C I T Y O F

STAMFORD

Car Sick?Changing from Auto Centric to Walkable and Bikeable on a Budget

Presented by

Garrett Bolella, PE, PTOE

City of Stamford November 25, 2019

Fuss & O’Neill Team

John Guzze, PE

Mark Vertucci, PE, PTOE

Interval Signal Operations

Stamford Signal Optimization

Route 10 – High Ridge Road

Field Travel Time Runs Summary

BEFORE AFTER

Southbound Northbound Southbound Northbound

AM MID PM AM MID PM AM MID PM AM MID PM

8.9 9.4 10.7 10.3 9.0 12.2 8.4 8.4 8.9 10.0 8.1 8.4

Percent Change -6% -10% -16% -2% -10% -31%

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AM Peak Direction is Southbound

PM Peak Direction is Northbound

Route 11 – Long Ridge Road

Field Travel Time Runs Summary

AM Peak Direction is Southbound

PM Peak Direction is Northbound

BEFORE AFTER

Southbound Northbound Southbound Northbound

AM MID PM AM MID PM AM MID PM AM MID PM

4.2 3.3 4.0 4.0 3.8 5.0 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.6 4.0

Percent Change -18% 0% -9% -9% -5% -19%

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Concurrent Peds

Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)

Crosswalk Layout Design

Blank Out Boxes

Old Signage New Signage

Case Study: Washington Blvd at Tresser Blvd (Route 1).

RRFB’s & HAWK Signals

RRFB HAWK SIGNAL

Crash Reduction

Before Avg. After Avg. % Decrease

Total 13.7 7.5 45%

Property Damage 9 6 33%

Injury 4.7 1.5 70%

Angle 4.4 1.5 66%

Rear-end 6 4.5 25%

Sideswipe, same

direction

2.4 1 60%

DesignIntersections

Road Diets & Pavement Restriping

Quick Hit Projects

DesignIntersections

Boxer Square

Boxer Square

Before After

Atlantic Street at Henry Street

Greenwich Avenue at Southfield Avenue

DesignRoad Diets & Pavement Restriping

West Broad Street

Westside Improvements

High Ridge Road

Summer Street

Bike Lane Installation, Lane Narrowing

Crash Reduction

Summer Street Improvements

Before Avg. 2018 % Decrease

Total 52 34 35%

Property Damage 40 30 25%

Injury 12 4 67%

Angle 10 11

Cyclist 0.3 0 100%

Rear-end 11 7 37%

Sideswipe same

direction

19 14 26%

Pedestrian 2 0 100%

Single Vehicle 9 2 78%

DesignQuick Hit Projects

Hope Street Complete Street Improvements

Wide Lanes

30 ft. in each direction

20+ ft. in each direction

Hope Street Complete Street Improvements

Consistent Travel Lanes

Hope Street Complete Street Improvements

Before After

Sidewalk Improvements

Complete Streets

After

After

Stillwater Avenue Traffic Calming

Confusing Intersection

30 ft. in each direction

Stillwater Avenue Traffic Calming

Improved Geometry

Stillwater Avenue Traffic Calming

Shortened Pedestrian Crossings

$Funding

Project Funding

Interval Signal Operations

$ Source

Project State Local

Stamford Signal Optimization$3M

(CMAQ)$750,000

Leading Pedestrian Interval N/A $5,000 - 7,000

Blank – Out Boxes N/A $2,500/Each

RRFB N/A$6,700/Pair

$13,000 w/Install

Hawk N/A$192,000

FHWA’s Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ)

Project Funding

Design – Intersections

$ Source

Project Other Local

(City)

Constructed Cost

Atlantic/Henry

$1,368,710

(State – Local

Rds)

$404,620 $1,368,710

Greenwich/Selleck/

Southfield

$750,000

(Private)$414,765 $1,089,765

Boxer Square$400,000

(CCGP)$140,000 $500,000

The Local Roads section oversees the formal design aspects of the following programs: STP-Urban, STP-Urban Pavement Preservation/Rehabilitation, STP-Rural Major Collector, Transportation Enhancements, Transportation Alternatives, Safe Routes to School (SRTS), Local Road Accident Reduction, Transportation, Community and System Preservation (TCSP), Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP), and the Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program (LoTCIP).

Project Funding

Design – Road Diets & Pavement Restriping

Cost

Project Design Paving Total Project

West Broad Street Road

Diet

$7,850 $281,735 $289,585

High Ridge Road Bike

Lanes

$12,975 *State Funded $12,975

Summer Street Lane Diet N/A $476,889 $476,889

Project Funding

Cost

Project Design Paving Construction Total Project

Hope Street

Complete Street

Improvements

$26,000 $189,381 $158,000 $373,381

Stillwater Avenue

Traffic Calming

$17,850 $297,983 $86,755 $402,588

Design - Quick Hit Projects

Watch for me CT: Reported that for the first time in years that Connecticut’s fastest

growing municipality, fell out of the Top Five Cities/Towns with Pedestrian Fatalities in

Connecticut.

“…according to the University of Connecticut's Connecticut Crash Data Repository. The data showed there were 2,280

Stamford crashes in 2018, a 51.8 percent decrease from the

4,727 accidents that occurred in 2017.”