Loading...
06/03/2015 - Packet Completeness Review for Boards, Commissions and Committee Records CITY OF TIGARD TTAC -Tigard Transportation Advisory Committee Name of Board, Commission or Committee June 3, 2015 Date of Meeting I have verified these documents are a complete copy of the official record. Joe Patton,Meeting Secretary Print Name (1'-'q XPVpl gnature August 5, 2015 Date City of Tigard 41 Transportation Advisory Committee Agenda MEETING DATE/TIME: June 3, 2015 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. MEETING LOCATION: Tigard Library, 2nd Floor Conf. Room, 13500 SW Hall Blvd. 1. CALL TO ORDER Kevin 6:30 Welcome and Introductions 2. CONSIDER MINUTES Kevin 6:35 3. PUBLIC COMMENT Kevin 6:40 4. STAFF REPORT Buff Brown, Mike McCarthy 6:45 Transportation Planning/Engineering 5. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL—Update Buff 7:05 6. WALKABLE CITIES SEMINARY Buff 7:20 7. TRAFFIC CALMING— General Planning Kevin 7:25 8. INFORMATION SHARING All 7:45 9. MEETING CALENDAR REVIEW Kevin 7:55 10. OTHER BUSINESS All 8:05 11. ADJOURNMENT Kevin 8:15 Supporting materials/handouts May 6, 2015 Minutes Planning Calendar TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA—June 3, 2015 City of Tigard 1 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 1 503-639-4171 1 www.dgard-or.gov Page 1 oft L•\Community Development\Boards Committees Commissions\TTAC\2015\06 June\TTAC Agenda20150603 2.doex CITY OF TIGARD TIGARD TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes June 3, 2015 Members Present: Kevin Watkins (Chair),Benjamin Gooley, Elise Shearer, Erik Halstead, Evelyn Murphy,Mark Bogert,Joseph Vasicek (alternate), and Timothy Esau (alternate). Members Absent: Karen Hughart (Vice Chair),Don Schmidt,Jennifer Stanfield, Stephanie McKee, and Ravi Nagaraj (alternate) Staff Present: Buff Brown, Sr. Transportation Planner;Mike McCarthy, Streets and Transportation Sr. Project Engineer; and Joe Patton, Sr.Administrative Specialist. Others Present: None. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Watkins called the meeting to order at 6:32 pm. The meeting was held in the Tigard Library, 2"d Floor Conference Room,at 13500 SW Hall Blvd. 2. CONSIDER MINUTES The May 6, 2015 meeting Minutes were approved. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment. 4. STAFF REPORT A Southwest Corridor meeting is taking place at the Public Works Auditorium on June 17 at 6 pm. Buff announced that a community report card and feedback was received from the Walk Friendly Communities. It contains numerous recommendations to improve Tigard's policies,programs, and standards for walkability and pedestrian safety. Buff noted that some of the recommendations were previously addressed. Mike reported the North Dakota Street bridge was closed to vehicular traffic due to safety issues with the timber supports. The City is evaluating options for a temporary fix until a new bridge can be built. A replacement bridge will likely be installed in 2018 or 2019. The capital cost will be significant and the replacement will be near the top of the federal funding list. Hwy 99W/Gaarde/McDonald intersection work includes excavation for stormwater treatment/detention swale north of Canterbury and installation of the signal pole foundation near the old 76 station. Curb ramp work begins June 15 and paving in July and August. Paving projects include: Walnut St (Hwy 99W to Tiedeman Ave), Grant St(Walnut St to McKenzie St), North Dakota St(121st Ave to Springwood Dr), North Dakota St (Gallo Ave to 115th Ave),Springwood Dr(Scholls Ferry Rd to 121st Ave), Nimbus Ave (Scholls Ferry Rd to end of street), and 92nd Ave (Durham Rd to Waverley Dr) A sidewalk,bike lane, and a center turn lane will be built by the developer of a large senior living facility on Hall Boulevard (Sattler/Ross to Murdock). Page 1 of 2 TIGARD TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE June 3,2015 ODOT is constructing a safety project oil Scholls Ferry, to improve signals and lighting including left turn arrows for traffic turning from Cascade onto Scholls Ferry. On Shady Lane at Creenburg Road, private developers are constructing concrete `pork chop'islands that will prohibit left turns out from to address safety issues. At Ash Avenue and Frewing Street a private developer is making improvements to the south side of Frewing and west side of Ash in conjutxction with a new subdivision which will also include an extension of Barnum Drive through to Frewing Street. Signal adjustments occurred at the 72nd Avenue and HN%�- 217 interchange. 5. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL The hiring of a Safe Routes To School eoordtnator is ux process with a lire date hopefully by the end of I uly. G. WALKXBLE CITIES SEMINAR Buff announced there will be a Walk to the Talk event from downtown Tigard to the Broadway Rose Theatre on June 1.5 followed by a presentation at 6:30 pen by Jeff Speck titled, "Walking the Walk"•.Jeff also has a walkability workshop on June 16 at 3 pm, at the Public Works Auditorium, 7. TRAFFIC CALMING PROPOSAL PREVIEW Buff and Kevin presented information on traffic c.alnung treasures. The consensus was to look further at speed reduction measures and prepare draft guidelines for traffic calming measures using a "test case" to illustrate selection enter a.. 8. INFORMATION SHARING A. Erik shared a presentation showing bus stops from around tixe world. 9. MEE'T'ING CALENDAR REVIEW The next meeting is August 5, 2015. 10. OTI4ER BUSINESS A. Tlxe Bicycle Transportation Alliance is holding a ride event at the library on June 20 at I pm. 11. ADJOURNMENT Chair Watkins adjourned the meeting at 8:46 pm. i jo' 'atton,TTAC Meeting Secretary, AT'TFST Kevin Watkins,Chair Page 2of2 QWalk Friendly Communities COMMUNITY REPORT CARD AND FEEDBACK Tigard, Oregon May 4, 2015 Introduction Thank you for submitting an application to the Walk Friendly Communities program on behalf of Tigard, Oregon! A Walk Friendly Community is a city or town that has shown a commitment to improving walkability and pedestrian safety through comprehensive programs, plans and policies. Each application was evaluated by at least three reviewers to provide a fair assessment of your community and provide technical feedback on how to improve the walkability of your community. After thorough consideration of your application,we are unable to designate Tigard as a Walk Friendly Community. However,we were impressed with the city's sidewalk design coverage, downtown walking map, and the pedestrian accommodations on bridges throughout your community. The application to the Walk Friendly Communities program is an endorsement of your community's desire to support active transportation. It is our hope that the feedback and information we provide can help your community improve in this regard. We have noted several areas in which your community can improve its policies, programs, and standards. Please continue to build upon this foundation to work to become a Walk Friendly Community.This report card provides detailed feedback on how your community can take its programs and initiatives to the next level; take the time to review the feedback and contact us with any questions. Primary Recommendations This section identifies and provides suggestions for the most vital areas of improving Tigard's overall walkability.Additional details are provided in the following sections. We recommend that you read these areas thoroughly and develop clear goals, benchmarks,funding sources, and an implementation schedule for reaching these goals. • Develop and implement a comprehensive Pedestrian Safety Action Plan. You have some excellent policies and engineering standards, but a plan is needed to tie these elements together. Begin by reviewing the guide, How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, as well as the recommendations included in this report. Page 1 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org • The city should also adopt a Complete Streets Policy,which may help ensure that walking conditions are improved as a part of all roadway projects. • Sidewalks are the backbone of a Walk Friendly Community.Tigard needs to increase the speed at which it is constructing new sidewalks. New sidewalk installation should be prioritized for arterial roadways. • An Open Streets event during which a selected route will be closed to vehicle traffic and opened up for jogging, walking, and cycling would be a great way to promote active living and encourage more walking. • Tigard could create staff training opportunities by offering free webinars for city officials, planning and engineering staff, and school staff. • It appears that inter-departmental communication could be improved. Focusing discussions on pedestrian safety can target helpful countermeasures and create a cooperative dialogue between engineering, planning,transit, and enforcement departments. • Tigard should develop an ongoing count program to regularly determine the levels of walking in the city. This process will help you determine where people are walking, where you can focus your improvements, and can help "make the case" for more investment in walking programs and facilities. • There are a number of comprehensive evaluation tools, including Walkability Checklists and Road Safety Audits, which can help planners and residents of Tigard to understand how to improve the pedestrian environment. Feedback by Section This remainder of this report card will provide detailed feedback and suggestions for each section in the community assessment tool. Feedback will include research to support the importance of this question as well as tools, guides, and case studies of successful implementations in other communities. Each section received an overall score as defined below: • Walk Friendly:The responses in this section indicate that your community is particularly strong in this area with great efforts being made towards improving walkability. Even so, there are always areas within this section where improvements and growth could be made. • On the Right Track:This score indicates that your community does not exhibit the characteristics to be truly walk friendly in this section, but that there are still good existing programs or new programs that could be expanded. Please review our suggestions on how you could improve the walkability in this area. • Needs Attention:This score indicates that your community does not yet demonstrate strong programs, policies, and results, characteristic of a Walk Friendly Community based on the responses in this section. Please review our suggestions carefully on how you can create positive change in your community with both short-and long-term objectives. Page 2 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org Community Profile On the Right Track • It is good to see dedicated staff time and committee activity dedicated to pedestrian issues. Should funding permit, establishing a full-time pedestrian coordinator would be a very beneficial step for a mid-size city. • Signing the International Charter for Walking would be a great way for city leadership to demonstrate its commitment to enhancing walkability and pedestrian safety. In Gold- level San Francisco,the Mayor signed a Pedestrian Safety Executive Directive to express support for pedestrian safety—that directive laid out short-and long-term goals for pedestrian safety, and launched a comprehensive effort to improve conditions for pedestrians throughout the city. Status of Walking Needs Attention • Tigard enjoys relatively high rates of transit use and carpooling, but could improve on its commute mode share for walking, which hovers at, or below,the national average. • Increasing the amount walking and reducing driving often takes substantial political will and necessitates a receptive public to the idea. Studies have been done about the economic benefits of walking and biking, not to mention the transportation, air quality, and health benefits. By using arguments that resonate with the community, people can become more receptive to the idea of walking. Many online resources can be helpful in making the case for walking in the "right" way. • The crash rate is high in Tigard and nearly every reported crash resulted in an injury. It would be worthwhile to check if the police department is also reporting crashes that do not result in an injury. With the city's low fatality rate, it could also be that crashes are happening at slower speeds and as the result of pedestrian exposure.Your city needs to analyze the crash reports and roadway conditions for reported incidents. Planning Needs Attention • While the Tigard has general planning documents, creating a dedicated pedestrian plan with concrete performance measures would be a helpful way of prioritizing and implementing pedestrian facilities in your community (the How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan guide could be helpful).A pedestrian plan is the basis for creating a Walk Friendly Community.This is especially important if Tigard wants to achieve its goal of becoming the most walkable city! While drafting a plan is a large effort, it can guide investment and,through a public process, summarize the needs and desires of community members towards walking.This resource can provide some examples. • Fort Collins, a Bronze-level Walk Friendly Community, has a comprehensive Pedestrian Plan that sets reachable targets. • One of the main reasons the Pedestrian Master Plan of Seattle, designated as a Platinum-level Walk Friendly Community, is such a successful document is the clear establishment of goals and measurable performance indicators. With the objective of becoming the country's most walkable city, Seattle established baseline measurements, Page 3 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org performance targets, and data collection processes to improve walkability.These indicators fit into the four main goals of the plan: Safety, Equity, Vibrancy, and Health and contain such examples as reaching ten new schools a year with outreach and increasing pedestrian volumes in selected count locations. • The Complete Streets movement has gained traction in large and small communities across the country. Complete Streets are designed to create safe and convenient access for all users, including bicyclists, pedestrians, motorists, and transit riders.The National Complete Streets Coalition provides some useful guidelines and many other resources about this initiative. • By adopting a Complete Streets Plan, some communities have been able to leverage more funds for pedestrian infrastructure. Forest Park, Illinois, a Bronze-level Walk Friendly Community, has a great Complete Streets policy,which was signed by the Mayor and demonstrates a good understanding of Complete Streets and outlines performance measures.Tigard could use this as an example. • Pushback from the public or elected officials can be a deterrent for CS policies and projects, but education and outreach can go a long way to getting the support needed. Check out this the new Safer Streets, Stronger Economies publication from Smart Growth America (SGA),there may be some examples in it that can help you make the case. Another recent report from SGA discusses how to evaluate Complete Streets projects and report the results to decision makers and the public. • It is good to see that Tigard complies with the Oregon's citizen involvement requirements, but now it is time to take your public outreach efforts one step further. Public participation is integral to the success of transportation planning and should be considered at every stage of the planning process,from collecting baseline data to conducting post-implementation evaluation. • Bronze-level Burlington, Vermont, offers the option for drop-in public comments during expanded business hours,the option for child care/translators, and an outreach employee focused on new residents/immigrants.Tigard should also consider online tools for gathering public input (social media, project websites that utilize crowdsourcing, surveys, etc.). • Arlington County, Virginia, a Gold-level Walk Friendly Community, began holding "Walking Town Meetings" in an effort to solicit more specific public input, in 2007. Through local civic associations, community members took Arlington Board members and staff on a walking tour of the neighborhood to highlight issues of concern, ideas for improvements, and to showcase the community. Following the meeting, planning staff documented the issues that were presented as information and possible alternatives for consideration by the County Board. Tigard could institute a program like this that incorporates more active public input. • Research suggests that the more sidewalks in a community,the more people will walk. Ensuring that new developments build or repair sidewalks, and that collectors and arterials have sidewalks, encourages people to use the facilities.The small village of Essex Junction,Vermont, a Bronze-level Walk Friendly Community, has a sidewalk policy designed to better allocate resources, prioritize winter sidewalk plowing, and guide the long-term maintenance and reconstruction of the sidewalk network. • Santa Monica, California, a Silver-level Walk Friendly Community, has an exemplary sidewalk policy by which nearly all of the sidewalks have ADA accessible ramps on all four corners at intersections.Additionally,to enhance their complete sidewalk network, Page 4 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org Santa Monica has an advanced sidewalk repair reporting process,that the public can also submit reports online or through an app. • Tigard should examine systems for sharing the cost of sidewalk to ensure that sidewalks form a connected network. In Cary, North Carolina, a Bronze-level Walk Friendly Community, residents can sign a petition to be placed on the city's sidewalk priority list, which helps the transportation agency make difficult decisions about where to install and improve sidewalks. See the policy here. • A connectivity policy is extremely important in terms of encouraging pedestrian access and pedestrian travel. In addition, street connectivity,grid networks, and short block lengths are helpful in creating direct routes to destinations. More information about connectivity can be found here.The Victoria Transport Policy Institute also provides guidelines on connectivity policies. Silver-level Bend, Oregon, has a Development Code that establishes pedestrian friendly block lengths in different zones of the city(e.g., 400 feet block length and 1,500 feet block perimeter in the Central Business District). See page 234 of this PDF. • Tigard could also consider requiring pedestrian connections even if a street connection is deemed infeasible. If the connectivity requirement in Bronze-level Cary, North Carolina, is waived by the Planning Director,then the town requires residential developments to provide a pedestrian trail to link any cul-de-sacs. Check out section 7.10 of Cary's Land Development Ordinance. • Tigard should consider new ways to promote its trail system. For example, Bronze-level Cary, North Carolina, recently completed key connections to major destinations and is working to ensure that using trails is a possibility for all residents of the town.The town has a detailed "hike & bike" map and mobile app that make it easy for residents to explore greenways and parks. • A strong public transit system is linked with more walking, as transit riders are also pedestrians at some point during the trip.Tigard has fairly good transit service and ridership, but it was unclear from your application how the city works with TriMet to improve transit stops. • Accessibility audits could be useful in accommodating disabled populations at stops. Since individuals with disabilities rely on transit service, it is critical to provide accessible facilities in and around transit stops.The Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies can help identify areas where accessibility can be improved. For background on ADA and transit, check out the Transit Access Project from AARP Livable Communities.This case study provides more information about transit improvements. • The parking policies and practices in Tigard do not accomplish much toward the goal of encouraging a safer, more walkable environment. • Tigard should comprehensively evaluate its parking programs and should strongly consider maximum parking standards and parking cashout incentives as well as priced public parking. For more information,the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission has produced a Best Practices resource that can provide further guidance about this.The EPA's Parking Spaces/Community Places guidebook may also be helpful. • Tigard could consider developing a city-wide framework that clarifies its vision for parking management. Check out this Strategic Parking Plan from Gold-level Denver. • According to research, dense development leads to higher levels of walking and transit use and less driving. Some measures to increase density, such as form-based codes and density bonuses, can be very positive for the vitality of a community or city center.This EPA resource can provide more information about this subject. More information about Page 5 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org density bonuses is available through the University of Wisconsin's Center for Land Use Education.Tigard could also consider creating mixed use zoning districts that allow for retail on the first floor and apartments or office spaces above. This can help create a welcoming pedestrian environment and enhance the density of pedestrians on the street. Education & Encouragement Needs Attention • Safe Routes to School programs are a major area of improvement for Tigard. Check out this wide from the National Center for Safe Routes to School for some tips about identifying potential partners and developing a plan. Sharing success stories from other Oregon communities might also help motivate school leadership in Tigard. • Austin,Texas, a Bronze-level Walk Friendly Community, has a Safe Routes to School program that benefits from, and works in tandem with,the Public Works department's Child Safety Program.These programs not only provide pedestrian safety education to children, but also to adults.The Child Safety Program employs four safety trainers and targets drivers, parents, teachers, and students in a comprehensive pedestrian safety education program. Austin also encourages people to use alternative modes of transportation through a Walk, Bike, & Roll program.Tigard could consider establishing these types of programs to encourage children to walk (and bike)to school. • Ongoing education for professional staff underscores the priority a community places upon the importance of walking, walkability, and pedestrian safety.Tigard should take some extra steps to educate not only planning and engineering staff, but law enforcement, health professionals, and others with regard to pedestrian accommodation and safety. By educating public officials, communities can help ensure that ordinances and policies that support walking are actually implemented. The PBIC offers some training courses and free webinars.This case study also highlights how the police can benefit from extra training. Webinars, in particular, are often free and are a great way to educate local city officials with regard to walking and walkability. • A combination of education and encouragement efforts can have a large effect on pedestrian volumes as well as pedestrian safety in a community. Also,there can be major differences in the walking abilities, behavioral patterns, and learning capacities of different groups of pedestrians and other road users. Because of this, educational programs succeed when tailored to specific audiences and to the behaviors they seek to modify.Tigard could consider environmental campaigns and walking training or"walk to work" days and should tailor any campaigns to specific populations.Also, diversifying the audience to reach more residents of different types could be very effective in terms of educational initiatives.This PBIC webpage provides more guidance. • If possible,the city could consider creating some pedestrian safety public service announcements (PSA).The city could partner with local institutions and schools to encourage children to participate, possibly providing a prize to the best PSA. • Gold-level Arlington County, Virginia, has education and encouragement programs that are incredibly important in fostering community support for walkability: o Street Smart is a public awareness and enforcement campaign in its tenth year that uses print, outdoor, online, and broadcast media channels throughout the metropolitan Washington area to reach a diverse audience. Page 6 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org o The Car Free Diet program is an innovative development aimed at raising awareness of the health, environmental,financial, and commuting benefits of going car-free or car-lite through web,video, blogs, social media,transit advertising, a Car-Free Diet Calculator, and media outreach. o The Neighborhood 25 program is a campaign that began in 2010 as a response to the difference in fatal crashes that occur at 20 mph and 30 mph with "Keep Kids Alive—Drive 25" signs placed throughout the neighborhoods in conjunction with police placement of speed feedback signs. • Another great campaign is organized through the Parks and Recreation department of Seattle, which shows the city's commitment to walkers of all ages through a volunteer- supported walking program for adults age 50 and up called Sound Steps. Sound Steps is a free, community-based walking program designed to get older adults active and experiencing the benefits of regular exercise. It is a year-round program that provides connection to other walkers, tools to measure progress, a number of weekly walks from various locations, monthly hikes, and training for longer events.This might be something to consider for Tigard. • Santa Barbara Car Free in Gold-level Santa Barbara, California, is a project of the Santa Barbara Air Pollution Control District with support from the City of Santa Barbara, Amtrak California, and other partners. It encourages car-free travel through discounts and by providing information on walkable destinations like the Farmers Markets, parks, trails, and bus and shuttle services. • It is great to see that Tigard provides wayfinding signage along its downtown trail and near the transit center. Consider working with a downtown business association to expand the wayfinding system into commercial districts. • In Gold-level Washington D.C., the Downtown Business Improvement District led the effort of 30 stakeholder groups to develop a citywide wayfinding signage system that is now slated to expand to neighborhoods beyond downtown. • Consider a Car Free Event, or Ciclovia, during which a selected route will be closed to vehicle traffic and opened up for jogging, walking, and cycling. The event focuses community attention on alternative modes, and can provide numerous other benefits. More information available from the PBIC or the Open Streets Project. Case studies from Chicago and Clearwater, Florida, can also provide more guidance. • In 2008, Platinum-level Seattle piloted Car Free Days to open up streets to bicycling, walking, and playing.The city renamed it Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets in 2009 and made extensive efforts to involve local businesses,farmers markets, parades, art walks, and more. In 2012,they had Summer Streets events on four different streets through the summer, as well as Bicycle Sundays almost every Sunday from May to September. • Another great example from a Bronze-level WFC is Atlanta Streets Alive, which closes a street segment to motorized traffic and opens it up for people to play,walk, and bike.At least two miles of street are closed for four hours and the route rarely stays the same. The event is organized by the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition and it is held multiple times a year. At the September 2014 event, 106,000 participants enjoyed nearly five miles of open streets and more than 50 activities along the route. Page 7 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org Engineering Needs Attention • Sidewalks are the backbone of a good pedestrian system and encourage walking. Walkways should be part of every new and renovated facility and efforts should be undertaken to retrofit streets without sidewalks.Tigard has a reasonable amount of new sidewalk to be constructed in the next three years; hopefully the city can keep up this pace. • Consider making the city's list of missing sidewalk links available online.This will help make the process more transparent to the public. Gold-level Boulder, Colorado, keeps an easy-to-read description of the Missing Sidewalk Links Program on the city website. Web-users are able to view a prioritized list of sidewalk projects and learn how these projects are funded. • It is good to see that Tigard currently has a complete inventory of sidewalks and curb ramps. Establishing a permanent process for inventorying sidewalk and curb ramp conditions could streamline the process for replacing these facilities. • Gold-level Corvallis has an excellent program to replace and install needed sidewalks called the Sidewalk Safety Program.The goal of the Sidewalk Safety Program is to repair and replace hazardous sidewalks and to complete unfinished sections of the sidewalk system over time. Each year, one of eleven sidewalk districts is surveyed for sidewalks in need of repairs.The repair criteria are specific,to ensure consistent application in every situation. Corvallis's Sidewalk Maintenance Fee provides an annual source of funding to do this work, and the city will repair defects each year up to the amount of funding available. Tigard could consider some of these strategies. • Tigard has lots of bridges that provide pedestrian access, as well as numerous over-and under-passes specifically for nonmotorized travelers. Keep up the good work! • Pedestrian recall where pedestrians do not have to use a push button should be provided in all high pedestrian corridors and downtown. • A simple, useful change at signalized intersections is the leading pedestrian interval (LPI).The LPI gives pedestrians an advance walk signal before the motorists get a green light, giving the pedestrian several seconds to start in the crosswalk where there is a concurrent signal. Pedestrians are more visible to motorists and motorists are more likely to yield to them. • One way to increase yielding and to provide a safer pedestrian environment is to provide in-road stop/yield lines.These are helpful in reducing pedestrian crashes on roads with more than two lanes. • Tigard's practices regarding pedestrian crossings are generally positive, but if you would like a more comprehensive approach, check out the Pedestrian Crossing Treatment Installation Guidelines from Gold-level Boulder, Colorado,for an example. We'd also like to point out that a jaywalking ordinance does little to improve the safety and comfort of pedestrians. Check out this explanation on the PBIC website. • Explore options for shortening crossing distances-145 feet is quite a long way for a pedestrian to cross. • Traffic calming can provide substantial safety benefits in terms of pedestrian crashes. It sounds like Tigard has implemented quite a few traffic calming measures, but your application lacked detail about site selection and project prioritization. • Check out how these WFCs make their traffic calming process transparent and easy-to- follow for residents: Seattle, WA; Northampton, MA; Burlington, VT; and Ann Arbor, MI. Page 8 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org Enforcement Needs Attention • One effective method, particularly at locations with a documented crash problem, is the crosswalk sting or pedestrian decoy technique.This involves plainclothes police officers crossing in the crosswalk and observing if cars are yielding. If cars do not yield,the plainclothes officer will radio to another officer to pull over the offending vehicle. By using this enforcement type, drivers are made aware of what types of behaviors are not allowed. Using this in conjunction with progressive ticketing scheme allows officers to educate drivers more than penalize them. • It is good to see that failure-to-yield tickets are given out in Tigard at all. As in most communities, many more tickets are given out for speeding when compared with failure to yield for a number of reasons. • Gainesville, Florida, a Bronze-level Walk Friendly Community, has a model crossing guard program.To determine the placement of school crossing guards,the city's traffic engineering department considers gap studies, sight distance,vehicle and pedestrian traffic volumes, ages and grades of students,vehicular speeds,width of street and number of lanes of traffic, existing traffic controls, and traffic crash history. School crossing guards are required to take an initial eight-hour certification course and an annual two-hour refresher course. • Improving pedestrian safety in a community or region is typically the result of implementing different safety treatments and changing agency design policies. Crash countermeasures, or treatments intended to address pedestrian safety concerns, can take several forms: operational and construction projects intended to fix specific problems; changes in design guidelines to help improve streets and intersections in future projects; and education and enforcement programs aimed at achieving changes in motorist and pedestrian behavior or attitude. • Focusing discussions on pedestrian safety can target helpful countermeasures and create a cooperative dialogue between engineering, planning, transit, and enforcement departments. Creating a special focus group in these divisions can help focus on where the problems are and how to deal with them appropriately. • Gainesville provides a great example of using interagency coordination to improve pedestrian safety.The Gainesville Police Department speaks or meets once a week with city traffic engineers, which helps both agencies identify problem areas and potential solutions.Traffic crash calls in the city have been lowered by 32 percent in the last five years.The Police Department also meets once a month with State traffic engineers. Evaluation Needs Attention • Tigard should implement a count program, which could have substantial benefits in terms of funding for pedestrian improvements. A count program can help "make the case"for more/enhanced walking amenities and can help prioritize improvements. Consider participating in the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project, or use their count forms and methodology to begin your own counts. • Ideally, this program should perform counts several times a year and at locations throughout the city. Permanent count stations should also be considered to provide Page 9 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org annual data. Gold-level Arlington County provides a good model where they perform seasonal manual counts in addition to 18 automated counters.They are also developing an integrated database to store, analyze and share results of the two sets of data. • The 2013 edition of FHWA's Traffic Monitoring Guide (TMG) includes a review of existing techniques and guidance for implementing traffic monitoring programs for nonmotorized transportation. See Chapter 4 of the document. • You could also check out the recently published Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection. In addition to explaining different counting methods, this guide shows how count data can be used for measuring facility usage, evaluating before-and- after volumes, monitoring travel patterns, safety analysis, and project prioritization. • Tigard should look into conducting road safety audits, especially in high-crash areas.The Pedestrian Road Safety Audit Guidelines and Prompt Lists can be very valuable for diverse groups of city staff(engineers, planners, law enforcement) in reviewing the pedestrian environment and developing recommendations,while other tools such as walkability checklists, pedestrian level of service, Pedestrian Intersection Safety Index, and Health Impact Assessments can provide targeted information about pedestrian safety on roadways and in the community overall. • There are lots of examples of project evaluation activities, performance measures, and tools in the Evaluating Complete Streets Projects guide from the National Complete Streets Coalition. • Conducting pre-and post-evaluations for developments and other projects in Tigard is the only way to know how your efforts have improved pedestrian safety. Tigard should begin pre-and post-evaluations for every pedestrian project in order to develop a better understanding of how it has impacted pedestrian safety and walkability—you can use positive findings to justify more investment in pedestrian projects. More Information If you have questions or comments regarding this feedback,your community's initiatives and programs, or the application process in general, we'd like to hear from you. Please contact: Carl Sundstrom, 919-843-4963, sundstrom@hsrc.unc.edu Dan Gelinne, 919-962-8703, gelinne@hsrc.unc.edu You can also send general inquiries to info@walkfriendly.org Page 10 of 10 www.walkfriendly.org info@walkfriendly.org �Wd I w the I riot t I mom WALK TO THE JEFF SPECK PRESENTATION Monday, June 15 5:45 p.m. ti r Join us for a%mile walk from Downtown Tigard, along a portion of the Fanno Creek Trail and Grant Avenue to Jeff Speck's presentation on Tigard's quest for , a walkable city.The walk begins at 5:45 p.m. at the public parking lot behind Jeffery Allen Gallery on the corner of Main Street and Burnham Street. M .. Something's different in Downtown Tigard. See for yourself. ■ One of a kind street light ornamentation — who needs flower baskets? We have a uniquely Tigard approach to street light decorations. }I ■ What does a $3 million streetscape improvement look like? Stroll and see new bio swales, bike racks, benches and banners. ■ No trolls (or tolls) under this bridge. Walk our lighted trail connection. 1! ■ Take the first steps toward public art downtown and see for yourself how public art can dress up a downtown. Aj •. ,. �• 0 �� ,� 5c• 40 Park/Start Here (behind Jeffery Allen-Gallery) a n Presentation Qa`� (Broadway Rose Theatre) n City of Tigard t — , 0 Rift Air G�/�7J./ / � �:�G.Lf / / / l� � �.11./J Lia / / / � �•M.C"J PUBLIC PRESENTATION ABOUT THE Monday, June 15 6:30 p.m. ' ' I s What makes a city great? Broadway Rose Theatre �P 99W Jeff Speck, city planner, (12850 SW Grant Ave., Tigard) %rn4r author of"Walkable st ��a `�� Cities," co-author of This is a free event and * "Suburban Nation," and open to the public. I nationally renowned speaker(see TED Talk) The presentation is a timely complement to Tigard's long-term vision to become: will address making "The most walkable community in the Pacific Northwest where people of all ages cities where people and abilities enjoy healthy and interconnected lives." can enjoy healthy and Jeff is also leading a workshop that the public is invited to, but has limited space: interconnected lives. �a WALKABILITY WORKSHOP Tuesday, June 16 ■ 3-5 p.m. Tigard Public Works Auditorium (8777 SW Burnham St., Tigard) Registration is required, but free and open to the public. To register,please email buffo@tigard-or.gov. Sponsored by: r I%GARB is a TDA a'i • PACIFIC NORRMWEST o 77town TIGARD AREA Westside Transportation Alliance -HUriI r- �f(J 0.M. iTHE HOUSE Of ITS Y ''Int - - — — �1rIYi%' - �,.� •mm�. I I 1 ""'mss �r� � -� � �i'tii�M��� _��. �.�••��' = _ L `.�= - � � b� � -- Pi –�' 4 � •� '� a 1. _� i Y._�� I` �..{I y� ."` .`_`t y SSR .4� I = . .,�;�. M[ • II - _ _�.' rs � +�� �� } � ��; 4' :� �''= � _ •,� '�pry �. � • ���-'iii ,� �rt 'r 1, � _ I IT p ? �� Streetsare for children to play in, "Mr. Aronson " Newark New Jerse19124 Y9 k! . ek 1, a N� r Flo IL A *rod, 1. `;i V I�4f¢I�IIfFS .a www — I � _ o —dp .- � —Im r IF—* ' �#rp 3 6 ` E _I � � ti � � � � � � _® � �_� � � � w �: � � � � � � �I� u� � � r � � � �" � i � 1 1 1 1 1! i t � � � i � 1 � i d ' � � � ! 1 � 1 � 1 � � I 1 1 �' � 1 � 1 1 � � � i I . � � r � � � � � � 1 �' � � � I RAM DU TO MOMkVEMCLE.S CITY or Pnaripl{Jl 'AFAR 1978 ]MOTOR VUICLE VrT-K 749.% MOTOR VIKICLE WITH HOEEVEHICLf (L,4% _ •w++�0�o rte.ptiaaar �4TL' L 6�4iE6AENrj1'�. ffL*ILkR14. _ �mps1�fra�P�l� ?�ilme� t.R VE LA R Acc,jDE NT5 BY AGE GROU P5 OF PEDET 105 CITY BF PHILADELPHIA YEAR 1 Number of Accidents 100 440 600 BSD 1DOO 1TOD 14M 1600 1600 yrs y 1 -3 -515 Yrs. ov yrs+ MAILAD f L P HIA 'frn c; ISURIVEY com*d ffoln Phila. Poll ce Depi Re PRVPP,qdi¢UMM& 1W 019LECT"l Of !'ALAUWLPMIA PA, L i , . I 1 %v 6 ity On the Ordinance to. Curb Speeding VAI Limit of 25 biles Per Hour ana SAF ET It _ Bewwm . �r No Limit and the Lurking Danger of EAT Speed is Critical 100 - - - 90 - 8 - - - - - -- 7 . 60 50 40 -- - - LL- 30 - - 20 4% i_ 0 10 20 30 40 50 Impact Speed( mSource: Ashton Mackay (1979) Contributing Factors High s eeds - - ��� i' `�•►: WAL 1NLY +rte shoulders no curb no sidewalks ++" no trees large building setback guide rails Facility has the features of a road" or ' Zg way' s Contributing Factors - ♦ = Low Speed,--3 small setbacks •• • n.. raised curbs no shoulders , 4' parking Small curb radii ' Street trees Median a Urban type fixtures R Facility has the features of a 'street' or 'avenue' or 'boulevard' SRTS Evaluation City of Tigard Traffic Data Example Scholls Ferry (west bound only) Traffic Counts - Time of Day 700 600 500 — 400 — 300 - - 200 - - 100 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - QNQN .o° o° tip' ti ti moo. �ti. titi ti ti �� �� o moo. �ti. SRTS Evaluation City of Tigard Traffic Data Example Scholls Ferry (west bound only) Traffic Counts by Speed bin 2500 2182 2000 — 1500 1436 1180 1000 — — 566 500 - 397 — 327 2 6 13 59 119 40 8 1 o � 1-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-up SRTS Evaluation City of Tigard Traffic Data Example Scholls Ferry (west bound only) Traffic Counts of High Speeding 12 10 8 N 61-65 6 -166-70 IJ 71-75 4 J 76-up 2 0 OOa OP OP OP OP OP OP OP OP OP OP OP OQ OQ OQ OQ OQ OQ OQ OQ OQ OQ OQ OQ O .O .O .O O O O O - .ti. ,�. �. �. � .�. ' s� -_1 - - J - M _ F7.r ��.. s A y . AP ` ids'; ...��- � - .!--�l�'��: ,+f � �•�� �' ` 1�� ' .ww I L • i J��t low �ir LA oil ■ EVIL 14 1111111 WN tiA, j i - f do eF ° ■{ R - re- s /r ff- Traffic Ca min Neckdown f _ _ f , iCalming : Neckdown Tra c z4 SPECD LIMfT •� � 2Q- t, yy $�� ,fin• _ f i Aw r '#WIN AW k � -� l � � ','y���'-.. est � Y�^f f ... •r` - :,'�. -.��_ r� f W AW AM AMW AW +�F r -mow AV _ AW AV AV ,p f Mid - block Crosswalk (State Law — Yield to Pedestrians) P77 srnrE / LAW -71 TO WITHIN CRosswa, K — opt - _. sk a ' - - IN _ � V j �S cut - 00 r, � J) ° y � ftw- �r YJ - Ste_ r �■■7r�Ip� " � �d{���T �,� 4l� 1F*,�� j :t f.,...:1 �ti�i +.i" �,, `�"/ � q' i. �t. �.�'T�, _ ,may ro IJ �, �JJ P r I 0.� �� .i.L�7��1 �" f' � �' - .I. i . •- � __ - ' . tl' ' I 1 �.+. � .. .. ISI.* �0. a � {{ }} • t 7 a� 1 +. " �� 1 � - «= 1. � '=.�"f _,��_. � ;�e �'• ! pal` � ,r�.• '�' � j�� '!�" c ,,.-r � _ PwI z Ty' 4 r' a��yr.`''ji11i4 i$cosy! i -flow * �T lk _ - - -' 1. LLL..... ♦ .. - '�_- •. _ do. e .� yam. RI r ~ 1 42 spell �. 10 r n a.. .t' ter Alf Ilk jr •e�.1 ! 1� _ �W_ 'sem IJi r A�. Y�•!.t l ,',7.'1 y..' �joy I✓' P I. • r J f r" f op 41 :° . . . ooslT Traffic Calming Guidelines Tigard Transportation Advisory Committee June 2015 "Standards " • Clear focus • Minimize cost & impact • Straightforward implementation • Align with City's Goals Definition Traffic calming involves changes in street alignment, installation of physical elements, and other self-enforcement traffic measures in order to reduce traffic speeds and cut-through volumes Key feature 4 self-enforcement (not regulatory) Mechanisms Reduce traffic volume (e. g., roundabout) Reduce traffic speed (e. g., speed cushion) Ail Examples Tigard IIII reductions SW 115th SW Watkins 'r _ t y. Why focus on speed reduction ? • Less impacts on local residents • Less costly than traffic volume reduction measures • Usefulpartof "toolkit" for traffic "hot spots" Objectives • Enhance safety .1 • Improve livability (e.g., reduced traffic noise) 00� • Support multi-modal transportation system r (automobiles + bicycles + pedestrians) Issues ? ? • Installation costs 0 • Community acceptance 4L • Emergency vehicle access ''' Criteria for installations • General factors — Comply with best engineering practices — Not installed on Primary Emergency Routes • Safety factors — Limited line-of-sight for cross traffic, pedestrians, merging traffic, local use, etc. — Volume exceeds design standard (e.g., road width) — Proximity to schools, walking trails, parks, etc. Next Steps ? ? AM • Coordinate with other Committees ` I • Review policies & guidelines from other Cities • Conduct "test case" exercise mlttee Neighborhood STigard -ML ;F'�p� t - - ♦ r k '•titlassl souekwesi'x.ena war 4 • -�� S �/ � �'141. N'� �_ ..I: -` � -A Goc� �c eort� lat 43.402843° Ion-..88828°elev 194 R h 285 R'I Oleson Road Or } " f irk .�. �� Svp , '!L t � _ - ,' ��♦ 4 Go le earth San Francisco ::a0„a�m Q[F14; a ��low- --.ON ow �: San Francisco ■ 9 a� r all N mew , Arps b*SHAZi I { Anaheim , California F -- %; 1 P ' _ �.r @' Anaheim , California IN r 16� 4 - .; Astoria , Oregon Aj44� n iF Cheney, a IAI _�" i, � Rte++ �^� ,� � � '" +��■�• _.. � �a- Fa,; ooc le earth Cheney, t' - pro f_r or ti IiF.w�� }I IF- lqw ool� earth Tukwila , as n ton ',0 1 .7ddd& I _ �:,., ► G©o c' ear h Snohomish County, Washington 4 I, r r 92015 G-gla (�,[� (� 2015 C-gla Goo `:. i - �L 3' Google earth West Linn , Oregon J .. �-• ....nom is�w�i�r�ss���' ti ter. r #" VFWfoo. rth Long ar R1 U ACH iRAr H f %f Long MML Long at i t Portland , i .1 WaII �. � yF+ �.� � " ice'" � •:G. -- ��y ' E - IN G,�( h earth- `Z 757 ng 1,LL.--r Lake swe o , Oregon ,s 5 - Portland - Milwaukie Light Rail Projoect ( bike shelter) I --`~ 0MV, 75, f�/'.• � I p�+ i ill �'���; �` � �� � - _ I r London , UK - _ Sweden b°r �uset f Me � � 'j A p. k I S�II�RE�1' I -- 1 f mid Mw vi 1 f im will 11111, I'M MIR J 111 � � A Orlando , Florida r �' i9 ~• ter.. F r_ ^i Iii a` � _ .�f� �._ - .-� �- Would we build a rail station like this? ti .�� r o le earth Then why do we design bus stops li e this? ',T-F-- a `. ' Ff- Gooqlc earth I 1 tit '•. ,: ,`;,r, µ,:. *, i r � .� � �� � .r •ir �-}' J. „�I� .t '� -` '`fes.' .� Awl AV- _GGood c earth -i�zots9o;gle,. Er 'i'irY .` i r t', is": r-N _ .. `v ��, «.�•r�r'�� �•y^ '! ` POW f 4 rth 4 .www• • / - _ �% _-� � -l# -.www �� ' .'�---- � r,._ '.���j' ! • ` ke a rth ic _ M .+, . ::,c ��'—`' .-*�� ;•-fit+`_4+" .� ;,.�,• r�'•t,.r, � ,t \�Tom "z -a 1'` � � f,� � -�.+ V�'� � Iia' � �"'•t %i.�3 96 - Google earth' •®291 flo 9 t 'r,,�t.``��r��, ;.moo°e►-• C/ GooglC'earth y0ki `414 y�,F�..•".��r�F �*� •e MINT 2P15 Gaggle Google 2015 Google x P �► of y.OW . i,. + 1 •r. r • .� rise pc ' y11,/ � H�.- _ !15C.���, `� Google earLJI,,�h R 1 r c • r • • .,r. ��xr c. �`'. }, J � ,'� _fit.• LIL ` 2°15 Google-earth 2°15G°°91e. y� �'~ 'Kx S.4 � 1 Lir� ++ JI oogle'earth ,v F 'Y " �' Google earth 15 Gaagla earth 16 Gou91e 'Google earl h _ r , N _ r pmt 'I 92P1-5Goo-91a , Google earth BedCo fM_ I/yflvfl'.I.1�AnYnl I 0loll- ",3-9 le Google earth L Y �Alapping5eru7ces x 0"•tinl';e �AdministatiueBourxiarie x IG f1 _ kigarc�.maps.ai,-gis.tcm.apps/Viewer/index'tn-',arl,;cl=4t! 21442ebe5ce915d4Obf2dcI Administrative Boundaries-- TMAR sy� 4.., > w r 3 ZP gn ft4 b SAN§GF1 C7L4 5 7 Ig r � it sRa fl - x Q r v s VY4 rtJa, 1'd q 1 SW. GAARDE S' iil.SW rNPC DOM ME f 4 Ar' �0 > r SW BONI RDO c y-4 MOUNTAIN RD z w � > r o � sWCirw oURNAM F(D haiy ¢ 7 x W C` TTA 2015 Planning Month / Date Actions/Main Points January 7 Safe Routes to School overview; paving report February 4 Safety workshop w/Dr. Takallou; elections March 4 Funding sources overview; project updates April 1 Gaarde/99W project review; SW Corridor workshop May 6 SW Corridor update (Metro); SW Service Enhancement Plan (TriMet) June 3 Traffic calming proposal; Walkable Cities preview July 1 (Cancelled) August 5 FY 2015 budget review; CIP planning; Council meeting preparations September TBD TTAC presentation @ City Council Meeting October 7 Budget/project preview; CIP planning November 4 SW Corridor update; annual report preparations; CIP planning December 2 Safe Routes to School update; Wash. Co. demographic trends