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1 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 Jing Zhang, AICP, PTP, LCI, LEED AP ND AccommodatingCyclists in Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects -- an incremental approach to Complete Streets

2 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 What cyclists need? What are bicycle facilities? How highway maintenance projects can benefit cyclists? AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects How to make it happen?

3 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 What cyclists need? AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects From the perspective of certified League Cycling Instructors (LCI) www.bikemaine.org

4 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 What cyclists need? AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Principle #1: No person should have to be “brave” to ride a bicycle https://www.flickr.com/photos/im_ron/4763812611

5 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 What cyclists need? AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Principle #1: Same roads, Same Rights, Same Rules

6 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 What cyclists need? AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Safety Efficiency Comfort

7 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Layers of a Cyclist’s Safety Source: League of American Bicyclists: Smart Cycling

8 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects http://usa.streetsblog.org/ Bike Lanes + Positioning

9 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects

10 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Perceived safe Actually safe Safety Be allowed, and encouraged, to maximize cyclists’ visibility and predictability Why is this cyclist riding in the middle of the lane ?! ITS DANGEROUS

11 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Perceived safe Actually safe Safety -- See and be seen -- Avoid hazards -- Prevent squeeze pass -- Lane too narrow to share -- Prepare for left turn Be allowed, and encouraged, to maximize cyclists’ visibility and predictability

12 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Defensive Cycling in a narrow lane (<14’)

13 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects What are bicycle facilities? Facilities shared with other modes of transportation Facilities dedicated to bicycle use laecovillage.wordpress.comwww.bikearlington.com/ Protected ROW Better Predictability (in bike lanes) Reduce sidewalk cycling Reduce traffic weaving Increase ridership Economic benefit Better Visibility Better Predictability Easier Positioning Low cost Direct Routes

14 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Free Flow Speed Motor Vehicle Traffic Volume Bicycle Traffic Volume Land Use Roadway Width Vertical/Horizontal Curve Traffic Conditions/Patterns Design Considerations

15 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects What are bicycle facilities? Source: AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities 2012 Fourth Edition

16 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects What are bicycle facilities? Source: AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities 2012 Fourth Edition

17 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects How highway maintenance projects can benefit cyclists? Investment targets the enhanced National Highway System, with more than half of highway funding going to the new program devoted to preserving and improving the most important highways. Source: A Summary of Highway Provisions (MAP-21), FHWA

18 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Surface Maintenance Maintenance Activity How highway maintenance projects can benefit cyclists? Drainage Maintenance Maintenance Activity Right-of-Way Maintenance Maintenance Activity Emergency Work Maintenance Activity Vegetation Management Maintenance Activity

19 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Surface Maintenance Maintenance Activity  Resurfacing  Asphalt Concrete (AC) patching  Crack Sealing  Sweeping and Flushing  Gravel Roads How highway maintenance projects can benefit cyclists? www.placer.ca.gov

20 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Surface Maintenance Maintenance Activity  Resurfacing  Asphalt Concrete (AC) patching  Crack Sealing  Sweeping and Flushing  Gravel Roads  Bike lane restriping  Shoulder restriping  Double yellow lane restriping  Sharrow Pavement  Shoulder cleaning  Multiuse Path/Bicycle Blvd

21 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Surface Maintenance Maintenance Activity

22 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Surface Maintenance Maintenance Activity

23 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Drainage Maintenance Maintenance Activity  Stormwater Management  Ditch Maintenance  Culvert Maintenance How highway maintenance projects can benefit cyclists? www.placer.ca.gov

24 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Drainage Maintenance Maintenance Activity  Stormwater Management  Ditch Maintenance  Culvert Maintenance  Catch Basin Cleaning and Repair  Water Quality Facilities  Drainage cover alignment  Shoulder/Bike lane maintenance

25 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Surface Maintenance Maintenance Activity www.danville.ca.gov

26 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Right-of-Way Maintenance Maintenance Activity How highway maintenance projects can benefit cyclists? www.placer.ca.gov  Shoulder Maintenance  Litter Removal  Curb and Sidewalk Maintenance

27 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Right-of-Way Maintenance Maintenance Activity  Shoulder Maintenance  Litter Removal  Curb and Sidewalk Maintenance  Paved Shoulder  Bike lane maintenance

28 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Vegetation Management Maintenance Roadside Vegetation Management Median Landscape Maintenance Hazard Tree Removal Emergency Work Maintenance Activity: Snow Plowing

29 Huston, Texas | June 26-29 AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects How to make it happen?

30 Define the problem -- need picture courtesy of Project for Public Spaces AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects

31 Justified Investment Project Development Get it real Vision Planning Programming Project Development Final Design Right-of-Way Construction AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects

32 Gain Support http://www.shemoviegeek.com/ AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects

33 Use StandardsFind Flexibility AccommodatingCyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects Accommodating Cyclists in Highway Maintenance Projects

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