Portland’s Complete Streets Policy

Portland Planning Division

Portland Department of Public Services GrowSmart Maine Summit

October 21, 2014

Complete Streets Policy – Overview

Full consideration of all users, of all ages and abilities • Funding • Maintenance • Planning • Design • Construction • Operation

• Not ‘one size fits all’

• Reflects the context of a street

• Network / System oriented (not just individual streets)

Complete Streets: 10 Policy Elements Adopted by the Portland City Council in Dec. 2012

1. Vision

2. All Users / All Modes

3. Applies to All Projects

4. Exceptions

5. Network / Connectivity

6. All Agencies / All Roads

7. Design Standards &

Guidelines

8. Community Context

9. Performance Measures

10. Implementation

Vision

“The goal is to create a connected

network of facilities accommodating

each mode of travel that is consistent

with and supportive of the local

community, recognizing that all streets

are different and that the needs of

various users will need to be balanced

in a flexible manner.”

Excerpted from Portland, Maine’s

Complete Streets Policy

Libbytown Circulation

Study Area

PACTS Libbytown Circulation Study Preferred Alternative: Two-way Congress St at Marston/Frederic St

June 6,2013 DRAFT Source: Terrence J. DeWan & Associates.

Existing

Proposed

PACTS & City of Portland, ME

PACTS Libbytown Circulation Study Preferred Alternative: Two-way Park Ave at Marston St/Hood Dairy

June 6,2013 DRAFT Source: Terrence J. DeWan & Associates.

Existing

Proposed

PACTS & City of Portland, ME

Complete Streets: Implementation

THE Key to Success – Specific Next Steps • Evaluate and Revise Manuals & Practices

• Develop Design Policies and Guidelines

• Provide Training

• Improve & Update Performance Measures

Next Steps

Existing Portland Technical Manual

• Only applied to new construction

• Inflexible and subject to waiver requests even then

Next Steps:

Design Standards - A context-sensitive approach

Tacoma, WA Street Typologies Main Street

Next Steps

‘Level the Playing Field’ in the Planning and Design of Streets

A B C D E F

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A B C D E F

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Multimodal Level of Service

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Develop Quality of Service

Ratings for all modes

Complete Streets Planning & Design Manual

Working Outline - DRAFT

I. Introduction A. Purpose & Background (Portland’s CS Policy, What are Complete Streets (& Incomplete Streets), Why Complete Streets, etc)

B. How to Use this Manual C. Complete Streets Planning & Design Principles (Safety, Connectivity, Balance competing needs, All users/all abilities, etc)

II. Portland’s Street Planning & Design Process A. Types of Applicable Projects (paving projects, signal projects, striping, sewer/utility projects, reconstruction, sidewalks, etc.)

B. Who’s Involved and How? (Roles & Responsibilities)

C. State & Regional Context (PACTS, MaineDOT, Federal – FHWA & FTA, etc)

D. Local Context E. Portland’s Project Delivery Process (How projects get done – funding, planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation)

III. Portland’s Street Types A. Major Street Types (7) Defined – see attached - others TBD (shared streets, alleys, etc) B. Overlay Maps – Transit Routes and Bikeways C. Design Treatments Matrix – see attached example from Philadelphia CS Manual

IV. Complete Streets Zones and Design Treatments A. The Composition of a Complete Street – the Street Zones – see B. below B. Design Treatments Building/Urban Design Zone Sidewalk/Furnishing Zone Travelway-Vehicle Zone Intersections & Commercial Nodes

V. Implementation & Enforcement A. Project Checklists B. Measuring Success C. Performance Measures D. Changes to Ordinances and Technical Manual

Portland’s Major Street Types

Variations in/Combinations of:

• Pedestrian ‘Significance’/Volumes

• High / Medium / Low

• Motor Vehicle ‘Significance’/Volumes/Function

• High / Medium / Low

• Local – Collector – Arterial/Regional

• Land Use & Characteristics

• High Density – Medium Density – Low Density

• Retail – Commercial – Mixed Use - Industrial

Portland’s Major Street Types

Downtown Mixed Use Street

Neighborhood Connector Street

Neighborhood ‘Main Street’

Urban Neighborhood Residential Street

Neighborhood Residential Street

Commercial / Industrial Street

Commercial / Retail Street

Shared Street

Portland’s Major Street Types - Examples

Downtown Mixed Use Regional-Neighborhood Connector

Neighborhood ‘Main Street’ Commercial / Retail Street

Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)

‘Projects’/Activities From a Wide Variety of $ources

• Private Development

• Federal & State Funds & Processes –

PACTS/MaineDOT/DEP/EPA/FHWA/FTA/CDBG

• Sidewalks/Pathways/Paving/Bikeways/Transit /Sewer

separation-Stormwater/Intersections/Street reconstruction/Curb

ramps

• Local Funds & Processes – CIP/Operations Budget

• Sidewalks – Spot Repair,Rehab & New, Striping, Traffic Signal,

Sewer

• Utilities – Gas/Water/Electric, etc

How Do We Capture All these Activities w/o an

Over-burdensome Process?

Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)

What Do Other Cities Do?

• Project Checklists

• Formal ‘Roles & Responsibilities’ Assigned

• Complete Streets Project Flowcharts

Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)

What Do Other Cities Do? Project Checklists Building Permits/Zoning

ROW

City Plan

Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)

What Do Other Cities Do? Roles & Responsibilities

Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)

What Do Other Cities Do? Process Flowcharts

Philadelphia

Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)

What Do Other Cities Do? Process Flowcharts

Chicago

Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)

Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility Bicycling Facilities – Have We Been Missing the Mark(et)?

Source: Roger Geller, Portland, OR

Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility Portland, Maine – Evolving Bikeway Network

Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility Portland, Maine – Evolving Bikeway Network

Bike Lane Shared Lane

Shared Use Pathway

Neighborhood Byways / Bicycle Boulevards

• Lower speed / lower traffic streets that provide good connectivity

• Local, residential streets (primarily) – often need traffic calming - street crossing

• Typically serve younger and / or less confidant cyclists

• Also to serve pedestrian, traffic speed management, and livability goals of neighborhoods – Safe Routes to School

• Appeals to much broader ‘Transportation Cyclist’ market

,OR

Source: City of Portland, OR.

Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility Bicycling Facilities – Hitting the Mark(et)?

Neighborhood Byways - Local Streets Prioritized for Biking and Walking

Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility

Arterial

Streets

Neighborhood

Centers

Portland, Maine – Neighborhood Byway Pilot

Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility

Contra-flow Bike Lane Pavement Markings

Safe Routes to School Elements Destination & Wayfinding Signs

Arterial/Collector Bikeways Bike Lanes Existing: 10 miles Shared Lanes Existing: 3 miles Planned: 38 miles

Neighborhood Byways Existing: 5.5 miles Planned: 22 miles

Shared Use Pathways Existing: 8 miles Planned: 6 miles

Bikeway Network Implementation

Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility