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South Grand Open House:

Design Concepts to Move Your Street from Good to
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Monday, March 31st, 2008

presented by

CH2M HILL
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• The Regional Initiative

• South Grand
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– What We Have Learned

– Discussion of Design Concepts
– Balancing the Tradeoffs

• How You Can Provide Input

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The Regional Initiative

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• They reflect the character of their communities
• They allow people to walk safely and comfortably
• They contribute to local economic vitality
• They are multimodal and accessible for all users
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• They enhance the sense of place along the street

• They are “green” and environmentally sustainable
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• Our streets can be greater community

assets if we think anew about how we
plan and design them
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• They are more than just storm sewers

for automobiles
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• National Symposium
• Great Streets Web Guide
• Web Guide Workshop
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• Demonstration Projects
– South Grand, out of nearly 40 applicants,
was selected as 1 of 4 demonstration
projects currently being conducted in the
region
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South Grand:
What We Have Learned
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South Grand Is Already a Good
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What is Preventing South Grand
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• Through study, observation, and

collaboration with local leaders, we
we have learned a lot
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High speed of traffic on Grand
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distances without pedestrian
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Pedestrian Lighting is Lacking
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• Not enough? Perhaps
• Off-street safety and supply are two key
key elements of this problem
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Three Key Elements Rose to the
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• Pedestrian Environment
• Parking Supply and Function
• Infrastructure Upkeep/Upgrade
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– sidewalks, trees, lighting, furnishings, etc.

Design concepts will be developed and

evaluated based on these three
“key elements”
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South Grand:
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• “4-Lane Basic Enhancement”

• “4-Lane Enhancement Plus”

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• “3-Lane Basic Enhancement”

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• Lighting Improvements
• Landmark at Center of District
• Signal re-timing for lower speed
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• Pedestrian intervals at signals

• Site furnishing packages
• Tree pruning and infill
• General infrastructure repair and
replacement
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4-Lane Basic Enhancement

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• Pedestrian – curb bulb-outs at

intersections; crosswalks at every block;
signal timing adjusted to encourage lower
travel speeds and to provide pedestrian
intervals
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• Parking – existing parking configuration on

Grand is maintained
• Infrastructure – reconstruction of sidewalks
and tree wells; textured pavement and
pavers at key locations; pedestrian scale
white lighting; enhanced landscaping
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4-Lane Enhancement Plus

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• Pedestrian – curb bulb-outs at intersections; trees
moved off of sidewalk; signal timing adjusted to
encourage lower travel speeds and to provide
pedestrian intervals
• Parking – parking reduced by moving trees from
sidewalk to parking lane between stalls (~50%
reduction of curbside supply on Grand)
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• Infrastructure – reconstruction of sidewalks; trees

moved to curb lane between parking stalls; textured
pavement and pavers at key locations; pedestrian
scale white lighting; enhanced landscaping

Red font = elements unique to this concept

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3-Lane Basic Enhancement

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3-Lane is the Same as the
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• Only difference is that it would be re-

striped for 3 lanes plus bicycle lanes
on each side
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• Could easily go back to 4 lanes if it

was attempted and not liked
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South Grand:
Balancing the Tradeoffs
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Picking a Concept Will Mean
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• Every concept has tradeoffs

• We must recognize that we cannot
cannot achieve all things
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• We must decide what we value most

most and choose accordingly
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Comparison Matrix
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How You Can Provide Input

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• Comment tables at the back

• Please talk to one of the staff if you

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have any questions

• Your input is very important

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Questions?
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