Bikeway MasterPlan Approved by City

On September 28, 2009, the Mayor and City Council approved Resolution No. 10-09 - a resolution to approve and adopt a City of Laurel Bikeway Master Plan.

City unveils new Bikway Plan

The City of Laurel and the Department of Public Works is proud to release its draft Bikeway Transportation Plan for public review and comment. The draft can be downloaded here (3MB file).

Traffic Calming: Before-and-After Study

The City of Laurel conducted a Before-and-After Study of traffic calming measures at two locations in the City:
1) Greenview Drive
2) Montrose Traffic Circle.

Results:

• Narrowing the roadway on Greenview, by striping parking lanes, resulted in an 11% reduction in all speeders and a 21% reduction in motorists who exceeded the speed limit by 10+ mph.
• Constricting the westbound lane entering the Montrose traffic circle from 16 ft to 13 ft wide and adding splitter islands to the traffic circle reduced the number of speeders (25+mph) by 80%. Motorists traveling 30+ mph were reduced by 96%.

(click Greenview graph for larger figure)

(click Montrose graph for larger figure)

Current or Pending Pedestrian Safety Improvements (updated weekly)

4^th Street

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk
  
  
  
  High Visibility Decorative Crosswalks at multiple Locations
• Pedestrian Crosswalk Locator Signs

Update: Completed July, 2009

8^th Street

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk
• High-visibility crosswalks at McCullagh Field

Update: Complete

9^th Street

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk

Update: Completed July, 2009

10^th Street

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk

Update: Completed July, 2009

Alan Drive

• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk
• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps

Update: Completed July, 2009

Carrissa Lane

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk

Update: Completed July, 2009

Dorset Road

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps at crosswalks in front of Scotchtown Hills Elementary School

Update: Completed

Fairlawn Ave

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk

Update: Completed July, 2009

Greenview Drive

• High Visibility Crosswalks at Clubhouse Lan
• Pedestrian Crosswalk Locator Sign
• Striping for parking lane to address traffic calming

See Figure 1 for illustration.

Update: Complete

Kalmia Drive

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• High Visibility Crosswalks at Erica Lane
  
  
  
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk

Update: Completed July, 2009

KillBarron Road

• Complete Sidewalk on north side to Van Dusen Roadpedestrian side path. See Figure 2.
  
  
  

Update: Completed July, 2009

Lafayette Street

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk

Update: Completed July, 2009

Laurel Oaks Lane

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  ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
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  Repair broken and uneven sidewalk
  
  
  
  
  Update: Completed July, 2009

Laurelton Drive

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk

Update: Completed July, 2009

Main Street

• Sidewalk Bulb-outs at 5^th Street. See Figure 4.

Update: Completed - Spring 2010

Montgomery Street

• Traffic Calming near 10th Street. See Figure 10.
• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk
• Traffic Calming at 11th Street. See Figure 11.

Update: Completed

 

Montrose Ave

• High Visibility Crosswalks at Centennial Park
• Pedestrian Crosswalk Locator Signs at Centennial Park. See Figure 8.
• Concrete Islands and Pedestrian Crosswalk Locator Signs at Traffic Circle. See Figure 7.
  
  
  

Update: Completed

St. Mary’s Ave

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk
• High Visibility Decorative Crosswalks at multiple Locations

Update: Complete.

Van Dusen Road

• Countdown Pedestrian Signal (CPS) and Audible Pedestrian Signal (APS) at intersection with Killbarron Road. See Figure 3. Completed September 2009
• Countdown Pedestrian Signal (CPS) and Audible Pedestrian Signal (APS) at intersection with Cherry Lane. See Figure 9.  Update: Completed July,2009
• High-Visibility Crosswalk at Killbarron Drive. Update: Completed August 2009

Ward Street

• ADA compliant sidewalk ramps
• Repair broken and uneven sidewalk

Update: Complete

FIGURES

Figure 1: Proposed striping/signage improvements to the intersection of Clubhouse and Greenview

Figure 2: Missing Sidewalk on Killbarron (before) and New Sidewalk leading up to the asphalt path on Van Dusen (after).

Figure 3: Intersection of Van Dusen and Olive Branch/Killbarron

Figure 4: Illustration of bulb-outs at Main and 5^th.

Figure 5: High-visibility thermo-plastic crosswalks.

Figure 6: Illustration of new Decorative Crosswalk

Figure 7: Before-and-after conditions showing concrete islands for traffic circle and new circle striping. Not to scale.

Figure 8: Relocated pedestrian ramp and new crosswalk and signage.

Figure 9: Van Dusen and Cherry. Installation of new Pedestrian Countdown Signal (PCS) and new Audible Pedestrian Signal (APS)

Figure 10: Rendering of the Intersection of Montgomery Street and Sandy Spring, with realigned decorative crosswalks and bulb-outs to reduce pedestrian crossing distance and calm vehicle traffic.

Figure 11: Rendering of the Intersection of Montgomery Street and 11th, with traffic calming center island and high-visibility crosswalk.