Design Workshop Summary 233 ideas + proposed design solutions summarized in six priority investment strategies:
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Slowing traffic
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Reducing conflicts
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Beautifying the corridor & place making
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Access to business
Improving bike/ped. safety
Other ideas
*A combination of strategies is needed to improve Central Ave.
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Enhanced pedestrian
crossings & bike lanes
Create a central place/destination
Paint speed limit on roadway
Enhanced striping or intermittent medians with turn pockets
Colorized crosswalks & bike lanes
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*A combination of strategies is needed to improve Central Ave.
Workshop Summary
Crowdbrite Design Workshop Summary 1. Slow Traffic A) Flashing light with speed indicators B) Paint speed limit on roadway? C) Public education for safe bike, pedestrian and vehicles D) Regulatory Traffic Control - Police 2. Improved Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety A). Enhanced pedestrian crossings and bike lanes (10) colorized crosswalks and bike lanes (5) with improved lighting /flashing lights B) Use bulb outs and shorten the distance across the street. C) Signal improvements – tied together, bike actuated (2), longer pedestrian walk signals. D) Complete sidewalk connections 3. Reduce Conflicts Reduce turn conflicts with enhanced striping or intermittent medians with turn pockets A) mountable and vegetated intermittent medians B) dedicated right turn lanes C) pullouts for buses
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4. Beautify the Corridor A) Create a central place/destination B) Preserve trees, landscaping and Create a gateway to the South 5. *Access to Local Business
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STATION #A -– Your Priorities ! How#might#we#IMPROVE## Central#Avenue?#
At#the#Spring#Workshop# 233#ideas#were#iden5fied# along#with#five#priori5es# for#the#corridor.#A# combina5on#of#strategies# is#needed.# #
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Iden5fy#your#top#3# implementa5on#strategies# What#is#missing?##
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A"combina*on"of" treatment"op*ons"is" needed."" "
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Treatment"Op*ons"
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Iden5fy#&#confirm#the#top# themes#from#the#Design# Workshop.#Iden5fy#your# top#2#priori5es#from#the# following#list:# • Slow#traffic# • Improve#bicycle/ pedestrian#safety# • Reduce#conflicts# • Beau5fy#the#corridor#&# place#making# • Preserve#Access#to# business# Add#addi5onal#comments.# #
STATION #B -– Improvements!
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Iden*fy"which"treatment" op*ons"are"most" appropriate"for"Central" Avenue." You"may"also"provide" addi*onal"comments." " 1."Intersec*on"Pedestrian" Refuge"Islands" 2."Colored"Bike"Lanes" 3."Mid"Block"Pedestrian" Crossings" 4."Buffer"Strip"for"Bike" Lanes" 5."Emergency"Vehicle"PreM emp*on"Equipment" 6."Double"Red"Traffic"Light" Signals" "
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