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ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSALOntario Avenue Bikeway | Purpose & Need Statement

ONTARIO STREET PURPOSE & NEED STATEMENT

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Ontario Street Bikeway

Eagle Avenue to the Bike Rack(East 4th St. and High)

ODOT constructed the Lorain-Carnegie Bikeway, which creates a separated bike facility from Ohio City to the downtown Gateway District. The facility currently ends at Eagle Avenue. In 2011, the City of Cleveland built the bike commuter parking station, the Bike Rack. Connecting these two facilities, and connections further north to Public Square, were identified as “highly needed” by the biking community through Bike Cleveland and the Downtown Cleveland Alliance (DCA), which operates the Bike Rack for the City.

Cuyahoga County is currently repaving Ontario, and the current plan is to accommodate bicycles by painting sharrows. Given the protected accommodation on the Lorain Carnegie Bridge, along with future trail connections that will be coming from the south to the Ontario/Carnegie intersection with the Innerbelt project, making a safe connection for people on bikes of all abilities along Ontario is important.

Approximately 1500 ft.

ONTARIO STREET PURPOSE & NEED STATEMENT

PROJECT:

PROJECT LIMITS:

PROJECT DISTANCE:

Ontario Street Bikeway

Eagle Avenue to the Bike Rack(East 4th St. and High)

One potential solution is creating a bike-only facility on the east side of Ontario, utilizing the City of Cleveland right-of-way on the sidewalk. See below:

Ontario Avenue has sufficient right-of-way (r-o-w) to allow for the creation of the proposed off-road bike facility, without the acquisition of any additional property.Traffic volume on Ontario is very high during many parts of the day, which currently forces the majority of casual cyclists onto the unimproved sidewalk on the west side of Ontario, which has not been designed for cyclists and may present an unsafe condition.Property owners (Indians, Cavaliers, and Gateway) along the proposed bikeway were supportive of the project if it is constructed within the City of Cleveland r-o-w.The proposed bike facility would be constructed on the east side of Ontario because of slope and hillside limitations on the west side.Ontario Avenue in other locations will be improved for bicyclists through the Cuyahoga County repaving work that is currently underway. It is assumed that less experienced bicyclists will use other lower volume, north-south connections to visit downtown amenities.

Approximately 1500 ft.

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Ontario Street Bikeway | Purpose & Need Statement

Ontario St

Eagle

Ave

Huron Rd

Prospect Ave

Euclid Ave

Carnegie Ave

I-90

BIKE RACK

PUBLIC SQUARE

THE Q Arena

PROGRESSIVE FIELD

Ontario St

Eagle

Ave

Huron Rd

Prospect Ave

Euclid Ave

Carnegie Ave

I-90

LORAIN-CARNEGIE BRIDGE BIKEWAY FUTURE MULTI-USE PATH

EUCLID AVENUE BIKE LANES

BIKE RACK

PUBLIC SQUARE

THE Q Arena

PROGRESSIVE FIELD

Ontario St

Eagle

Ave

Huron Rd

Prospect Ave

Euclid Ave

Carnegie Ave

I-90

LORAIN-CARNEGIE BRIDGE BIKEWAY FUTURE MULTI-USE PATH

EUCLID AVENUE BIKE LANES

Current plan for sharrows along Ontario St is inadequate for bicyclist safety.

Due to large gameday crowds, bicyclist travel along Eagle Ave is prohibited.

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BIKE RACK

ONTARIO BIKEWAY

PUBLIC SQUARE

THE Q Arena

PROGRESSIVE FIELD

Ontario St

Eagle

Ave

Huron Rd

Prospect Ave

Euclid Ave

Carnegie Ave

I-90

LORAIN-CARNEGIE BRIDGE BIKEWAY FUTURE MULTI-USE PATH

EUCLID AVENUE BIKE LANES

PRECEDENTPike-Allen Street Pedestrian Mall, New York City ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL

Existing and Proposed Street Sections

Proposed bi-directional bikeway

Existing condition

ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL

Existing and Proposed Street Sections

Proposed bi-directional bikeway & bike lanes

Can a Drive Lane be removed? Removal of existing northbound travel lane provides sufficient curb-to-curb road width for two bike lanes

ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL

Dimensions at narrowest bikeway sectionONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL

25’0”12’8”8’10”

11’4”56’-0”

2’6”14’0”10’0”10’0” 11’0”11’0”

Aerial RenderingONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL

Infrastructure Reconfigurations

SHARE 3 Bike/ped crossings

RELOCATE 1 OMNI Kiosk RELOCATE 1 Fire Hydrant

ADAPT 2 ADA Ramps REPLACE 4 streetLight poles

ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL

Relocated Street Infrastructure

1 STREETLIGHT POLE

1 STREETLIGHT POLE

1 FIRE HYDRANT

1 OMNI KIOSK

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QUICKEN LOANS ARENA

PROGRESSIVE FIELD

Illustrative PlanONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL

Preliminary Cost Estimates

PROJECT COST PER UNIT QUANTITY EST. COST

RELOCATED INFRASTRUCTURELight Pole Removed $200.00 2 $400.00Light Pole Removed for Reerection $550.00 2 $1,100.00New Light Pole, Decorative $4,000.00 2 $8,000.00OMNI Kiosk Relocated $5,000.00 1 $5,000.00Fire Hydrant Removed and Relocated $1,500.00 1 $1,500.00Sidewalk Replacement $400.00 3 $1,200.00

SUBTOTAL $17,200.00

BIKEWAY AMENITIES Green Paint $12.00 400 ft. $4,800.00Bike / Ped Signage $200.00 12 $2,400.00Lane Striping $2.00 2500 ft. $5,000.00Bikeway Markings $150.00 60 $9,000.00

SUBTOTAL $21,200.00

HURON PARK PATH (OPTIONAL)Asphalt Pathway $75.00 250 $18,750.00Street Tree Plantings $200.00 7 $1,400.00Landscape Improvements $10.00 200 $2,000.00Bike / Ped Signage $200.00 4 $800.00Bikeway Markings $150.00 6 $900.00

SUBTOTAL $23,850.00

20% Contingency $12,450.00GRAND TOTAL $74,700.00

COST ESTIMATES *

*Source: ODOT http://www.odotonline.org/cmsportal/default.asp ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL

ONTARIO STreet BIKEWAY PROPOSALConnecting Investments in Downtown Cleveland