N Williams April 16 Open House Displays

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North Williams Trac Operations Safety Project

WELCOME

The Portland Bureau o Transportation

is exploring options that will

make travelling on North Williams

Avenue between Weidler Street and

Killingsworth Street saer and morecomortable or all users.

With the advice o a Stakeholder

Advisory Committee ormed or this

project, City sta have prepared alternative designs or your consideration.

These designs include potential transportation changes to reduce conicts and

improve operation o the bike lane, auto lanes, bus stops, and crosswalks.

Heres how you can provide your input:

Talk with staPlace comments on the map provided

Answer questions at stations labelled Input Required

Provide written comment

Submit comments on project website:

www.portlandonline.com/transportation/williams

For more inormation, please visit the website or contact the Project Manager:

Ellen Vanderslice

503-823-4638

[email protected]

Notice o Non-Discrimination to the Public: The Portland Bureau o Transportation ully complies with Title VI o the Civil Rights Act o 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activi-ties. Contact the Title VI Coo rdinator at Room 1204, 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, or by telephone, (503) 823-2559, City TDD (503) 823-6868. To help ensure equal access to programs, se rvices and

activities o the City o Portland, the City will provide auxiliary aids and services to persons with disabilities; please call 503-823-5185 or TDD 503-823-6868.

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3 Connections:O all the possible northbound

bikeways or this area, North

Williams Avenue is the only one

with direct connections to the

Broadway and Steel Bridge bike

paths.

2 NE MLK Boulevard:MLK is designated a major city

trafc street or cars and is not a

designated bikeway. Some people

thereore use North Williams

Avenue to bike to destinations on

or near MLK Boulevard.

1 Crossings and Continuity: The side streets west o Williams

dont go through, and the major

east-west streets are hard to cross

because they carry heavy auto

trafc rom I-5.

Why Williams?The City o Portland designated North Williams Avenue a "major city bikew

Portland Bicycle Plan last year. This means North Williams Avenue will beco

the best and busiest bike routes in the bike network, the same way "major

streets" (like NE MLK Blvd.) are designed to be the best and busiest car routWhy was North Williams Avenue designated a "major city bikeway"? And w

many people already biking on North Williams Avenue?

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FOUR MAJOR PROBLEMS

Failure to yield to pedestrians

crosswalks is a common comp

We have heard concerns about speeding on every

segment o N Williams. Between Broadway and Russell,

52% o cars exceed the 30 mph speed limit. Multiple

Auto Speeds

People are concerned about the ease and saety o

walking across N Williams. With two auto lanes and one

bike lane to cross, and ast-moving car trac, usingeven a well-marked crosswalk can be unnerving. North

Williams is a place where many children and people with

disabilities walk and use transit, so crosswalks need to

be sae and easy to use.

Crosswalk Safety

These are the concerns that we have heard most oten rom the residents,

businesses and visitors o N Williams Avenue.


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CROSSWALK SAFETY STRATEGIES

Providing sae and comortable travel orpedestrians using North Williams Avenue is

one o the highest priorities or this project. The

potential strategies or improving the pedestrian

environment includes:

Reducing the number o auto lanes in certain

locations to slow trac and allow drivers to

better see pedestrians

Provide high-visibility or signalized crosswalks

at strategic locations

Provide curb extensions to allow pedestriansand drivers to see one another

Manage conficts with bicyclists

Curb extensions decrease crossing distances and

improves the visibility o pedestrians


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SPEED REDUCTION STRATEGIES

REDUCE TO ONETRAVEL LANE

Providing a single travel lanegenerally reduces vehicle speeds

as vehicles travel behind other

slower-moving vehicles, e.g. North

Vancouver Avenue.

USE SIGNAL TIMING TO


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BUS/BIKE CONFLICT STRATEGIES

CYCLE TRACKDivert bicyclists behind

bus stops so they do not

have to interact with

buses. This treatment

requires managing

conficts between bus

passengers and the cycle

track.

SEPARATE BUSES ANDCYCLISTS IN TIMESeparate signal phases can be used to

separate buses and bikes e g buses could


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BIKEWAY CAPACITY STRATEGIES

The North Williams corridor is one o the most popular bikeways in Portland. This can lead tocrowded conditions where aster cyclists try to pass slower cyclists. Providing more space, so

bicyclists do not encroach into trac lanes when passing, will create a more comortable cycling

environment and be able to carry even more cyclists in the uture. Some potential bikeway

enhancements are described below.

WIDE BIKE LANE BUFFERED BIKE LANE

BENEFITS: BENEFITS:


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NORTH WILLIAMS SEGMENTS 5 -

5 SKIDMORE TO KILLINGSWORTApproximately 700 to 850 motor vehicles during peak h

Light bus stop activity; some conficts (Alberta)

No bicycle count data available

Neighbors concerned about speeding (no speed dataavailable)

Crosswalks are used by vulnerable pedestrians

OPPORTUNITY:

Remove a travel lane

on the west side o th

street and shit lanesto create space or an

enhanced bikeway

Moderate parking demand


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NORTH WILLIAMS SEGMENTS 2 -

2 I-5 ON-RAMP TO RUSSELLApproximately 700 motor vehicles during peak hour

Moderate bus stop activity bus/bike leaprogging

Approximately 300 bicyclists during peak hour

52% o vehicles exceed the speed limit, many neighbor

complaints

Tillamook and Page used by vulnerable pedestrians

Light to moderate parking demand

OPPORTUNITY:Convert an auto trave

lane into an enhanced

bikeway


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SIGNAL PROGRESSION

Ever notice that i you go the right speed along

Grand Avenue (30 mph) or Broadway in Downtown

(12 mph) you get all green lights? Trac engineers

adjust the timing o these signals so that the trac

progresses at these speeds. The same technique

can be used on North Williams Avenue to better

manage vehicle speeds.

However, providing a green wave requires a

close and regular spacing o signals that does

not currently exist on North Williams Avenue. It

is proposed that speeds be better managed in

the commercial district between Cook Street and

Shaver Street by adding signals at:

Failing Street

Beech Street


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LANE CONFIGURATION

One Lane or Two?A single motor vehicle lane on North

Williams Avenue can carry approximately

850 vehicles per hour. Two lanes can carry

approximately 1,700 vehicles per hour.

Peak hour trac does not exceed the one

lane capacity in a number o segments and

existing trac may be accommodated with a

single lane.

In segments 2 and 5, it is proposed that

one o the motor vehicle travel lanes be

converted to provide space or an enhancedbikeway and bus operating space. The

benets o a single travel lane arrangement

include:

ONE-LANE

CAPACITY

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lesperhour)

TWO-LANE

CAPACITY

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850

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Weekday PM Peak Hour Motor Veh

Trafc Volumes on North Williams Av


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EXISTING CONDITIONS

For more inormation see the North Williams Existing ConditionsReport at www.portlandonline.com/transportation/williams


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EXISTING CONDITIONS

For more inormation see the North Williams Existing ConditionsReport at www.portlandonline.com/transportation/williams

NORTH WILLIAMS POTENTIAL BIKEWAY ENHANCEMENT


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CYCLE TRACK ENHANCED BIKE LAN

PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OPTIONSEXISTING CONDITIONS

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NORTH WILLIAMS POTENTIAL BIKEWAY ENHANCEMENT

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