FRANK SINATRA DRIVE VISIONING AND CONCEPT PLAN DESIGN Public Workshop #1 Project Website: http://www.hobokennj.org/sinatradrive/ May 15, 2014
Team Introduction Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
Project Overview • Evaluate existing conditions for ADA, NJDOT, and AASHTO compliance • Evaluate and observe traffic and parking patterns • Evaluate the existing topography of the project area relative to flooding events and impacts • Assist the City in developing an overall Vision for the corridor, incorporating public comment and feedback for implementation • Explore low impact design elements to incorporate within the Vision for the corridor • Develop conceptual plan alternatives that help implement the City’s “Complete Streets” policy and adopted Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
Project Process / Schedule Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
Project Area/Key Issues Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
Key Issues - Continued Perceived speeding along the roadway Privately owned properties along Frank Sinatra Drive. Wooden stairs to Stevens Institute of Technology Stopping sight distances issues around the Class I bike lane ends abruptly at Pier C Horizontal Curves Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
Key Issues - Continued ADA non-compliance Iron fence along walkway, from fishing pier to Union Dry Narrow sidewalk and overgrown Dock, is deteriorating and in desperate need of repair landscape/physical barriers Split phased signalized intersection Unsignalized, mid-block HRWW ends at Dry Dock crossings with no ADA access Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
Current Initiatives Complete Streets Policy City of Hoboken Master Plan Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
What is a Complete Street? • A complete street is one that is designed and operated to enable safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users, including: • Pedestrians • Bicyclists • Transit Riders • Motorists • Makes places and streets more livable, desirable, safer, and accessible • Elements of a complete street include: • Wider Sidewalks • Minimized crossing distances at intersections • Bicycle accommodations • Accessibility to transit • Public Amenities Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
Exercise #1: Dream Street Use the provided tiles during the exercise to develop your “Dream Street” for Frank Sinatra Drive. Provided are two “typical” existing cross sections, one located at the Union Dry Dock and the Point areas. How would you balance the space provided, with the program elements necessary for a complete street on Frank Sinatra Drive? Elements such as: • Vehicular Travel • Parking • Bicycle Network • Pedestrian Spaces • Pedestrian Amenities Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
Exercise #2: Program Worksheet Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
FRANK SINATRA DRIVE: URBAN DESIGN WASHINGTON STREET WASHINGTON STREET 10TH STREET 7TH STREET HUDSON STREET HUDSON STREET 11TH STREET 4TH STREET 5TH STREET 6TH STREET 8TH STREET 9TH STREET Elysian Park Fifth Street Park RIVER STREET Stevens Park Maxwell Place Park Sinatra Park & Stevens Stevens Institute Athletic Field Physical Plant of Technology and Parking Lot Pier C (privately owned) Park Union Dry Dock (privately owned) Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
FIVE ZONES WASHINGTON STREET WASHINGTON STREET 10TH STREET 7TH STREET HUDSON STREET HUDSON STREET 11TH STREET 4TH STREET 5TH STREET 6TH STREET 8TH STREET 9TH STREET Elysian Park Fifth Street Park RIVER STREET Stevens Park Maxwell Place Park Sinatra Park & Stevens Stevens Institute Athletic Field Physical Plant of Technology and Parking Lot Pier C (privately owned) Park Union Dry Dock (privately owned) ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 ZONE 4 ZONE 5 “STEVENS “UNION “ELYSIAN “SOUTH CONNECTOR” “THE POINT” CORRIDOR” CONNECTOR” CORRIDOR” Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
11TH STREET ZONE 5 May 2014 10TH STREET Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning SURGE ZONE and Concept Plan Design ZONE 4 9TH STREET ZONE 3 8TH STREET 7TH STREET ZONE 2 WASHINGTON STREET 6TH STREET HUDSON STREET 1.0% ANNUAL RIVER STREET FLOOD RISK ZONE 1 FLOOD RISK SURGE ZONE 0.2% ANNUAL Source: FEMA 12/2013 Preliminary FIRM for FLOOD RISK Hudson County NJ. 4TH STREET
• • • • ZONE 1: SOUTH CONNECTOR UPLAND GRID CONNECTIONS SEPARATED BIKE PATH ENDS CONNECTION TO PIER C & SOUTH WATERFRONT MULTIPLE ATHLETIC FIELDS HUDSON STREET 4TH STREET 4TH STREET 5TH STREET 5TH STREET 6TH STREET Fifth Street Fifth Street Park Park RIVER STREET RIVER STREET Stevens Park Stevens Park 5TH STREET RETAINING WALL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL SEPARATED BIKE PATH ENDS Sinatra Park Sinatra Park SINATRA PARK AMPHITHEATER Stevens Institut Physical Plant & parking lot PIER C PARK STEEP SLOPE SEPARATED BIKE PATH PUBLIC WATERFRONT PRIVATELY OWNED LOT TRAFFIC APPROACH ATTRACTION NARROW SIDEWALK ZONE 1: SOUTH CONNECTOR Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
ZONE 1: SOUTH CONNECTOR SOUTH CONNECTOR OVERVIEW SINATRA PARK AMPHITHEATER WWII MEMORIAL 5TH STREET INTERSECTION Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
• • • • • • ZONE 2: STEVENS CORRIDOR PRIMARILY LINEAR CORRIDOR 6TH STREET STAIR CONNECTION TO STEVENS CAMPUS PRIVATE PARKING LOT ACCESS STEEP GRADES WITH DENSE FOLIAGE ON WEST SIDE NARROW SIDEWALKS OUTBOARD PUBLIC WALKWAY WOODEN STAIR AND CROSSWALK CONNECTION TO STEVENS CAMPUS ark Stevens Institut of Technology STEVENS UTILITY CONDUIT Stevens Institute Stevens Institute Physical Plant & Physical Plant & STEVENS PHYSICAL PLANT AND PARKING LOT parking lot parking lot (PRIVATELY OWNED) CASTLE POINT OVERLOOK PUBLIC WATERFRONT PIER UTILITY CONDUIT STEEP SLOPE PUBLIC WATERFRONT PRIVATELY OWNED LOT TRAFFIC APPROACH NARROW SIDEWALK ZONE 2: STEVENS CORRIDOR ATTRACTION PARKING LOT ENTRY Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
ZONE 2: STEVENS CORRIDOR NARROW STAIR TO CAMPUS UTILITY CONDUIT SIDEWALK WATERFRONT WALKWAY CONNECTION SIDEWALK BESIDE PARKING LOT Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
8TH STREET 9TH STREET • • • • • ZONE 3: THE POINT STRIKING VIEWS LACK OF PROGRAMMING POOR SIGHT LINES AND STREET CROSSINGS NARROW SIDEWALK ON WEST SIDE STEEP GRADES WITH DENSE FOLIAGE ON WEST SIDE Stevens Institute of Technology of Technology CASTLE POINT LOOKOUT CASTLE POINT SKATE PARK SYBIL’S CAVE PUBLIC WATERFRONT ENDS STEEP SLOPE PUBLIC WATERFRONT TRAFFIC APPROACH PRIVATELY OWNED LOT NARROW SIDEWALK ATTRACTION ZONE 3: THE POINT Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
ZONE 3: THE POINT RAILING AND PIER THE POINT RAISED PLANTERS SYBIL’S CAVE SKATE PARK AND WALKWAY TERMINUS Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
9TH STREET • • • • • • ZONE 4: UNION CORRIDOR NARROW SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES LINEAR ACCESS PRIVATELY OWNED SHIPPING YARD WITH MULTIPLE TRUCK ACCESS POINTS NO BICYCLE AMENITIES WATERFRONT WALKWAY DEAD-ENDS SINA STEEP SLOPE ON WEST SIDE TRANSITIONS TO Maxwell CONCRETE RETAINING WALL Place Park e UNION DRY DOCK (PRIVATELY OWNED) Union Dry Dock Union Dry Dock Union Dry Dock (privately owned) (privately owned) (privately owned) CASTLE POINT SKATE PARK WATERFRONT PATH DEAD-ENDS RETAINING WALL STEEP SLOPE PUBLIC WATERFRONT PRIVATELY OWNED LOT TRAFFIC APPROACH NARROW SIDEWALK ZONE 4: UNION CORRIDOR ATTRACTION PARKING LOT ENTRY Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
ZONE 4: UNION CORRIDOR SIDEWALK AT UNION DRY DOCK SIDEWALK AT UNION DRY DOCK; ELYSIAN PARK RETAINING WALL UNION DRY DOCK YARD Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
• • • • • ZONE 5: ELYSIAN CONNECTOR 10TH STREET PUBLIC SPACE ON BOTH SIDES AND TO THE NORTH WATERFRONT CONNECTIONS RE-ENTRY TO CITY AND STREET GRID HUDSON STREET HUDSON STREET GRADE CHANGES OFFSET INTERSECTION WITH HUDSON & 11TH 11TH STREET 11TH STREET Elysian Elysian 9TH STREET STREETS Park Park 11TH STREET INTERSECTION FRANK SINATRA DRIVE INTERSECTION CONCRETE RETAINING WALL MAXWELL PLACE LAWN (PUBLIC) SINATRA DRIVE NORTH SINATRA DRIVE NORTH Maxwell Maxwell Place Place PUBLIC WATERFRONT WALKWAY Park Park UNION DRY DOCK (PRIVATELY OWNED) RETAINING WALL Union Dry Dock STEEP SLOPE PUBLIC WATERFRONT (privately owned) PRIVATELY OWNED LOT TRAFFIC APPROACH NARROW SIDEWALK ZONE 5: ELYSIAN CONNECTOR ATTRACTION PARKING LOT ENTRY Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
ZONE 5: ELYSIAN CONNECTOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO MAXWELL PARK MAXWELL PLACE FENCE ELYSIAN PARK RETAINING WALL HUDSON STREET INTERSECTION Frank Sinatra Drive Visioning May 2014 and Concept Plan Design
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