Meeting AgendaMeeting Agenda
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Project StatusReview of Draft TSP DocumentNext Steps and Discussion
Project StatusProject Status
Draft Preferred Plan (Memo #9) – September 2011– Monthly or more frequent meetings of the PC/TC and
subcommittees
Draft TSP – TAC and PC/TC Provide Comments on Draft TSP by
September 14th, 2012
Next Steps– Council Briefing (October)– Town Hall (October 24th)– Planning Commission Hearing– City Council Hearing– TSDC Update Process
Draft TSPDraft TSPBackground Sections (1-4)– Existing Inventory– Goals and Objectives– Existing Conditions– Future Conditions
Plan Sections (5-12)– General Policies– Modal Plans (ped, bike, transit, roadway, other modes)– Pedestrian Places– Sustainability Plan– Funding and Implementation– Implementation Recommendations
Attachments– Project Prospectus Sheets– Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Design Toolkit
Technical Appendix– All Tech Memos and their attachments
Draft TSP Draft TSP
Remaining Tasks– Implementing Ordinances and Findings– Finalize Draft TSP Document– Adoption Process– TSDC Update
TSP GoalsTSP Goals
1. Create a “green” template for other communities to follow
2. Make safety a priority for all modes
3. Maintain small-town character, support economic prosperity, and accommodate future growth
4. Create a system-wide balance for serving and facilitating pedestrian, bicycle, rail, air, transit, and vehicular traffic in terms of mobility and access within and through the City of Ashland
Draft TSPDraft TSP
Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan Sections– Includes policies, programs, and projects focused on
facilitating pedestrian and bicycle travel
Transit Plan– Includes policies and programs focused on improving transit
service within and to/from Ashland
Heavy Rail Plan– Includes Freight by Rail Policy and set of railroad crossing
projects
Intersection and Roadway Plan– Includes policies, studies and projects related to access
management, intersection improvements, modifying existing roadway cross-sections or streetscapes, extending existing roadways, and constructing new roadways.
Draft TSPDraft TSP
Pedestrian Places– Concept Plans– Circulation Plans– Roadway Cross-sections
- Modal Plans include streetscape and other projects to implement the Pedestrian Places
Other Modal Plans– Air– Water– Pipeline
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Sustainability Plan– Transportation demand management (TDM) strategies– Strategies for reduction of Ashland’s carbon footprint– Private sector sustainability solutions, and– Other relevant policies, goals, and objectives
Draft TSPDraft TSP
Future Funding Projections (p. 169)– Approximately $24 million over 25 years
Full Plan Costs– Approximately $74 million
Financially Constrained List– Majority of High and Medium Priority Projects - $28 million– Projects to be included in TSDC Update
Timeline General Pedestrian Bicycle Transit Freight
Intersection
and Roadway
Total Program,
Studies and
Project Costs
0-5 Years $100,000 $9,355,000 $3,180,000 $1,000,000 - $2,162,000 $15,797,000
5-15 Years $30,000 $3,900,000 $1,150,000 $2,750,000 $750,000 $4,250,000 $12,830,000
15-25 Years - $3,125,000 $570,000 $3,500,000 - $4,916,000 $12,111,000
Development Driven - - - - $2,000,000 $30,886,000 $32,886,000
Total $130,000 $16,380,000 $4,900,000 $7,250,000 $2,750,000 $42,214,000 $73,624,000
Notable General Policies/Studies (p. 85)Notable General Policies/Studies (p. 85)
Policy #1 – Functional Classifications – New Shared Street designation
Policy #2 – Multi-modal/Safety Based Development Review Process
Policy #27 – Fee In Lieu
Study #2 – Downtown Parking and Multi-Modal Circulation Study
Notable Bicycle Policies/Programs (p. 103)Notable Bicycle Policies/Programs (p. 103)
Program #1 – Create TravelSmart Educational Program– Invest in individualized, targeted marketing materials to be
distributed to interested individuals for the purpose of informing and encouraging travel as a pedestrian or by bicycle.
Transit (p. 110)Transit (p. 110)
Several policies to support transit access and transit friendly development
Transit Program Funding– Annual allocation budgeted for transit – increasing over time– Funds to be spent to achieve Ashland’s transit priorities
(complimentary to RVTD’s Transit Service Enhancement Tiers)
– 10 Transit Priorities related to fares, hours of service, service coverage- Desire future express service to Medford- Desire park-n-ride/Central Transit Hub facility- Desire additional local circulation route (Route 8)- Desire tourist/student oriented rubber-tire circulator
Notable Roadway Policies (p. 129)Notable Roadway Policies (p. 129)
Policy #22 – Alternative Mobility Standards– Not needed for 2034 horizon– City will pursue in future for North Main and Ashland/Tolman
Creek
Policy #23 – Transportation System Management– Tools and Strategies
Policy #24 – Traffic Calming– Tools and Strategies
Policy #26 – Eagle Mill Road– Support use as Alternative Bypass Route of downtown area– Encourages County to upgrade Eagle Mill Road on similar
timeframe as Nevada Street Extension
Notable Refinement Studies (p. 136)Notable Refinement Studies (p. 136)
Study #10 – Siskiyou Boulevard Pedestrian Crossing Evaluation and Feasibility Study
– Evaluate the feasibility and costs associated with providing enhanced pedestrian crossing treatments at the Wightman-Indiana/Siskiyou Boulevard intersection. - After study of the new crossing treatment- Review of pedestrian demands with new dormitory open
Roadway and Intersection ProjectsRoadway and Intersection Projects
Safety projectsStreetscape projects (implementing Pedestrian Places)North Main Road DietNew streets – Fixing existing connectivity gaps– Roads in new development areas
- Railroad District- Croman Mill
New Railroad Crossings– Unable to identify/prioritize potential closures to allow new
crossings at 4th Street and at Washington Street- Will pursue all possible alternatives to closure of existing crossings
and will consider grade separation– No train volumes currently, low future projections