PIN 950112 I-81 PedestrianBridge, Planning Study
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Introductions
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Purpose of the Meeting
• Discuss Need for a Study
• Provide Overview Needs, Objectives, andOutcomes of the Study
• Review Study Analyses & Information
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• Review Study Analyses & Information
• Receive Public Input
• Distribute Community Survey
Why a Study?
• Bridge Condition
• Low Clearance OverI-81
• Americans with
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• Americans withDisabilities ActRequirements
• Advantages of a Study
Study Objectives
Primary Objective:
Identify the pedestrian needs of the community in the vicinity ofthe existing I-81 pedestrian bridge and to develop alternatives
that will meet those needs in a practical way to be addressed as afuture capital project
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future capital project
Secondary Objective:
Document bicycle needs in the project area and identify solutionsto address those needs to the extent that they do not conflict withpedestrian needs of primary objective and can be addressed in a
practical way by a future capital project.
Study Analyses & Information
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Pedestrian Counts
Summary of Pedestrian CountsMay 16- 29 & July 3- 22, 2013
Total Pedestrians 1350
Average Daily Pedestrians 40
Lowest Use Day (Friday, 7/19) 17
Highest Use Day
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Highest Use Day(Memorial Day, Monday, 5/27)
75
Summary of Spiedie Fest WeekendPedestrian CountsAugust 2- 4, 2013
Total Pedestrians 3549
Average Daily Pedestrians 887
Engineering Analysis
• Feasibility
• Accident Screening
• Environmental Resources
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• Cost
Inventory of Pedestrian GeneratingEvents and Locations
• Spiedie Fest
• Otsiningo Park &Farmers Market
• Employers
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• Employers
• Sunrise Terrace
• BCC
• Others?
Public Outreach & CommunityInput
• Tonight’s Meeting
• Local Officials Meetings
• Community Survey
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• Future Outreach
https://www.Surveymonkey.com/s/I81PedestrianBridge
Conceptual Alternatives
• Null/Removal Alternative
• Rehabilitation of Pedestrian Bridge
• Retrofit of Front St./US Route 11 Bridge overI-81 with Pedestrian Accommodations
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I-81 with Pedestrian Accommodations
• Replacement on Existing or New Alignment
• Pedestrian Underpass
• Others?
Next Steps
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Contact Information
Jillian Newby, Project Manager
NYSDOT- Region 9
44 Hawley St.
Binghamton, NY 13901
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Binghamton, NY 13901
607-721-8576
www.dot.ny.gov/i81pedestrianbridge
https://www.Surveymonkey.com/s/I81PedestrianBridge