Gravel Run Road Improvement Sections B00

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1. Money Counts

• Rehabilitation of two bridge structures
• Explored alternative detour routes
• Detour alternatives included new bridge
  construction, roadway improvements

Gravel Run Road Improvement Sections B00 B01,
Venago, District 1
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1. Money Counts

• Compared Alternatives 6A and 7A
• 6A (Roadway) preferred over 7A (Bridge)
• 7A Estimate 4.55 M
• 6A Estimate 3.25 M
• Cost Savings 1.3 M

Gravel Run Road Improvement Sections B00 B01,
Venago, District 1
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1. Money Counts
Alt. 6 A Improve Walters Sherred Hill Road

• - Developed in response to community concerns
• Dont turn local routes into speedway
• Widening local roads will be too close to our
  home
• Improving local roads is best, but fix connection
  to US 6/19
• - District design response
• Reduced design speed from 40 MPH to 30 MPH
• Reduced travel lane widths from 11 to 10
• Reduced shoulder widths from 5 to 4
• Identified horizontal and vertical geometric
  improvements
• Considered impacts to fire response times

Gravel Run Road Improvement Sections B00 B01,
Venago, District 1
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2. Leverage Preserve Existing Investments
Accelerated Bridge Program
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2. Leverage Preserve Existing Investments

• Built in 1884 and is a National Registered
  Historic Bridge
• Saved from demolition in 2006
• To be developed into a park pedestrian bridge
• Tourist attraction for the region

Photo Credit www.Venangoil.com
Williamson Road-Quaker Bridge, Mercer County,
District 1
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2. Leverage Preserve Existing Investments

• 3 Year process to date
• The Historic Quaker Bridge Foundation established
  to take over ownership and develop park
• Preservation of a bridge in danger of demolition
  and turned to a community asset- a park feature
  and a pedestrian bridge

Williamson Road-Quaker Bridge, Mercer County,
District 1
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3. Choose Projects with High Value/Price Ratio

• Part of series of 4 projects in Wyalusing
• Bypass to Route 6 was requested by municipality
• Some truck traffic causing noise and odor issues
  through the towns business district and
  residential areas

SR 6/SR 706, Wyalusing, District 3
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3. Choose Projects with High Value/Price Ratio

• Established a Community Advisory Committee as
  sounding board
• Study demonstrated no capacity or safety-related
  problem requiring bypass
• Scope was revised to intersection improvement,
  roadway resurfacing and sidewalk construction

US 6/SR 706, Wyalusing, District 3
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3. Choose Projects with High Value/Price Ratio

• Includes bicycle/ pedestrian improvements,
  roadway reconstruction on 4 smaller projects
• SR 6
• SR 706
• SR 2010
• Sidewalk enhancements on SR 6, Front Street and
  Bridge Street

SR 6 looking westbound
SR 6 / 706 northeast quadrant
US 6/SR 706, Wyalusing, District 3
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4. Safety First and Maybe Safety Only

• Initially a project to improve access to existing
  and proposed developments
• Initial design was 5 lanes project re-evaluated
  and new design has narrower ROW and 3 lanes
• DeAllocation of funding to bridge projects put
  Rose Street project on-hold
• Resulted to phased approach to project

Rose Street, Indiana County, District 10
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4. Safety First and Maybe Safety Only

• Currently focusing on immediate need of
  intersection safety
• Address off-set intersection
• Support Townships need for addressing sight
  distance issue at intersection
• Partnership with developer, township and county
  developer to donate ROW

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5. Look Beyond Level of Service
5 Minutes
7 Minutes
12th Street Corridor/ Bayfront Parkway, Erie,
District 1
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6. Accommodate All Modes of Travel

• Study to explore solutions to Bayfront Parkway
  congestion through transit/ land use measures
• Alternatives require partnership with local
  municipalities, transit providers, and parking
  authority

Existing Transit
Parking Supply
Parking Transit Study, Erie, District 1
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6. Accommodate All Modes of Travel

• Study Recommendations
• Rethink parking supply arrangement-Utilize
  parking to support redevelopment
• Encourage transit use through targeted
  redevelopmentdistrict approach to redevelopment
• Explore urban design and parking regulations that
  support transit use and redevelopment (i.e.
  revisit parking requirements and use of downtown
  appropriate site design standards)

Waterfront
Downtown
12th Street
Parking Transit Study, Erie, District 1
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6. Accommodate All Modes of Travel
Transit Anchor Strategy
Bayfront Anchor (Convention Ctr. Alt.)

• Public parking ramps on the edges of downtown
• Parking serves commuters development
• Eliminate the Liberty Park-n-Ride and tighten up
  the shuttle route
• Utilize anchor garages to catalyze development
  in the Bayfront and 12th Street districts

Bayfront Anchor (State Street Alt.)
Hamot
Erie Ins.
Gannon
Civic Ctr.
12th Street Anchor
Parking Transit Study, Erie, District 1
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7. Enhance local network
Need 7 to 9 Lanes
73,500
25,000
9,000
6th
12,000
8th
27,500
12th
15 Lanes
12th Street Corridor/ Bayfront Parkway, District 1
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7. Enhance local network
12th Street Corridor/ Bayfront Parkway, District 1
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8. Build Towns Not Sprawl

• Multiple land use transportation planning
  studies
• PennDOT was part of land use decision-making
  process that will ultimately dictate
  transportation needs

Route 62, Warren
Route 19, Erie Route 62, Warren and Route 6N,
Edinboro, District 1
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8. Build Towns Not Sprawl

• What the Studies looked into
• Existing Land Use Conditions
• Growth Patterns Trends
• Future Land Use Plans
• Access Growth Management
• Zoning Subdivision Ordinances
• Community Assets

Route 19, Erie
Route 19, Erie Route 62, Warren and Route 6N,
Edinboro, District 1
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8. Build Towns Not Sprawl
Route 6N, Edinboro
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8. Build Towns Not Sprawl

• Recommendations from Route 6N Study
• Enhance Pedestrian Circulation
• Enhance Bicycle Circulation
• Roadway Improvements
• System Upgrades
• Three-Lane Section
• Intersection Improvements
• Traffic Signals
• Roundabouts
• Turn Lanes

Route 6N, Edinboro
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9. Understand the Context Plan Design Within
the Context

• Bayfront Connector links Bayfront Parkway and
  I-90
• Some Project Goals
• Be a multi-faceted transportation facility
• Include pedestrian and bicycle accommodations
• Blend in with the fabric of the communities
• Soften the industrial areas of the corridor
• Protect the environmentally valuable areas
• Promote economic development
• Improve safety and congestion

Bayfront Parkway
Bayfront Connector
Gateway Greenways Study, Erie, District 1
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9. Understand the Context Plan Design Within
the Context

• Study developed consistent themes for the
  corridor/region
• Developed guidelines that addressed
• Interstate Gateway Treatments
• Urban Streetscapes
• Roadside Plantings
• Greenway Trails
• Wall Treatments
• Landscaping specifications

Gateway Greenways Study, Erie, District 1
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Level of Service (LOS)
9. Understand the Context Plan Design Within
the Context

• Project included a 7- mile trail system along
  the Bayfront Connector

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10. Develop Local Governments as Strong Land Use
Partners
Hickory Street Bridge, Warren, District 1
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10. Develop Local Governments as Strong Land Use
Partners
Hickory Street Bridge, Warren, District 1
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10. Develop Local Governments as Strong Land Use
Partners
Hickory Street Bridge, Warren, District 1