Avenue 26, Broadway, Figueroa, Main, Pasadena and San Fernando. In addition to these corridors Foothill Transit runs down Avenue 19 and the DASH uses a portion of Spring, Ann, and College. Due to the high volume of buses and number of riders all the streets served by transit need to have adequate sidewalk width for pedestrians, typically 15 feet minimum and more where there are higher concentrations of pedestrians. Bicycles. The 2010 Bicycle Plan designates all or portions of Avenues 18, 19 and 26, Broadway, Figueroa, Humboldt, Main, Spring, San Fernando, and Pasadena, Sotello, and Mesnager as Bikeways. In particular Broadway, Figueroa, Main and Pasadena have been identified on the Citywide Bicycle Network as priority bikeway corridors. Humboldt, Spring and San Fernando have also been identified as priority bikeway corridors on the Neighborhood Bicycle Network. The Plan recommends that the majority of these priority bikeways on either the Citywide or Neighborhood Networks be striped with Class II Bicycle Lanes. The widths on Main and San Fernando cannot accommodate both Bicycle Lanes and Parking Lanes and therefore the Plan recommends that Class II Bicycle Lanes be installed in -lieu of on-street parking. On Avenue 26, north of the Gold Line Bridge, severe width constraints due to the freeway on and off-ramps prohibit the addition of Bicycle Lanes through a portion of Avenue 26. Traffic volumes on Broadway east of the LA River require the six peak-hour lanes and therefore a Class II bikeway cannot be accommodated through this portion of Broadway. Pedestrians. The Plan’s Street Standards recommend the broadening of sidewalk widths throughout the Plan area to better accommodate pedestrians commuting to transit, to school, nearby stores, restaurants, and parks. CRITERIA Due to the wide variety of street conditions found throughout the Plan area these criteria are established as general rules and there are always exceptions to general rules. 1. Roadways should maintain a consistent roadway width unless there is an overriding need. 2. Intersections should flare only at Major to Major intersections. 3. Striping should preserve on-street parking with left turns permitted only at the intersections except where a continuous turn lane is needed due to significant midblock turn movements. 4. Accept slower speed (35 mph or less) lane widths as appropriate for the Plan’s streets.
35mph or less
Curb Lanes 10-12 feet
Traffic Lanes 9-11 feet
5. Travel lanes adjacent to bicycle lanes should be a minimum of 11 feet. 6. Bicycle lanes should be a minimum of 6 feet but no more than 7 feet. 7. Sidewalk widths vary based on street width and traffic adjacency as well as land use. 8. Standards work both ways. For example, if a new street standard is currently wider than the proposed street width than a roadway narrowing should be triggered by the same actions that trigger roadway widening. 9. Vegetated Stormwater Curb extensions should be installed at all Local to Local intersections. 10. Maximize curb-side parking- convert red curb to parking where appropriate. 11. Allow peak-period curbside parking where curb lane is at least 18 feet wide.
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Street Standards A-04
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