Brigham City General Plan Steering Committee Meeting Transportation

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Steering Committee meeting

Steering Committee Meeting

TRANSPORTATIONNovember 09, 2015


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Major Issues Identified

Wide Rights-of-way Problems Opportunities (Complete Streets) Sidewalk Completion

Maintenance of Grid Including West-side Road Planning (from

RR to I-15)

Vision for Major Rights-of-way

Transit Service FrontRunner Station

Location

Station Planning

Local & Express Bus

Railroad Crossings

Truck Traffic Routes

Airports Future Role

Trails Planning

Funding (future discussio


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Wide Rights-of-Way

Existing Rights-of-Way: East-West Roads 66

North-South Roads 99

Problems with Wide Rights-of-Way:

Cost of Maintenance (54 asphalt on North-South roads vs. 24-36 typical)

Encourages higher speeds

Typical North-South Stre


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Wide Rights-of-Way (Contd) North-South Street Options:

Reduce pavement, move curb and gutter, widen park strip high cost of curb reconstru

stormwater infrastructure relocation

Reduce pavement interior, construct planted medians

Maintain pavement, convert extra width to protected bike lanes


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Sidewalk Completion

Pedestrian and Sidewalk MasterPlan Completed in 2006 identifiesmissing sidewalks (only about 60%complete).

Continued deferrals have madeimplementation difficult.

Enforcement solutions needed

Where the sidewa


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Grid Maintenance Connectivity Benefits:

Better for walking and biking

Dispersal of car trips, alternative routes Near is no longer far:

Policies that create connectivity: Connectivity ordinances No dead-end ordinances Form-based code provisions (max block size,

or intersection distance) Detailed Transportation Master Plan


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Grid Extension and Westside Planning Little planning has taken place on

the westside of the tracks. This areawill need good planning to ensuregood development.

East-west mobility as vital as north-south (learning from othercommunities mistakes).

CURRENT TRANSPORTATION


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Vision for Major Corridors - Counts

Plenty of capacityon all major roads.

TYPICAL ROADWAY CAPACITIES

2-Lanes Total = 20,000 AWDT*

4-Lane Total = 40,000 AWDT*

6-Lane Total = 55,000 AWDT*

*Average Weekday Daily Traffic


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Vision for Major Corridors Main Street (Central)

Require any new building

keep parkin

I would like to see more s

more clearance to see pe

at the x-walks a lot further

If Brigham City is going to keep grow

parking for down town. M

WFRCs Identification of MainStreet as a Main StreetCommunity may provide someleverage for modifications ifdesired.


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Vision for Major Corridors Main Street (Central)

Main Street - Heart of the City, Source of tremendous local pride. Higher per-acre property value than developed areas of 1100 S.

Could benefit from cross-section changes to enhance itsattractiveness for pedestrian use.

EXISTING

w/ EXTRA SIDEWALK

w/ BIKE FACILITIES


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Vision for Major Corridors 1100 South

1100 South Corridor improvement plan could

address landscaping, lighting, signage,pedestrian use, transit use.

Need to ensure that new developmentis positive in nature and attractive.

UDOT is very concerned aboutmaintaining the integrity of 1100South as the main thoroughfare in andout of Cache County.

Potential for trail on north side inabandoned rail right-of-way.

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Consider bike or walking path on north

So much room for growth! More anchor store

Keep the off street businesses as it is with more contr


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FrontRunner Station Locations notes from Fo 1100 South -

Access management issues

Lower expected ridership Big box retail does not usually attract rail users Station spacing requirements would eliminate possibility of a Willard St

200 South - Central to the community and its population basemore walkable, bik Near existing infrastructure Large numbers of potential commuters given close proximity to major e

Transit-oriented development on both sides of the tracks possible Bulk of parking on east side of station? 200 South could be transformed into a Center Street connecting down

station FrontRunner timeline = 20 years

Selected station will require station area planning


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FrontRunner Station options


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Other Transit Service Currently only one route servicing BC

Additional needs? Local bus (w/ or w/o free fare zone)

Commuter Bus

BRT from Weber

Connection to Cache Valley

Circulating buses to accompanyFrontRunner Station?


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Rail Crossings Several options have been

examined for Forest Street, a bridgeseems to remain the best option.

Are there other crossings that maybe warranted in the future?


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Truck Routes

Gravel Pits

Interchange at mouth of canyon?

Divert traffic from Main Street?

Other truck traffic generators:

Autoliv

Walmart Distribution

Nucor

Others to plan for?200 S intersection is filled with lar

it is sometimes a bit annoying to h

with them turning on relatively sm


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Airports Future Role

Scheduled passenger service is notanticipated in the foreseeable future.

However, chartered andcorporate/executive business travel iscurrently important and will likelygrow.

Recreational and general aviation isalso important.

Potential for aviation related businessor industrial growth: Select air freight service

Manufacturing of aircraft & aircraft parts


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Trail Planning

Connection from BrighamCity to Mantua via Sardine?

Additional Trails Needed?

Funding opportunities?


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Schedule and project news Corridor survey is out with 40+ responses

Youtube video as almost 1,000 hits

November utility billing will include a newsletter about the General Plan Next survey early December. Visual Preference Survey what do resident

want Main Street, 1100 S, train station buildings and streetscapes to loolike?

Project website is ready to be linked Brigham City websitehttp://brighamcitygeneralplan.blogspot.com/

Next meeting Tuesday December 8th preparation for public workshop

Jan. 6th public workshop at new USU building Potential Stations: parks, trails, transportation (roads), bike lanes, transit station,

economy, neighborhoods
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