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City Council Meeting Minutes January 22, 2019 Page 11 of 16 Five recommendations include 1) Network of great streets with a street plan defining types of roadways, basis for design improvement, and coordinating with the Comp Plan 2) Primary corridor enhancements, need to balance regional mobility with local access. 3) Walkable Places, improve pedestrian realm, walkable destinations, and high traffic volumes. 4) Bike network, expand on the trail network to connect more destinations and neighborhoods, closing gaps, upgrade existing facilities, improved crossings for bikes and pedestrians. 5) Transit Vision long-term, transit improvements to more areas, increased frequency, more regional and Bus Rapid Transit options, leverage future rail investment. Key recommendations will include addressing issues on e Highway 42 — primary function is for vehicle access, includes sidewalks but no bike lanes, delay most significant between Pine Street and South Boulder Road, needs the ability to accommodate future transit. Five lanes (four lanes with left turn lanes), sidewalk on west side to access destinations, off street trail beyond the right of way on east side leveraging open space o Dillon Road corridor — Move forward with Dillon Road corridor study recommendations including capacity improvements around 96th Street and the railroad tracks, ensure ADA access is included in any improvements, enhance existing bike facility with signage and striping Extend Campus Drive to 96th Street to improve functioning of Dillon Road and better services schools and hospital ® South Boulder Road _ Serves multiple needs for the community Short term focus includes pedestrian crossings along with congestion and access at SH42 Long term calls for a study for redesign of the corridor including best allocation of right-of-way and regional consistency for modes. e Via Appia — Reconfigure to prioritize multimodal access. Safety issues at intersections. • McCaslin corridor — Overall traffic flows well, separate bikes from traffic, especially south of Centennial Parkway, multimodal secondary network in areas of redevelopment. • Identify Locations for Walkable Places — wide, buffered sidewalks, narrow/visible crossings, lighting and trees/shade, benefits include attracting commercial activity and generating higher retail sales and higher rents. Walk score downtown is 82 vs 32 for City overall Andrew Knutson, EPS, addressed walkability He noted office and retail rents can be higher in areas with walkability By increasing walk score commercial activity increases. Want to create as many avenues for people to spend money; that can include large anchor stores within walkable centers that drive up user numbers.