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City Birmingham Multi-Modal Transportation Plan
Visioning Workshop Results Meeting
Monday, January 28, 2013
7:30 PM, City Hall
Norman Cox, PLA, ASLA
The Greenway Collaborative, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Greenway Collaborative, Inc. www.greenwaycollab.com
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Community Visioning Workshop
• Overview of Best
Practices &
Inventory and
Analysis Findings
• Individual and Group
Exercises:
– Role Playing
– Corridor
Evaluations
– Neighborhood
Connectors and
Trails
– Downtown
Birmingham
– Woodward Avenue
Baldwin Public Library
January 17th from 7pm to 9pm
43 people signed in
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Group Exercises: Corridor Evaluations
• Major and Minor
Corridors
• Participants asked
to vote on what
they thought the
appropriate
balance should be
between:
– Road Crossings
– Bicycle Facilities
– Motor Vehicle
Flow & Speed
Pedestrian
road crossings Better Motor
Vehicle Flow
Designated
Bike Facilities No Bike
Facilities
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Major Corridor: East Maple Avenue
• Balance between Pedestrian Crossings and Motor Vehicle Flow
• No clear direction for bicycle facilities
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Major Corridor: Maple Ave (Downtown)
• Balance between Pedestrian Crossings and Motor Vehicle Flow
• Shared Lane Marking
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Major Corridor: West Maple Ave
• Balance between Pedestrian Crossings and Motor Vehicle Flow
• Parallel Bike Routes
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Major Corridor: Southfield Road
• Pedestrian Crossings
• Shared Lane Marking
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Major Corridor: Adams Road (North of Madison)
• Pedestrian Crossings
• Bike Lanes through 4 to 3 lane conversion
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Major Corridor: 14 Mile Road
• Pedestrian Crossings
• Shared Lane Marking vs. Parallel Bike Route
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Minor Corridor: S. Eton Road (E Maple to Lincoln)
• Safer Pedestrian
Road Crossings
• More Frequent
Pedestrian Road
Crossings
• Bike Line with On-
street Parking on
One Side of the
Street
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Minor Corridor: Oak Avenue (Chesterfield to Quarton)
• Safer Pedestrian
Road Crossings
• More Frequent
Pedestrian Road
Crossings
• Buffered Bike
Lanes and No On-
Street Parking
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Minor Corridor: W Lincoln Street (Cranbrook to Southfield)
• Balance between
Safer Pedestrian
Road Crossings
and Motor Vehicle
Speeds
• Balance between
Frequent
Pedestrian Road
Crossings and
Motor Vehicle
Flow
• No Clear Direction
for Bicycle
Facilities
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Minor Corridor: Lincoln Street (Southfield to Woodward)
• Safer Pedestrian
Road Crossings
• More Frequent
Pedestrian Road
Crossings
• Keep on-street
parking on both
sides of streets
• Shared Lane
Markings or Keep
as it Currently
Exists
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Neighborhood Connector Routes
Comments noted by more
then one group:
• Improve pedestrian crossing
at Woodward Ave and Oak
St
• Crossing needed on W
Maple at Rouge Trails
• Enhance crossing at
Woodward Ave and
Chapin/Emmons
• Add full crossing at
Woodward Ave and Forest
• Crossing Improvement
needed at Maple and Like
Park Drive
• Need pedestrian bridge in
Linn Smith Park over river
• Provide connection railroad
district to connect to new
transit and over to Target
• Like the proposed pathway
connection along Woodward
Ave between Wimbledon Dr
and Oak Ave
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Downtown
Comments noted by more
then one group:
1. W Maple at Park – Kill
remnants of by-pass
5. Woodward Ave at Forest –
Dangerous, needs a light
11. Forest at Peabody – Fix,
make all stop
12. Woodward Ave at Maple –
Fix crossing, crossing light
needs to be longer for
pedestrian crossing
14. Park at Oakland – Fix
Dangerous Intersection
16. Woodward Ave at Maple –
Pedestrian tunnel or bridge
needed
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Woodward Corridor
Vision for Woodward
• Balance between
Main Street and
By-Pass
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Woodward Corridor
Space Allocation:
• Narrow Sidewalk
• Parallel Parking
• Landscape Buffer
• Designated Transit
Facilities
• Use of Travel
Lane
• Service Drive with
a Bike Lane vs.
One-way Cycle
Track
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Project Vision, Goals and Objectives
• The purpose is to
guide the
development of
the plan
• Drawn from Web
Survey responses
– 429 responses
• Revised by the
Project Steering
Committee
• Web Survey
provided for one
week after
workshop to get
feedback
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Project Vision, Goals and Objectives Survey Results
• 14 people
participated in web
survey, 1 person
provided written
response
• Strongly Agreed:
– Vision 71%
– Complete
Infrastructure 82%
– A Connected
Community 60%
– Inclusive
Transportation
System 67%
• Concerns of traffic
impact, tax
implications,
priorities, need
3 Disagreements
2 Disagreements
2 Disagreements
3 Disagreements
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Comment Cards
Due to the tightly
structured meeting,
comment cards were
available for any
additional comments
from participants
• Very concerned about loss of street parking. I
live at corner of Lincoln and Pierce and if street
parking is lost I could lose all street parking
which is needed. Make Lincoln (Woodward to
Southfield) bump outs permanent.
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Next Steps
• Preliminary Plan
Workshop Feb 28
– 3pm to 5pm
– 7pm to 9pm
• City Commission
Meeting March 11
– To review results
of Preliminary
Plan Workshop
Please visit the project website at:
www.greenwaycollab.com
Vision, Goals & Objectives Survey
Web Survey & Workshop Results
Draft Inventory and Analysis Maps
Project Materials and Updates
Questions or Comments
Norm Cox, PLA, ASLA
The Greenway Collaborative, Inc.
205 Nickels Arcade
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-668-8848
www.greenwaycollab.com