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Implementation Priorities and Future Pedestrian Transportation Planning ADOPTED PLAN
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Implementation Priorities and Future
Pedestrian Transportation Planning
Implementation Priorities
M
adisons Pedestrian Transportation Plan outlines strategies for making Madison an even
better place to walk. It makes recommendations that will enhance the pedestrian
environment and will increase opportunities to choose walking as a viable transportation
mode. These recommendations are too numerous to implement all at once. City staff,
commission and public involvement in the plans development process has suggested a
number of priorities that should guide implementation of the Pedestrian Transportation Plan.
Implementation priorities are based on the goals identified in the plan and by opportunities
for implementation based on available resources, including staff and project funding. Overall,
implementation of the pedestrian facilities recommendations is a high priority because in many
cases, staff are already in place, and in some cases designing transportation facilities to be
pedestrian friendly focuses on coordinating agency activities and making appropriate design
decisions and therefore does not cost any more than would be spent on the project anyway.
A high level of interest has also been expressed in education and enforcement efforts.
However, these recommendations will require a significant, concerted effort to implement
because in many cases, the recommendations will require staff and funding beyond what is
currently available. ADOPTED PLAN
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Pedestrian Facility Implementation Priorities
1.
New development projects.
2.
Reconstruction projects.
3.
Stand alone pedestrian improvement projects, especially those with high pedestrian
activity and significant pedestrian safety concerns.
Education Implementation Priorities
1.
Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
2.
Understanding of pedestrian signal operation, including meaning of flashing DONT
WALK.
3.
Impact of motorist speed on pedestrian injury severity in crashes and neighborhood
quality of life.
Enforcement Implementation Priorities
1.
Motorists failing to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
2.
Motorists running red lights and right turn on red violations.
3.
Motorist speeding.
Transportation Improvement Program and Pedestrian Facility
Priorities
With respect to pedestrian facility implementation priorities, a resource to consult in order to
analyze upcoming reconstruction projects is the Transportation Improvement Program. The
following tables indicate the current absence or presence of sidewalks for road reconstruction
projects listed in the 1997-2001 Transportation Improvement Program. Projects on this list
where sidewalks do not currently exist should be targeted for establishing prioritization for
sidewalk installation when the project is implemented. If sidewalks do exist, projects should
be reviewed for sidewalk surface quality and whether any other pedestrian improvements
should be incorporated into the project to enhance pedestrian travel in the corridor. These
tables also indicate signals that will be installed and bridges and intersections that will be
reconstructed. These projects should be reviewed to evaluate and recommend pedestrian
enhancements that could be incorporated into the project to improve pedestrian travel. ADOPTED PLAN
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TIP Projects that Currently have Sidewalks
Road
Segment
Fair Oaks
Atwood to Milwaukee
exception: 1 side only Thorpe to Milwaukee
Gammon Rd.
Mineral Point to Watts
E. Johnson
Pennsylvania to Kedzie
exception: small section at Pennsylvania end
W. Johnson
Campus Dr. to State
N. Park St.
Regent to Johnson
S. Park St.
Regent to W. Washington
Regent
Mills to Murray
E. Washington
Blair to Thornton
Thornton to Second
Second to Marquette
Melvin Ct. to N. Stoughton Rd.
N. Stoughton to Thrierer
exception: segment before Thrierer 1 side
W. Washington
Regent to Park
First St.
E. Johnson to Winnebago
TIP Projects that Currently have Sidewalks on 1 Side
Road
Segment
Glenway St.
Monroe to Glen Dr.
Pleasant View Rd
Old Sauk north to City limits
University Ave.
Grand Ave to 0.08 west of Segoe Rd.
Segoe to Allen Blvd. ADOPTED PLAN
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TIP Projects that Currently do not have Sidewalks
Road
Segment
W. Broadway
Frontage Road
Fayette to Bridge
new street Weber to Broadway
Buckeye
Stoughton Rd to Droster
exception: Vondron - Droster has sidewalks
on one side
Campus Dr.
Grand Ave to 0.87 mi east
Edgewood Dr.
Woodrow to Edgewood Ave.
S. Franklin Ave.
Speedway to Regent St.
Regent
Franklin to Farley
Maher Ave.
Cottage Grove to Buckeye
Post Rd. Extension
Fish Hatchery to Watford Way
Rimrock Rd.
Beltline to Kent
Sycamore Ave.
Mendota St. to Walsh Rd.
E. Washington
Marquette to Melvin Ct.
Lien Rd.
Eagan Rd. to Thompson Dr.
St. Dunstan Dr.
Old Middleton to Univ Ave
Junction Rd. (CTH-M)
Watts to Mineral Point
McKee Road (CTH PD)
CTH M to Nesbitt Rd
Old Middleton Rd.
Capital Ave to City of Middleton
Old Sauk Rd.
Excelsior Dr. to Pleasant View Rd
Pleasant View west to city limit ADOPTED PLAN
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IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS
92. (HIGH)
The Transportation, Public Works and Planning and Development
Departments shall evaluate projects in the Transportation Improvement
Program where sidewalks do not currently exist to establish the desirability
and feasibility of installing sidewalks when the project is implemented
according to the priorities established in the Pedestrian Transportation Plan.
93. (HIGH)
The Transportation, Public Works and Planning and Development
Departments shall review projects in the Transportation Improvement
Program where sidewalks currently exist to evaluate sidewalk surface quality
and whether any other pedestrian improvements should be incorporated into
the project to enhance pedestrian travel in the corridor.
94. (HIGH)
The Transportation, Public Works and Planning and Development
Departments shall review signal, intersection and bridge projects in the
Transportation Improvement Program to evaluate and recommend pedestrian
enhancements that could be incorporated into the project to improve
pedestrian travel.
Future Pedestrian Transportation Planning
Madison is poised to become one of the great walking cities in the United States. The Citys
history has laid a solid foundation for a walkable community. This Pedestrian Transportation
Plan aims to preserve and build on this foundation to make Madison an even better place to
walk.
Many areas in Madison were developed in the pre-automobile era. Walking was the dominant
form of transportation. Streets were arranged in a grid pattern and sidewalks were installed
along all streets, often being paved before the streets themselves. Stores and homes were in
close proximity so residents could easily walk between them. Transportation and land use
decisions made 100 years ago that made these areas walkable still make these areas walkable
today.
Madisons more recent history has also contributed toward the City being poised to become
one of the nations great walking cities. It was more than 20 years ago when Madison started
to provide special pedestrian facilities such as curb cuts and overpasses/underpasses. These
efforts have given Madison a head start in becoming a premiere walking city.
This Pedestrian Transportation Plan takes up where history has left off by bringing together
previously isolated efforts into a common framework to create a coordinated approach for
making Madison an even better place to walk. A significant accomplishment of this Pedestrian
Transportation Plan in working toward this goal is that it defines a comprehensive framework ADOPTED PLAN
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for describing, discussing and evaluating the pedestrian environment. Further it identifies and
defines issues related to each element of the pedestrian environment. Finally, this Pedestrian
Transportation Plan lays a solid foundation for the future of walking in Madison because it
identifies current practices that the City should continue, current practices the City should
continue with greater emphasis, new initiatives the City should pursue, and issues that the
City should research further.
In these ways, Madisons first Pedestrian Transportation Plan takes many positive steps
forward in making Madison an even better place to walk. However, it is also important to
recognize that this plan is part of an on-going process and even now, the City recognizes
issues that future updates of this plan should address.
Some directions future editions of Madisons Pedestrian Transportation Plan should pursue
include:
funding for pedestrian projects - how much do various items cost, what are some
innovative funding ideas;
specific ways to measure success of the plan;
accountability for implementing recommendations - what ar