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WELCOME TO THE CONNECTING AURARIA PUBLIC MEETING

We Are Looking For Your Feedback On The Draft Concepts Presented Today

Which projects should be prioritized to have the most positive impact on bicycle and pedestrian mobility?

Which of these strategies within each project package would be of greatest

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1. Recognize different characteristics of the three arterials and adjacent land uses.

2. Identify best strategies to address each arterial’s need within its context.

the surrounding thoroughfares.

4. Improve ADA accessibility, multimodal movements along and across the three subject roadways, and comfort and ease of use – especially for pedestrians and bicyclists.

5. Designate and identify preferred crossing locations through infrastructure, amenity, and aesthetic improvements along each of the arterials.

6. Acknowledge the future build-out envisioned by the Auraria Master Plan by aligning project outcomes with the vision of the master plan.

7. Coordinate design with other studies and ongoing efforts such as the two-way streets study and Denver Moves bicycle plan.

8. Encourage development of public, private and public/private buildable land to be urban/dense to the right-of-way lines.

Baseline Objectives

January 2014

Analysis:AURARIA TODAY/TOMORROW

Populations, Students, & Employment

Projected employment & populations: 2035

January 2014

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L e g e n dWeekday Mid-Day/EveningPedestr ian Counts (Summer 2012)

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Weekday AM/PM Peak 2 Hours(2007)

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Colfax Ave.

13th Ave.

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15th St.

16th St.

17th St.

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Bicycle/Vehic le Crashes (2010-2012)

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Pedestrian Counts

Existing and Proposed Bike Facilities Boardings and Alightings

Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash History

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236

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93

13

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10

118

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< 5051 - 200

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Boardings & Alightings

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Auraria Pkwy.

7th St.

9th St.

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lvd.1

Wide pedestrian crossing with no median refuge. Pedestrian push buttons in median are not accessible.

1

Sidewalk with nodesignated pedestriancrossing on either side.

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Inventory:PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES

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Speer Blvd.

Colfax Ave.

Champa St.

Stout St.

Arapahoe St.

Lawrence St.

Larimer St.

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Colfax Ave. Pedestrian Crossings

Auraria Pkwy. Pedestrian Crossings

Speer Blvd. Pedestrian Crossings

January 2014

What we heard:PUBLIC MEETING #1 SUMMARY JULY 23, 2013

COLFAX AND LIPAN Concern about the criminal activity at the surrounding retail.

pedestrians.

SPEER AND LARIMERSidewalks are too narrow.Lights are not timed well making pedestrians wait at both signals. Cherry Creek crossing is dangerous during storm events.

SPEER AND LAWRENCEConcern about the condition of the bridge at night and during the winter due to the limited lighting and icy conditions.Lawrence noted by many as the most comfortable crossing of Speer due to the wide sidewalks.

SPEER AND ARAPAHOEFrustration about this intersection due to the condition of the ramps and the limited number of crosswalks at the intersections.

SPEER AND MARKET/BLAKE

amenities.Concern that this intersection will see an increase in pedestrian and bicycle crossings when Union Station opens.

OTHERConcern for the limited ADA accessibility around the campus. This includes signage height, disconnected ramps, utility hazards, etc.Desire for wide sidewalks, lighting, street trees/landscape and buildings/retail activity on all arterials.Desire for pedestrian bridge over Colfax.

January 2014

Project Package Evaluation

ALL PROJECT PACKAGES WERE EVALUATED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA AND WERE CONDIDERED RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER:

AS A RESULT, FIVE (5) PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.

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Project Packages

9’ pedestrian path


Ramps do not meet ADA standards

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6’ attached sidewalk

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January 2014

Existing Conditions:SPEER AND LARIMER

LARIMER KEY CHALLENGES

Narrow sidewalks along Larimer bridge and west towards campus

6 ramps do not meet ADA standards

9’ pedestrian path: bikes are not allowed

North bound Speer

South bound Speer

Larimer

To Downtown


LARIMER PROJECT PACKAGES

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6

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5

sidewalk

Remove NE bound exclusive bus/bike lane to widen sidewalks

Create exclusive pedestrian/bicycle phase and a protected WB to SB left turn phase

Widen existing sidewalk to 12’ to create shared bike/pedestrian facility connecting Larimer to Arapahoe

Extend lighting, banners, signage and pots along Larimer and into campus

Conversion of Larimer to two-way 6

January 2014

Speer and Larimer:MID TERM IMPROVEMENTS

To DowntownNorth bound Speer

South bound Speer

Larimer

January 2014

Speer and Larimer:LONG TERM VISION

NorthBoundSpeer

SouthBoundSpeer

Larimer



Parking

Parking


10’ multi-use landing zone for pedestrians

right turn lane separated by median


11’11’

11’ 11’ 11’ 11’ 11’

15’15’

10’ left

turn

lane

11’11’

11’11’

January 2014

LAWRENCE KEY CHALLENGES

15’ wide lanes on the Lawrence bridge.

Small pedestrian and bike landing zone from Cherry Creek Trail.

5 ramps do not meet ADA standards.


Existing Conditions:SPEER AND LAWRENCE

South bound Speer

North bound SpeerLaw

renceTo Downtown

15’15’

1

1

2

4

3

3

3

5

7

5

Reduce lane widths across bridge to provide NE bound bicycle lane

Remove duplicate/south diagonal pedestrian crosswalk across NB Speer and relocate stop bar closer to intersection

Extend lighting, banners, signage and pots along Lawrence

Provide exclusive bicycle/pedestrian phase for Lawrence at SB Speer

Reduce width of parking to expand sidewalk by 3’ along Lawrence north of Speer

Remove left turn lane on south bound Speer

Conversion of Larimer to two-way

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LAWRENCE PROJECT PACKAGES

January 2014

Speer and Lawrence:MID TERM IMPROVEMENTS

South bound Speer

North bound Speer

Lawren

ce

To Downtown

January 2014

Speer and Lawrence:LONG TERM VISION

Downtown

LawrenceNorthBoundSpeer

SouthBoundSpeer

ARAPAHOE KEY CHALLENGES

Narrow sidewalk along south side of Arapahoe bridge

4 ramps do not meet ADA standards


No crossing/connection to bike lanes on Auraria campus







11’

11’

11’11’11’

11’

15’

11’ 11’ 11’ 11’ 11’

9’9’ right

turn lane

11’

11’12’ right

turn lane


January 2014

Existing Conditions:SPEER AND ARAPAHOE

South bound Speer

North bound Speer

Arapah

oe

To Downtown

1

3

4

2

5

1

1

12

3

5

4

4

4

Add sharrows to extend con-nection into downtown from Curtis St. bike lanes

Add bike box and WB bike lane -

cess to campus

Create exclusive pedestrian/bicycle phase

Extend lighting, banners, sig-nage and pots along Arapahoe

Redesign the Cherry Creek Trail access ramp with clear

January 2014

South bound Speer

North bound Speer

Arapah

oe

To Downtown

Speer and Arapahoe:MID TERM IMPROVEMENTS

ARAPAHOE PROJECT PACKAGES

LIPAN KEY CHALLENGES

95’ long crosswalks with no pedestrian refuge.

4 ramps do not meet ADA standards.

Pedestrian crossing/staging area is

Pedestrian button push-button in too small of a median refuge

Medians do not provide pedestrian refuge

Pedestrian button in median

Bus Lane

No refuge at median

Pedestrian crossing/staging

No refuge at median

95’ Crosswalk with no refuge

11’11’

11’11’

11’

11’ turn lane

11’

11’11’ 12’ right turn lane


January 2014

West bound Colfax

East bound Colfax

To Downtown

Existing Conditions:COLFAX AND LIPAN

Lipan

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4

2

LIPAN PROJECT PACKAGES

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4 4

Remove left turning movements from WB Colfax and add bulb-outs on Lipan at intersection south of Colfax

Extend median so that it is continuous across Lipan along Colfax and add plantings

Eliminate median separating bus lane from WB Colfax lanes and

Provide gateway identity to Auraria Higher Education Center within new median area

January 2014

Colfax and Lipan:MID TERM IMPROVEMENTS

West bound Colfax

East bound Colfax

Lipan

To Downtown

January 2014

Colfax and Lipan:INBOUND AND OUTBOUND ROUTING

Outbound routingInbound routing

January 2014

Colfax and Lipan:LONG TERM VISION

West BoundColfax

EastBoundColfax

Lipan

9TH KEY CHALLENGES

Greater than 100’ crossing distance without any pedestrian refuge

Medians do not provide pedestrian refuge

access in the median

130’ Crosswalk with no refuge

10’

10’

10’9’ tu

rn

lane

11’

12’

12’

12’

12’

12’

10’ turn

lane

12’ turn

lane

11’11’

11’

11’11’

11’

No refuge at median

No refuge at median




January 2014

Existing Conditions:AURARIA AND 9TH

West bou

nd Aura

ria

East bou

nd Aurar

ia

To Downtown

9th

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2

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Restripe crosswalks to 15’

Pull back crosswalk and stop bar in order to extend medians for protected pedestrian refuge

Add lighting, banners, pots and

to Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens LRT station

January 2014

Auraria and 9th:MID TERM IMPROVEMENTS

9TH PROJECT PACKAGES

NEXT STEPSFollowing the public meeting, the project team will:

Consider and integrate comments into the project packages. Determine and document the necessary trade-offs.

Identify and pursue funding opportunities for near-term implementation.

All information presented today will be up on the website within 5 days.

WWW.DENVERGOV.ORG/CONNECTINGAURARIA

SCHEDULEFinal report will be completed late spring.

January 2014

Documents

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