ONTARIO STreet BIKEWAY PROPOSAL
Connecting Investments in Downtown Cleveland
PROJECT:
ONTARIO STREET PURPOSE & NEED STATEMENT
Ontario Street Bikeway
PROJECT LIMITS: Eagle Avenue to the Bike Rack (East 4th St. and High)
PROJECT DISTANCE:
ODOT constructed the Lorain-Carnegie Bikeway, which creates a separated bike facility from Ohio City to the downtown Gateway District. The facility currently ends at Eagle Avenue. In 2011, the City of Cleveland built the bike commuter parking station, the Bike Rack. Connecting these two facilities, and connections further north to Public Square, were identified as “highly needed” by the biking community through Bike Cleveland and the Downtown Cleveland Alliance (DCA), which operates the Bike Rack for the City. Cuyahoga County is currently repaving Ontario, and the current plan is to accommodate bicycles by painting sharrows. Given the protected accommodation on the Lorain Carnegie Bridge, along with future trail connections that will be coming from the south to the Ontario/Carnegie intersection with the Innerbelt project, making a safe connection for people on bikes of all abilities along Ontario is important.
Approximately 1500 ft.
ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Ontario Avenue Bikeway | Purpose & Need Statement
PROJECT: Ontario Street Bikeway
PROJECT LIMITS: Eagle Avenue to the Bike Rack (East 4th St. and High)
PROJECT DISTANCE: Approximately 1500 ft.
ONTARIO STREET PURPOSE & NEED STATEMENT One potential solution is creating a bike-only facility on the east side of Ontario, utilizing the City of Cleveland right-of-way on the sidewalk. See • below: • Ontario Avenue has sufficient right-of-way (r-o-w) to allow for the creation of the proposed off-road bike facility, without the acquisition of any additional property. • Traffic volume on Ontario is very high during many parts of the day, which currently forces the majority of casual cyclists onto the unimproved sidewalk on the west side of Ontario, which has not been designed for cyclists and may present an unsafe condition. • Property owners (Indians, Cavaliers, and Gateway) along the proposed bikeway were supportive of the project if it is constructed within the City of Cleveland r-o-w. • The proposed bike facility would be constructed on the east side of Ontario because of slope and hillside limitations on the west side. • Ontario Avenue in other locations will be improved for bicyclists through the Cuyahoga County repaving work that is currently underway. • It is assumed that less experienced bicyclists will use other lower volume, north-south connections to visit downtown amenities. ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Ontario Street Bikeway | Purpose & Need Statement
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ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL PRECEDENT
Existing condition
Proposed bi-directional bikeway
ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Existing and Proposed Street Sections
Can a Drive Lane be removed? Removal of existing northbound travel lane provides sufficient curb-to-curb road width for two bike lanes
Proposed bi-directional bikeway & bike lanes
ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Existing and Proposed Street Sections
10’0”
11’0”
11’0” 56’-0”
10’0”
14’0”
2’6”
8’10”
12’8”
25’0”
11’4”
ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Dimensions at narrowest bikeway section
ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Aerial Rendering
SHARE 3 Bike/ped crossings
ADAPT 2 ADA Ramps
RELOCATE 1 OMNI Kiosk
RELOCATE 1 Fire Hydrant
REPLACE 4 streetLight poles
ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Infrastructure Reconfigurations
1 STREETLIGHT POLE 1 STREETLIGHT POLE 1 FIRE HYDRANT 1 OMNI KIOSK
ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Relocated Street Infrastructure
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ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Illustrative Plan
COST ESTIMATES
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PROJECT RELOCATED INFRASTRUCTURE Light Pole Removed Light Pole Removed for Reerection New Light Pole, Decorative OMNI Kiosk Relocated Fire Hydrant Removed and Relocated Sidewalk Replacement
BIKEWAY AMENITIES Green Paint Bike / Ped Signage Lane Striping Bikeway Markings
HURON PARK PATH (OPTIONAL) Asphalt Pathway Street Tree Plantings Landscape Improvements Bike / Ped Signage Bikeway Markings
COST PER UNIT
QUANTITY
$200.00 $550.00
2 2 2 1 1 3
$4,000.00 $5,000.00 $1,500.00 $400.00 SUBTOTAL
EST. COST
$400.00 $1,100.00 $8,000.00 $5,000.00 $1,500.00 $1,200.00 $17,200.00
$12.00 $200.00 $2.00 $150.00 SUBTOTAL
400 ft. 12 2500 ft. 60
$4,800.00 $2,400.00 $5,000.00 $9,000.00 $21,200.00
$75.00 $200.00 $10.00 $200.00 $150.00 SUBTOTAL
250 7 200 4 6
$18,750.00 $1,400.00 $2,000.00 $800.00 $900.00 $23,850.00
20% Contingency GRAND TOTAL
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$12,450.00 $74,700.00
Source: ODOT http://www.odotonline.org/cmsportal/default.asp
ONTARIO STREET BIKEWAY PROPOSAL Preliminary Cost Estimates
ONTARIO STreet BIKEWAY PROPOSAL
Connecting Investments in Downtown Cleveland