Livingston Avenue Complete Streets Public Meeting #2 August 18, 2015
Introduction Middlesex County Engineering - Richard Wallner, P.E. – County Engineer - Ken Preteroti, P.E. – Supervising Engineer City of New Brunswick - Glenn Patterson, P.P. – City Planner - Mark Siegle – Principal Planner Dewberry Engineers Inc. - Peter Agnello, P.E. - Janet Sharkey, P.E., PTOE, LEED AP 2 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Agenda • Presentation of Alternatives • Simulation Models • Comments/Questions 3 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Project Study Area 4 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Purpose & Need • From 2012-2014, 271 crashes reported along Livingston Avenue � 11 involving a bicycle � 19 involving a pedestrian • Public Meeting held February 2015 � Cycling safety / Need for bike lanes � Pedestrian safety / Need for improved crossings � Speeding / Need to slow down vehicles • Middlesex County Road Diet Segments � 3 existing segments � Existing travel lanes restriped to include one travel lane in each direction and a wide center left-turn lane 5 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Existing Conditions • 4 vehicular travel lanes with parking on both sides • 4 signalized intersections and 22 unsignalized intersections • 25 MPH posted speed • Residential and commercial land uses along study corridor • Wide roadway makes pedestrian crossing difficult • Lack of shoulders or bike lane make bicycling undesirable 6 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Complete Streets Concepts • Improve safety for all roadway users (vehicular, pedestrian, cyclist, public transit) • Roadway design that fits within the community it serves • Livingston Avenue Road Diet Concept � Enhance accommodations for bicycles and pedestrians � Reduce number of vehicle travel lanes � Install center left-turn lane � Slow vehicle travel speeds 7 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Complete Streets Features High Visibility Crosswalk Bike Lane Modified Bulb Out/Curb Extension 8 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Signal & Intersection Features Pedestrian Countdown Signals Audible Push Buttons ADA Detectible Warning Surfaces 9 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Potential New Street Intersection Concept • Exclusive pedestrian signal phase • Westbound New Street approach lead phase with northbound Livingston Avenue right-turn overlap • Realign crosswalks to reduce crossing distance • Restripe northbound and southbound Livingston Avenue approaches to add exclusive left-turn lanes • Signal retiming/optimization 10 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 1 – Hybrid Road Diet Elizabeth Street to Sandford Street 11 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 1 – Hybrid Road Diet Sandford Street to New Street 12 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 1 – Simulation 13 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 2 – Center Median Elizabeth Street to Sandford Street 14 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 2 – Center Median Sandford Street to New Street 15 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 2 – Simulation 16 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 3 – Classic Road Diet 17 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 3A – Classic Road Diet 18 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 3 – Simulation 19 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 4 – Multi-Use Path 20 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternate 4 – Simulation 21 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Alternative Summary Estimated Benefit- Estimated Estimated Alternative Construction Cost Project Cost Design Time Time Ratio 1 $3.5M 18 months 12 months 3.13 2 $3.6M 18 months 12 months 4.02 3 $3.5M 18 months 12 months 6.15 4 $4.2M 36 months 12 months 5.48 22 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
Questions/Comments 23 | Livingston Avenue Complete Streets August 2015
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