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Agenda

• Project overview
• Community engagement
• Recommendations
• Requested Action: Vote to accept the plan and send to the Village

Board for adoption

What is a Bike and Active Transportation Plan?

• Sets community vision and

goals

• Menu of infrastructure

recommendations

• Initiative recommendations
• Prioritization

What a Bike and Active Transportation Plan is Not…

• Permanent or final
• Engineering level

decisions

Walking and Biking Matters

• Safety
• Cost effective
• Economic development
• Equity
• Transportation
• Connectivity
• Social
• Environmental

Why a plan update?

• Update using modern best

practices

• Changes to mobility
• Develop an actionable

roadmap

• Identify opportunities for
• utside funding

Why a Pedestrian and Bike Plan?

Plan Contents

• Plan Purpose/Background
• Community Engagement

Overview

• Goals
• Results
• Vision Statement
• Network Recommendations
• Design
• Criteria
• Bike/Pedestrian
• Wayfinding Signage
• Intersection Improvements
• Typologies and target locations
• Bike Parking guidance
• Initiatives
• Safety
• Education/Encouragement
• Awareness
• Convenience
• Community
• Implementation
• Project prioritization and phasing
• Funding resources
• Planning-level cost estimates
• Appendix
• Impact Matrix
• Detailed prioritization scores

Process and Schedule

Public Engagement Overview

How We Reached People

In-Person

• Tabling at Summer Fest
• September 2018 Open

House #1

• February 2019 Open

House #2

• 5 Focus Groups
• Hosted office hours

Online

• Project website
• Online comment form
• Online map
• Village newsletters
• Email distribution list

In Writing

• Signage posted around Village
• Mailer

Reviewed Surveys

Plan Participants in Wilmette

• 369 people submitted comments or attended

an event

• 91% of plan participants live in the Village.
• 111 individuals put 465 points on the map
• Over 3,300 unique visitors to the project

website since June 2018

91% 4%4% 5%

Live in Wilmette Work in Wilmette Live Elsewhere Did Not Disclose

Plan Participants’ Relationship to Wilmette

What People Told Us: Phase 1

Multi-Modal

• Convenience for

all users

• A sense that all

users (those walking, biking, and driving) are expected and welcomed on Wilmette roads

Accessible and Connected

• A need for north

and south walking/biking connections

• A need for east and

west walking/biking connections

• Solutions to barriers

and gaps in the walking/biking network

• More bike

infrastructure, including safer routes and bike parking

• More pedestrian

infrastructure, including pedestrian spaces and seating Safe

• Safer and more

comfortable sidewalks, crosswalks, and streets

• Safer traffic,

including calmer roads and reduced speeds People-Focused

• Transit-oriented-

development communities, prioritizing accessibility for all ages and abilities (ages 8 – 80)

• Ability for “aging in

place” in Wilmette Context Sensitive

• Preserve amenities

that define Wilmette (tree-lined, brick streets)

• Limit impacts on

property owners

• Avoid negative

impacts on traffic volumes

• Preserve parking

What People Told Us: Phase 1

Data and Plan Review

• Data sets
• Crashes
• Planned and existing bikeways
• Roadway characteristics
• Other plans
• Previous bike plan
• Village corridor studies
• Village engineering studies
• Neighboring municipalities
• Regional plans
• Village policies
• On bike field work

Phase 1 Recommendations

Considering Impacts and Tradeoffs

Safety and crash history Traffic Parking Vehicular speed reduction Construction and maintenance costs Pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular mobility Crossing distance East/west connectivity Land acquisition Jurisdiction Trees and street furniture Access to schools and other destinations Utilities Effect on residents and businesses Community support

What People Told Us: Phase 2

Common corridors and areas mentioned:

• Lake Ave
• Wilmette Ave
• Illinois Rd
• Greenleaf Ave
• Skokie Valley Trail
• Isabella St
• Downtown Wilmette
• Ridge Rd
• Gillson Park
• Skokie Valley Trail

Common themes:

• Support for Edens Overpass improvements
• Concerns about:
• Loss of resident landscaping, privacy, cost, and need
• Loss of vehicular travel lanes
• Loss of parking
• Lack of sidewalks
• Traffic impacts
• Expenditures required to fund plan
• Desire:
• To remove parking to stripe bike lanes
• For additional studies to be conducted prior to action.
• For more bike facilities
• For better connectivity to key destinations (such as library)
• Differing opinions on traffic calming, especially curb

extensions

• Requests for a bike share system

Phase 2 Revisions

Phase 2 Revisions

• Ridge Rd advisory bike lane now concludes at Elmwood Ave to

the north (previously concluded at Thornwood Ave).

• Bike boulevard added to Elmwood Ave between Ridge Rd and

Hunter Rd (previously this bike boulevard was suggested on Thornwood Ave).

• Hunter Rd bike boulevard extended between Thornwood Ave

and Elmwood Ave.

• Illinois Rd between Happ Rd and Skokie Rd/Edens is now listed

as multiple options (previously listed as just bike boulevard).

• Illinois Rd between Skokie Rd and Thornwood Ave now listed as

multiple options (previously listed as just sidepath).

• The sidepath on Lake Ave between North Branch Trail and future

Skokie Valley Trail was removed based on further analysis of tree and vegetation screening impacts.

• A sidepath was added to Frontage Rd between Old Glenview Rd

and the southern Village border.

• A trail connection to the future Skokie Valley Trail was added

at Illinois Rd.

• A trail connection to the future Skokie Valley Trail was added to

Wilmette Ave in Glenview.

• Lake Ave between Green Bay Trail and Wilmette Ave is now

listed as multiple options: a road diet with either bike lanes or advisory bike lanes will be considered, contingent upon a future

• study. Advisory bike lanes would not necessitate the removal of

parking.

• Lake Ave between Wilmette Ave and Michigan Ave is now listed

as multiple options: bike boulevard and marked shared lanes will be considered, contingent upon a future study.

• Wilmette Ave between Ridge Rd and 10th St is now listed as a

signed bike route. Note: Wilmette Ave is already an existing signed bike route between Ridge Rd and Green Bay Rd.

• Illinois Rd between Thornwood Ave and Wilmette Ave is now

listed as a signed bike route.

• 10th St between Sheridan Rd and Elmwood Ave is now listed as a

signed bike route.

Network Recommendations: Level of Comfort

Network Recommendations: Facility Types

Facility Types

Types

• Sidepath
• Trail
• Bike Lanes
• Bike Routes
• Marked Shared Lanes
• Bike Boulevard
• Advisory Bike Lanes
• Pedestrian Tunnel
• Road Diet

Sidepath

Cross Sections on Skokie Boulevard

(from Hibbard Rd to Lake Ave)

Minneapolis, MN Alexandria, VA

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Sidepath Example Skokie Sidepath Design Concept

Source: Parkways to Greenways

Proposed Existing

Marked Shared Lane

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Marked Shared Lane Examples

Marked Shared Lanes Design Concept Greenleaf Ave

Source: NACTO

After Before

Bike Boulevard

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Bike Boulevard Example

Cross Sections on Wilmette Avenue

(from Laramie Avenue to Glenview Road)

Bike Boulevard Design Concept Proposed Existing

Source: NACTO

Advisory Bike Lane

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Advisory Bike Lane Examples

Cross Sections

• n Ridge Road

(from Wilmette Ave to Lake St)

Proposed Existing

Minneapolis, MN Alexandria, VA

Road Diet (with Bike Lanes)

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Source: FHWA

Road Diet with Bike Lanes Examples

Source: Los Angeles Walks

Multiple Options: Feasibility Study Needed

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Existing

Cross Sections on Glenview Road

(from Laramie Ave to Wilmette Ave)

Proposed Bike Lane Option Proposed Sidepath Option

Wayfinding

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Prairie bike boulevard turning onto McKenzie Elementary School bike path Prairie Ave to Central Ave bike boulevard transition

Intersection Typologies

• Major signalized
• One or two-way

stop controlled

• Uncontrolled
• Offset
• Complex

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Major Signalized

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Intersection Typology Diagram

Laramie Ave & Lake Ave

Major Signalized Intersection Examples

Lake Ave & Green Bay Rd

Two-way Stop Controlled

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Intersection Typology Diagram

Example Intersection

Two‐way Stop Controlled Intersection Example

Wilmette Ave & 15th St

One-Way Stop Controlled

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Intersection Typology Diagram

Thornwood Ave & Ridge Rd

One‐way Stop Controlled Intersection Example

Thornwood Ave & Ridge Rd

Uncontrolled

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Intersection Typology Diagram

15th St & Maple Ave

Uncontrolled Intersection Example

Highland Ave & 20th St

Offset

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Intersection Typology Diagram

Greenwood Ave & Sheridan Rd

Offset Intersection Example

7th St, Greenwood Ave, and Sheridan Rd

Complex

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Intersection Typology Diagram

Green Bay Rd, Wilmette Ave & Poplar Dr

Complex Intersection Example

Wilmette Ave, Poplar Dr & Green Bay Rd

Edens Pedestrian Underpass/Overpass

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Overpass Option Underpass Option

Note: An alternate location is Washington Ave. Exact location TBD in future feasibility study.

Intersection tools

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Pedestrian tools

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Bike Parking

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Image from Dero Image from City of Fargo

Initiatives

Goal 1: Safety

Initiative: Provide strategies to create a bicycle and pedestrian network that is safe and attractive for all ages Implementers: Village of Wilmette, Police Department, Park District, local school

• rganizations, local advocacy

groups

Goal 2: Education and Encouragement

Initiative: Provide bicycle, pedestrian, and motorist encouragement and education that encourages safety and legal compliance for all users. Implementers: Park District, local school organizations, local advocacy groups, League of American Bicyclists

Goal 3: Awareness

Initiative: Use media and communication to expand awareness of active transportation to all residents Implementers: Village of Wilmette, local school

• rganizations, local advocacy

groups, Ride Illinois

Goal 4: Convenience

Initiative: Provide support to make walking and bicycling in Wilmette easier and more convenient Implementers: Village of Wilmette, home owners, business owners, utility providers, local advocacy groups

Goal 5: Community

Initiative: Provide support and

• pportunities within Wilmette

communities to infuse active transportation into local gatherings Implementers: Village of Wilmette, festival and event

• rganizers, local advocacy

groups Page 107

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Next Steps: Implementation

Prioritized based on:

• Overall network connectivity
• Interagency coordination
• Safety
• Cost
• Destinations

Funding programs:

• Illinois Department of

Transportation (IDOT)

• Illinois Department of Natural

Resource (IDNR)

• Chicago Metropolitan Agency

for Planning (CMAP)

• Cook County
• Nonprofit organizations
• Other agency grants

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Next Steps: High Priority Projects

High Priority/Near-term projects:

• Downtown
• Greenleaf Ave
• Central Ave
• Park Ave
• Oakwood Ave
• Poplar Ave
• Schools and Parks
• Highland Ave
• Washington Ave
• Birchwood Ave
• Locust Rd
• Crawford Ave
• Edens crossings and west

Wilmette

• Lake Ave
• Illinois Rd
• Happ Rd
• Signage Only Routes
• Illinois Rd
• Wilmette Ave
• 10th St

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Next Steps

Requested action: vote to accept the plan and send to the Village board for adoption. To view the plan: www.walkbikewilmette.com