The Case For Bike Lanes On Fredericksburg Road: Initial Draft Presented On 5/13/2009 By Alanna Avant
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The Case for Bike Lanes on Fredericksburg Road Initial Draft Presented on 5/13/2009 by Alanna Avant
Why Dedicated Bike Lanes on Fredericksburg Rd? • Location, Location, Location. • Bicyclists Want It. • BRT Works with Bikes.
Location, Location, Location • Fredericksburg Rd provides a direct link between neighborhoods and major employment centers: – Medical Center – USAA – Downtown
USAA • USAA is committed to providing employees commuting options that go beyond personal vehicles. • USAA has an active group of bicycle commuters. • USAA is the only employer in Texas awarded Bronze as a Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists.
Pictured: Clint Checketts' six-mile bike commute to his job at USAA Others USAA bike commuters you may know: Justin Moore, Robert Davidson
Location, Location, Location • Fredericksburg Rd connects to present and future green spaces and bike paths: – Leon Creek Greenway (nearby) – Westside Creeks Restoration Project (Martinez Creek) – Old Spanish Trail – Woodlawn Park (nearby)
Leon Creek Greenway
Martinez Creek
Old Spanish Trail
Proposed by Charlotte Kahl (from Woodlawn Lake) to create an Old Spanish Trail Auto Highway Bicycle Route: “This bicycle route would complete the San Antonio link of the proposed 300-mile Old Spanish Trail Hike and Bike Route from Florida to California… could be added to VIA BRT project on Fredericksburg Rd”. Learn more about the request by visiting this URL: http://www.sanantonio.gov/2007bond/PDF/CBC%20Suggestion%20Report_Streets%20and%20Sidewalks_Dec%2014,%202006%20to%20Ja n%2021,%202007.pdf
Martinez Creek
Location, Location, Location • Fredericksburg Rd is also a shopping and restaurant corridor to inner city communities: – Deco District/Monticello Historic District – Crossroads Mall/Balcones Heights
Location, Location, Location • There is no parallel bike route to take besides Fredericksburg Rd.
Bicyclists Want It • Fredericksburg Rd is already a surprisingly popular route for bicyclists, even though it is currently bike-hostile.
Pictured: Nicky Rouse negotiates traffic while riding on Fredericksburg Road.
Bicyclists Want It • Fredericksburg Road was identified as a “needed” addition to the existing bicycle network during the October 2003 MPO Plan Update involving approximately 150 citizens and agency staff.
Bicyclists Want It • Fredericksburg Road is identified as a bicycle corridor in the Bicycle Master Plan Corridor Map as approved by San Antonio City Council and Bexar County Commissioners Court.
Why Now? • The plan to implement dedicated Bus Rapid Transit lanes along Fredericksburg Rd requires millions of dollars in changes to the streetscape, including road widening...
Why Now? • … yet there appears to be zero considerations to accommodate bicycles on Fredericksburg Rd.
Why Now? •
•
In fact, the single section of Fredericksburg Rd that was once considered to have a High Usability for a Bike Route (Bike Route Suitability Map First Edition 2003) will be significantly degraded after BRT is implemented. This is because what once made this route highly usable was wide street shoulder space that will be removed to accommodate more vehicles on the road.
But BRT Works with Bikes…
BRT Works with Bikes • And transit systems across the world have accommodated them… • VIDEOS: •
L.A.’s Orange Line: Bus Rapid Transit (plus bike path!) – –
•
Curitiba’s BRT (A warning about not planning to include bikes with BRT) – –
•
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/curitibas-brt/ Start at 5:18 mins, End at 7:02 mins
AC Transit (Simulation of future BRT in Berkeley) – – –
•
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/las-orange-line-bus-rapid-transit-plus-bike-path/ Start at 2:27 mins, Ends at 4:45 mins
http://www.actforme.org/about/future.php 1:04 of video features dedicated bus lanes, single lanes of car traffic, along with bike lanes in an urban context. This effort has a pedestrian and bike-friendly focus that lists “single through-lane calms traffic and reduces crossing distances and ‘multiple threat’ conditions.”
Physically Separated Bike Lanes (World-Class Advice) – –
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/physically-separated-bike-lanes/?autostart=true Whole video is 8:30 mins
Why Dedicated Bike Lanes on Fredericksburg Rd? • Location, Location, Location. • Bicyclists Want It. • BRT Works with Bikes.
Location, Location, Location • Fredericksburg Rd provides a direct link between neighborhoods and major employment centers: – Medical Center – USAA – Downtown
USAA • USAA is committed to providing employees commuting options that go beyond personal vehicles. • USAA has an active group of bicycle commuters. • USAA is the only employer in Texas awarded Bronze as a Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists.
Pictured: Clint Checketts' six-mile bike commute to his job at USAA Others USAA bike commuters you may know: Justin Moore, Robert Davidson
Location, Location, Location • Fredericksburg Rd connects to present and future green spaces and bike paths: – Leon Creek Greenway (nearby) – Westside Creeks Restoration Project (Martinez Creek) – Old Spanish Trail – Woodlawn Park (nearby)
Leon Creek Greenway
Martinez Creek
Old Spanish Trail
Proposed by Charlotte Kahl (from Woodlawn Lake) to create an Old Spanish Trail Auto Highway Bicycle Route: “This bicycle route would complete the San Antonio link of the proposed 300-mile Old Spanish Trail Hike and Bike Route from Florida to California… could be added to VIA BRT project on Fredericksburg Rd”. Learn more about the request by visiting this URL: http://www.sanantonio.gov/2007bond/PDF/CBC%20Suggestion%20Report_Streets%20and%20Sidewalks_Dec%2014,%202006%20to%20Ja n%2021,%202007.pdf
Martinez Creek
Location, Location, Location • Fredericksburg Rd is also a shopping and restaurant corridor to inner city communities: – Deco District/Monticello Historic District – Crossroads Mall/Balcones Heights
Location, Location, Location • There is no parallel bike route to take besides Fredericksburg Rd.
Bicyclists Want It • Fredericksburg Rd is already a surprisingly popular route for bicyclists, even though it is currently bike-hostile.
Pictured: Nicky Rouse negotiates traffic while riding on Fredericksburg Road.
Bicyclists Want It • Fredericksburg Road was identified as a “needed” addition to the existing bicycle network during the October 2003 MPO Plan Update involving approximately 150 citizens and agency staff.
Bicyclists Want It • Fredericksburg Road is identified as a bicycle corridor in the Bicycle Master Plan Corridor Map as approved by San Antonio City Council and Bexar County Commissioners Court.
Why Now? • The plan to implement dedicated Bus Rapid Transit lanes along Fredericksburg Rd requires millions of dollars in changes to the streetscape, including road widening...
Why Now? • … yet there appears to be zero considerations to accommodate bicycles on Fredericksburg Rd.
Why Now? •
•
In fact, the single section of Fredericksburg Rd that was once considered to have a High Usability for a Bike Route (Bike Route Suitability Map First Edition 2003) will be significantly degraded after BRT is implemented. This is because what once made this route highly usable was wide street shoulder space that will be removed to accommodate more vehicles on the road.
But BRT Works with Bikes…
BRT Works with Bikes • And transit systems across the world have accommodated them… • VIDEOS: •
L.A.’s Orange Line: Bus Rapid Transit (plus bike path!) – –
•
Curitiba’s BRT (A warning about not planning to include bikes with BRT) – –
•
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/curitibas-brt/ Start at 5:18 mins, End at 7:02 mins
AC Transit (Simulation of future BRT in Berkeley) – – –
•
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/las-orange-line-bus-rapid-transit-plus-bike-path/ Start at 2:27 mins, Ends at 4:45 mins
http://www.actforme.org/about/future.php 1:04 of video features dedicated bus lanes, single lanes of car traffic, along with bike lanes in an urban context. This effort has a pedestrian and bike-friendly focus that lists “single through-lane calms traffic and reduces crossing distances and ‘multiple threat’ conditions.”
Physically Separated Bike Lanes (World-Class Advice) – –
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/physically-separated-bike-lanes/?autostart=true Whole video is 8:30 mins
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