Preliminary Design
Preliminary Design
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Stretching the length of Richmond Street between Hill Street and Fairmount Avenue, the design will improve safety, connectivity, and comfort for all travelers by installing traffic calming features, creating buffered bicycle lanes north of Moeser Lane, planting new street trees, adding pedestrian warning lights and safety lighting, replacing damaged sidewalk, resurfacing the street pavement, and more.
With limited street space, the City estimates that 177 parking spaces, or approximately 3,540 linear feet, would be repurposed for these traffic safety and calming features. The location and curb length of on-street parking changes are depicted on the preliminary design plans.
With limited street space, the City estimates that 177 parking spaces, or approximately 3,540 linear feet, would be repurposed for these traffic safety and calming features. The location and curb length of on-street parking changes are depicted on the preliminary design plans.
General Design Approach
General Design Approach
The project will include repair to both sidewalks and the roadway surface and upgrades to curb ramps to meet current standards. The project design will also apply safety treatments to all unsignalized intersections on Richmond Street between Fairmount Avenue and Hill Street.
Intersections along the entire length of the project area will include a combination of one or more of the following features:
Corner bulb-outs to shorten the crossing distance
Pedestrian-activated flashing lights to alert drivers to people crossing
Safety lighting to improve visibility of people crossing at night
Raised intersections and crosswalks to improve ease of accessibility for people crossing and to slow traffic
The design of each intersection will vary to accommodate the specific conditions.
North of Moeser Lane Streetscape
North of Moeser Lane Streetscape
North of Moeser Lane, the project will upgrade the existing bike/car shared travel lanes to separate dedicated lanes for bikes and cars. In addition, a chicane shifts the alignment of the travel lanes mid-block to provide additional traffic calming and improve safety for all modes of travel.
The mid-block shift in the alignment of the travel lanes results in removal of approximately half of the on-street parking on each block. The proposed design balances the improvements to the bicycle facility with maintaining access to as much on-street parking as possible.
South of Moeser Lane Streetscape
South of Moeser Lane Streetscape
South of Moeser Lane, the preliminary design provides additional traffic calming between intersections. Street tree bulb-outs slow traffic speeds by making the road appear narrower and improving conditions for people walking along the corridor.
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