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Urbana Park District

Public Workshop #2 Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Urbana Middle School

Agenda

 Introduction  Public Meeting #1 – Summary and Results  Requested Paths  Draft Recommendations  Implementation  Next Steps  Voting Instructions

Urbana a Bike ike Mast ster er Plan n Urbana a Trails ls Mast ster er Plan (UBMP) P) (UTM TMP)

Project Initiation Existing Conditions Public Workshop Series #1 Goals & Objectives Public Meeting #2 Implementation Plan Final al Plan an Recommendations Board/Commission Presentations & Approvals

Scope of Work

Date Locati ation Number er of P Parti rtici cipant pants February 12, 2014 Urbana Civic Center 33 February 18, 2014 King School 14 February 19, 2014 Urbana Early Childhood School (UECS) 9 February 20, 2014 Leal School 2 Total 58

Public Participation

Locati ation Total Trail Comments Trail Issue Trail Opportu rtunity Street t Address ess Requested ted Trail Urbana Civic Center 14 5 9 9 5 Urbana Early Childhood School 15 15 6 12 1 King School 1 1 1 Total 30 21 15 22 6

UTMP Comments

PEDESTRIAN DESTINATIONS VOTE COUNT

UPD Facilities 6%

Top employers 21% Shopping areas 27%

Urbana Schools 3%

Parks 43%

Public Meeting #1 - Results

Origin – 31 Destination – 24

Top De Dest stinations nations Vote Count nt Downtown 8 University of Illinois 8 Blair Park 5 Meadowbrook Park 5 Crystal Lake Park 3 Leal Park 3 Market at the Square 3

BICYCLE DESTINATIONS VOTE COUNT Forest preserves 12%

Top employers 18%

Shopping areas 17%

Parks 37%

UPD facilities 10%

Urbana schools 6%

Origin – 30 Destination – 33

Public Meeting #1 - Results

Top 5 De Dest stinatio nations ns Vote Count nt Meadowbrook Park 21 University of Illinois 12 Downtown 11 Market at the Square 10 Crystal Lake Park 9

• Shared-Use Paths (Trail)

– Sidepaths

• Parallel to road
• For busier, faster roads without

many crossings

– Off-Street

• Between neighborhoods
• Through parks
• Rail-Trails
• Utility easements
• Waterway corridors

Off-Street Facilities

• Bike Lanes

– Both sides of the road – Minimum width w/ curb: 5’ – Stripe defines car/bike space

• Sharrows

– Indicates proper bike position in shared lane – Can be used at intersections – Can be used on streets with or without parking

On-Road Facilities

• Bike Routes

– Shared roadways – Signs should include:

• Destination
• Distance
• Direction
• Shared Bike/Parking Lanes

– Low parking occupancy – Not exclusive “bike lanes,” but more like paved shoulder with Bike Route signage

On-Road Facilities

Bike Lanes

Requested Path

Bike Lanes Bike Route

Requested Path

Bike Lanes Bike Route Paved Trail

Requested Path

Bike Lanes Bike Route Paved Trail Unpaved Trail

Requested Path

Bike Lanes Bike Route Paved Trail Unpaved Trail Other

Requested Path

Recommendations

• Short-term
• Long-term
• Aims to connect

parks, neighborhoods, and other destinations

• Attempts to take

advantage of development & redevelopment

• pportunities

Urbana Green Loop

• Loop path

consisting of trails and bikeways to connect all Urbana Park District parks

• Goal is to be

family-friendly, and give bicyclists destinations to explore and get exercise

Proposed Loop Trails

• AMBUCS Park
• Chief Shemauger Park
• Crestview Park
• Crystal Lake Park
• Prairie Park
• Weaver Park
• Wheatfield Park

Implementation

• Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)

– Goodwin Avenue (2009) – Main Street (2013)

• Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP)

– Main Street (2013) – Kickapoo Rail-Trail (ongoing)

• Safe Routes to School (SRTS)

– Urbana City-Wide Bicycle Network (2013) – Washington Street Sidewalk Widening (2014 application)

• Local funding

– King Park Trail (2012) – Boneyard Greenway (2014) – Cunningham Avenue Sidepath (2014) – Wheatfield Park Trail (2014)

• Complete Street restriping & road diets

– Philo Road (2008) – Washington Street (2013)

• Developers

– New development – Redevelopment

 Educati cation

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 Enc ncour uragemen agement t  Enf nforcemen rcement t  Eva valuati uation

Non-infrastructure Recommendations

• 4 E’s

Next Steps

• Voting opportunities:
• Tonight
• Online – Fri. 4/25 to Fri. 5/2
• cuuats.org/ubmp
• cuuats.org/updtrails
• CCRPC staff will compile comments from Public Workshop #2

to discuss with the UBMP & UTMP steering committees

• CCRPC staff will create a DRAFT plan by compiling public and

steering committee input

Tonight

We want your input on the pro ropos

• sed

ed bike e and nd tra rail l ne network

• rk in Urbana, as well as non-infrastructure

recommendations. Agenda

• 15 minute presentation – DONE!
• 10 minute group sessions for each of Urbana’s 5

“neighborhoods”

– 3 votes per person per neighborhood

• Vote on non-infrastructure recommendations using stickers

– 2 votes per person per “E”

• Comment cards

Tonight

 Review the poster boards  Using the stickers provided:  Recommendation Map = place stickers on your top 3 desired trails or bikeways in the designated area  “E” Boards  Education Board = Place a sticker for your top 2 strategies  Encouragement Board = Place a sticker for your top 2 strategies  Enforcement Board = Place a sticker for your top 2 strategies  Evaluation Board = Place a sticker for your top 2 strategies We will use these votes to help us rank the implementation priority of projects (short-term, medium-term, long-term).

Thank you!

Voting Instructions