MEMORIAL DRIVE Road Diet Project Background Project area - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

MEMORIAL DRIVE Road Diet Project Background • Project area approximately 1 mile in length • Bordered by two signalized intersections, Delaware Route 9 and US Route 13 • Five unsignalized intersections exist • Karlyn Drive (West) • Karlyn Drive (East) • Lind Avenue • Parma Avenue • Bizarre Drive The Route 9 Corridor Master Plan • Identifjes the reinvestment and redevelopment strategies for the Route 9 Corridor south of Wilmington, Delaware • Plan recommended a road diet along Memorial Drive What is a Road Diet? Convert a two-lane roadway to a single lane in each direction. Maintain on-street parking and add bike lanes. Considerations for Road Diet • Utility Pole Locations • Crash History • Center Median • Traffjc Volumes • FHWA Road Diet Informational Guide • Transit Stop Locations FHWA advises roadways with ADT of • On-Street Parking 20,000 vehicles per day or less may • Pedestrian Crossing Distances be good candidates for a Road Diet • Turn Lane Feasibility Delaware Department of Transportation

MEMORIAL DRIVE Existing Conditions Existing Conditions: • 9,000 AADT (Annual Average Daily Traffjc) • DART Bus Route 14 traverses along the roadway and has stops at each unsignalized intersection • Driveways to single family homes, on-street parking, and sidewalks exist along both sides of the roadway • Bike lanes do not exist • Pedestrian crossings along Memorial Drive are provided at the Bizarre Drive and Karlyn Drive (East) intersections • Crash data from April 2015 to April 2018 reported a total of 37 crashes • 20 of the crashes were angle incidents • 1 crash involved a pedestrian crossing Memorial Drive between the Parma Avenue and Karlyn Drive (East) intersections Delaware Department of Transportation

MEMORIAL DRIVE Proposed Conditions Proposed Conditions: • Pedestrian crossings will be provided at each unsignalized intersection • Bicycle lanes will be provided along both sides of roadway • On-street parking will be maintained • Feasibility of adding turn lanes will be determined at each unsignalized intersection • Transit stops will be maintained Delaware Department of Transportation

MEMORIAL DRIVE Results Benefjts of Road Diet Traffjc Analysis • Slower speeds • Results same with or without road diet • Confmict point reduction • Signalized intersections would continue to operate with delays of approximately 30 • Added bike facilities which provide a seconds or less per vehicle connection to the statewide bicycle route along Route 9 • Minor street approaches at unsignalized intersections would continue to operate • Installation of bike facilities encourages with delays of approximately 20 seconds or FHWA’s Every Day Counts (EDC) program less per vehicle that supports connected multimodal transportation networks, and promotes • Left-turning movements along Memorial DelDOT’s Complete Streets Policy Drive at the unsignalized intersections would continue to operate with delays of less than • Shorter pedestrian crossing distances 10 seconds per vehicle • No changes to traffjc operations at adjacent signalized intersections • Consistent with Route 9 Corridor Master Plan Anticipated Construction Fiscal Year 2020/2021 Updated timeframe information will be provided via the DelDOT.gov project website Delaware Department of Transportation