Item 3b - Austin Core Transportation Plan — original pdf

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ACT Design Commission January 27, 2020 1 Agenda ● Purpose, Scope and Deliverables ● Existing Conditions ● Public Engagement Approach ● Project Schedule 2 Purpose, Scope and Deliverables 3 Purpose 2011 2009 ● Update to the 2002 Downtown Access and Mobility Plan and Downtown Austin Plan’s 2011 Transportation Framework ● Update the transportation vision for downtown to align with the goals in the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan ● Identify priority transportation projects in downtown 2002 4 4 2001 Recent Projects & Initiatives MoPac Express Lanes 2018 Austin Strategic Mobility Plan 2019 Project Connect Vision Plan 2018 Congress Avenue Urban Design Initiative 2019 Downtown Austin Parking Strategy 2018 5 Transformative Projects ● Project Connect ● Capital Express Project (I-35) ● MoPac Express Lanes ● Congress Avenue 6 Urban Design Guidelines ● Recommendation 20191216-05E: Design Commission provided a recommendation to Council to update the Urban Design Guidelines: ○ …the Design Commission respectfully requests that City Council direct staff to initiate a revision process to the Urban Design Guidelines to better align them with Austin’s adopted policies; including, but not limited to: The Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, the Downtown Austin Plan, the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan, the Austin Core Transportation Plan, Vision Zero, and the Austin Community Climate Plan. 7 Scope ● Phase 1: Data Collection (Completed FY19) ○ Multimodal Cordon Line Study ○ Project Database TDM Workshop ○ ● ○ ○ Phase 2: Plan Development (Began FY20) Task 1: Data Collection and Review Task 2: Existing and Future Conditions Assessment Task 3: Policy Review Task 4: Plan Development Task 5: Plan Compilation Task 6: Public Engagement Task 7: Advanced Renderings ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 8 Major Deliverables Plan Document Comprehensive List of Projects Signature Projects Modeling and Visualizations Supporting text and policy framework An aspirational list of projects in varying stages of project development The most transformative and effective projects in achieving the vision for downtown and the city Updated analysis of the street network and visualizations of recommendations 9 Comprehensive List of Projects Database of projects identified in Phase I Reviewing and updating to reflect ASMP, Street Impact Fee, recent developments Corridor Improvements Systemic Improvements ● One-way to two-way conversions ● Dedicated transit lanes ● Corridor reconstruction ● New street connections • Safety improvements • Pedestrian amenities • Bicycle & scooter facilities • Placemaking • Wayfinding • Signalized intersections • Curb management 10 Existing Conditions 11 Existing Conditions • Existing bicycle & scooter facilities, notable conflict points • Pedestrian facilities • Existing transit service (routes & stops), performance • Vehicular circulation (1-way & 2-way streets and signals) • ASMP Priority Networks • Crash Analysis • Multimodal volumes • Parking (on- and off-street) • Open space and active edges 12 Bicycle Facilities NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide Bicycle and Local Access Street Great Streets Master Plan 3rd Street 13 Bicycle Facilities Mixed Mode Street Great Streets Master Plan Brazos Street Street pavers 14 Conflict: Right-turning vehicles 15 Conflict: “Leapfrogging” 16 Conflict: Bicycle facility ends 17 Conflict: Sharrows 18 Conflict: Loading/unloading vehicles 19 Great Streets 20 Not Great Streets… 21 Existing conditions: Trees 22 Inspiration from Other Cities 23 24 25 26 27 28 Public Engagement ● Round #1 – Preferences ○ Online Survey ○ Virtual Open House ○ Come-and-go events ● Round #2 – Project Priorities ○ Online Survey ○ ○ Event(s) TBD Employer-based engagement & focus groups ● Round #3 – Draft Plan ○ Comments on Draft Plan ○ Council adoption - TBD 29 Project Schedule Phase I Phase II October 2018 September 2019 August 2020 Collect Data Existing Conditions Develop Recommendations Finalize Plan February 2020 PE Preferences May 2020 PE PE Project Priorities Draft Plan Public Engagement (PE) – three phases (Winter 2019- 2020, Spring 2020, and Summer 2020) 30 THANK YOU austintexas.gov/department/austin-core-transportation-plan email: ACTPlan@austintexas.gov 31