Modal ShowdownMarch 30, 2015

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Need for project

■ Cities have constrained ROW■ Multiple plans and desires for streets

ParkingLoading

Bike corralsParklets

Bus Layover

Bioswales

Taxis

Bikehsare

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Planning in Seattle

■ Comprehensive Plan■ Move Seattle■ ROWIM■ Modal Plans

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ROW Framework Use & Home

■ Type of projects?– Capital construction

■ Who would use?– Project Manager; Project Definition Team

■ When to use?– Before 5%

■ Home?– Complete Streets Checklist

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Chicago – Complete Streets Chicago

■ Mode hierarchy – based on street typology– Pedestrians always #1

■ Hierarchy can be changed with exception■ Decision trees■ Compliance committee for enforcement/implementation

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Washington, D.C. – MoveDC LRTP, 2014

■ “All major roads must have a second function beyond moving pedestrians and automobiles”

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San Francisco

■ Better Streets, 2010– Developed street typologies– Pedestrian and streetscaping design guidance

■ Mode hierarchy project (ongoing)– 20-40 street typologies (building off Better Streets)– Hierarchy with safety on top– Hierarchy to be adopted into General Plan

“When you start talking about modal ‘priority,’ you end up forcing trade offs that don’t’ need to happen IF you take away

space from driving.”

- Teo Wickland, SFMTA

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Starting from scratch …

OPTION 1

OPTION 2

OPTION 3

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Similar components

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Differences

OPTION 2

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Differences

OPTION 3

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Starting from scratch …

Loading

Bike corralsParklets

Bus Layover

Bioswales

Taxis

Bikehsare

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Functions, not modes

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The SIX right of way functions

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Rooted in policy

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Draft framework!

Is the pedestr

ian realm

sufficient?

Priority Freight Transit Bike

1 Major Truck Streets

HCT Off street path

2 Priority Bus

Protected Bike Lane

3 Arterial Streets

Frequent Transit

In-Street

Redimension ROW

Inventory functional needs Prioritize modal

plans

Determine transition zone prioritization

Optimize:-Can uses be combined?-Uses at different times of day?-General purpose lane be displaced?-Curb functions be displaced?-Lower priority mobility uses be displaced?-Alternate route?

Yes No

Yes 1. Support for modal plan

2. Access for commerce

3. Access for people4. Activation5. Greening

1. Support for modal plan priorities

2. Access for commerce3. Access for people4. Greening5. Storage

No 1. Access for commerce

2. Access for people3. Activation4. Greening5. Mobility

1. Access for people2. Greening3. Activation4. Storage5. Access for commerce

Between modes with equal priority, prioritize:1. Goods movement2. High efficiency person

mobility

Is the street in a modal plan?

Is the street in an urban center/urban village?

Can all functions fit?