Franklin Street Feasibility Study Phase II

Public Meeting 2
Preliminary Recommendations
IBI Group with Gorrill Palmer Consulting Engineers, Inc.
S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. | Titcomb Associates | Morris Communications
October 1, 2014
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Agenda
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Presentation: 30 minutes
Welcome
How We Got Here
Recommendations To-Date: An Overview of Stations
Next Steps

Workshop: 1 hour
Please visit nine stations and make comments at each,
using sticky notes
o Please write clearly!
o Tell us what you like
o If you have suggestions for improvements, tell us
about those too

Vision Statement
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Franklin Street will be a critical transportation facility for all modes of travel, linking
Interstate 295 and Back Cove to the waterfront & island ferries and serving as an
attractive gateway to the city. Franklin Street will be a vibrant, active and walkable urban
corridor, connecting neighborhoods and destinations. It will enhance the urban fabric of
the city through mixed-use development of appropriate, functional and diverse
residential, commercial and recreational space in the midst of attractive streetscapes.

All modes of travel, including motor vehicle, public transit, bicycle and pedestrian, shall
be able to coexist in a design that is safe and environmentally sound for an urban setting
through state-of-the-art design utilizing optimum architecture, street widths, curbs,
sidewalks and street level crosswalks, and other appropriate amenities such as
vegetation, trees and art.
How We Got Here
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Task 3
Needs/ Goals/
Objectives
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Existing Conditions
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Future Conditions
Task 6
Alternatives
Development
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Alternatives Analysis
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Recommendations
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Study Report
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Preliminary Design
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Base Map of Franklin Street Feasibility Study Phase II Study Area
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Urban Street Option 1 Alignment
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Urban Street Option 2 Alignment
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Urban Parkway Alignment
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Recommended Alignment (subject to further refinement)
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Recommended Alignment (subject to further refinement)
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Design Speed
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EXISTING Typical Lane Widths and Bike-Ped Infrastructure (north of Congress St)
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Typical Lane Widths and Bike-Ped Infrastructure (north of Congress St)
EXISTING
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Typical Lane Widths and Bike-Ped Infrastructure (north of Congress St)
With possibility to accommodate transit in future
EXISTING
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Reducing conflict between transit and bicycle movement
Proposed Transit Service Changes (subject to refinement)
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Nodal Development Opportunities created by proposed realignment
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Whole
Foods
Franklin
Towers
Cathedral
Lincoln
Park
Courthouse
Hampton Inn
Nodal Development Opportunities created by proposed realignment
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Whole
Foods
Franklin
Towers
Cathedral
Lincoln
Park
Courthouse
Hampton Inn
Potential Locations for
Development; Height
TBD via Future Studies
Marginal Way Intersection Treatment
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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Options considered)
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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Options considered)
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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Options considered)
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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Options considered)
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Conceptual Marginal Way Intersection Treatments (Suggested Option)
Lincoln Park Expansion Alternatives
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Lincoln Park Expansion Alternatives
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Lincoln Park Expansion Alternatives
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Range of Street Reconnection Options based on Feasibility (subject to refinement)
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Range of Signalization Options based on Feasibility (subject to refinement)
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HAWK beacon (High-
Intensity Activated
crossWalK beacon)
RRFB (Rectangular
Rapid Flashing
Beacons)
Bike Treatments Existing
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Bike Treatments Proposed
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Examples of Bike Boxes
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Philadelphia: http://portlandtransport.com/archives/2012/12/why_bike_boxes.html
http://otrec.us/project/227
http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2012
Possible Parking Availability based on Feasibility (subject to refinement)
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Next Steps
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December 2014 March 2015: Finalize
Recommendations

Public Workshop: October 1
Refine transportation modeling: October-November
Streetscape/landscape recommendations: November-J anuary
Final PAC Meeting: J anuary
Create multi-phase implementation plan: J anuary-February
Create approximate cost estimate: J anuary-February
Final Study Report /TS&E/Council Approval: February-March

April - June 2015 Preliminary Design Report

Develop 60% construction plans
Probable cost estimate