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Home My WebLink About2 Venessa Garza 16Sidewalk Planning: ,\(([_·-.; /?.., • .,! -Irr···'· Pre senled by: , /t<f.. 11 IJ.ducp ~ 'f -~"" l L'-·~t-l 4.Jrr SESSION OuruNE @Sidewa l k Plannin g @Building th e GI S D atabase ®Tr ansi tion Plan ®Prioritization M atr ix ®Pedestrian In frastructure Management So lutio n Tool ltttO WAUC ~t PRO IHCI OI ------ WHY A SIDEWALK PLANJ ®Object ive approach to sidewa lk planning & construction prioritization ®Prov id es a G IS base laye r useful for other o rga ni zat io nal needs & needs of other partner organizations ®Pedestr ian /Disable Community wayfinding ®American's with Disabi li ty Act (ADA)Tra nsiti on Plan Requirements ®Community buy-in and und erstandin g on fund in g and process 9/2/2008 1 PRIORITIZATION MATRIX ®Scores and provides cost est imates for all absent sid ewa lks and ranks them (5 tier ranking) ®Facilitates an organized sid ewa lk program budget process (s hort term and lo ng-te rm ) ®Provides co nsistency & objectivity in responses to citizen requests for sid ewa lk GIS BASE lAYER ® Development Review Pr ocess 4 ®Neighborhood Pl annin g ®Tr ansporta tion Planning ®Transit Pl anning ., ®Urban Des ign ::;;.. _____ '1tOWIVJI. NOlltl M PEDESTRIAN WAYFINDING GIS laye r fac ilitates user friendly " web-based interfa ces ®Routing tool ®In for mational Vi ewe r 9/2/2008 2 ADA TRANSITION PLAN ® U seful tool for addressing Tran sition Pl an updates ®Proj ect in c lud es absent sidewa lk layer and ex isting sidewa lk condition layer COMMUNrTY BUY·IN ®M atri x c rea tion fa c ilitates a planning process ®Planning process faci li tates community ownership of prioriti za tion process ®Community buy-in for sidewalk project se lection = less c iti ze n comp laints ®Community in-put to m at rix tailors matri x to your co mmunity's valu es and needs ~ .... 2'!!._...._ ____ ...,w.w< ""°""'°' CRY OF AuSTIN PLANNING PROCESS ExAMPLE ® Publi c Stakeholder M ee tin gs • M ayor's Fit ness Council • ADA Task Fo rce • Urban Tra nsportation Commission • Planning Co mmi ssion • M ayor's Committee for Peop le w ith D isa bilities • ADAPT • Au stin Ne ighborhood Counc il • Zo n i ng and Plattin g Co mmi ss io n 91212008 3 ISSUES ® Do you know if your new l y constr uc ted facili ties m eet Fede ral and State Access ibi lity Sta ndard s? ®What is the condition of your ex istin g facilities? •lliiill-~t--f~ ®Is you r Tran sition Plan up to date? ®How do you all ocate yo ur sidewalk funding? CAsE STUDY ® GI S-base d So lu tion to Pedestr ian Plannin g SOWTION DESIGN ® Pedestrian In frastructure Database " ®Update Tran sitio n Plan ®Prioriti za tion M atrix ®Pedestrian Infrast ru cture Management Syste m (PIMS) Tool ®Pedestrian Mapping Feature PAOWMJC t •"°l«I " 9/2/2008 4 PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE DATABASE TRANSmON PlANS ®In ventory of obstacl es that limit accessib ility ®M et hods for making fac ili ties accessib le ®Sc hedu le fo r ac hi eving co mpliance ®Id entify an ADA Coord in ator ®Avo id Lawsuits! PRIORITIZATION MATRIX ®Too l to help pri o riti ze sid ewa lk projects ®Objective fact -based system for sco rin g and ranking ca ndidate sid ewalks ® Points are ge nerated on a 0 -1 00 sca le with hi gher sco res represe nt in g hi gher nee d PRO WA.UC t NO utl M 91212008 5 ABSENT SIDEWALK MATRIX ®Ped est ri an Attra c to r Sc ores (PA S) • Ba;e Score We ight 50°/o ® Ped es tri an Safety Scores (PSS ) • Base Score Wei ght 4 0°/o ®Fi sc al Avai lability Sc ore (FAS ) • Base Score Wei ght 1 0°/o PltO WAUC .t I ....0 IUKI ot ABSENT SIDEWALK MATRIX ® Spec ial Cons ideration Sco re (SC S) • Additi on to hase score, ma x. of 10 po in ts ®N eighbo rhood Pl an Sc ore (NPS) • Additi on to ba se score, m ax. of 10 points l'titOWA.UC t NO llC:I OI ------- PEDESTRIAN ATTRACTOR SCORES (PAS) ®Proximity to Attra c tors (45 % o f PAS) • State• ur lc~.1 1 G11vPrnmPnl • Commult>r 1«111 S1,11mn., • T1 an'>1t ~top\ • M<1Jor Gh1CPry <iton"' PIM'f'" oi Puh li c Acc1m1moda1ion Puhlic" or Privillf' Schoo l<, Emplllyrr., w ith (tip;K 1ty > 250 Puhh c Hou <;mg Puhl+c Park ing G..rag<.., Rc>ligmuo, ln.,111utmn<; ®M edian House ho ld In come (5% of PAS ) • W 1thm ,1 \f'n<>U<; Ir.Kt ,lf or ll<'low Ml'<hiln H ou.,Phold Inc-om ... 91212008 6 PEDESTRIAN AlTRACTOR SCORES (PAS) •Tota l population residing within Y, mi le of pro posed pro jeLI ®Existing Fa c i l iti es o n Street (10% of PA S) • Sidewa lks on hot h sides of the street •llill~~,f--j, -®Request (10% of PA S) • ADA Task Force • C iti zen Request ®Bike Lan es (5% of PAS) • Bike l anes on hoth sides of the street PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SCORE (PSS) ®Street C l ass ifi cat io n (45% of PSS) • Arte ri al, Co ll ector, or Residential ®Pedestrian H ea lth Ri sk (35% of PSS) • Hea lth ra nkin g hy area ®Pedestrian / Automob il e In c idents (20% of PSS) • N umber of Incid ent s 111 vo lvin g pede~trians and m otor ized vehi cles in previous 36 months-on ly ad jacen t to sidewa lk seg ment s and we ight ed per occurrence FISCAL AVAILAllLITY SCORE (FAS) ®Ex i st in g Fi sca l Availabi l ity (100% of FAS) • Fund i ng posted by builders/deve lopers for sidewa lks 91212008 7 J NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN SCORE (NPS) ®N eighborhood Plan -Add to base score (m ax . 10 po in ts) • Proj ec l req ues ted vi a Adopled Ne1ghhorhood Pl an • O lder Neigh horhood Plan genera les a h igher score ExlSTING SIDEWALK CONDmON MATRIX ® PA S and PSS simi lar to Abse nt Sidewa l k M atri x 4 ®A ccess ib ility of Sid ew al ks (3 0% o f CS) • ~~~~~fi~fi~7~.'~~cT:ril~~I does not mee l turrenl ®Access ib i l ity of Curb Ramps (3 0% of CS) • Pt~n~l~~~:pmps meet cur re nt accessibi lity ®M aintenance of Sid ew alks (20% o f CS) • Condition Sc ore -15°1<, o Maimen<tnce in ue with sidewalk • Complaint Score -5% o Compfa inl regis lered bt 1his loca1ion ®M aintenance of Curb Ramps (2 0% of CS) • Do< urh r<1mp<. within I;' rrflUlrf' m.,inlC'Oiln<<'? w:; .. m _______ wAUC '"'°"""'" PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SOWTION (PIMS) TOOL ®G IS-Based ® Proj ec t Pri o ri tiza tion ®Cost Est imat ing ® Proj ect Trackin g ®Pede str ian Ro uting 91212008 8 ABSENT SIDEWALK SCORER •r- ABSENT SIDEWALK SCORER :: . . .1 .· = ExlSTING SIDEWALK COST CALCULATOR 91212008 -: 9 ExlSTING SIDEWALK COST CALCULATOR .. ,. ___ ._ __ •Iii• ...... ~ .. ·~ TRACKING SYSTEM ®Citizen Requ ests for infrastr uct ure improve m ents ®Pr o j ect tracking fo r projects in pl anning, des ign , and co nstru c tion ®Bo th GIS -based and c ross-interfa ce d MAP VIEWER 91212008 10 ... Sidewalk Planning: ,\Ch Ha~p,/ lul ie H.isltngs, PE Projcc1 Manager Lockwood, And~ & Ncwn..1m , loc . 5 12 -318-42 12 Annick Buu~t. AtCP F\..odcstnan and Bw;ycle Pmjccl Manager City ol Aust in Public W:wks 'i 12 -974-6505 UTILIZATION OF TOOL ®Fi eld Assessments provide quality assurance for new ly-const ru cted facilities ® PIMS provides tool for use in updating the Tran sition Pl an ~ ®Fun ctioning PIMS provid es a co mprehensive infrastr uct ure planning so lu tion ®Other uses lDNG• TERM BENEFITS ®M ee t Tran sition Plan Requirements 4 ®Unbiased proj ect prioritization process ®Improve p lanning effici ency for pedestrian mobility proj ec ts J) ~;;;;~;;.....;.... _____ Wl>JJI.< )-lltl(I Of 9/2/2008 11