile

Callowhill to Noble85th Percentile

Milesperhour

Typical motor vehicle speeds changed littlefollowing the introduction of the bike lanes.

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Walnut StMorning Peak

Walnut StAverage All

Peaks

Market StEvening Peak

Market StAll Peaks

Arch StEvening Peak

Arch StAll Peaks

Ma

ximumn

umberofmotorvehicleswaiting

whenlightturnsfromr

edtogreen

Queue lengths on 13th Street increased and decreased, butvehicles can typically pass through in one signal phase

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RECOMMENDATIONS

13th Street Bicycle Lane Should Remain

Revise striping at Market Street to provide stacking area for left and right turns

Move SEPTA lay-over location to north side of Market Street

Consider eliminating two parking spaces at Walnut Street to allow left turn stacking

Extend bike lane north to Spring Garden Street

Reduce conflicts caused by taxi queue south of Filbert Street