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Conceptual Alternatives Meeting Lafayette Road/Middle Street Portsmouth, NH Water Street Promenade Presented By Engineering and Design Services Jason DeGray, PE, PTOE Joseph Johnson, PE, PTOE July 16,2014 Conor Semler, AICP

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Water Street Promenade Engineering and Design Services

July 16,2014

Education / Infrastructure / Innovation

  • Conceptual Alternatives Meeting

Lafayette Road/Middle Street Portsmouth, NH

Presented By Jason DeGray, PE, PTOE Joseph Johnson, PE, PTOE Conor Semler, AICP

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Agenda:

  • How did we get here?
  • What have we heard?
  • Conceptual Alternatives
  • Public Input
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How did we get here?

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How did we get here?

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A Project Emerges to…

  • Improve Safety for Cyclists & Pedestrians
  • Expand Connectivity
  • Provide Bicycle Route Utilized by All Ages
  • Enhance Pedestrian Crossings
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Project Limits

Andrew Jarvis Drive Congress Street Middle School High School Saint Patrick School Lafayette Playground

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What Exists:

  • Cars…11,000 ADT
  • Pedestrians
  • Bicycles
  • Residential & Commercial
  • Schools & Civic
  • Entry to Downtown
  • On-Street Parking
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What Exists:

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What we heard from you:

  • Met with School Officials – October 20, 2014
  • Public Information Gathering Meeting – November 19, 2014
  • Met with First Responders – January 20, 2015
  • Portsmouth Parking &Traffic Safety Committee – February 12, 2015
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What we heard from you:

  • Unsafe Pedestrian Environment
  • Traffic speeds too high
  • Streets too wide
  • Parents are not comfortable with children riding on the street
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What we heard from you:

  • Students Walk & Bike to School
  • Pulling out of side streets is a challenge – Sight Distance
  • Parking is informal
  • No Parking Here to Corner not enforced
  • Visibility Impacts
  • Important Emergency Response Corridor
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Concept Goals:

  • Provide a safe and desirable route for

kids to and from schools and nearby destinations

  • Calm traffic
  • Shorten pedestrian crossings
  • Narrow ‘street’
  • Formalize parking
  • Maintain emergency response ability
  • Incremental Steps
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Traditional Bike Lanes

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Bike Lanes

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Concept C:

  • Traditional Bike Lanes…
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Protected Bike Lanes

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Protected Bike Lanes

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Concept C:

  • Traditional Bike Lanes…
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Two-Way Cycle Track

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Two-Way Cycle Track

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Concept C:

  • Traditional Bike Lanes…
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Summary of Alternatives

Two-Way Cycle Track Protected Bike Lanes Traditional Bike Lanes Traffic Calming Pedestrian Safety Bicycle Safety Traffic Safety Mode Shift Parking Supply

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Questions?