Complete Streets and Connectivity Applications in Tiffin

Tiffin Downtown SummitMay 6, 2015

Brad Strader, AICP, PTP – strader@lslplanning.com

Outline

1. Complete Streets - A New Way of Looking at Transportation

2. Best Practices

3. Tiffin Goals and Opportunities

4. Transportation Options to Consider

Complete Streets – A new way of looking at transportation

View the entire Right of Way as important public space

Design for safe and convenient use by all types of travelers

Transportation designed to complement the intended character of different districts

Processing cars through a downtown is not the top priority

Go beyond the street

Use all of the public right-of-way

Why Complete Streets?

Increased Safety

Improved Public Health

Cleaner Environment

Right of Way Design to Support a Vibrant Downtown … installing pedestrian and

bicycle facilities can reduce the risk of crashes by 28%.

-National Complete Streets

BEST PRACTICES

Best Practices – Bicycle Planning

SHARROWSShared use lane marking to signal drivers that bicyclists have legal authority to use

the roadway

BIKE LANESDesignated lane for

bicyclists

SEPARATED BIKEWAYS

Separated on-road two-way path for bicyclists

• Replace parking space with bike parking area

• Variants of the inverted “U” with a cross bar are considered the best designs

• Design can be customized to brand community

• Bike “share” = bike borrowed and returned

Uncovered Inverted “U” racks

Bike Parking as Art

Bike Rooms and Cages

Bike Share

Best Practices – Bicycle Parking

Best Practices – Pedestrian Planning

MID-BLOCK CROSSWALKSCrosswalk away from

intersections

PEDESTRIAN COUNTDOWN SIGNALTimer showing how

much time remains for pedestrians to cross

UNIQUE CROSSWALK DESIGNCrosswalk that uses a variety of materials,

graphics and colors to signify crossing

TIFFIN GOALS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Goals of the Strategic Plan

Connect universities with downtown

Integrated Streetscape Design and Development

Walkability

Bike Access

Consolidated Parking

Connectivity Between University Campuses

Existing Transportation Network

Downtown system is network of one-way streets and one two-way street

Auto Oriented

#### = Existing ADT

TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO CONSIDER

5 Minute Walk Radius of Public Surface Parking Lots

Current public parking lots are within 5 minute

walk of the majority of downtown

Parking Strategies

Incentivize employees to park outside prime parking spots to ensure higher turnover by those visiting downtown

Make parking lots easy to find (wayfinding signs)

Provide attractive routes from parking lots to businesses

Provide adequate lighting

One-way vs. Two-way Streets

One-WayFewer crashes

More capacity for vehicles

Easier pedestrian crossings (look one way)

Higher vehicle speeds

Complicates wayfinding

Two-WayMore crashes

Less capacity for vehicles

Lower speed

Easier wayfinding

Expense of conversion

May require removal of on-street parking

2 One-way travel lanesRepurpose

parking lane into a 2-way bikeway

Conceptual Perry Street Re-design – Option A

Conceptual Perry Street Re-design – Option BTwo-way (1

each way)Reduction to

one parking laneBike lanes in

both directions

Conceptual Perry Street Re-design – Option CTwo-wayTwo parking

lanesSharrows in

both directions