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DALLAS BIKEWAY SYSTEMSTATUS UPDATECity Council Briefing

April 3, 2013

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Common Types of

Bike Facilities Types Include:

Shared Lane Markings

Bike Lanes

Buffered Bike Lanes

Cycle Tracks

Green Pavement and Intersection Treatments

Multi-Purpose Pathway

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Images from NACTO Urban Bikeway

Design Guide, 2011

Types of On-Street Bike Facilities

Bicycle Lanes

5 face of curb to outside edge)

4 seam of gutter pan to outside edge

Minimum 1 offset from parallel parking spaces (when present)

N. Bishop Ave.

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Images from NACTO Urban Bikeway

Design Guide, 2011

Types of On-Street Bike Facilities

Buffered Bicycle Lanes

5 face of curb to painted buffer

Painted buffer width Minimum: 2; Maximum 6

Mary Cliff

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Types of On-Street Bike Facilities

Cycle Tracks

Images from NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, 2011

Temporary Jefferson Viaduct Two-Way Cycle Track

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Roadway level or sidewalk level Curb or other physical barrier/separation (elevation difference,

planting strip, flex stakes)

5 width (one-way)

8 width (two-way)

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Notifies motorists and cyclists of potential conflict areas

Improves visibility and safety

Dallas Bikeway System

Green Pavement

Images from NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, 2011Main Street

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Indicates the bicyclists path through an intersection

Improves visibility and safety

Dallas Bikeway System

Intersection Crossing Treatments

Images from NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, 2011

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Dallas Bikeway System

Overview

Prior to 2011, Dallas bike facilities consisted of signed on-street

routes and trails The Dallas Bike Plan was adopted in 2011

Focus of the new plan is dedicating space on the roadways for

cyclists via striping and physical separation from cars

Goal is to have separated bicycle facilities across the city to

improve mobility and safety

Plan also calls for use of best practices related to bicycle

advocacy, education and enforcement

Goal is to implement the plan over 10 years

Implementation plan divided work into three phases Near,

Medium, and Long Term

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Overview of the Proposed

Dallas Bikeway System

Legend

On-street facilities:

840 miles11 miles completed

Off-street facilities:

287 miles

125 miles completed

The Bikeway System calls for a

total of1,127 miles of bicycle

facilities

Of that, 136 miles are

completed

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Dallas Bikeway System

General Implementation Strategy

(On-Street Facilities)

Near

Term

Long-Term

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Near-Term Project implementation

(2012 2014)

Estimated cost in 2011 dollars isapproximately $975,000 and does

not include maintenance

Priority implementation nearer to

most employment centers,educational facilities, and rail

transit stations

Currently the Dallas StreetDepartment has $500k/year to

implement on-street bike facilities

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Dallas Bikeway System-Near Term Area

Completed or Underway by 2014

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Dallas Bikeway System

Medium & Long-Term Implementation

Completing the Bikeway System Plan Near-Term area completed in 2014

The Medium and Long-Term areas will be implementedthrough a combination of: Streets Department operating budget

Currently funded at $500,000/yr Bond funds as part of street proposition projects.

Approx. $575k in 2012 Bond funds for street resurfacing over 4 years.

In order to adhere to the 10-year implementation schedule,additional funding is required. Possible funding sourcesinclude: Bond funds from future bond programs

General Fund

Grants Private donations

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Dallas Bikeway System

2012 Bond Proposal Trails

Bachman Lake Trail 1.0 mile

Elmwood Parkway Connectionto Kiest Park

.9 miles

Flag Pole Hill Trail .8 miles

Lake Highlands Trail 1.2 miles

Northaven Trail 1.2 miles

Runyon Creek Greenbelt Trail 3.7 miles

SoPac Trail 1.7 miles

Timberglen Trail 1.5 miles

Trinity River Trail 4.0 miles

Trinity Strand Trail 3.7 miles

Total Miles 19.7miles

Note: Mileage is approximate

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Dallas Bikeway System

Connectivity of Separated Bicycle Facilities

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Separated On-Street Routes

Trails

Completed/Funded: 7.7 miles

Unfunded: 78.3 miles

Completed/Funded: 94.3 miles

Unfunded: 127.1 miles

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How Dallas Compares

to Peer Cities

Alliance for Biking and Walking

2012 Benchmarking

Report

Bicycling and Walking

In the United States

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Dallas Bikeway System

Next Steps

Best Practices Under Consideration

Events and Programs

Education

Enforcement

Bicycle Advisory Committee

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Next Steps:

Nationwide Best Practices Under Consideration

Bicycle Boulevards

Bicycle Traffic Signals

Bicycle Highways

Monitoring usage of bicycle facilities

Strong advocacy programming

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Next Steps: Events and Programs Promote bicycling through events:

National Bike to Work events May 2013

DART & City of Dallas promotional event Summer 2013

National Bike to School Week October 2013

Support partnership to promote an annual car-free weekend cicloviaevent

Establish a bicycle sharing program Fall 2013

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Next Steps: Education Launch new Dallas Bikeway System website: April, 2013

Bikeway System implementation status Bikeway System maps

Education material and links (safety tips, etc.)

News and events calendar

Facility type descriptions

Develop youth-oriented outreach for use in local schools and

recreation centers

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Candidates appointed by City staff

Review and provide feedback on Bikeway System network

programming (e.g., proposed FY12-13 Dallas Bikeway

System on-street routes).

Assist with bicycle education outreach and advocacy

Fundraising opportunities

Next Steps:

Bicycle Advisory Working Group

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Dallas Bikeway System

Status Update

Questions?