1. Breakout #1
Intersections/Interchanges Upgrades
Michigan Street Corridor Plan
Community Forum #4
October 29, 2012

2. Future Land Use - DRAFT

3. Transportation Vision
10 Guiding Principles:
General : broad goals of the project
Guiding
Example Create a transportation system that is accessible,
interconnected and multimodal
Principles
Values:
Measurable : desired end event Values
Example Provide acceptable traffic operations that support
future land use
Indicators: Indicators
Technical : used to evaluate land use and
transportation packages
Example Signalized intersections will provide a multimodal
Level of Service ‘C’ for all modes & ‘D’ or better for
vehicles

4. Multi-Modal Level of Service
 Goal is to have a good “quality
of service” for travelers of all
ages, abilities and types.
 Pedestrians
 Bicyclists
 Transit Users
 Emergency Services
 Autos
 Trucks

5. Bike Alternative Concepts (June 2012)

6. Bike Alternative/Green Infrastructure Concepts
(October 2012)

7. Transit Alternatives (June 2012)

8. Transportation Alternatives (June 2012)

9. Work So Far…
 Goals were established Identify Land Use Scenarios
 Traffic projections based on
future land use
 Broad alternatives were Evaluation
identified, some dropped
 Not feasible (engineering)
Transportation Alternatives
 Inconsistent with design
standards
 Little benefit for cost
 Alternatives included a
scenario with 10% more
walk, bike and transit trips Preferred Land Use and
 Result: still significant Transportation Package
congestion at key
intersections

10. Future Traffic

11. Findings
 Even with the interchange and network changes,
there will still be significant traffic increases on
Michigan Street from the river to College
 Travel Demand Management can help reduce the
congestion
 Shift more to transit, walking, bicycling
 Off-peak shift hours
 Off-corridor parking shuttles
 Variable pricing of parking
 Telecommuting
 Will still need to redesign the Michigan/College
intersection

12. Refined Alternatives (October 2012)

13. Interchange Area Alternatives

14. Michigan/College Intersection Alternatives

15. Transportation Evaluation
Michigan Street Transportation Evaluation Matrix
Objectives (based on values
Indicators Alternative #1 Alternative #2 Alternative #3 Alternative #4
identified in the process)
Accommodate development but shift more Reduction in the number and length of
accessble, interconnected, and
Transportation System that is
travel to walking, biking and transit use auto trips, esp. single occupant auto trips;
(i.e. "mode shift") to reduce congestion predicuted pct of walking, bike and transit
Principle: Create a
trips trips
Increase in ridership, decrease in
multimodal
Integrate transit with key transit routes throughput times, improved travel
and other modes of travel to increase reliability, stop/station sidewalk
ridership connectivity and ped/bike amenities, use
of park and ride lots
Improve bike travel through thestreet
Bike quality index, number of miles of
network in the study area for all types of
designated bike routes
existing and potential bicyclists
Principle: Safely and efficiently
ages and abilities through the
move people and goods of all
Improve the performance of the overall
Population and employment to VMT ratios
transportation system
Supports the buildout of the land use Intersection Delay (peak Hr auto LOS D or
corridor
scenarios with acceptable traffic better), Corridor throughput time;
operations without shifting through-traffic potential shift of auto or truck travel onto
to the neighborhoods neighborhood streets
Retain or improve emergency vehicle
Emergency response vehicle travel times
response times
that is walkable, accessible and
Principle: Improve the identify
of the corridor as a "place"
Safety, reduce crash frequency and Relavite expected number and severity of
severity (all types) crashes
Potential for wider sidewalks, room for
Increase walking and improve pedestrian
amenities, more frequent and convenient
safe
environment that will improve public
crossings, including for those with
health outcomes
disabilities
Space for distinguishing features that
Potential to promote creation of a distinct
contribute to the use and enjoyment of the
character for the corridor in both the
planned plazas, open space and walking
public and private realm
along the street
Principle: Provide a healthy living
% of corridor redesigned, "walk score"
active living and increases clean
Encourage walking with inviting
environment that promotes
and/or multi-modal quality of service
streetscapes, "buffer" from autos, vibrant
factors, increase in ADA crossings, addition
store fronts, convenient pedestrian
of street level pedestrian attractors and
crossings, destinations to walk to
amenities
Amount of imprevious surface, potential to
air
Stormwater quality have low impact stormwater design
infrastructure
Decrease per capita VMT and Air quality and traffic volumes, health
transportation-related emissions indicators

16. Michigan/College Intersection Alternatives

17. Next Steps
 More detailed analysis (modeling) of
intersection alternatives
 Comparative evaluation of the alternatives
 Selection of short and long term solutions
 Begin design

18. Thank you!
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