CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve implementation of an on-street bike route on Lisson Road, Wehrli Road, and Ranchview Drive
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Kelly Dunne, Project Engineer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
On March 1, 2018, the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) recommended approval to implement an on-street bike route on Lisson Road, Wehrli Road, and Ranchview Drive, (Approved 9-0).
BACKGROUND:
The City's Bicycle Implementation Plan guides the establishment of new bicycle facilities throughout Naperville. Adopted by City Council in 2006, the plan identifies a bicycle network of proposed routes and has served as an ongoing framework for the implementation of new bicycle routes. The proposed routes are prioritized to provide staff with guidance on the relative importance of each route to the overall bicycle system.
City staff collaborated with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to conduct a public process for developing the Bicycle Implementation Plan. This involved identifying possible routes, establishing criteria for route evaluation, and utilizing the criteria to score possible routes. The outcome was the Bicycle Implementation Map (attached).
The top criteria for ranking potential routes are usability by the target basic rider, logical termini, cost, staff time required, and connections to popular destinations. The City defines the target basic rider as an adult non-expert rider. This type of rider is comfortable riding on on-street bike routes that have a low to moderate stress level. The stress level is based off of the Bicycle Compatibility Index (BCI). The BCI is a value between 1 and 5 that is calculated using traffic volumes, traffic speeds, roadway width, percentage of truck traffic, density of driveways, and frequency of parking. A lower BCI indicates a lower stress level for on-street bicyclists. A BCI worksheet template is attached.
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