Northmount Drive NW Improvement Project May 2016 Workshops
1. Introductions 2. Purpose of Tonight 3. Project Overview & Public Engagement Process 4. What We’ve Heard 5. Workshop 6. Next Steps 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW Improvement Project 2
Purpose of Tonight’s Workshop • Share what we have heard so far • Discuss some possibilities to address the issues you’ve identified • Listen to residents and stakeholders Senator Patrick Burns, April 8, 2016 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 3
Congestion and Parking Add some photos showing Congested with cars and bikes in the door zone Pedestrian crossings Winter months? 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 4
School Zones and Pedestrian Safety 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 5
School Zones and Pedestrian Safety Add some photos showing Congested with cars and bikes in the door zone Pedestrian crossings Winter months? 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 6
Sharing the Road Add some photos showing Congested with cars and bikes in the door zone Pedestrian crossings Winter months? 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 7
Safety 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 8
Community Engagement Process 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 9
Process Project Initiation We are here Background Conditions Review Concept Planning and Development Concept Evaluation Design Implementation / Optimization Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 10
Why are we doing this project? • Improve safety and mobility for EVERYONE on Northmount Drive N.W. • Complete a gap in the bicycle network between Northland Drive N.W. and 10 Street N.W. • Follows a strong desire line currently used by people on bicycles • To take advantage of the planned road resurfacing • Council policies (Complete Streets and Pathway and Bikeway Implementation Plan) • Identify opportunities to improve cycling connections to key destinations 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 11
Why not Capri Ave or John Laurie Blvd? Northmount Drive: 3.8km Capri Ave: 4.3km / 4.6km John Laurie: 4.7km B A 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 12
Strava data • Cyclists already use Northmount Drive N.W. • Heat map showing cyclist usage based on Strava data. The red lines indicate high cyclist activity (darker lines mean more users) and the blue lines represent few to no people who bicycle. This image is from strava.com. 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 13
• Widen road/add turn lanes Similar projects across the city - to help traffic flow 20 Street SW • Improve signal timing • Improve pedestrian crossings • Add traffic calming in select locations 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 14
20 Street SW Example 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 15
Completing the Network Connect to 10 Street N.W. bicycle lane • Bicycle volume increases between 81% and 95% in the first year, and 170% in the second year • In the first week of May 2016 there was an average of over 800 bike trips a day, making it the busiest bicycle lane outside of downtown • 80% decrease of people riding bicycles on sidewalks. • More winter cyclists now with the bike lane than in the summer before the bicycle lane was installed. 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 16
Completing the Network • Connect to Northland Drive N.W. bicycle lane • Bicycle volumes have more than doubled • 11% of people cycling are younger than 18 (higher than city-wide average of 2.5%) • Vehicle speeds have not changed 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 17
What Are Complete Streets? Before. After. Image credits: NACTO Objective #7 of the Calgary Transportation Plan: Complete Streets aim to increase the attractiveness, convenience and safety of all modes of transportation by creating a new selection of multi-modal streets that emphasize walking, cycling and transit, incorporate elements of green infrastructure and function in the context of surrounding land uses. Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 18
Complete Streets Benefit Everyone Increase clear space between Define road bicycles and spaces clearly for vehicles more orderly traffic flow. Design streets for safer traveling speeds. Keep cyclists off of sidewalks and Design the street out of travel lanes Image credit: NACTO for cyclists to obey the rules Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 19
What We Heard Stakeholder Meeting #1 • October 13, 2015 • 24 Attendees, including: • Adjacent Residents • Community Associations • Bike Calgary • Calgary Board of Education • University of Calgary • Area Schools • Businesses • Feedback form was sent to over 160 stakeholders Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 20
What We Heard Open House #1 • February 16, 2016 • 258 Attendees • 629 Feedback Forms Number of attendees by community 80 75 70 60 50 40 30 28 26 30 20 13 12 7 7 7 6 10 3 3 3 2 2 0 Number of attendees Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 21
What We Heard Who We Heard From at Open House #1 • Most respondents travel the corridor daily • We heard from all road users, including: • Nearly half of respondents who typically drive the corridor, • One fifth of respondents who typically cycle the corridor How often do you travel in the study area? How do you typically travel along the study (558 responses) area? (1107 responses) 470 500 600 513 450 Number of responses 500 400 Number of responses 350 400 300 250 277 300 200 150 200 200 100 65 50 13 96 10 100 0 21 Daily Weekly Monthly Less than once per 0 month Drive Walk Bicycle Take transit Other Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 22
What We Heard Respondent Travel Patterns When you travel in the study area, what is the main purpose of • Most common purpose of trips your trip? (1347 responses) (for all users): To visit shops or restaurants 314 • Visit shops or restaurants Commute to work 314 • Commute to work Live near the study area 266 • Most common destinations : School pick-up/drop-offs 199 • Northland Mall Other 117 • Northland Shopping Plaza Live in the study area 83 • Cambrian Village Shopping Plaza I live on Northmount Drive N.W. 54 • School 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Number of responses Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 23
What We Heard Top Concerns Existing Concerns 6 • Respondents asked to rank a list of concerns on a scale of 1 (low) to 7 5 (high) 4 • Top concerns: 3 • Congestion 2 • Unsafe pedestrian crossings 1 • Difficult school pick-up / drop- offs 0 • Parking is also a significant concern Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 24
What We Heard Adjacent Resident Workshops • Tuesday May 20, 2016 • 6:30 – 8:00pm • Triwood Community Association • Approx. 21 attendees • Saturday May 28, 2016 • 9:30am – 12:00pm • Brentwood Sportsplex • Approx. 14 attendees Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 25
Key Issue #1: Congestion Add some photos showing Congested with cars and bikes in the door zone Pedestrian crossings Winter months? 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 26
What We Heard How often do you experience delays when traveling in the study area? 300 Number of responses 250 200 • Over a third of respondents experience 150 congestion every day (39%) 100 50 • However, over a third of respondents (37%) 0 rarely or never experience congestion • 80% of respondents experience weekday congestion during the morning or evening rush hours When do you experience delays on weekdays? (948 responses) • On weekends, 50% of respondents 2% experience congestion during the mid-day 40% 40% 18% Morning (377) Midday (173) Evening (382) Overnight (16) Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 27
What We Heard At what intersection(s) do you experience delays? • Congestion and delay is the 14 Street (140) greatest issue at: 19 Street (128) Brisebois (75) • 14 Street NW Charleswood (62) School zones (49) • 19 Street NW Northland (47) • Brisebois Drive NW Collingwood (43) • Charleswood Drive NW St. Francis School (41) • School Zones Bulyea (29) All (25) Captain John Palliser (24) Carol Drive (22) Calendar Rd. (15) Cambrian Drive (15) Library (14) None (13) Sir Winston Churchill Rec Centre (12) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Number of responses Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 28
Facts and Observations • Technical analysis confirms public input • Congestion and delay is the greatest issue at: • 14 Street NW • 19 Street NW • Brisebois Drive NW • Northland Drive • Congestion and delay more significant during PM peak Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 29
Possibilities 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 32
Key Issue 2: Parking 2016-07-08 Northmount Drive NW 33
Facts and Observations • Parking currently permitted on both sides of most Northmount Drive NW • Potential to park over 450 cars on Northmount Drive NW: • 190 north side • 270 south side • Potential to park over 2000 cars on side streets intersecting Northmount Drive NW Northmount Drive NW 2016-07-08 34
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