REPORT TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMISSION
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Recommend to the City Council Capacity and Safety Improvements to the Wolfe Road Corridor from El Camino Real to Homestead Road (Study Issue)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
In 2014, Council ranked and combined Study Issue DPW 14-14 Optimization of Wolfe Road for Neighborhood and Commuter Reconfiguration and Signalization; and, DPW 14-17 Analysis of Reconfiguration or Other Capacity Improvement Alternatives for the Wolfe Road/El Camino Real/Fremont Avenue Intersection Complex. The Wolfe Road Study Area consists of two sections, named the "Corridor" and the "Triangle." The Corridor (Wolfe Road south of Fremont Avenue to Homestead Road) currently experiences congestion during peak hours due to heavy commute traffic. That congestion is in part caused by intersection delays at the Triangle (the El Camino / Fremont Avenue / Wolfe intersection area). The Corridor and Triangle are shown on Attachment 1. Improvements are needed along Wolfe Road to address exiting conditions and future regional and local growth. In addition, area residents have also raised concerns regarding the existing alignment of Wolfe Road. The current alignment accommodates alternating on-street parking on either side of the street, which creates lane shifts throughout the corridor.
The City hired Kimley-Horn and Associates to analyze Wolfe Road and develop feasible alternatives that could reduce congestion. Both community input and the technical analysis identified the Triangle as the most constrained, congested, and least multimodal-friendly portion of the study area. Backups at the Triangle can affect operations for the Corridor and present challenges for bicycle commuting.
Three different alternatives were developed for consideration for both the Triangle and Corridor. For analysis purposes, the most promising Triangle and Corridor alternatives were paired up. Triangle Alternative 1 was modeled with Corridor Alt...
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