Dunes City Bicycle and Pedestrian Needs Assessment Ross Peizer -‐ Dunes City Assistant Planner Intern / University of Oregon Master of Community and Regional Planning Candidate
August 14 2014
PresentaEon Outline
• Needs Assessment Process (30 minutes) • Project Overview/Timeline • Current CondiEons • Research and Public Outreach • Survey Results/Main Findings • PotenEal Route OpEons • Examples of Supported FaciliEes • How to Proceed/Next Steps
• Ques8ons (15 minutes)
August 2014
Project Overview
1. Why are Bicyclists and Pedestrians Important? 2. How Did Dunes City get to the Needs Assessment? 3. What is the Needs Assessment?
August 2014
• To assess the need for development of pedestrian and bicycle faciliEes in Dunes City
• This includes public outreach and idenEficaEon of specific bicycle and pedestrian faciliEes and locaEons
Project Timeline August 2014
• Present to City Council
• Follow up on Next Steps
• Present to Road Commission
• OrientaEon • Current CondiEons
• Analyze Survey Data
• DraR Needs Assessment
• Open Survey and distribute
• Oregon Dunes Triathlon Public Outreach
• Close Survey
• Press Release • Survey development
• InformaEon gathering/Research
February March/April May June July August
Current CondiEons
Pros • Parks • Signage
Cons • ConnecEvity
Issues • Safety
Concerns
August 2014
Research
Demographic Data • Median Age 59.9 • Percent Change of 65+ was 36.3% (123 people) between 2000
and 2010
• PopulaEon Forecast • 366 more residents by 2035
• Crash Data • Inventory of the Roads
August 2014
Public Outreach
Public Outreach included:
August 2014
LimitaEons • Not a staEsEcal sample • Online access
1. Online Survey 2. In-‐person interacEons at the 2nd annual
Oregon Dunes Triathlon and Duathlon
Walking Survey Results
• 77% of respondents walk around Dunes City
August 2014
• 47% of those respondents walk daily • 66% feel safe to very safe walking around Dunes City
Bicycling Survey Results
• 49% said they never ride their bicycle
August 2014
• 32% do not feel safe riding on the roads in Dunes City
• 83% ride for recreaEon
Main Findings
1. Respondents walk more than they bicycle. 2. Respondents feel much safer walking than bicycling on
the roads in Dunes City. 3. Off street paths would encourage more people to walk
and bicycle than any other bicycle or pedestrian facility. 4. ConnecEons to recreaEonal areas including Honeyman
State Park and resorts in Westlake and the North Beach area were expressed as desired desEnaEons for walking and bicycling.
August 2014
PotenEal Route OpEons
The following four opEons are based on the main findings from the survey regarding types of faciliEes respondents said would encourage them to walk and bicycle more oRen and where they would like those facili8es.
August 2014
Westlake to North Beach Path Aug 2014
North&Beach&Resort&
Westlake&
Poten2al&off&street&path&alignment&along&Siltcoos&Lake&
Petersdorf&and&Byrd&Park&
Camp&Baker&
Bike/Ped Access on Canary Road Aug 2014
Pedestrian*Overpass*from*Dunes*City*to*Honeyman*
Canary*Road*Bridges*which*could*be*more*bike/ped*friendly*
Bike/Ped Access on Canary Road Aug 2014
ConnecEng Foothill Drive and South Pioneer Road
Aug 2014
ConnecEng Foothill Drive and South Pioneer Road
Aug 2014
Dead%End%
Dead%End%
Possible%Road%Connec1on%
Walkway and Overlooks along the Siltcoos River
Aug 2014
Walkway and Overlooks along the Siltcoos River
Aug 2014
Dunes&City&Hall/Visitor’s&Center&
Poten4al&Siltcoos&River&Overlooks&and&Walkway&
Examples of Supported FaciliEes Aug 2014
Next Steps August 2014
Determine the feasibility for:
2. ConnecEng the roadway between Foothill Drive and South Pioneer Road
3. Improving pedestrian and bicycle connecEons along Canary Road and Canary Road bridges
4. Extended walkway with more outlooks along the Siltcoos
River between Spruce Street and Hemlock Street
*Possibly negoDate with Lane Country to connect a bicycle/pedestrian path to the Hilltop neighborhood including Petersdorf and Byrd Parks
1. Different bicycle/pedestrian path alignment opEons between Westlake and North Beach
How to Proceed
• A Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan or addiEons to the Need Assessment would include prioriEzaEon and phasing based on: • A vision statement and goals • Costs and funding sources
August 2014
Thanks! QuesEons?
• City Administrator Fred Hilden and Dunes City staff • Dunes City Road Commission and City Council • Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) and Public Works
staff Jacob Callister and Sarah Wilkinson • Everyone who took the survey and parEcipated in the
Needs Assessment process
August 2014
Contact InformaEon: Ross Peizer [email protected] (206) 719-‐4440