Goodwood Property Owners’ Association Change to Neighborhood Streets Request 10-28-2014

Committee Members Laurence Lambert, P.E., PTOE (chair) Betsey Tramonte Ben Laurie, P.E. Mike Cullen, P.E. Paul Higgins Fritz Embaugh Dennis Vidrine, GPOA President Haley Blakeman, RLA (ex-officio)

Goals Maintain quality of life Enhance safety Increase pedestrian / bike use Adhere to City / Parish standards

Strategies Look at the GPOA boundary in traffic districts Have balanced representation on the committee Use the Traffic Engineering Department as a resource for feasibility Use FutureBR as a reference for recommendations

GPOA Traffic Districts

Toolbox Partial street closures Convert two-way streets to one-way with bike lanes / shoulders Speed humps STOP signs

Partial Street Closure

Partial Street Closure

Speed Hump

One-Way Signage

One-way bike lane / shoulder

District 1 Solutions Limit access from Florida Avenue to Government Street at heaviest cut-through streets (Cloud, S. Carrollton and Kenwood) Employ the use of partial closures at intersections with Florida to maintain two-way residential access while restricting through traffic Install STOP signs and speed hump at key locations

District 1 Solutions Proposed All-Way STOP Sign Existing Speed Humps Existing One Way Proposed Partial Closure Proposed Speed Humps

District 2 Solutions STOP signs LaSalle Avenue at LaSalle Parc Drive / Carter Avenue LaSalle Avenue and Cyril Avenue Speed humps Carter Avenue Shawn Drive Normandy Drive Cyril Avenue

District 2 Solutions Speed Hump Proposed STOP Sign Existing STOP Sign

District 3 Solutions Thibodeaux Avenue and Finchley Avenue: one- way streets towards Jefferson Highway. Partial one way couplet with Keed Avenue and Audubon Avenue. Maintain two-way from Annabelle Avenue to Jefferson Highway to maintain access to businesses. Maintain two-way from Goodwood Blvd to Government Street to maintain access to residences on the end of the street.

District 3 Solutions Proposed Sidewalk Proposed One Way Existing Two-Way

Overall Plan

Path to Implementation Committee Board City Review Membership / Neighborhood Temporary Installation (test period) Permanent Installation (if approved)

Survey Results Over 1,700 open house invitations mailed to every resident within GPOA boundaries (this included members and non-members) Hundreds of people attended open house on 02/16/14 GPOA Membership Meeting attended by hundreds of people on 03/18/14 Results about the plan from both meetings 86% Positive 6% Neutral 8% Negative

Schedule Open House: February 16 Traffic Committee Meeting: February 20 General Membership: March 18 Temporary Installation: November 04 Evaluation Period End: January 30 (3 Months) Permanent installation (if approved): Spring 2015