Task 4 – Develop a Comprehensive Network of Bicycle Facilities
Using the CCTA bicycle facility map for the City of Richmond as a starting point, Fehr & Peers will
perform field surveys, hold public meetings (see Task 11 below) and consult with the City staff
and advocacy groups and advisory committees to identify proposed future projects. The analysis
will include assessments of Class I paths, roadway types and conditions, collision history and risk
factors, traffic volumes and patterns and favored destination sites (such as schools, transit
facilities, employment centers, and shopping or recreation areas such as the waterfront and
Ohlone Greenway) and relationship to pedestrian needs.
Fehr & Peers will develop criteria to evaluate which areas of the City are the best candidates for
multi-use paths and which roads are the best candidates for Class II lanes and Class III routes.
The criteria will draw upon data collected through field surveys, public meetings, and meetings
with City staff, and could include roadway classification, traffic volumes, collision history and
attractors (such as public transit stations, job centers, schools, and shopping areas, parks and the
waterfront). These criteria will be organized by facility type to assist the City in identifying future
projects. Ranking this list and providing construction cost estimates will be performed under
Tasks 8 and 10.
Deliverable(s): Spreadsheet of proposed bicycle facilities.
Optional Task – Identification of Barriers
Drawing upon the information gathered, Fehr & Peers will identify current barriers to existing and
proposed bikeways and support facilities and the areas with the highest identified present or
prospective need for improvement to mitigate the barriers and enhance access. Examples of
barriers include freeway interchanges, limited waterfront access, a lack of secure bicycle parking
and intersection design. Based upon that assessment, we will develop up to four conceptual
level improvement plans to show appropriate countermeasures to identified barriers.
Deliverable(s): Memorandum identifying current barriers to bicycle safety and access along the
proposed bicycle network. Up to four site-specific conceptual level improvement plans will be
developed to show recommendations for improving access and safety in Richmond.
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(a) do we want to spell out here that we want them to use the Reality Rides data to inform this task?
ReplyDelete(b) I'm confused about the term "proposed" here. In Task #2, they are going to enumerate the existing and proposed facilities. Here they seem to be saying they are going to propose other facilities. Does this mean in addition to those that have already been proposed? Or is this just a deeper analysis of those that have already been proposed?
Include Bicycle Boulevards as distinguished from Class I II III bike lanes/routes. (...best candidates for Class II lanes, Class III routes and Bicycle Boulevards).
ReplyDeleteOptional Task may be worth opting for. We have some difficult areas, such as connecting the greenway at 23rd. If Fehr and Peers can put some good alternatives on paper for such problematic connections, then it may be a good idea to add in this optional task.
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