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Goals Shifting cycling and walking from just something fun to do – to a great way to get around Increasing cycling and walking as a means of creating vibrant and healthy communities, regardless of age, gender, ability, ethnicity, or economic background. Offering solutions that serve a wider range of ages and abilities Recreation Transportation

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Goals• Shifting cycling and walking from just

something fun to do – to a great way to get around

• Increasing cycling and walking as a means of creating vibrant and healthy communities, regardless of age, gender, ability, ethnicity, or economic background.

• Offering solutions that serve a wider range of ages and abilities

Recreation Transportation

FacilitySelection Criteria:

Speed Volume User Type

Context not Classification

Context and expected user type

Shopping

Trail Corridor

Park and Rec Center

Employment Center

Trail Corridor

SchoolHousing

Shopping

Transit Center

Housing Housing

Employment Center

Housing

Airport

Context and expected user type

Industrial Industrial

Industrial

IndustrialFuture Industrial

Industrial

185th Ave - Buffered Bicycle Lane Narrow lanes slightly to fit existing design section

Cornelius Pass Road-Cycletrack

Cornelius Pass Road-Cycletrack

One Way Cycle Track Concept

Intersection TreatmentsPedestrians

• No closed crosswalk legs

• Increase crosswalk clearance times for pedestrians

• Provide lead pedestrian interval

• Reducing crossing distances with curb extensions, medians, narrowing lanes

• Lighting

• Advanced stop bars

• Right turn islands (pork chops)

• Reduce curb radii or add truck aprons

• Raised crosswalks

Bicycles

• Detection – stencils/signs, supplemental cameras, loops

• Intersection clearance times for bikes

• Right turn bays

• Left turn queue boxes

• Bike signals and phasing

• Lane delineators – profiled striping

• Green conflict zones

• Avoid dual right turn lanes