Stout & Champa Bikeways presentation to Curtis Park RNO ......May 5, 2016. Tonight’s Meeting...

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Stout and Champa BikewaysDenver Public Works – Transportation & MobilityCurtis Park Neighbors May 5, 2016

Tonight’s Meeting

Share project update after March meeting Discuss next steps

Stout St and Champa St Bikeways Limits: 19th Street to Downing Street

Project goals Enhanced bicycle connections from neighborhoods to

downtown Traffic calming Key safety improvements

Champa merge Sight distance at intersections

Denver Moves Enhanced Bikeways• Plan to develop a formal network of low-stress enhanced

bikeways• Champa corridor identified for moderate ease of use

facility (buffered bike lane)• Stout corridor identified for high ease of use facility

(protected bike lane)

What is an Enhanced Bikeway?

Protected Bike Lanes

Buffered Bike Lanes

Neighborhood Bikeways

Project timelineWhere we’ve been: July 2015 - today

Jul-Aug: Data/existing

conditions

Aug-Sept: 30% design

Oct: 1st CPN meeting

Nov-Jan: Stakeholder

meetings

Public involvement

Project milestone

Project timelineWhere we’ve been: July 2015 - today

Jan: 60% design

Feb: PW letter & CPN steering

committee meeting

March: CPN meeting

May: Final CPN presentation

Public involvement

Project milestone

Primary Community ConcernsReceived February/March 2016 Speeding Sight distance at intersections Bike lane maintenance Parking lane too narrow

Final: Champa Street Bikeway

North of Broadway19th-20th St

Existing Cross-section

Proposed Cross-section – Buffered Bike Lane

20th St to Broadway

19th St to 24th St 24th St to Downing

Reconfigured striping to move the merge east of Downing/MLK Blvd

Final: MLK/Champa/Downing Improvement

Stout Existing(PAW – Downing St)

Proposed Parking Protected(19th – 26th St)

Proposed Buffered Bike Lane(26th – Downing St)

Final: Stout Street Bikeway

Final: Stout Street Bikeway• Meets original project goals• Based on community feedback received in

February/March 2016• Includes balanced 9’ parking lane on both sides of street• PBL addresses sight distance concerns at intersections

• Stout to be repaved in near-term• Bikeway PM’s to evaluate PBL effectiveness • Possibly build out PBL to Downing as capital project

Next Steps• Champa

• Final design: May 2016• Install: June 2016

• Stout• Final design: June 2016• Install: Late summer 2016

Rachael Bronson rachael.bronson@denvergov.orgBrittany Pricebrittany.price@denvergov.org

Thank You!