UF BIKE LANE ANALYSISDECEMBER 2, 2013KELSIE HOECHERL, MARIA MISSENA, & SOPHIA SAPORTAS

Policy 1.1.7: The University shall cooperate and coordinate with the City of Gainesville, Alachua County, FDOT and the MTPO to identify and implement means

to improve bicycle facilities within the context area.

IMPROVING BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ON THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA CAMPUS

Background Information

UF Campus2,000-acre campus900 buildings

Approximately 5,000 cyclists daily Research on pedestrian and bicycle behavior indicates:

willing to walk 1,000 to 1,500 feet between destinations (5-10 minutes)will bicycle up to three miles

Constraints to development Crashes by mode

Cycling Deterrents • Security during allocated

times

• Not enough information about regulations while riding a bike

• Limited connectivity

• Risks of crashing into pedestrians and cars

Policy 2.2.11: Corrective measures shall be identified and implemented in

areas that experience bicycle and pedestrian conflicts.

GOAL:Use GIS to analyze the existing bike lanes on the University of Florida’s campus and target the areas where

cyclists do not feel comfortable sharing lanes with pedestrians or automobile

traffic.

SHARING LANES

UF cyclists surveyed said that 250 ft was the maximum distance that they felt comfortable riding next to a vehicle or pedestrian.

Proposal Plan

1. Target paths that cyclist feel uncomfortable riding along with pedestrians and vehicles

2. Identify heavy flow areas of cyclist on campus

3. Analyze intersections of these paths with heavy flow areas as gaps for bike lanes

4. Target zones that need improvement so that cyclist feel more comfortable; therefore, people get encouraged to ride their bikes to campus more often.

Data Defined• Shared Use Paths: Paths

shared between bikes and pedestrians as well as paths shared between bikes and vehicles.

• Bike Racks Inventory: Availability of racks on campus. Analyzed by usage

• UF Buildings: Buildings will be used as a reference for the areas that need improvement

MethodologySelect by Attributes (Length)

Share-Used-Paths greater

than 250ft

Select by Attributes

(Description)

Heavy Usage Bike Racks

Clip intersection of buffers

Selectby

Attributes

Select by location

(intersection of two layers)

Highly affected Buildings/Zone

s

Gaps greater than

250 ft

UF Buildings

layer

Buffer by 200 ft

Buffer by 150 ft

STEPS OF ANALYSIS

SELECTION: SHAREDUSE PATHS LAYERBy attributes, we extracted paths with a length greater than 250ft.

SELECTION: BIKE RACK INVENTORY 2010By attributes, we selected hose bike racks that were deemed “heavy usage” from NOTES06

BUFFERINGTHE SELECTED “HEAVY USAGE” BIKE RACKS WERE BUFFERED BY 150FT. AS DETERMINED BY RESEARCH ON WALKING DISTANCES.

BUFFERINGSHARED USE PATH SELECTION BY 200 FT.

CLIPPING CREATED CLIP THAT SHOWS INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE SHARED USE PATH BUFFER AND THE BIKE RACK

SELECTIONSELECTED BY LOCATION THE BUILDINGS THAT INTERCEPT THE CLIP

RESULTS

Conclusion

There is a definite need to develop a safer way for cyclists to navigate around UF’s campus without pedestrian or traffic interference in heavy usage areas targeted:

J. Wayne Reitz Union

Chemical Engineering Building

Chemistry Laboratory

Residence Halls:

o Hume Hall o Kenne Flint Hallo Angela Mallory Hallo Mary Reid Hallo Nancy Yulee Hallo Beaty Commons

SOURCES• HTTP://WWW.FACILITIES.UFL.EDU/

PLANNING/CMP/MP0515/TRANSPO%20D&A.PDF

• HTTP://WWW.FACILITIES.UFL.EDU/PLANNING/CMP/MP0515/TRANSPORTATION%20ELEMENT%202005.PDF

• HTTP://WWW.FACILITIES.UFL.EDU/PLANNING/CMP/

• HTTP://WWW.FACILITIES.UFL.EDU/PLANNING/CMP/MP0515/2_URBAN%20DESIGN%20D&A.PDF

All screenshots are original work of the authors created through either ArcGIS or GoogleEarth and therefore their property. Only to be used with explicit consent.

QUESTIONS?