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SW 170TH AVENUE / SW MERLO ROAD CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PLAN June 2015
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SW 17
0TH
AVEN
UE /
SW M
ERLO
ROAD
CONC
EPTU
AL DE
SIGN
PLAN
June
2015
ACKN
OWLE
DGME
NTS
Pro
ject
Man
age
me
nt
Team
Ste
ve S
zig
eth
y, W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty
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e D
ahls
tro
m, W
ash
ing
ton
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ty
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la V
ik, W
ash
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ty
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ash
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ty
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gh
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itte
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oci
ates
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rum
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artm
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SW 17
0TH
AVEN
UE /
SW M
ERLO
ROAD
CONC
EPTU
AL DE
SIGN
PLAN
June
2015
ACKN
OWLE
DGME
NTS
Pro
ject
Man
age
me
nt
Team
Ste
ve S
zig
eth
y, W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty
Mik
e D
ahls
tro
m, W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty
Mar
la V
ik, W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty
Sh
elle
y O
yle
ar, W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty
Su
san
Wri
gh
t, K
itte
lso
n &
Ass
oci
ates
, In
c.
Se
th B
rum
ley,
Ore
go
n D
ep
artm
en
t o
f Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n
Pro
ject
Ad
viso
ry C
om
mit
tee
Tod
d J
uh
asz,
Cit
y o
f B
eave
rto
n C
om
mu
nit
y D
eve
lop
me
nt
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pt.
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ce B
arb
aras
ch, T
HP
RD
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eve
lop
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nt
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pt.
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cho
ol D
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amb
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cho
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w B
rau
n, C
lean
Wat
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Se
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es
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Mill
s, T
riM
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dvi
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mm
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Bill
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reg
on
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par
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nt
of
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d C
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n a
nd
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eve
lop
me
nt.
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is T
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gra
nt
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nan
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par
t, b
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ral M
ovi
ng
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fo
r P
rog
ress
in t
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21s
t C
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tury
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AP
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vern
me
nt,
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d t
he
Sta
te o
f O
reg
on
fu
nd
s.
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e co
nte
nts
of
this
do
cum
en
t d
o n
ot
ne
cess
arily
re
fl e
ct v
iew
s o
r p
olic
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of
the
Sta
te o
f O
reg
on
.
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on Co
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, Ore
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ten
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to t
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of-
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y co
rrid
or
pre
sen
ts a
n o
pp
ort
un
ity
to p
rovi
de
add
ed
co
nn
ect
ivit
y to
th
ese
trai
ls a
nd
en
han
ce a
cces
s to
ad
jace
nt
lan
d u
ses
thro
ug
h p
rote
cte
d o
n-s
tre
et b
icyc
le a
nd
pe
des
tria
n f
acili
ties
.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e b
icyc
le a
nd
pe
des
tria
n f
acili
ties
in t
he
con
cep
tual
pla
n a
re d
esig
ne
d
to o
ffe
r th
e le
vel o
f co
mfo
rt a
nd
pro
tect
ion
th
at w
ill w
elc
om
e u
sers
of
vary
ing
leve
ls, s
imila
r to
th
e m
ult
i-u
se t
rail
net
wo
rk t
hat
su
rro
un
ds
the
stu
dy
area
. Th
e fa
cilit
ies
pro
po
sed
on
170
th A
ven
ue
and
Me
rlo
Ro
ad w
ill
add
co
nn
ect
ivit
y to
th
is n
etw
ork
.
SW
170
th A
ven
ue/
SW
Me
rlo
Ro
ad I
nte
rse
ctio
n:
Th
e S
W 1
70th
Ave
nu
e/S
W M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n r
ep
rese
nts
a f
utu
re
chal
len
ge
and
an
op
po
rtu
nit
y. E
xist
ing
an
d f
ore
cast
ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
atte
rns
and
pla
ns
ind
icat
e th
at t
he
seg
me
nt
2 an
d s
eg
me
nt
3 p
ort
ion
s o
f th
e st
ud
y co
rrid
or
will
car
ry m
uch
of
the
no
rth
/so
uth
de
man
d. I
n
add
itio
n, p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
list
de
man
d is
like
ly t
o in
crea
se m
ovi
ng
th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
in a
ll d
ire
ctio
ns,
esp
eci
ally
co
nsi
de
rin
g t
he
incr
easi
ng
leve
ls o
f d
eve
lop
me
nt
in t
he
vici
nit
y. T
he
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n w
ill n
ee
d t
o b
e th
ou
gh
tfu
lly d
esig
ne
d t
o p
rovi
de
en
han
ced
saf
ety
and
co
mfo
rtab
le m
ove
me
nt
of
all m
od
es t
hro
ug
h t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n p
rese
nts
th
e o
pp
ort
un
ity
to c
on
sid
er
inn
ova
tive
bic
ycle
cro
ssin
g t
reat
me
nts
, a r
ou
nd
abo
ut,
or
oth
er
po
ten
tial
d
esig
n id
eas.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al p
lan
incl
ud
es t
wo
po
ten
tial
fu
ture
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
ns.
T
he
pre
ferr
ed
des
ign
is a
ro
un
dab
ou
t at
th
e 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
in
ters
ect
ion
, des
ign
ed
wit
h f
ull
mu
lti-
mo
dal
fac
iliti
es. A
n a
lte
rnat
e in
ters
ect
ion
des
ign
is a
lso
incl
ud
ed
fo
r a
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
at
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad t
hat
incl
ud
es in
no
vati
ve t
reat
me
nts
fo
r th
e m
ove
me
nt
of
bic
yclis
ts.
Exist
ing in
form
al pe
destr
ian pa
th on
170t
h Ave
nue n
ear T
ualat
in Hi
lls N
atur
e Par
k.Dr
aft P
edes
trian
Map
from
Tran
spor
tatio
n Sys
tem
Plan
Pe
destr
ian cr
ossin
gs at
170t
h Ave
nue/
Merlo
Road
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UR
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SE
AN
D C
ON
TE
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ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
Dev
elo
pm
en
t o
f S
olu
tio
n A
lte
rnat
ive
s
Dra
win
g o
n t
his
kn
ow
led
ge
, th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
dev
elo
pe
d a
set
of
po
ssib
le s
olu
tio
ns
for
des
ign
of
the
mu
lti-
mo
dal
tra
nsp
ort
atio
n
faci
litie
s in
th
e co
rrid
or.
Eac
h o
f th
e p
oss
ible
so
luti
on
s re
lied
on
th
e Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n S
yste
m P
lan
des
ign
atio
ns
for
fun
ctio
nal
cla
ssifi
cati
on
an
d n
um
be
r o
f la
nes
. Th
ere
fore
, all
of
the
po
ten
tial
so
luti
on
s as
sum
ed
o
ne
veh
icle
tra
vel l
ane
in e
ach
dir
ect
ion
alo
ng
wit
h a
ce
nte
r tu
rn la
ne
for
the
no
rth
ern
se
gm
en
t o
f 17
0th
Ave
nu
e, a
nd
eac
h a
ssu
me
d t
wo
ve
hic
le
trav
el l
anes
in e
ach
dir
ect
ion
(an
d a
ce
nte
r tu
rn la
ne
or
me
dia
n) f
or
the
sou
the
rn s
eg
me
nt
of
170
th A
ven
ue
and
Me
rlo
Ro
ad.
Th
e p
rim
ary
dif
fere
nce
bet
we
en
th
e th
ree
po
ten
tial
so
luti
on
s is
in
ho
w t
hey
pro
vid
e fa
cilit
ies
for
bic
yclis
ts a
nd
pe
des
tria
ns.
Was
hin
gto
n
Co
un
ty a
nd
oth
er
juri
sdic
tio
ns
wit
hin
th
e P
ort
lan
d m
etro
po
litan
re
gio
n
hav
e re
lati
vely
hig
h le
vels
of
wal
kin
g a
nd
bic
yclin
g c
om
par
ed
to
oth
er
reg
ion
s in
th
e U
nit
ed
Sta
tes,
an
d t
his
re
gio
n h
as b
ee
n a
t th
e fo
refr
on
t o
f p
rovi
din
g in
no
vati
ve f
acili
ties
th
at a
llow
saf
e an
d c
om
fort
able
tra
vel f
or
thes
e m
od
es. W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty h
as a
Bic
ycle
Fac
ility
Des
ign
To
olk
it
that
pro
vid
es g
uid
ance
on
bic
ycle
fac
ility
typ
es f
or
dif
fere
nt
con
text
, an
d t
he
pro
ject
tea
m d
rew
on
th
is g
uid
e an
d o
the
rs in
co
nsi
de
rin
g
des
ign
so
luti
on
s fo
r th
e 17
0th
Ave
nu
e an
d M
erl
o R
oad
co
rrid
ors
. A
nu
mb
er
of
po
ten
tial
des
ign
so
luti
on
s fo
r p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
ar
e sh
ow
n in
th
e fo
llow
ing
pag
es:
Oth
er
trea
tme
nts
co
nsi
de
red
, su
ch a
s cr
oss
ing
tre
atm
en
ts, t
ran
sit
sto
p
trea
tmen
ts, a
nd
gre
en s
tree
ts/s
torm
wat
er t
reat
men
ts, a
re o
utl
ined
in
Ap
pe
nd
ix D
th
e S
olu
tio
n A
lter
nat
ives
Mem
ora
nd
um
. Th
e th
ree
solu
tio
n
alte
rnat
ives
are
sh
ow
n in
th
e fo
llow
ing
pag
es.
Fac
iliti
es
Se
rvin
g P
ed
est
rian
s
Stand
ard S
idew
alkMu
lti-U
se Tr
ail
Inte
rim Sh
ould
erW
ider
Side
walk
Sta
nd
ard
Sid
ewal
k (5
fe
et)
S
idew
alks
are
th
e fu
nd
ame
nta
l bu
ildin
g b
lock
en
ablin
g c
om
fort
able
, co
nve
nie
nt
and
saf
e w
alki
ng
acc
ess
fro
m p
lace
to
pla
ce. T
hey
als
o
pro
vid
e an
imp
ort
ant
mea
ns
of
mo
bili
ty f
or
pe
op
le w
ith
dis
abili
ties
, fa
mili
es w
ith
str
olle
rs, a
nd
oth
ers
wh
o m
ay n
ot
be
able
to
tra
vel o
n
an u
nim
pro
ved
ro
adsi
de
surf
ace
. An
un
ob
stru
cte
d fi
ve
-fo
ot
sid
ewal
k p
rovi
des
th
e m
inim
um
wid
th n
ece
ssar
y to
pro
vid
e th
is f
un
ctio
nal
ity.
Wid
er
Sid
ewal
k (6
-20
fe
et)
Alr
ead
y in
use
alo
ng
par
ts o
f th
e co
rrid
or,
a w
ide
r si
dew
alk
allo
ws
for
com
fort
able
sid
e-b
y-si
de
wal
kin
g, w
ou
ld a
llow
tw
o p
eo
ple
in
wh
ee
lch
airs
to
pas
s ea
ch o
the
r, an
d p
rovi
des
sp
ace
for
oth
er
ele
me
nts
to
en
han
ce t
he
pe
des
tria
n r
eal
m, s
uch
as
stre
et f
urn
itu
re, s
ign
age
, art
in
stal
lati
on
s, b
uild
ing
fro
nta
ge
ele
me
nts
, an
d b
icyc
le p
arki
ng
. Wid
er
sid
ewal
ks a
re p
arti
cula
rly
app
rop
riat
e in
are
as o
f h
igh
pe
des
tria
n t
raffi
c,
com
me
rcia
l, o
r m
ixe
d u
se a
reas
.
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
ilIn
so
me
loca
tio
ns,
a p
ave
d, b
i-d
ire
ctio
nal
mu
lti-
use
tra
il ca
n s
erv
e b
oth
p
ed
estr
ian
s an
d b
icyc
lists
fo
r a
low
er
cost
an
d u
sin
g le
ss r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay. A
m
inim
um
wid
th o
f 10
fe
et is
re
com
me
nd
ed
fo
r lo
w-p
ed
estr
ian
/bic
ycle
-tr
affi
c co
nte
xts;
12
feet
or
gre
ate
r sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
in a
reas
wit
h
mo
de
rate
to
hig
h le
vels
of
bic
ycle
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
tra
ffi c
du
e to
th
e p
ote
nti
al f
or
con
fl ic
ts b
etw
ee
n t
hes
e m
od
es. I
n t
hes
e ca
ses,
pav
em
en
t m
arki
ng
s ca
n b
e u
sed
to
se
par
ate
trai
l use
rs.
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r (6
fe
et)
A p
ave
d 6
-fo
ot
sho
uld
er
is o
fte
n u
sed
in r
ura
l are
as t
o p
rovi
de
a sp
ace
for
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts. I
n W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty, d
esig
n s
tan
dar
ds
spe
cify
th
at a
6-f
oo
t sh
ou
lde
r is
ap
pro
pri
ate
as a
n in
teri
m t
reat
me
nt
on
u
rban
str
eet
s p
rio
r to
fu
ll co
nst
ruct
ion
of
the
road
way
.
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LA
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ING
PR
OC
ES
S
13170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Fac
iliti
es
Se
rvin
g B
icyc
lists
Stand
ard B
icycle
Lane
Buff e
red B
icycle
Lane
Two-
Way
Cycle
Trac
k
One-
Way
Cycle
Trac
k
Inte
rim Sh
ould
er
Multi
-Use
Trail
Sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
e (
6 f
ee
t)B
icyc
le la
nes
are
on
-str
eet
fac
iliti
es t
hat
pro
vid
e d
esig
nat
ed
sp
aces
fo
r b
icyc
les,
se
par
ate
d f
rom
ve
hic
les
by
pav
em
en
t m
arki
ng
s. B
icyc
le la
nes
ar
e g
en
era
lly u
sed
on
co
llect
or
and
art
eri
al s
tre
ets
wit
h v
eh
icu
lar
trav
el
volu
mes
an
d s
pe
ed
s th
at m
ake
it d
iffi
cult
fo
r d
rive
rs a
nd
bic
yclis
ts t
o
shar
e th
e ro
ad. A
bic
ycle
lan
e ca
n c
on
sist
of
8-i
nch
wh
ite
stri
pin
g w
ith
a
bic
ycle
sym
bo
l, an
d it
can
be
fi lle
d w
ith
a s
olid
pai
nt
colo
r, ty
pic
ally
g
ree
n t
o e
mp
has
ize
con
fl ic
t zo
nes
.
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
eB
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
are
on
-str
eet
lan
es t
hat
incl
ud
e an
ad
dit
ion
al
stri
pe
d w
idth
of
typ
ical
ly 2
-3 f
eet
(“b
uff
er”
) b
etw
ee
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e an
d t
he
veh
icle
tra
vel l
ane
and
/or
the
veh
icle
par
kin
g la
ne
. Bu
ffe
red
b
icyc
le la
nes
can
be
par
ticu
larl
y ap
pro
pri
ate
on
str
eet
s w
ith
hig
h v
eh
icle
sp
ee
ds,
hig
h v
eh
icle
vo
lum
es, o
r re
lati
vely
fre
qu
en
t p
arki
ng
tu
rno
ver.
A b
uff
er
bet
we
en
par
kin
g a
nd
th
e b
icyc
le la
ne
can
he
lp d
ecr
ease
th
e ri
sk o
f b
icyc
lists
bei
ng
“d
oo
red
” w
he
n d
rive
rs o
pe
n t
hei
r d
oo
rs t
o e
xit
par
ked
ve
hic
les.
On
e-w
ay C
ycle
Tra
cks
Cyc
le t
rack
s, a
lso
kn
ow
n a
s se
par
ate
d b
icyc
le la
nes
or
pro
tect
ed
bic
ycle
la
nes
, are
exc
lusi
ve b
ikew
ays
loca
ted
wit
hin
or
dir
ect
ly a
dja
cen
t to
th
e ro
adw
ay, b
ut
phy
sica
lly s
ep
arat
ed
fro
m m
oto
r ve
hic
le t
raffi
c, p
arki
ng
la
nes
an
d s
idew
alks
. Phy
sica
l se
par
atio
n c
an b
e p
rovi
de
d b
y a
vari
ety
of
des
ign
ele
me
nts
, in
clu
din
g p
arke
d c
ars,
bo
llard
s, c
urb
s, s
urf
ace
mo
un
ted
tu
bu
lar
mar
kers
, or
pla
nte
rs. C
ycle
tra
cks
can
be
con
stru
cte
d
at s
tre
et-l
eve
l, si
dew
alk-
leve
l, o
r b
etw
ee
n t
he
two
.
Two
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
Two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s, s
imila
r to
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks,
are
als
o p
hysi
cally
se
par
ate
d f
rom
ve
hic
le la
nes
, par
kin
g la
nes
, an
d s
idew
alks
. Ho
wev
er,
they
car
ry b
i-d
ire
ctio
nal
bic
ycle
tra
vel,
and
th
ere
fore
are
ge
ne
rally
in
stal
led
on
on
ly o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay. T
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s ar
e ap
plic
able
in s
itu
atio
ns
wh
en
rig
ht-
of-
way
is li
mit
ed
, dri
vew
ays
and
ac
cess
es a
re in
fre
qu
en
t, a
nd
/or
wh
en
co
nn
ect
ing
to
an
off
-str
eet
mu
lti-
use
tra
il.
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
ilIn
so
me
loca
tio
ns,
a p
ave
d, b
i-d
ire
ctio
nal
mu
lti-
use
tra
il ca
n s
erv
e b
oth
p
ed
estr
ian
s an
d b
icyc
lists
fo
r a
low
er
cost
an
d u
sin
g le
ss r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay. A
m
inim
um
wid
th o
f 10
fe
et is
re
com
me
nd
ed
fo
r lo
w-p
ed
estr
ian
/bic
ycle
-tr
affi
c co
nte
xts;
12
feet
or
gre
ate
r sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
in a
reas
wit
h
mo
de
rate
to
hig
h le
vels
of
bic
ycle
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
tra
ffi c
du
e to
th
e p
ote
nti
al f
or
con
fl ic
ts b
etw
ee
n t
hes
e m
od
es. I
n t
hes
e ca
ses,
pav
em
en
t m
arki
ng
s ca
n b
e u
sed
to
se
par
ate
trai
l use
rs.
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r (6
fe
et)
A p
ave
d 6
-fo
ot
sho
uld
er
is o
fte
n u
sed
in r
ura
l are
as t
o p
rovi
de
a sp
ace
for
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts. I
n W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty, d
esig
n s
tan
dar
ds
spe
cify
th
at a
6-f
oo
t sh
ou
lde
r is
ap
pro
pri
ate
as a
n in
teri
m t
reat
me
nt
on
u
rban
str
eet
s p
rio
r to
fu
ll co
nst
ruct
ion
of
the
road
way
.
02P
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ING
PR
OC
ES
S
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ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
A
C
B
SEGM
ENT 1
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
1A B
POTE
NTIA
L COR
RIDO
R FAC
ILITIE
SB
icyc
le L
ane
or
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
e
Mu
lti-
Use
Pat
h
Po
ten
tial
Bic
ycle
an
d/o
r P
ed
estr
ian
Cro
ssin
g
SEGM
ENT 2
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
1
CONN
ECTIO
NS TO
CORR
IDOR
Exi
stin
g M
id-B
lock
/Tra
il C
ross
ing
Exi
stin
g M
ult
i-U
se T
rail
Pla
nn
ed
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 1:
Mult
i-Use
Trail
Syste
m
CC
SEGM
ENT 3
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
1
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
is f
ocu
sed
on
bu
ildin
g a
nd
co
nn
ect
ing
th
e m
ult
i-u
se
pat
h n
etw
ork
to
se
rve
bic
ycle
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
ne
ed
s. T
his
alt
ern
ativ
e in
clu
des
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs
on
bo
th s
ides
of
seg
me
nt
3 (
Me
rlo
Ro
ad),
e
nab
ling
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts t
o c
ho
ose
th
e si
de
of
the
road
th
at b
est
con
ne
cts
thei
r tr
ip b
ase
d o
n t
hei
r o
rig
in a
nd
des
tin
atio
n.
Th
e p
ath
on
th
e so
uth
sid
e o
f M
erl
o R
oad
wo
uld
min
imiz
e cr
oss
ing
s fo
r p
eo
ple
tra
velin
g o
n 1
58
th A
ven
ue
/ M
erl
o R
oad
/ 1
70th
Ave
nu
e.
Lik
ewis
e, u
sers
wo
uld
be
able
to
eas
ily c
on
ne
ct t
hei
r tr
ip f
rom
th
e W
ate
rho
use
Tra
il to
th
e p
lan
ne
d B
eave
rto
n C
ree
k Tr
ail u
sin
g t
he
mu
lti-
use
pat
h o
n t
he
no
rth
sid
e o
f M
erl
o R
oad
. Th
is o
pti
on
tak
es
adva
nta
ge
of
the
exis
tin
g c
ross
ing
loca
tio
n a
t th
e 15
8th
Ave
nu
e M
AX
sta
tio
n t
o c
on
ne
ct t
he
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs,
an
d p
rovi
des
a h
igh
le
vel o
f se
par
atio
n f
or
bic
yclis
ts o
f va
rio
us
leve
ls. O
n s
eg
me
nt
2,
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
incl
ud
es a
mu
lti-
use
pat
h c
on
ne
ctio
n o
n t
he
east
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay a
s w
ell
as s
tan
dar
d o
r b
uff
ere
d o
n-s
tre
et b
icyc
le
lan
es t
o s
erv
e b
icyc
lists
mo
re c
om
fort
able
rid
ing
ad
jace
nt
to
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
. Se
gm
en
t 1
incl
ud
es o
n-s
tre
et b
icyc
le la
nes
. A
lte
rnat
ive
1 w
ou
ld r
eq
uir
e a
mu
lti-
use
pat
h c
ross
ing
at
170
th
Ave
nu
e/A
ug
ust
a L
ane
to c
on
ne
ct t
o t
he
Bea
vert
on
Cre
ek
Trai
l an
d
cro
ssin
gs
of
the
no
rth
an
d w
est
leg
s o
f th
e 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o
Ro
ad in
ters
ect
ion
.
1
3
2
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
15170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
SEGM
ENT 1
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
2
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 2:
One
-Way
Cycle
Trac
ks Al
ong B
oth S
ides
A B
A
B
B
POTE
NTIA
L COR
RIDO
R FAC
ILITIE
SO
ne
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
Po
ten
tial
Bic
ycle
an
d/o
r P
ed
estr
ian
Cro
ssin
g
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 2
CONN
ECTIO
NS TO
CORR
IDOR
Exi
stin
g m
id-B
lock
/Tra
il C
ross
ing
Exi
stin
g M
ult
i-U
se T
rail
Pla
nn
ed
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
pro
vid
es o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s an
d s
idew
alks
on
bo
th
sid
es a
lon
g e
ach
of
the
corr
ido
r se
gm
en
ts. T
he
full
sep
arat
ion
of
faci
litie
s (b
etw
ee
n m
oto
rize
d v
eh
icle
s, b
icyc
les,
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
s)
pro
vid
es e
ach
use
r ty
pe
wit
h c
lear
de
dic
ate
d s
pac
e. D
ep
en
din
g
on
th
e ty
pe
of
sep
arat
ion
fro
m m
oto
r ve
hic
le t
raffi
c, o
ne
-way
cy
cle
trac
ks c
an p
rovi
de
a le
vel o
f co
mfo
rt t
hat
att
ract
s a
wid
e ra
ng
e o
f b
icyc
le u
sers
. Th
is a
lte
rnat
ive
pro
vid
es b
icyc
le o
pe
rati
on
si
mila
r to
sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
es, a
nd
res
ult
s in
a c
on
fi g
ura
tio
n t
hat
m
eet
s d
rive
r an
d b
icyc
list
exp
ect
atio
n. I
n t
he
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
ck
con
fi g
ura
tio
n, t
he
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad in
ters
ect
ion
co
uld
in
clu
de
two
-sta
ge
left
-tu
rn b
icyc
le b
oxe
s to
fac
ilita
te b
icyc
le le
ft-
turn
mo
vem
en
ts. T
he
Me
rlo
Ro
ad/J
en
kin
s R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n w
ou
ld
ne
ed
to
be
des
ign
ed
to
allo
w s
ou
thb
ou
nd
bic
yclis
ts o
n t
he
Wes
tsid
e Tr
ail (
on
th
e ea
st s
ide
of
158
th A
ven
ue)
to
cro
ss o
ver
to t
he
trai
l, o
r so
uth
bo
un
d c
ycle
tra
ck, o
n t
he
wes
t an
d n
ort
h s
ide
of
Me
rlo
Ro
ad.
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
wo
uld
als
o r
eq
uir
e th
e d
esig
n o
f a
cro
ssin
g o
r le
ft t
urn
tr
eatm
en
t at
170
th A
ven
ue/
Au
gu
sta
Lan
e fo
r n
ort
hb
ou
nd
bic
yclis
ts
to c
on
ne
ct t
o t
he
futu
re B
eave
rto
n C
ree
k Tr
ail.
1
3
2
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NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
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ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
170th
SEGM
ENT 1
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
3
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 3:
Two-
Way
Cycle
Trac
ks
A B
A
B
B
170th
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 3
POTE
NTIA
L COR
RIDO
R FAC
ILITIE
SB
icyc
le L
ane
or
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
e
Two
-Way
Cyc
le T
rack
Po
ten
tial
Bic
ycle
an
d/o
r P
ed
estr
ian
Cro
ssin
g
CONN
ECTIO
NS TO
CORR
IDOR
Exi
stin
g M
id-B
lock
/Tra
il C
ross
ing
Exi
stin
g M
ult
i-U
se T
rail
Pla
nn
ed
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il
Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
pro
po
ses
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s an
d s
idew
alks
to
co
nn
ect
th
e p
lan
ne
d a
nd
exi
stin
g m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
net
wo
rk. 1
70th
A
ven
ue
sou
th o
f M
erl
o R
oad
(se
gm
en
t 2)
has
a t
wo
-way
cyc
le
trac
k o
n it
s ea
st s
ide
adja
cen
t to
th
e Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k.
Th
is c
ycle
tra
ck c
on
ne
cts
wit
h a
no
the
r tw
o-w
ay c
ycle
tra
ck o
n
the
sou
th s
ide
of
Me
rlo
Ro
ad, w
hic
h p
rovi
des
co
nn
ect
ion
s to
th
e W
ests
ide
and
Wat
erh
ou
se T
rails
. Th
is t
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
wo
uld
p
rovi
de
a p
rote
cte
d o
n-s
tre
et c
on
ne
ctio
n f
or
the
Wes
tsid
e Tr
ail
that
wo
uld
allo
w u
sers
to
avo
id c
ross
ing
th
e M
erl
o R
oad
/15
8th
A
ven
ue
inte
rse
ctio
n t
wic
e. A
lte
rnat
ive
3 in
clu
des
sta
nd
ard
or
bu
ffe
red
bic
ycle
lan
es o
n t
he
op
po
site
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay t
o s
erv
e b
icyc
lists
rid
ing
at
a h
igh
er
spe
ed
an
d w
ho
are
mo
re c
om
fort
able
ri
din
g a
dja
cen
t to
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
. Th
e b
icyc
le-s
pe
cifi
c d
esig
n
ele
me
nts
of
the
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad in
ters
ect
ion
will
var
y d
ep
en
din
g o
n t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
fi g
ura
tio
n s
ele
cte
d, b
ut
cou
ld
incl
ud
e b
icyc
le s
ign
als
or
two
-sta
ge
left
-tu
rn b
icyc
le b
oxe
s. In
ad
dit
ion
, Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
wo
uld
re
qu
ire
a b
icyc
le c
ross
ing
at
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/A
ug
ust
a L
ane
inte
rse
ctio
n in
ord
er
to p
rovi
de
a co
nn
ect
ion
to
th
e p
lan
ne
d B
eave
rto
n C
ree
k Tr
ail.
1
3
2
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
17170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Mu
lti-
use
Tra
il S
yste
m (
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
)O
ne
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
s al
on
g B
oth
Sid
es
(Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
)Tw
o-w
ay C
ycle
Tra
cks
(Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
)
Ad
van
tag
es
• P
rovi
de
s h
igh
leve
l of
con
ne
ctiv
ity
for
exis
tin
g a
nd
pla
nn
ed
m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
sys
tem
in v
icin
ity,
bo
th n
ort
h a
nd
so
uth
of
Me
rlo
R
oad
.•
Pro
vid
es
hig
h le
vel o
f se
par
atio
n b
etw
ee
n b
icyc
les
and
mo
tor
veh
icle
s, w
hic
h c
an a
ttra
ct b
icyc
lists
of
vari
ou
s le
vels
.•
Pro
vid
es
a fa
cilit
y o
n t
he
we
st s
ide
of
170
th A
ven
ue
in f
ron
t o
f B
eav
er
Acr
es
Ele
me
nta
ry S
cho
ol.
• S
ep
arat
e sp
ace
for
eac
h u
ser
typ
e (p
ed
est
rian
, bic
ycle
, mo
tor
veh
icle
), w
hic
h c
an p
rovi
de
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r a
ran
ge
of
bo
th b
icyc
lists
an
d p
ed
est
rian
s.•
Op
era
tio
nal
ly s
imila
r to
sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
es,
me
etin
g d
rive
r ex
pe
ctat
ion
s.•
Inte
rse
ctio
n d
esi
gn
can
pro
vid
e o
pti
on
fo
r tw
o-s
tag
e tu
rnin
g
mo
vem
en
ts a
nd
/or
for
“ear
ly e
xit”
of
the
cycl
e tr
ack
to p
osi
tio
n f
or
turn
s.
• O
ffe
rs t
he
po
ten
tial
to
co
nn
ect
pla
nn
ed
an
d e
xist
ing
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs
via
an o
n-s
tre
et p
rote
cte
d t
wo
-way
fac
ility
.•
May
re
qu
ire
less
rig
ht-
of-
way
wid
th t
han
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks,
du
e to
th
e n
ee
d f
or
on
ly o
ne
bu
ffe
r b
etw
ee
n t
he
cycl
e tr
ack
and
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
vel l
ane
s.
Dis
adva
nta
ge
s•
Do
es
no
t p
rovi
de
sep
arat
e d
ed
icat
ed
fac
iliti
es
for
pe
de
stri
ans
and
bic
yclis
ts, b
ut
com
bin
es
the
m o
n m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
s. A
t m
od
era
te-t
o-h
igh
vo
lum
es,
po
ten
tial
co
nfl
icts
an
d d
ela
y fo
r u
sers
may
re
sult
.•
Mo
re c
on
fi d
en
t co
mm
ute
r cy
clis
ts m
ay p
refe
r o
n-s
tre
et f
acili
tie
s,
wh
ere
th
ey c
an t
rave
l at
hig
he
r sp
ee
ds
and
hav
e th
e o
pti
on
to
m
ake
turn
ing
mo
vem
en
ts a
s m
oto
r ve
hic
les
do
(as
op
po
sed
to
a
two
-sta
ge
turn
, wh
ich
intr
od
uce
s m
ore
de
lay)
.
• M
ay r
eq
uir
e th
e m
ost
wid
th, d
ue
to p
rovi
din
g a
bu
ffe
r fr
om
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
on
bo
th s
ides
of
the
road
way
.•
May
be
the
mo
st d
iffi
cult
fac
ility
to
pro
vid
e in
a p
has
ed
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n w
ith
ou
t th
e n
ee
d t
o r
eco
nst
ruct
.
• Tw
o-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
req
uir
e o
ne
dir
ect
ion
of
bic
ycle
tra
vel i
n a
d
ire
ctio
n c
ou
nte
r to
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
, wh
ich
mo
tori
sts
may
no
t ex
pe
ct (
at le
ast
init
ially
). I
nte
rse
ctio
n t
urn
ing
mo
vem
en
ts m
ust
be
care
fully
co
ntr
olle
d t
o e
nsu
re s
afe
cro
ssin
gs
for
bo
th d
ire
ctio
ns
of
trav
el.
• A
t tr
ansi
tio
ns
bet
we
en
tw
o-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
and
bic
ycle
lan
es,
b
icyc
lists
may
ne
ed
to
mak
e a
two
-sta
ge
or
dia
go
nal
cro
ssin
g o
f an
in
ters
ect
ion
, po
ten
tial
ly in
tro
du
cin
g m
ore
de
lay.
No
rth
170
th
Ave
nu
e(S
eg
me
nt
1)
Co
nsi
de
rati
on
s
A m
ult
i-u
se t
rail
cou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
fo
r se
gm
en
t 1,
bu
t is
no
t p
rop
ose
d f
or
seve
ral r
eas
on
s. N
ort
h o
f B
ase
line
, 170
th h
as b
icyc
le
lan
es
on
bo
th s
ide
s o
f th
e ro
ad, s
o t
he
mu
lti-
use
pat
h w
ou
ld n
ee
d
to t
ran
siti
on
. A m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
on
se
gm
en
t 1
wo
uld
no
t su
bst
anti
ally
e
nh
ance
co
nn
ect
ivit
y o
f th
e tr
ails
net
wo
rk. I
nst
ead
, sta
nd
ard
or
bu
ffe
red
bic
ycle
lan
es
are
incl
ud
ed
fo
r se
gm
en
t 1,
wit
h c
ross
ing
tr
eat
me
nts
pro
vid
ed
at
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad t
o t
ran
siti
on
fro
m
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs
to t
he
bic
ycle
lan
es.
On
se
gm
en
t 1,
wh
ich
has
low
er
traf
fi c
volu
me
s th
an s
eg
me
nts
2 a
nd
3,
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
cou
ld b
e d
esi
gn
ed
wit
h a
ve
rtic
al s
ep
arat
ion
fro
m
trav
el l
ane
s (a
t a
leve
l bet
we
en
sid
ewal
k an
d r
oad
way
leve
l) t
o p
rovi
de
sep
arat
ion
wit
ho
ut
add
ing
th
e w
idth
of
a h
ori
zon
tal b
uff
er.
A t
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
co
uld
be
con
sid
ere
d f
or
seg
me
nt
1, b
ut
is n
ot
pro
po
sed
fo
r se
vera
l re
aso
ns.
No
rth
of
Bas
elin
e, 1
70th
Ave
nu
e h
as
bic
ycle
lan
es
on
bo
th s
ide
s o
f th
e ro
ad, s
o t
he
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
w
ou
ld n
ee
d t
o t
ran
siti
on
to
fac
iliti
es
on
eac
h s
ide
of
the
road
. A t
wo
-w
ay c
ycle
tra
ck o
n s
eg
me
nt
1 w
ou
ld n
ot
pro
vid
e a
con
ne
ctio
n b
etw
ee
n
exis
tin
g o
r p
lan
ne
d m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
s (a
s it
wo
uld
in s
eg
me
nt
3).
In
ste
ad,
stan
dar
d o
r b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
ne
s ar
e in
clu
de
d f
or
seg
me
nt
1, w
ith
cr
oss
ing
tre
atm
en
ts p
rovi
de
d a
t 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
to
tra
nsi
tio
n
fro
m t
he
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s to
th
e b
icyc
le la
ne
s.
So
uth
170
th
Ave
nu
e(S
eg
me
nt
2)
Co
nsi
de
rati
on
s
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
cou
ld a
lso
be
de
sig
ne
d w
ith
th
e m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
on
th
e w
est
sid
e o
f se
gm
en
t 2
, ad
jace
nt
to t
he
resi
de
nti
al n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds
to
pro
vid
e a
con
ne
ctio
n f
rom
th
e n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds
to t
he
Be
ave
r C
ree
k E
lem
en
tary
Sch
oo
l wit
ho
ut
cro
ssin
g 1
70th
Ave
nu
e. H
ow
eve
r, a
mu
lti-
use
pat
h o
n t
he
eas
t si
de
wo
uld
intr
od
uce
nu
me
rou
s si
de
-str
eet
cr
oss
ing
s. A
lign
ing
th
e p
ath
on
th
e e
ast
sid
e p
rovi
de
s a
con
ne
ctio
n
to t
he
Tual
atin
Hill
s N
atu
re P
ark
and
has
a li
mit
ed
nu
mb
er
of
sid
e-
stre
et c
ross
ing
s. T
he
add
itio
n o
r o
ne
or
two
sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
es
cou
ld p
rovi
de
an o
pti
on
fo
r m
ore
co
nfi
de
nt
cycl
ists
se
eki
ng
to
tra
vel
fast
er
than
wo
uld
be
safe
on
a m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
.
On
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
wo
uld
ne
ed
to
be
de
sig
ne
d t
o p
rovi
de
suffi
cie
nt
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
for
bic
yclis
ts t
o c
ross
170
th A
ven
ue
or
mak
e le
ft t
urn
m
ove
me
nts
(e
.g. t
urn
s in
to t
he
ne
igh
bo
rho
od
s fo
r n
ort
hb
ou
nd
b
icyc
lists
).
Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
co
uld
als
o b
e d
esi
gn
ed
wit
h t
he
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
on
th
e w
est
sid
e o
f se
gm
en
t 2
, ad
jace
nt
to t
he
resi
de
nti
al n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds
to p
rovi
de
a co
nn
ect
ion
fro
m t
he
ne
igh
bo
rho
od
s to
th
e B
eav
er
Cre
ek
Ele
me
nta
ry S
cho
ol w
ith
ou
t cr
oss
ing
170
th A
ven
ue
. Ho
wev
er,
a cy
cle
trac
k o
n t
he
we
st s
ide
wo
uld
intr
od
uce
nu
me
rou
s si
de
-str
eet
cro
ssin
gs.
A
lign
ing
th
e cy
cle
trac
k o
n t
he
eas
t si
de
pro
vid
es
a co
nn
ect
ion
to
th
e Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k an
d h
as a
lim
ite
d n
um
be
r o
f si
de
-str
eet
cr
oss
ing
s. T
he
add
itio
n o
r o
ne
or
two
sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
es
cou
ld
pro
vid
e an
op
tio
n f
or
mo
re c
on
fi d
en
t cy
clis
ts s
ee
kin
g t
o t
rave
l fas
ter
than
wo
uld
be
safe
on
a t
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
.
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
(Se
gm
en
t 3
) C
on
sid
era
tio
ns
Se
gm
en
t 3
co
uld
be
con
stru
cte
d w
ith
a m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
on
th
e n
ort
h
sid
e, t
he
sou
th s
ide
, or
on
bo
th s
ide
s. P
ath
s o
n b
oth
sid
es
pro
vid
e th
e h
igh
est
leve
l of
con
ne
ctiv
ity
bet
we
en
oth
er
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs,
b
ut
wo
uld
re
qu
ire
way
-fi n
din
g s
ign
age
to h
elp
new
use
rs fi
nd
th
eir
d
est
inat
ion
s.
In o
rde
r to
pro
vid
e a
hig
h q
ual
ity
con
ne
ctio
n f
or
vari
ou
s le
vels
of
bic
yclis
ts b
etw
ee
n t
he
pla
nn
ed
an
d e
xist
ing
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs,
on
e-
way
cyc
le t
rack
s o
n M
erl
o R
oad
wo
uld
ne
ed
to
be
des
ign
ed
wit
h a
su
bst
anti
al le
vel o
f se
par
atio
n f
rom
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
.
A t
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
in s
eg
me
nt
3 c
ou
ld p
rovi
de
a co
nti
nu
ou
s co
nn
ect
ion
bet
we
en
th
e m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
s o
n t
he
eas
t e
nd
of
the
seg
me
nt
and
th
e p
lan
ne
d m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
co
nn
ect
ion
to
th
e w
est
of
170
th A
ven
ue
. T
he
add
itio
n o
f a
stan
dar
d b
icyc
le la
ne
on
th
e o
the
r si
de
of
the
stre
et
wo
uld
allo
w m
ore
co
nfi
de
nt
we
stb
ou
nd
cyc
lists
to
min
imiz
e th
eir
ne
ed
to
cro
ss M
erl
o R
oad
to
acc
ess
th
e fa
cilit
y.
Ph
asin
g
Op
tio
ns
Pro
vid
ing
bic
ycle
fac
iliti
es
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
cre
ate
s p
has
ing
op
tio
ns
in w
hic
h o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e ro
ad c
ou
ld b
e in
itia
lly
con
stru
cte
d, w
ith
tw
o t
rave
l lan
es
add
ed
to
th
e o
the
r si
de
in t
he
ult
imat
e p
has
e.
Wit
h o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s, p
has
ing
wo
uld
be
mo
re d
iffi
cult
, sin
ce t
he
ult
imat
e lo
cati
on
of
the
faci
litie
s w
ou
ld n
ee
d t
o a
cco
mm
od
ate
the
full
wid
th o
f th
e 5
-lan
e ro
adw
ay b
etw
ee
n t
he
m. I
n a
n in
teri
m p
has
e,
bo
th c
ycle
tra
cks
cou
ld b
e p
rovi
de
d, w
ith
on
e la
ter
rem
ove
d w
he
n t
he
road
way
is w
ide
ne
d; o
r, o
ne
cycl
e tr
ack
cou
ld b
e co
nst
ruct
ed
on
on
e si
de
, wit
h a
n in
teri
m 6
-fo
ot
sho
uld
er
pro
vid
ed
on
th
e o
the
r si
de
.
Pro
vid
ing
bic
ycle
fac
iliti
es
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
cre
ate
s p
has
ing
o
pti
on
s in
wh
ich
on
e si
de
of
the
road
co
uld
be
init
ially
co
nst
ruct
ed
, wit
h
two
tra
vel l
ane
s ad
de
d t
o t
he
oth
er
sid
e in
th
e u
ltim
ate
ph
ase
.
So
luti
on
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
is f
ocu
sed
on
bu
ildin
g a
nd
co
nn
ect
ing
th
e m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
net
wo
rk, i
ncl
ud
ing
pat
hs
on
bo
th s
ides
of
Me
rlo
R
oad
.
So
luti
on
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
pro
vid
es o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s an
d s
idew
alks
o
n b
oth
sid
es o
f th
e ro
adw
ays
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
corr
ido
r.S
olu
tio
n A
lte
rnat
ive
3 u
ses
a co
mb
inat
ion
of
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s,
bic
ycle
lan
es, a
nd
sid
ewal
ks.
So
luti
on
Alt
ern
ativ
es
Co
mp
aris
on
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
18W
ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
Fir
st R
ou
nd
of
Me
etin
gs
and
Pu
blic
Ou
tre
ach
In N
ove
mb
er
2014
, th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
met
wit
h t
he
PA
C
and
he
ld a
pu
blic
wo
rksh
op
to
get
inp
ut
and
fe
ed
bac
k o
n
the
vari
ou
s fa
cilit
y ty
pes
an
d s
olu
tio
n a
lte
rnat
ives
. PA
C
me
mb
ers
an
d a
tte
nd
ees
of
the
pu
blic
wo
rksh
op
co
nsi
de
red
a
vari
ety
of
bic
ycle
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
fac
ility
typ
es f
or
each
of
the
thre
e co
rrid
or
seg
me
nts
.
Se
gm
en
t 1
(170
th A
ve N
ort
h)S
eg
me
nt
2(1
70th
Ave
So
uth
)S
eg
me
nt
3(M
erl
o R
d)
Pe
de
stri
ans
Sta
nd
ard
Sid
ewal
k1
1
Wid
er S
idew
alk
61
3
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il3
73
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r1
Bic
ycle
s
Sta
nd
ard
Bic
ycle
Lan
e3
11
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
e2
22
On
e-w
ay C
ycle
Tra
ck1
01
Two
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
00
0
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il3
53
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r0
00
PA
C M
eet
ing
#1
Fac
ility
Typ
e E
xerc
ise
Re
sult
s
Su
mm
ary
of
Inp
ut
Pe
de
stri
ans
As
sho
wn
in t
he
tab
le (
at r
igh
t), r
esp
on
ses
ind
icat
e st
ron
g
con
sen
sus
that
th
e e
nti
re c
orr
ido
r w
arra
nts
mo
re t
han
st
and
ard
wid
th s
idew
alks
an
d t
hat
se
gm
en
t 2
has
th
e m
ost
n
ee
d f
or
bu
ffe
r fo
r p
ed
estr
ian
s fr
om
th
e ve
hic
le t
rave
l lan
es.
Bic
ycle
s T
he
stro
ng
est
sup
po
rt f
or
mu
lti-
use
tra
ils w
as f
or
app
licat
ion
o
n s
eg
me
nt
2.
Mu
lti-
use
tra
ils h
ad e
qu
al s
up
po
rt t
o b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
an
d o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s co
mb
ine
d f
or
seg
me
nts
1 a
nd
3,
ind
icat
ing
a s
plit
fo
r th
ese
seg
me
nts
bet
we
en
an
on
-str
eet
o
r o
ff-s
tre
et (
mu
lti-
use
tra
il) f
acili
ty.
Se
gm
en
t 1
was
th
e o
nly
se
gm
en
t w
ith
mo
re t
han
on
e vo
te
for
a st
and
ard
bic
ycle
lan
e, i
nd
icat
ing
th
at s
om
e p
eo
ple
fe
el
stan
dar
d b
icyc
le la
nes
(la
rge
ly e
xist
ing
in t
his
se
gm
en
t) a
re
ade
qu
ate
.
Co
rrid
or
Se
gm
en
ts
1
3
2
Publ
ic W
orks
hop #
1
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LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
19170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Publ
ic W
orks
hop #
1
Se
gm
en
t 1
(170
th A
ve N
ort
h)S
eg
me
nt
2(1
70th
Ave
So
uth
)S
eg
me
nt
3(M
erl
o R
d)
Pe
de
stri
ans
Sta
nd
ard
Sid
ewal
k1
113
Wid
er S
idew
alk
26
2
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il6
156
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r1
Bic
ycle
s
Sta
nd
ard
Bic
ycle
Lan
e2
42
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
e0
1110
On
e-w
ay C
ycle
Tra
ck3
51
Two
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
12
0
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il5
62
Pu
blic
Wo
rksh
op
#1
Fac
ility
Typ
e E
xerc
ise
Re
sult
sS
um
mar
y o
f In
pu
t
Pe
de
stri
ans
As
sho
wn
in t
he
tab
le (
at le
ft),
mo
re v
ote
s w
ere
cas
t fo
r fa
cilit
y ty
pes
in s
eg
me
nt
2 th
an o
the
r se
gm
en
ts. T
his
in
dic
ates
th
at s
om
e p
eo
ple
on
ly v
ote
d f
or
seg
me
nt
2,
wh
ich
may
ind
icat
e it
is t
hei
r m
ain
co
nce
rn in
th
e co
rrid
or.
So
me
par
tici
pan
ts w
ou
ld li
ke t
o h
ave
mu
lti-
use
tra
ils o
n a
ll se
gm
en
ts.
Be
cau
se m
ult
i-u
se t
rail
was
no
t a
stro
ng
pre
fere
nce
fo
r b
icyc
ling
tre
atm
en
ts (
see
be
low
), t
he
pe
des
tria
n r
esu
lts
for
mu
lti-
use
tra
il m
ay in
dic
ate
a d
esir
e fo
r p
ed
estr
ian
s to
hav
e se
par
atio
n f
rom
tra
ffi c
.
Bic
ycle
s M
ore
vo
tes
we
re c
ast
for
faci
lity
typ
es in
se
gm
en
t 2
than
o
the
r se
gm
en
ts. T
his
ind
icat
es t
hat
so
me
par
tici
pan
ts o
nly
vo
ted
fo
r se
gm
en
t 2
, wh
ich
may
ind
icat
e it
is t
hei
r m
ain
co
nce
rn in
th
e co
rrid
or.
Se
gm
en
t 3
res
po
nd
ers
had
a s
tro
ng
pre
fere
nce
fo
r b
uff
ere
d
bic
ycle
lan
es.
Res
po
nse
s o
n s
eg
me
nt
2 a
lso
sh
ow
ed
a
stro
ng
pre
fere
nce
fo
r b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
alo
ng
wit
h
som
e su
pp
ort
fo
r o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s an
d m
ult
i-u
se t
rails
. T
he
com
bin
atio
n o
f re
spo
nse
s fo
r b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
an
d o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s sh
ow
s a
stro
ng
pre
fere
nce
fo
r fa
cilit
ies
sep
arat
e fr
om
pe
des
tria
ns
and
no
t se
t-b
ack
fro
m
the
road
way
.
Publ
ic W
orks
hop #
1
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
20
Was
hingt
on Co
unty
, Ore
gon
Publ
ic W
orks
hop #
1
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
(E
xpan
de
d
Mu
lti-
Use
Sys
tem
)
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
(O
ne
-way
C
ycle
Tra
cks)
Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
(T
wo
-Way
C
ycle
Tra
cks)
1st
Ch
oic
e V
ote
s6
168
2nd
Ch
oic
e V
ote
s7
155
Pu
blic
Wo
rksh
op
#1
Co
rrid
or
Alt
ern
ativ
e E
xerc
ise
Re
sult
sM
em
be
rs o
f th
e p
ub
lic a
lso
pro
vid
ed
inp
ut
on
th
e th
ree
solu
tio
n
alte
rnat
ives
. Pe
op
le w
ere
ab
le t
o in
dic
ate
thei
r p
refe
rre
d a
lte
rnat
ive
and
p
rovi
de
com
me
nts
an
d id
eas
for
refi
ne
me
nt.
Ap
pe
nd
ix E
incl
ud
es a
su
mm
ary
of
the
PA
C a
nd
Pu
blic
Wo
rksh
op
#1.
Su
mm
ary
of
Inp
ut
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
had
mo
re 1
st C
ho
ice
vote
s th
an A
lte
rnat
ive
1 an
d 3
co
mb
ine
d.
Th
e 1s
t C
ho
ice
vote
s fo
r A
lte
rnat
ives
1 a
nd
3 m
ay h
ave
split
th
e vo
te o
f p
eo
ple
inte
rest
ed
in
a tw
o-w
ay f
acili
ty, w
ith
ab
ou
t h
alf
pre
ferr
ing
se
par
atio
n f
rom
pe
des
tria
ns
that
th
e tw
o-w
ay
cycl
e tr
ack
in A
lte
rnat
ive
3 o
ffe
rs.
Resu
lts fr
om Pu
blic
Wor
ksho
p #1
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
21
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
A
B
B
SEGM
ENT 1
- PR
EFER
RED A
LTER
NATIV
E
PREF
ERRE
D ALT
ERNA
TIVE
A B
PREF
ERRE
D COR
RIDO
R FAC
ILITIE
SO
ne
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
Bic
ycle
Lan
e o
r B
uff
ere
d B
icyc
le L
ane
Po
ten
tial
Bic
ycle
an
d/o
r P
ed
estr
ian
Cro
ssin
g
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
PREF
ERRE
D ALT
ERNA
TIVE
CONN
ECTIO
NS TO
CORR
IDOR
Exi
stin
g M
id-B
lock
/Tra
il C
ross
ing
Exi
stin
g M
ult
i-U
se T
rail
Pla
nn
ed
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il
Dev
elo
pm
en
t o
f P
refe
rre
d A
lte
rnat
ive
Fo
llow
ing
th
e in
itia
l ro
un
d o
f m
eet
ing
s th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
w
ork
ed
to
inco
rpo
rate
th
e fe
ed
bac
k fr
om
th
e P
AC
an
d t
he
pu
blic
to
dev
elo
p a
pre
ferr
ed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. B
ase
d o
n
this
fe
ed
bac
k an
d t
he
info
rmat
ion
gat
he
red
in t
he
init
ial
rese
arch
an
d a
sses
sme
nt
of
the
corr
ido
r, th
e P
MT
mad
e th
e d
eci
sio
n t
o m
ove
to
war
d a
pre
ferr
ed
co
nce
pt
des
ign
th
at
incl
ud
es b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
or
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
corr
ido
r w
ith
a w
ide
, lan
dsc
ape
-bu
ffe
red
si
dew
alk
or
pat
h o
n o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e co
rrid
or
and
a s
tan
-d
ard
-wid
th b
uff
ere
d s
idew
alk
on
th
e o
pp
osi
te s
ide
. Th
e P
MT
det
erm
ine
d t
hat
th
e b
uff
er
wid
ths
and
fac
ility
wid
ths
may
var
y sl
igh
tly
in d
iffe
ren
t p
arts
of
the
corr
ido
r to
min
-im
ize
imp
acts
wh
ere
rig
ht-
of-
way
is li
mit
ed
, bu
t p
rovi
de
mo
re g
en
ero
us
faci
lity
wid
ths
wh
ere
rig
ht-
of-
way
allo
ws.
1
3
2
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
22
Was
hingt
on Co
unty
, Ore
gon
Se
con
d R
ou
nd
of
Me
etin
gs
and
Pu
blic
Ou
tre
ach
In t
he
seco
nd
ro
un
d o
f o
utr
each
, th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
pre
sen
ted
an
init
ial
dra
ft la
you
t o
f th
e p
refe
rre
d c
on
cep
tual
des
ign
an
d r
eq
ues
ted
mo
re
det
aile
d in
pu
t an
d f
ee
db
ack
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or.
Th
is a
llow
ed
th
e p
roje
ct
team
to
be
ne
fi t
fro
m t
he
det
aile
d lo
cal k
no
wle
dg
e o
f th
e st
ake
ho
lde
rs
and
co
mm
un
ity
me
mb
ers
th
at li
ve o
r w
ork
in t
he
area
s su
rro
un
din
g
the
corr
ido
r an
d r
eg
ula
rly
trav
el o
n t
he
faci
litie
s in
th
e st
ud
y ar
ea. T
he
pro
ject
tea
m a
lso
so
ug
ht
inp
ut
on
po
ten
tial
fu
ture
des
ign
op
tio
ns
for
the
in
ters
ect
ion
of
170
th A
ven
ue
and
Me
rlo
Ro
ad.
Th
is in
ters
ect
ion
pre
sen
ts u
niq
ue
des
ign
ch
alle
ng
es in
th
e fu
ture
fo
r a
nu
mb
er
of
reas
on
s: •
Fu
ture
tra
ffi c
vo
lum
es a
re p
roje
cte
d t
o g
row
, wit
h a
hig
he
r p
ort
ion
o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c tr
ave
ling
bet
we
en
Me
rlo
Ro
ad a
nd
th
e so
uth
ern
se
gm
en
t o
f 17
0th
Ave
nu
e (s
eg
me
nts
2 a
nd
3)
than
th
ere
is t
od
ay.
• W
ith
th
e w
ide
nin
g o
f M
erl
o R
oad
an
d t
he
sou
the
rn s
eg
me
nt
of
170
th
Ave
nu
e to
fi v
e la
nes
, th
e in
ters
ect
ion
will
be
the
tran
siti
on
po
int
fro
m
on
e tr
ave
l lan
e in
eac
h d
ire
ctio
n o
n t
he
no
rth
an
d w
est
leg
s to
tw
o
trav
el l
anes
in e
ach
dir
ect
ion
on
th
e so
uth
an
d e
ast
leg
s.
• B
eave
r A
cres
Ele
me
nta
ry S
cho
ol i
s im
me
dia
tely
ad
jace
nt
to t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n, n
ece
ssit
atin
g c
aref
ul c
on
sid
era
tio
n o
f cr
oss
ing
s an
d
trav
el o
f ch
ildre
n v
ia w
alki
ng
an
d b
ikin
g m
od
es s
urr
ou
nd
ing
th
e in
ters
ecti
on
.
• T
he
re is
a n
ee
d t
o p
rovi
de
safe
an
d c
om
fort
able
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n
for
bic
yclis
ts, g
ive
n t
hat
th
e e
nh
ance
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
will
like
ly
serv
e ri
de
rs o
f va
ryin
g le
vels
of
com
fort
an
d a
bili
ties
.
• T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n o
f A
ug
ust
a L
ane
and
170
th A
ven
ue
may
ne
ed
a
sig
nal
or
en
han
ced
pe
des
tria
n c
ross
ing
in t
he
futu
re, a
nd
th
e cl
ose
p
roxi
mit
y o
f th
is in
ters
ect
ion
an
d 1
70th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
can
cr
eate
op
era
tio
nal
ch
alle
ng
es.
• 17
0th
Ave
nu
e h
as a
nu
mb
er
of
acce
sses
on
th
e ea
st s
ide
sou
th o
f th
e 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, s
om
e o
f w
hic
h m
ay b
e re
con
fi g
ure
d in
th
e n
ear
futu
re.
Th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
pre
sen
ted
a s
et o
f p
ote
nti
al in
ters
ect
ion
des
ign
so
luti
on
s, in
clu
din
g a
re
des
ign
ed
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
an
d a
ro
un
dab
ou
t an
d g
ath
ere
d in
pu
t o
n t
hes
e tw
o c
on
fi g
ura
tio
ns.
Me
mb
ers
o
f th
e P
AC
an
d p
arti
cip
ants
in t
he
pu
blic
wo
rksh
op
we
re f
airl
y ev
en
ly s
plit
in t
hei
r p
refe
ren
ces
for
a ro
un
dab
ou
t ve
rsu
s a
sig
nal
ize
d
inte
rse
ctio
n a
t th
is lo
cati
on
. Man
y p
eo
ple
exp
ress
ed
a d
esir
e fo
r a
sig
nal
at
Au
gu
sta
Lan
e an
d 1
70th
Ave
nu
e.
Ap
pe
nd
ix F
co
nta
ins
the
Co
mm
un
ity
Ou
trea
ch S
um
mar
y R
epo
rt,
incl
ud
ing
a s
um
mar
y o
f th
e co
mm
ents
rec
eive
d a
t th
e P
AC
Mee
tin
g a
nd
P
ub
lic W
ork
sho
p #
2.
Re
fi n
em
en
ts t
o P
refe
rre
d C
on
cep
tual
De
sig
n a
nd
Ad
dit
ion
al O
pti
on
s
In c
on
sid
era
tio
n o
f th
e se
con
d r
ou
nd
of
inp
ut
fro
m t
he
pu
blic
an
d
me
mb
ers
of
the
PA
C, t
he
pro
ject
tea
m c
on
du
cte
d a
mo
re d
etai
led
ro
un
d
of
anal
ysis
wit
h a
fo
cus
on
th
e ar
ea s
urr
ou
nd
ing
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
of
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
. Th
e an
alys
is in
clu
de
d:
• A
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
po
ten
tial
ad
dit
ion
al p
ed
estr
ian
cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
s al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r, to
en
able
pe
op
le t
o s
afe
ly c
ross
to
bu
s st
op
s an
d
to t
rave
l bet
we
en
des
tin
atio
ns
and
acc
ess
po
ints
on
op
po
site
sid
es
of
the
corr
ido
r.
• A
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
oth
er
inte
rse
ctio
ns
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or
to d
ete
rmin
e w
het
he
r ad
dit
ion
al t
raffi
c s
ign
als
are
like
ly t
o b
e w
arra
nte
d in
th
e fu
ture
.
• A
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
traf
fi c
op
era
tio
ns,
incl
ud
ing
ve
hic
ula
r d
ela
y an
d
qu
eu
ing
, at
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad a
nd
170
th A
ven
ue/
Au
gu
sta
Lan
e fo
r b
oth
th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t an
d f
or
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n.
Bas
ed
on
th
e p
revi
ou
s an
alys
is, t
he
inp
ut
fro
m t
he
PA
C a
nd
pu
blic
, an
d r
esu
lts
of
the
add
itio
nal
op
era
tio
nal
an
alys
is, t
he
pro
ject
tea
m
det
erm
ine
d t
hat
th
e p
refe
rre
d c
on
cep
tual
des
ign
wo
uld
incl
ud
e a
rou
nd
abo
ut.
Ho
wev
er,
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n w
ou
ld a
lso
fu
lfi ll
the
ob
ject
ives
of
the
corr
ido
r an
d c
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
in f
utu
re d
esig
n
ph
ases
.
Th
e fu
ll an
alys
is is
ava
ilab
le in
Ap
pe
nd
ix G
, th
e Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n A
nal
ysis
M
emo
ran
du
m.
Fin
al C
on
cep
tual
De
sig
n a
nd
Nex
t S
tep
s
Th
e la
st p
has
e o
f th
e p
lan
nin
g p
roce
ss p
rod
uce
d t
he
fi n
al c
on
cep
tual
d
esig
n, a
s p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
. Ch
apte
r 4
incl
ud
es o
the
r d
esig
n
op
tio
ns
that
can
be
con
sid
ere
d in
th
e u
pco
min
g d
esig
n p
has
es f
or
the
corr
ido
r.
Imag
e Cap
tion
Lack
of no
rthbo
und b
icycle
lane
on 17
0th A
venu
e nor
th of
Mer
lo Ro
ad.
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
23
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
Th
e p
rop
ose
d c
on
cep
tual
des
ign
pre
sen
ted
in t
he
follo
win
g p
ages
is t
he
resu
lt o
f a
tho
rou
gh
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
ove
r th
e co
urs
e o
f th
e p
ast
year
, in
clu
din
g a
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
exis
tin
g c
on
dit
ion
s, d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
po
ten
tial
al
tern
ativ
es, p
ub
lic in
volv
em
en
t, a
nd
te
chn
ical
an
alys
is. T
he
con
cep
tual
d
esig
n m
eet
s th
e p
roje
ct o
bje
ctiv
es b
y:
• P
rovi
din
g s
ep
arat
ed
, co
mfo
rtab
le f
acili
ties
fo
r w
alki
ng
an
d b
icyc
ling
al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r to
en
cou
rag
e u
se o
f th
ese
mo
des
by
pe
op
le o
f al
l ag
es a
nd
ski
ll le
vels
an
d r
ed
uce
re
lian
ce o
n t
he
auto
mo
bile
fo
r lo
cal
trav
el.
• R
eco
mm
en
din
g lo
cati
on
s fo
r p
rovi
din
g d
esig
nat
ed
cro
ssin
gs
for
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts in
ord
er
to im
pro
ve c
on
ne
ctiv
ity
to t
he
surr
ou
nd
ing
tra
il sy
ste
m a
nd
lan
d u
ses
and
imp
rove
acc
ess
to b
us
tran
sit
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or.
• P
rop
osi
ng
ad
just
me
nts
to
ve
hic
le la
ne
wid
ths
to m
inim
ize
rig
ht-
of-
way
imp
acts
wh
ile p
rovi
din
g a
de
qu
ate
veh
icu
lar
cap
acit
y fo
r fu
ture
tr
ave
l de
man
ds.
• U
sin
g a
des
ign
sp
ee
d o
f 3
5 m
ph
, lo
we
r th
an t
he
45
mp
h t
ypic
al
des
ign
sp
ee
d f
or
Co
un
ty a
rte
rial
s.•
Cre
atin
g t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
y to
en
han
ce t
he
nat
ura
l fea
ture
s al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r an
d t
he
rip
aria
n c
orr
ido
r th
at in
ters
ect
s 17
0th
Ave
nu
e.
• P
rovi
din
g e
nh
ance
d a
cces
s to
th
e M
AX
lig
ht
rail
stat
ion
s an
d
off
ers
des
ign
so
luti
on
s fo
r b
us
sto
ps
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or
that
are
co
mfo
rtab
le f
or
bu
s d
rive
rs, b
us
rid
ers
, an
d b
icyc
lists
.
On
e o
f th
e o
bje
ctiv
es o
f th
e p
roje
ct w
as t
o e
xplo
re p
roje
ct p
has
ing
o
pti
on
s th
at c
ou
ld d
eliv
er
pe
des
tria
n/b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
in a
dva
nce
of
pla
nn
ed
ro
adw
ay w
ide
nin
g.
Ph
asin
g w
as c
on
sid
ere
d in
th
e d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
the
alte
rnat
ives
an
d t
he
pre
ferr
ed
alt
ern
ativ
e; h
ow
eve
r, th
e p
lace
me
nt
of
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
on
eac
h s
ide
of
the
road
way
mak
es p
has
ing
d
iffi
cult
an
d d
oes
no
t o
ffe
r th
e p
oss
ibili
ty t
o c
on
stru
ct a
tw
o-w
ay
bic
ycle
fac
ility
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
pri
or
to t
he
full
wid
en
ing
. H
ow
eve
r, th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esig
n d
oes
off
er
oth
er
ph
asin
g o
pp
ort
un
itie
s fo
r in
cre
me
nta
lly e
nh
anci
ng
th
e p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
:
• Im
pro
vem
en
ts c
an b
e d
on
e b
y se
gm
en
t, w
ith
ou
t h
avin
g t
o f
un
d
the
full
corr
ido
r im
pro
vem
en
ts a
t th
e sa
me
tim
e. S
eg
me
nt
1 re
qu
ires
re
lati
vely
min
or
chan
ges
an
d im
pro
vem
en
ts c
om
par
ed
to
its
exis
tin
g c
on
dit
ion
. Se
gm
en
t 2
wo
uld
be
the
mo
st c
ost
ly t
o
con
stru
ct, d
ue
to t
he
ne
ed
to
re
pla
ce t
he
bri
dg
e. S
eg
me
nt
3 (
Me
rlo
R
oad
) co
uld
be
do
ne
at a
dif
fere
nt
tim
e th
an t
he
oth
er
seg
me
nts
.•
Th
ere
is a
po
ssib
ility
of
con
stru
ctin
g a
sid
ewal
k an
d c
ycle
tra
ck
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
pri
or
to f
ull
wid
en
ing
to
imp
rove
p
ed
estr
ian
acc
ess.
Ho
wev
er,
the
pro
visi
on
of
a b
icyc
le f
acili
ty o
n
on
ly o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay c
ou
ld in
vite
tw
o-w
ay b
icyc
le t
rave
l o
n a
fac
ility
no
t d
esig
ne
d f
or
two
-way
tra
vel,
and
may
res
ult
in
cro
ssin
g m
ove
me
nts
no
t an
tici
pat
ed
un
de
r th
e fu
ll d
esig
n.
• S
eg
me
nt
3 c
urr
en
tly
has
on
e tr
ave
l lan
e in
eac
h d
ire
ctio
n a
nd
a
two
-way
left
tu
rn la
ne
in t
he
cen
ter.
Fiv
e fo
ot
bic
ycle
lan
es c
ou
ld
be
add
ed
to
th
is s
eg
me
nt
in t
he
nea
r te
rm t
hro
ug
h r
e-s
trip
ing
, w
ith
ou
t m
ovi
ng
th
e ex
isti
ng
cu
rbs.
Re
-str
ipin
g w
ou
ld r
esu
lt in
a
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h 5
-fo
ot
bic
ycle
lan
es, 1
1-fo
ot
trav
el l
anes
, an
d a
12
-fo
ot
two
-way
left
tu
rn la
ne
or
cen
ter
me
dia
n.
Ap
pe
nd
ix H
co
nta
ins
a p
lan
nin
g-l
eve
l co
st e
stim
ate
fo
r im
ple
me
nti
ng
th
e p
refe
rre
d c
on
cep
tual
de
sig
n o
n S
eg
me
nt
2.
CHAP
TER 0
3 | P
ROPO
SED
CONC
EPTU
AL DE
SIGN
SEGM
ENT 1
- CO
NCEP
T PLA
N
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
CONC
EPT P
LAN
Co
rrid
or
Se
gm
en
ts
1
3
2
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
23
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
Th
e p
rop
ose
d c
on
cep
tual
des
ign
pre
sen
ted
in t
he
follo
win
g p
ages
is t
he
resu
lt o
f a
tho
rou
gh
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
ove
r th
e co
urs
e o
f th
e p
ast
year
, in
clu
din
g a
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
exis
tin
g c
on
dit
ion
s, d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
po
ten
tial
al
tern
ativ
es, p
ub
lic in
volv
em
en
t, a
nd
te
chn
ical
an
alys
is. T
he
con
cep
tual
d
esig
n m
eet
s th
e p
roje
ct o
bje
ctiv
es b
y:
• P
rovi
din
g s
ep
arat
ed
, co
mfo
rtab
le f
acili
ties
fo
r w
alki
ng
an
d b
icyc
ling
al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r to
en
cou
rag
e u
se o
f th
ese
mo
des
by
pe
op
le o
f al
l ag
es a
nd
ski
ll le
vels
an
d r
ed
uce
re
lian
ce o
n t
he
auto
mo
bile
fo
r lo
cal
trav
el.
• R
eco
mm
en
din
g lo
cati
on
s fo
r p
rovi
din
g d
esig
nat
ed
cro
ssin
gs
for
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts in
ord
er
to im
pro
ve c
on
ne
ctiv
ity
to t
he
surr
ou
nd
ing
tra
il sy
ste
m a
nd
lan
d u
ses
and
imp
rove
acc
ess
to b
us
tran
sit
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or.
• P
rop
osi
ng
ad
just
me
nts
to
ve
hic
le la
ne
wid
ths
to m
inim
ize
rig
ht-
of-
way
imp
acts
wh
ile p
rovi
din
g a
de
qu
ate
veh
icu
lar
cap
acit
y fo
r fu
ture
tr
ave
l de
man
ds.
• U
sin
g a
des
ign
sp
ee
d o
f 3
5 m
ph
, lo
we
r th
an t
he
45
mp
h t
ypic
al
des
ign
sp
ee
d f
or
Co
un
ty a
rte
rial
s.•
Cre
atin
g t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
y to
en
han
ce t
he
nat
ura
l fea
ture
s al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r an
d t
he
rip
aria
n c
orr
ido
r th
at in
ters
ect
s 17
0th
Ave
nu
e.
• P
rovi
din
g e
nh
ance
d a
cces
s to
th
e M
AX
lig
ht
rail
stat
ion
s an
d
off
ers
des
ign
so
luti
on
s fo
r b
us
sto
ps
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or
that
are
co
mfo
rtab
le f
or
bu
s d
rive
rs, b
us
rid
ers
, an
d b
icyc
lists
.
On
e o
f th
e o
bje
ctiv
es o
f th
e p
roje
ct w
as t
o e
xplo
re p
roje
ct p
has
ing
o
pti
on
s th
at c
ou
ld d
eliv
er
pe
des
tria
n/b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
in a
dva
nce
of
pla
nn
ed
ro
adw
ay w
ide
nin
g.
Ph
asin
g w
as c
on
sid
ere
d in
th
e d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
the
alte
rnat
ives
an
d t
he
pre
ferr
ed
alt
ern
ativ
e; h
ow
eve
r, th
e p
lace
me
nt
of
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
on
eac
h s
ide
of
the
road
way
mak
es p
has
ing
d
iffi
cult
an
d d
oes
no
t o
ffe
r th
e p
oss
ibili
ty t
o c
on
stru
ct a
tw
o-w
ay
bic
ycle
fac
ility
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
pri
or
to t
he
full
wid
en
ing
. H
ow
eve
r, th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esig
n d
oes
off
er
oth
er
ph
asin
g o
pp
ort
un
itie
s fo
r in
cre
me
nta
lly e
nh
anci
ng
th
e p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
:
• Im
pro
vem
en
ts c
an b
e d
on
e b
y se
gm
en
t, w
ith
ou
t h
avin
g t
o f
un
d
the
full
corr
ido
r im
pro
vem
en
ts a
t th
e sa
me
tim
e. S
eg
me
nt
1 re
qu
ires
re
lati
vely
min
or
chan
ges
an
d im
pro
vem
en
ts c
om
par
ed
to
its
exis
tin
g c
on
dit
ion
. Se
gm
en
t 2
wo
uld
be
the
mo
st c
ost
ly t
o
con
stru
ct, d
ue
to t
he
ne
ed
to
re
pla
ce t
he
bri
dg
e. S
eg
me
nt
3 (
Me
rlo
R
oad
) co
uld
be
do
ne
at a
dif
fere
nt
tim
e th
an t
he
oth
er
seg
me
nts
.•
Th
ere
is a
po
ssib
ility
of
con
stru
ctin
g a
sid
ewal
k an
d c
ycle
tra
ck
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
pri
or
to f
ull
wid
en
ing
to
imp
rove
p
ed
estr
ian
acc
ess.
Ho
wev
er,
the
pro
visi
on
of
a b
icyc
le f
acili
ty o
n
on
ly o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay c
ou
ld in
vite
tw
o-w
ay b
icyc
le t
rave
l o
n a
fac
ility
no
t d
esig
ne
d f
or
two
-way
tra
vel,
and
may
res
ult
in
cro
ssin
g m
ove
me
nts
no
t an
tici
pat
ed
un
de
r th
e fu
ll d
esig
n.
• S
eg
me
nt
3 c
urr
en
tly
has
on
e tr
ave
l lan
e in
eac
h d
ire
ctio
n a
nd
a
two
-way
left
tu
rn la
ne
in t
he
cen
ter.
Fiv
e fo
ot
bic
ycle
lan
es c
ou
ld
be
add
ed
to
th
is s
eg
me
nt
in t
he
nea
r te
rm t
hro
ug
h r
e-s
trip
ing
, w
ith
ou
t m
ovi
ng
th
e ex
isti
ng
cu
rbs.
Re
-str
ipin
g w
ou
ld r
esu
lt in
a
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h 5
-fo
ot
bic
ycle
lan
es, 1
1-fo
ot
trav
el l
anes
, an
d a
12
-fo
ot
two
-way
left
tu
rn la
ne
or
cen
ter
me
dia
n.
Ap
pe
nd
ix H
co
nta
ins
a p
lan
nin
g-l
eve
l co
st e
stim
ate
fo
r im
ple
me
nti
ng
th
e p
refe
rre
d c
on
cep
tual
de
sig
n o
n S
eg
me
nt
2.
CHAP
TER 0
3 | P
ROPO
SED
CONC
EPTU
AL DE
SIGN
SEGM
ENT 1
- CO
NCEP
T PLA
N
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
CONC
EPT P
LAN
Co
rrid
or
Se
gm
en
ts
1
3
2
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
24W
ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
Th
ree
lan
e cr
oss
se
ctio
n
wit
h b
icyc
le la
ne
s/b
uff
ere
d
bic
ycle
lan
es
and
sid
ewal
ks.
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
e
nh
ance
s p
ed
est
rian
an
d b
icyc
le a
cce
ss t
o
MA
X s
tati
on
s.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
170
th A
ven
ue
bet
we
en
Me
rlo
Ro
ad a
nd
Bas
elin
e R
oad
. B
eca
use
it is
loca
ted
in a
w
etla
nd
are
a, t
he
faci
lity
will
ne
ed
to
be
un
de
r th
e ro
adw
ay o
r th
e w
etla
nd
s w
ill n
ee
d t
o b
e m
itig
ate
d.
On
-str
eet
par
kin
g is
p
rop
ose
d o
n t
he
we
st s
ide
of
170
th A
ven
ue
in t
his
are
a to
su
pp
ort
a p
ote
nti
al f
utu
re
mix
ed
-use
re
dev
elo
pm
en
t w
ith
sto
refr
on
t re
tail.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is n
ot
curr
en
tly
war
ran
ted
at
this
lo
cati
on
, sig
nal
war
ran
ts
sho
uld
be
mo
nit
ore
d a
s vo
lum
es
chan
ge
.
Cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
n
ee
ds
to b
e m
on
ito
red
to
ass
ess
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d r
ou
nd
abo
ut
at t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n o
f 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
is a
mu
lti-
lan
e ro
un
dab
ou
t th
at
will
acc
om
mo
dat
e tr
affi
c vo
lum
e fo
reca
sts
and
is d
esi
gn
ed
to
re
du
ce a
pp
roac
hin
g v
eh
icle
sp
ee
ds
to le
ss
than
25
mile
s p
er
ho
ur.
Th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t d
esi
gn
has
a lo
we
r m
ain
ten
ance
co
st t
han
a t
raffi
c s
ign
al a
nd
has
fe
we
r co
nfl
ict
po
ints
fo
r ve
hic
les.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d r
ou
nd
abo
ut
de
sig
n a
lso
off
ers
be
ne
fi ts
fo
r p
ed
est
rian
s an
d b
icyc
lists
. Bic
yclis
ts c
an c
ho
ose
to
en
ter
the
wid
en
ed
sid
ewal
k ap
pro
ach
ing
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
an
d u
se
the
pe
de
stri
an c
ross
ing
s. T
he
cro
ssin
gs
are
split
wit
h r
efu
ge
isla
nd
s, s
o p
ed
est
rian
s o
r b
icyc
lists
usi
ng
th
e si
dew
alks
on
ly n
ee
d t
o c
ross
on
e d
ire
ctio
n o
f tr
affi
c at
a t
ime
. Eac
h le
g o
f th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t h
as a
de
sig
nat
ed
cr
oss
ing
. M
ore
co
nfi
de
nt
bic
yclis
ts c
an a
lso
ch
oo
se t
o e
nte
r th
e ve
hic
le t
rave
l lan
e ap
pro
ach
ing
th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t an
d n
avig
ate
thro
ug
h t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n a
s a
veh
icle
wo
uld
. Be
cau
se v
eh
icu
lar
spe
ed
s ar
e sl
ow
ed
co
min
g in
to t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut,
th
is o
pti
on
can
be
com
fort
able
fo
r so
me
bic
yclis
ts.
It is
like
ly t
hat
e
nh
ance
d c
ross
ing
tr
eat
me
nts
will
be
ne
ed
ed
at
this
loca
tio
n
as p
ed
est
rian
vo
lum
es
incr
eas
e.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is
no
t cu
rre
ntl
y w
arra
nte
d a
t th
is
loca
tio
n, s
ign
al
war
ran
ts s
ho
uld
b
e m
on
ito
red
as
volu
me
s ch
ang
e.
N
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
25
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
.
Co
nve
rtin
g V
en
dla
Par
k L
ane
to a
rig
ht-
in r
igh
t-o
ut
acce
ss c
ou
ld a
llow
fo
r re
du
ctio
n o
f th
e m
ed
ian
fo
r a
gre
ate
r d
ista
nce
, re
sult
ing
in r
ed
uce
d c
ost
s an
d r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay n
ee
ds.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is
are
a to
tre
at t
he
imp
erv
iou
s su
rfac
e o
n
170
th A
ven
ue
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n A
lexa
nd
er
Str
eet
an
d M
erl
o R
oad
.
Cro
ssin
g t
o
nat
ure
par
k tr
ail n
ee
ds
to
be
mo
nit
ore
d
to a
sse
ss
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
It is
like
ly t
hat
en
han
ced
cr
oss
ing
tre
atm
en
ts
will
be
ne
ed
ed
at
this
lo
cati
on
as
pe
de
stri
an
volu
me
s in
cre
ase
du
e to
th
e n
atu
re p
ark
trai
l an
d
po
ten
tial
fu
ture
bu
s st
op
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
do
es
hav
e im
pac
ts t
o s
om
e o
f th
e m
atu
re t
ree
s lin
ing
th
e Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k th
at a
re
curr
en
tly
loca
ted
wit
hin
th
e ri
gh
t-o
f-w
ay. T
he
de
sig
n in
th
ese
loca
tio
ns
can
co
nsi
de
r p
erv
iou
s si
dew
alk
or
bic
ycle
fa
cilit
y tr
eat
me
nts
to
en
sure
th
e h
eal
th o
f tr
ee
s th
at
rem
ain
in c
lose
pro
xim
ity
to t
he
stre
et.
Th
e 2
013
Tu
alat
in V
alle
y H
igh
way
Co
rrid
or
Pla
n c
alls
fo
r ad
dit
ion
al t
urn
lan
es
at t
his
inte
rse
ctio
n.
Th
ese
fe
atu
res
are
no
t in
clu
de
d in
th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esi
gn
an
d r
eq
uir
e fu
rth
er
stu
dy.
Th
e b
rid
ge
cou
ld b
e n
arro
we
d b
y re
du
cin
g
the
me
dia
n (
no
la
nd
scap
ing
) to
sav
e co
sts,
re
du
ce r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay n
ee
ds,
an
d
min
imiz
e tr
ee
imp
acts
.
Re
con
stru
ctio
n o
f th
e b
rid
ge
cou
ld a
llow
fo
r th
e p
ote
nti
al o
f a
pe
de
stri
an
un
de
r-cr
oss
ing
an
d
en
han
cem
en
ts t
o t
he
exis
tin
g r
ipar
ian
co
rrid
or
alo
ng
Be
ave
rto
n C
ree
k,
wh
ich
is a
lso
a c
ross
ing
ar
ea
for
anim
als.
N
Th
e p
rop
ose
d
de
sig
n t
ies
in w
ith
th
e ex
isti
ng
cro
ss
sect
ion
of
170
th
Ave
nu
e ju
st n
ort
h o
f A
lexa
nd
er
Str
eet
.
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
26
Was
hingt
on Co
unty
, Ore
gon
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
Cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
ne
ed
s to
be
mo
nit
ore
d t
o a
sse
ss
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n 1
70th
Ave
nu
e an
d
app
roxi
mat
ely
12
00
fe
et n
ort
h o
f M
erl
o
Co
urt
(cr
est
po
int
of
Me
rlo
Ro
ad).
Ret
ain
ing
wal
l may
be
ne
ed
ed
in t
his
are
a.
Me
dia
n c
ou
ld b
e re
du
ced
b
etw
ee
n M
erl
o C
ou
rt a
nd
th
e b
us
gar
age
to s
ave
cost
s, r
ed
uce
rig
ht-
of-
way
n
ee
ds,
an
d m
inim
ize
tre
e im
pac
ts.
Pro
po
sed
de
sig
n p
rovi
de
s a
con
ne
ctio
n t
o a
nd
fro
m
170
th A
ven
ue
to t
he
reg
ion
al t
rail
net
wo
rk.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
e
nh
ance
s p
ed
est
rian
an
d b
icyc
le a
cce
ss t
o
MA
X s
tati
on
.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n t
he
stre
et c
rest
po
int
and
Je
nki
ns
Ro
ad.
N
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
ti
es
in w
ith
th
e cu
rre
nt
158
th A
ven
ue
Co
un
ty
imp
rove
me
nt
pro
ject
.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is n
ot
curr
en
tly
war
ran
ted
at
this
lo
cati
on
, sig
nal
war
ran
ts
sho
uld
be
mo
nit
ore
d a
s vo
lum
es
chan
ge
.
04O
TH
ER
DE
SIG
N O
PT
ION
S F
OR
CO
NS
IDE
RA
TIO
N
27170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
re
pre
sen
ts t
he
pre
ferr
ed
al
tern
ativ
e re
sult
ing
fro
m t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
. Ho
wev
er,
add
itio
nal
d
etai
ls a
nd
co
nsi
de
rati
on
s ar
e o
fte
n u
nco
vere
d in
th
e m
ore
det
aile
d
des
ign
ph
ase
. T
he
pro
ject
te
am d
id c
on
sid
er
alte
rnat
ive
con
fi g
ura
tio
ns
for
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, i
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut
sho
wn
in
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. T
hes
e al
tern
ativ
es in
clu
de
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rsec
tio
n, s
ho
wn
he
re, a
nd
a d
iffe
ren
t p
ote
nti
al r
ou
nd
abo
ut
alig
nm
en
t,
sho
wn
in A
pp
en
dix
I.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d la
ne
con
fi g
ura
tio
n f
or
the
sig
nal
ize
d a
lte
rnat
ive
has
th
e o
uts
ide
lan
e o
n t
he
no
rth
bo
un
d a
pp
roac
h b
eco
min
g a
rig
ht-
turn
tra
p
lan
e. T
he
stan
dar
d w
ay t
o s
trip
e a
bic
ycle
lan
e th
rou
gh
an
inte
rse
ctio
n
is t
o p
osi
tio
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e b
etw
ee
n t
he
thro
ug
h a
nd
rig
ht-
turn
ing
ve
hic
le la
nes
. Ho
wev
er,
the
ne
ed
fo
r th
e b
icyc
list
to m
erg
e ac
ross
a
full
lan
e o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
rio
r to
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
cre
ates
a “
Lev
el o
f Tr
affi
c S
tres
s” h
igh
er
than
mo
st p
eo
ple
fe
el c
om
fort
able
nav
igat
ing
. In
ord
er
to m
ain
tain
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d m
inim
ize
con
fl ic
ts f
or
vari
ou
s m
od
es, t
he
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
tak
es a
dif
fere
nt
app
roac
h f
or
bic
yclis
t tr
ave
l th
rou
gh
th
is in
ters
ect
ion
.
Th
e si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
cep
t d
esig
n p
rovi
des
a c
urb
tig
ht
bic
ycle
lan
e at
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
, bic
ycle
bo
x p
ave
me
nt
mar
kin
gs,
an
d
bic
ycle
sig
nal
to
allo
w b
icyc
lists
pas
sag
e th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
on
th
eir
ow
n g
ree
n p
has
e, r
esu
ltin
g in
no
ve
hic
le c
on
fl ic
ts w
ith
bic
yclis
ts.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, a r
igh
t-tu
rn o
n-r
ed
(R
TO
R)
rest
rict
ion
sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
– t
his
res
tric
tio
n c
ou
ld b
e an
“ac
tive
” re
stri
ctio
n; i
n w
hic
h t
he
RT
OR
res
tric
tio
n is
on
ly a
ctiv
ate
d w
he
n c
yclis
ts a
re d
ete
cte
d/p
rese
nt.
T
his
RT
OR
tre
atm
en
t h
as b
ee
n u
sed
at
seve
ral l
oca
tio
ns
in t
he
Po
rtla
nd
m
etro
are
a, s
uch
as
at t
he
NE
Bro
adw
ay a
nd
N W
illia
ms
Ave
in P
ort
lan
d
and
N R
osa
Par
ks W
ay/I
-5 S
ou
thb
ou
nd
Ram
p In
ters
ect
ion
s. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n a
lso
allo
ws
bic
yclis
ts t
o m
ake
a “t
wo
-sta
ge
left
tu
rn”
or
ele
ct t
o m
ake
a ve
hic
ula
r le
ft t
urn
fro
m t
he
trav
el l
anes
. CH
APTE
R 04
| OTH
ER DE
SIGN
OPTIO
NS FO
R CON
SIDER
ATIO
N
N
An ‘a
ctive
’ no r
ight o
n red
restr
iction
with
the b
icycle
sign
al sh
ould
be co
nsid
ered
with
this
inter
secti
on de
sign.
04O
TH
ER
DE
SIG
N O
PT
ION
S F
OR
CO
NS
IDE
RA
TIO
N
27170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
re
pre
sen
ts t
he
pre
ferr
ed
al
tern
ativ
e re
sult
ing
fro
m t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
. Ho
wev
er,
add
itio
nal
d
etai
ls a
nd
co
nsi
de
rati
on
s ar
e o
fte
n u
nco
vere
d in
th
e m
ore
det
aile
d
des
ign
ph
ase
. T
he
pro
ject
te
am d
id c
on
sid
er
alte
rnat
ive
con
fi g
ura
tio
ns
for
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, i
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut
sho
wn
in
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. T
hes
e al
tern
ativ
es in
clu
de
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rsec
tio
n, s
ho
wn
he
re, a
nd
a d
iffe
ren
t p
ote
nti
al r
ou
nd
abo
ut
alig
nm
en
t,
sho
wn
in A
pp
en
dix
I.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d la
ne
con
fi g
ura
tio
n f
or
the
sig
nal
ize
d a
lte
rnat
ive
has
th
e o
uts
ide
lan
e o
n t
he
no
rth
bo
un
d a
pp
roac
h b
eco
min
g a
rig
ht-
turn
tra
p
lan
e. T
he
stan
dar
d w
ay t
o s
trip
e a
bic
ycle
lan
e th
rou
gh
an
inte
rse
ctio
n
is t
o p
osi
tio
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e b
etw
ee
n t
he
thro
ug
h a
nd
rig
ht-
turn
ing
ve
hic
le la
nes
. Ho
wev
er,
the
ne
ed
fo
r th
e b
icyc
list
to m
erg
e ac
ross
a
full
lan
e o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
rio
r to
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
cre
ates
a “
Lev
el o
f Tr
affi
c S
tres
s” h
igh
er
than
mo
st p
eo
ple
fe
el c
om
fort
able
nav
igat
ing
. In
ord
er
to m
ain
tain
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d m
inim
ize
con
fl ic
ts f
or
vari
ou
s m
od
es, t
he
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
tak
es a
dif
fere
nt
app
roac
h f
or
bic
yclis
t tr
ave
l th
rou
gh
th
is in
ters
ect
ion
.
Th
e si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
cep
t d
esig
n p
rovi
des
a c
urb
tig
ht
bic
ycle
lan
e at
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
, bic
ycle
bo
x p
ave
me
nt
mar
kin
gs,
an
d
bic
ycle
sig
nal
to
allo
w b
icyc
lists
pas
sag
e th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
on
th
eir
ow
n g
ree
n p
has
e, r
esu
ltin
g in
no
ve
hic
le c
on
fl ic
ts w
ith
bic
yclis
ts.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, a r
igh
t-tu
rn o
n-r
ed
(R
TO
R)
rest
rict
ion
sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
– t
his
res
tric
tio
n c
ou
ld b
e an
“ac
tive
” re
stri
ctio
n; i
n w
hic
h t
he
RT
OR
res
tric
tio
n is
on
ly a
ctiv
ate
d w
he
n c
yclis
ts a
re d
ete
cte
d/p
rese
nt.
T
his
RT
OR
tre
atm
en
t h
as b
ee
n u
sed
at
seve
ral l
oca
tio
ns
in t
he
Po
rtla
nd
m
etro
are
a, s
uch
as
at t
he
NE
Bro
adw
ay a
nd
N W
illia
ms
Ave
in P
ort
lan
d
and
N R
osa
Par
ks W
ay/I
-5 S
ou
thb
ou
nd
Ram
p In
ters
ect
ion
s. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n a
lso
allo
ws
bic
yclis
ts t
o m
ake
a “t
wo
-sta
ge
left
tu
rn”
or
ele
ct t
o m
ake
a ve
hic
ula
r le
ft t
urn
fro
m t
he
trav
el l
anes
. CH
APTE
R 04
| OTH
ER DE
SIGN
OPTIO
NS FO
R CON
SIDER
ATIO
N
N
An ‘a
ctive
’ no r
ight o
n red
restr
iction
with
the b
icycle
sign
al sh
ould
be co
nsid
ered
with
this
inter
secti
on de
sign.
INT
RO
DU
CT
ION
2W
ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
As
Was
hin
gto
n C
ou
nty
’s u
rban
are
a d
eve
lop
s an
d u
rban
izes
, th
e C
ou
nty
h
as c
on
tin
ual
ly s
ou
gh
t to
se
rve
the
tran
spo
rtat
ion
ne
ed
s o
f it
s re
sid
en
ts,
wo
rke
rs, a
nd
vis
ito
rs. W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty id
en
tifi
ed
th
e S
W 1
70th
A
ven
ue
/ S
W M
erl
o R
oad
co
rrid
or
as a
n a
rea
of
ne
ed
ed
imp
rove
me
nt
in
ord
er
to b
ette
r se
rve
its
div
ers
ity
of
use
rs. T
he
SW
170
th A
ven
ue
/ S
W
Me
rlo
Ro
ad C
on
cep
tual
Des
ign
Pla
n p
roje
ct h
as d
eve
lop
ed
a c
on
cep
tual
d
esig
n f
or
thes
e tw
o c
on
ne
ctin
g a
rte
rial
ro
adw
ays,
bas
ed
on
: •
An
an
alys
is o
f ex
isti
ng
co
nd
itio
ns,
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
and
co
nst
rain
ts;
• A
bro
ade
r lo
ok
at s
urr
ou
nd
ing
nei
gh
bo
rho
od
co
nte
xt;
• A
n e
valu
atio
n o
f b
est
pra
ctic
es a
nd
inn
ova
tive
des
ign
s; a
nd
• A
n in
clu
sive
pu
blic
invo
lve
me
nt
pro
cess
. T
his
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rovi
des
Was
hin
gto
n C
ou
nty
an
d c
orr
ido
r st
ake
ho
lde
rs w
ith
a h
igh
er
leve
l of
cert
ain
ty a
s to
ho
w t
he
corr
ido
r w
ill lo
ok
and
fu
nct
ion
in t
he
futu
re a
nd
pre
par
es t
he
Co
un
ty f
or
the
up
com
ing
ph
ases
of
des
ign
ing
, en
gin
ee
rin
g a
nd
co
nst
ruct
ing
im
pro
vem
en
ts in
th
e co
rrid
or.
Th
is r
ep
ort
pre
sen
ts t
he
pro
ject
pu
rpo
se a
nd
bac
kgro
un
d, t
he
pla
nn
ing
p
roce
ss, t
he
pre
ferr
ed
des
ign
incl
ud
ing
a c
ost
est
imat
e fo
r a
po
ten
tial
fi
rst
ph
ase
alo
ng
170
th A
ven
ue
fro
m M
erl
o R
oad
to
Ale
xan
de
r S
tre
et,
and
des
ign
op
tio
ns
that
may
be
con
sid
ere
d d
uri
ng
th
e d
esig
n p
has
es.
Th
e p
refe
rre
d d
esig
n is
su
bje
ct t
o r
efi
ne
me
nt
and
mo
difi
cati
on
wh
en
th
e p
roje
ct is
fu
nd
ed
an
d m
ove
s in
to m
ore
det
aile
d d
esig
n a
nd
en
gin
ee
rin
g
ph
ases
.
INTR
ODUC
TION
170th
Aven
ue ne
ar Tu
alatin
Hills
Nat
ure P
ark.
Front
age i
mpr
ovem
ents
on 17
0th A
venu
e sou
th of
MAX
cros
sing.
Heav
y veh
icle o
n 170
th Av
enue
.Cr
ossw
alk at
170t
h Ave
nue/
Base
line R
oad i
nter
secti
on.
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SW170THAVE
SW M
ER
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D
Segm
ent 1
Segm
ent 1
Segm
ent 2
Segm
ent 2
Segm
ent 3
Segm
ent 3
SWM
ER
LOR
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SW J
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NSRD
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SW 167T H AVE
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SW171STPL
SW
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AS
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SWSANMATEOTER
SW 175TH AVE
SW 162ND AVE
SW
TUA
LATI
NVA
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SW176TH TER
SWM
AS
ON
LN
SW178THPL
SW
GA
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SW170THAVE
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SW
WAT
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SW 172ND TER
SW
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SW177THTER
SW 175TH PL
SWW
AK
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TS
WW
AKE
ML N
SWW
ILL
IAM
SBURGWAY
SW
BE
RK
ELE
YLN
SW 163RD AVE
SW 166TH AV
E
SW A
LEXA
ND
ERST
SW JAY CT
SW 176TH AVE
S W BOS
TO
NWAY
SW 174TH AVE
SWS
UL L
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SWELLIOTTPL
SWBUNKEROAKRD
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SW172ND AVE
SW
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AY
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HE
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EA
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T
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SWM
ERLO
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SW179THAVE
SW158THAVE
SW
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ON
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SW
SA
ND
RA
LN
SWSH
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T
MER
L OG
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SWM
ERLO
DR
SW
ES
TUA
RY
DR
Th
e S
W 1
70th
Ave
nu
e/S
W M
erl
o R
oad
co
rrid
or
is a
cri
tica
l no
rth
-so
uth
co
nn
ect
ion
bet
we
en
res
ide
nti
al n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds,
maj
or
em
plo
yme
nt
hu
bs,
tra
nsi
t lin
es, s
cho
ols
an
d p
ark
faci
litie
s; h
ow
eve
r, it
cu
rre
ntl
y fa
ces
maj
or
chal
len
ges
fo
r va
rio
us
mo
des
of
trav
el.
Th
e co
rrid
or
is
in a
hig
h-g
row
th a
rea
of
Was
hin
gto
n C
ou
nty
th
at is
exp
eri
en
cin
g
maj
or
dev
elo
pm
en
t an
d r
ed
eve
lop
me
nt
acti
vity
in b
oth
co
mm
erc
ial
and
res
ide
nti
al s
ect
ors
. Nei
gh
bo
rho
od
s to
th
e w
est
and
so
uth
ho
st
com
mu
nit
ies
of
con
cern
, in
clu
din
g lo
we
r in
com
e, m
ino
rity
an
d E
ng
lish
la
ng
uag
e-l
earn
ing
res
ide
nts
. Th
e co
rrid
or
curr
en
tly
do
es n
ot
serv
e th
e n
ee
ds
of
pe
op
le w
alki
ng
, bic
yclin
g a
nd
acc
essi
ng
tra
nsi
t, a
nd
it is
p
roje
cte
d t
o h
ave
incr
ease
d v
eh
icu
lar
con
ges
tio
n in
th
e fu
ture
.
Fig
ure
1 s
ho
ws
the
stu
dy
area
of
the
corr
ido
r. T
he
corr
ido
r is
bro
ken
into
th
ree
dis
tin
ct s
eg
me
nts
: •
Se
gm
en
t 1
is S
W 1
70th
Ave
nu
e n
ort
h o
f S
W M
erl
o R
oad
to
W
Bas
elin
e R
oad
;
• S
eg
me
nt
2 is
SW
170
th A
ven
ue
sou
th o
f S
W M
erl
o R
oad
to
SW
Tu
alat
in V
alle
y H
igh
way
, an
d
• S
eg
me
nt
3 is
SW
Me
rlo
Ro
ad b
etw
ee
n S
W 1
70th
Ave
nu
e an
d S
W
Jen
kin
s R
oad
.
CHAP
TER 0
1 | PR
OJEC
T PUR
POSE
AND
CONT
EXT
Segm
ent 1
: 170t
h Ave
nue
Segm
ent 2
: 170t
h Ave
nue
Segm
ent 3
: Mer
lo Ro
ad
Fig
ure
1: B
ase
Map
an
d S
tud
y A
rea
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ty, O
rego
n
Pro
ject
Go
al a
nd
Ob
ject
ive
s
Th
e o
vera
rch
ing
go
al o
f th
is P
roje
ct is
to
dev
elo
p a
co
nce
ptu
al p
lan
fo
r st
reet
des
ign
tre
atm
en
ts a
lon
g S
W 1
70th
Ave
nu
e b
etw
ee
n W
Bas
elin
e R
oad
an
d S
W T
ual
atin
Val
ley
Hig
hw
ay (
OR
8)
and
alo
ng
SW
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
bet
we
en
SW
Je
nki
ns
Ro
ad a
nd
SW
170
th A
ven
ue
to p
rovi
de
faci
litie
s fo
r m
ult
i-m
od
al c
ircu
lati
on
, to
su
pp
ort
ad
jace
nt
lan
d u
se a
nd
dev
elo
pm
en
t,
and
to
co
nce
ptu
ally
ad
dre
ss a
nu
mb
er
of
env
iro
nm
en
tal c
on
stra
ints
in
clu
din
g r
ipar
ian
, fl o
od
pla
in, w
etla
nd
, fo
rest
an
d w
ildlif
e h
abit
at
reso
urc
es.
Sp
eci
fi c
ob
ject
ives
du
rin
g t
he
dev
elo
pm
en
t o
f th
e co
nce
pt
pla
n w
ere
to
:
• C
reat
e a
corr
ido
r th
at w
ill e
nco
ura
ge
and
su
pp
ort
th
e u
se o
f ac
tive
tr
ansp
ort
atio
n m
od
es a
nd
re
du
ce r
elia
nce
on
th
e au
tom
ob
ile.
• C
reat
e a
corr
ido
r th
at b
ette
r lin
ks A
loh
a n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds
wit
h n
earb
y d
esti
nat
ion
s in
clu
din
g t
wo
sch
oo
ls, t
wo
Met
rop
olit
an A
rea
Exp
ress
(M
AX
) lig
ht
rail
stat
ion
s, T
ual
atin
Hill
s N
atu
re P
ark,
an
d a
maj
or
em
plo
yme
nt
hu
b a
nch
ore
d b
y N
ike
to t
he
no
rth
east
of
the
stu
dy
are
a.
• Id
en
tify
at
a p
lan
nin
g le
vel m
ean
s to
ad
dre
ss p
ote
nti
al e
nvir
on
me
nta
l im
pac
ts in
clu
din
g s
torm
wat
er
run
off
fro
m a
dd
itio
nal
imp
erv
iou
s su
rfac
es, c
on
stru
ctio
n w
ith
in fl
oo
dp
lain
, wet
lan
d a
nd
/or
rip
aria
n
area
s, a
nd
imp
acts
on
mat
ure
tre
es, c
on
sid
eri
ng
gre
en
str
eet
tr
eatm
en
ts a
nd
mo
re c
onv
en
tio
nal
mea
sure
s.
• A
dd
ress
rig
ht-
of-
way
an
d a
cces
s m
anag
em
en
t n
ee
ds.
• F
or
the
pu
rpo
se o
f b
icyc
le a
nd
pe
des
tria
n m
ob
ility
, exa
min
e th
e lo
cal s
tre
et a
nd
tra
il n
etw
ork
to
ad
dre
ss s
afet
y an
d c
on
ne
ctiv
ity,
in
clu
din
g c
on
ne
ctio
ns
ne
cess
ary
to li
nk
adja
cen
t d
eve
lop
me
nt
to a
ny
alte
rnat
ive
par
alle
l bic
ycle
or
pe
des
tria
n f
acili
ties
.
• E
xplo
re t
he
app
licat
ion
of
inn
ova
tive
bik
eway
tre
atm
en
ts f
or
170
th
Ave
nu
e an
d M
erl
o R
oad
, po
ten
tial
ly in
clu
din
g a
tw
o-w
ay c
ycle
tra
ck,
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks,
or
bu
ffe
red
bic
ycle
lan
es.
• E
xplo
re o
pp
ort
un
itie
s to
acc
om
mo
dat
e b
us
sto
ps,
incl
ud
ing
im
pro
ved
pe
des
tria
n a
cces
s, a
lon
g a
nd
acr
oss
170
th A
ven
ue
and
M
erl
o R
oad
in a
nti
cip
atio
n o
f a
TriM
et-p
rop
ose
d b
us
line
.
• P
rovi
de
safe
ro
ute
s an
d c
ross
ing
s fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
s to
ar
ea d
esti
nat
ion
s su
ch a
s B
eave
r A
cres
Ele
me
nta
ry S
cho
ol,
Me
rlo
S
tati
on
Hig
h S
cho
ol a
nd
Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k.
• E
xplo
re p
roje
ct p
has
ing
op
tio
ns
that
co
uld
de
live
r p
ed
estr
ian
/b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
in a
dva
nce
of
road
way
wid
en
ing
to
th
e u
ltim
ate
nu
mb
er
of
lan
es d
esig
nat
ed
in t
he
Tran
spo
rtat
ion
Sys
tem
Pla
n.
• E
ng
age
a b
road
ran
ge
of
pu
blic
an
d s
take
ho
lde
rs in
des
ign
ing
co
nce
pts
fo
r 17
0th
Ave
nu
e an
d M
erl
o R
oad
, en
suri
ng
co
mp
lian
ce
wit
h T
itle
VI r
eg
ula
tio
ns
reg
ard
ing
ou
trea
ch t
o d
isad
van
tag
ed
an
d
min
ori
ty c
itiz
en
s.
Multi
-use
trail
near
Jenk
ins Ro
ad cr
ossin
g.
Buff e
red b
icycle
lane
near
a MA
X tra
nsit s
tatio
n.
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nte
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Lan
d U
se
Th
e S
W 1
70th
Ave
nu
e/S
W M
erl
o R
oad
co
rrid
or
is t
he
cro
ssro
ads
of
a g
row
ing
an
d e
volv
ing
are
a in
Was
hin
gto
n C
ou
nty
. Was
hin
gto
n C
ou
nty
an
d t
he
Cit
y o
f B
eave
rto
n h
ave
ado
pte
d z
on
ing
des
ign
atio
ns
that
al
low
fo
r in
cre
ase
d d
en
siti
es a
nd
mix
es o
f u
se s
urr
ou
nd
ing
th
e M
AX
st
atio
n a
reas
in t
he
corr
ido
r, as
we
ll as
a c
om
mu
nit
y b
usi
nes
s d
istr
ict
zon
e at
th
e so
uth
ern
en
d o
f th
e co
rrid
or,
allo
win
g f
or
som
e o
f th
e h
igh
est
leve
ls o
f d
en
sity
fo
un
d in
un
inco
rpo
rate
d W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty.
Re
cen
tly,
sev
era
l dif
fere
nt
new
mu
lti-
fam
ily h
ou
sin
g d
eve
lop
me
nts
hav
e b
ee
n c
on
stru
cte
d in
th
e n
ort
h e
nd
of
the
corr
ido
r, b
rin
gin
g m
any
new
re
sid
en
ts in
to t
he
are
a. T
he
stu
dy
are
a is
ad
jace
nt
to t
he
Nik
e W
orl
d
He
adq
uar
ters
, wh
ich
is e
xpan
din
g, a
nd
th
ere
are
tw
o s
cho
ols
loca
ted
on
th
e co
rrid
or.
Fig
ure
s 2
an
d 3
sh
ow
th
e zo
nin
g a
nd
exi
stin
g la
nd
use
s in
th
e co
rrid
or.
Fig
ure
2: Z
on
ing
CBD
CBD
CBD
CBD
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R-15
R-5
R-5
R-5
R-5
R-5
R-5
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+
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+
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+
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od
es in
th
e st
ud
y ar
ea. T
his
se
ctio
n
ou
tlin
es t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
and
co
nst
rain
ts t
hat
we
re c
on
sid
ere
d in
th
e d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
the
con
cep
tual
pla
n:
Urb
an /
Su
bu
rban
te
nsi
on
:T
he
corr
ido
r lie
s in
an
are
a in
tra
nsi
tio
n f
rom
a s
ub
urb
an/r
ura
l ch
arac
ter
to a
mo
re u
rban
on
e. T
he
re is
a t
en
sio
n b
etw
ee
n c
reat
ing
mo
re u
rban
-ty
pe
faci
litie
s in
th
e st
atio
n a
reas
, res
ide
nti
al a
reas
, an
d n
ear
sch
oo
ls
on
on
e h
and
an
d p
rovi
din
g a
hig
h-c
apac
ity
arte
rial
fo
r ve
hic
les
and
fr
eig
ht
on
th
e o
the
r. T
his
te
nsi
on
is a
lso
ap
par
en
t in
th
e d
iffe
ren
t so
urc
es
of
road
way
des
ign
gu
idan
ce, i
ncl
ud
ing
Am
eri
can
Ass
oci
atio
n o
f S
tate
H
igh
way
an
d T
ran
spo
rtat
ion
Offi
cia
l’s (
AA
SH
TO
) G
ree
n B
oo
k, N
ort
h
Am
eri
can
Cit
y Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n O
ffi c
ial’s
(N
AC
TO
) U
rban
Str
eet
s D
esig
n
Gu
ide
, an
d W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty’s
Ro
adw
ay D
esig
n &
Co
nst
ruct
ion
S
tan
dar
ds.
Ho
wev
er,
this
te
nsi
on
an
d t
ran
siti
on
ing
ch
arac
ter
of
the
stu
dy
corr
ido
r p
rovi
de
an o
pp
ort
un
ity
to b
uild
on
th
e C
ou
nty
’s g
row
ing
m
ult
i-m
od
al s
yste
m a
nd
pro
vid
e an
exa
mp
le o
f d
esig
nin
g f
acili
ties
th
at
fulfi
ll m
ult
iple
pu
rpo
ses.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al p
lan
ult
imat
ely
op
ted
to
ad
dre
ss t
his
te
nsi
on
by
usi
ng
a
low
er
des
ign
sp
ee
d f
or
veh
icle
s th
an is
typ
ical
ly u
sed
on
Co
un
ty
arte
rial
s. T
his
will
en
cou
rag
e lo
we
r ve
hic
le s
pe
ed
s to
en
han
ce t
he
env
iro
nm
en
t fo
r b
icyc
ling
an
d w
alki
ng
. Th
e p
lan
als
o in
clu
des
hig
h
qu
alit
y p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
wit
h s
ub
stan
tial
bu
ffe
rs
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
corr
ido
rs t
o a
llow
fo
r in
crea
sed
use
of
thes
e m
od
es.
Tran
spo
rtat
ion
Sys
tem
Pla
n d
esi
gn
atio
ns
and
th
e d
esi
gn
sta
nd
ard
s:T
he
Tran
spo
rtat
ion
Sys
tem
Pla
n d
esig
nat
es a
ll th
ree
seg
me
nts
of
the
corr
ido
r as
en
han
ced
maj
or
stre
et b
ikew
ays,
re
com
me
nd
ing
a b
uff
ere
d
bic
ycle
lan
e o
r cy
cle
trac
k o
n e
ach
. Fo
r se
gm
en
ts 2
an
d 3
, it
also
d
esig
nat
es t
he
faci
litie
s as
4-5
lan
e ar
teri
als.
In
ord
er
to f
ulfi
ll b
oth
of
thes
e d
esig
nat
ion
s, t
he
road
way
s w
ou
ld e
ith
er
req
uir
e ad
dit
ion
al r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay b
eyo
nd
th
e 9
8 f
eet
ind
icat
ed
in t
he
Sta
nd
ard
s, o
r th
ey w
ou
ld
ne
ed
to
co
nsi
de
r u
sin
g n
arro
we
r tr
ave
l lan
e w
idth
s th
an t
ho
se s
ho
wn
in
the
stan
dar
ds.
Ho
wev
er,
the
des
ign
sta
nd
ard
s cu
rre
ntl
y o
ffe
r fl
exib
ility
in
des
ign
wit
h t
he
des
ign
exc
ep
tio
n p
roce
ss.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al p
lan
imp
lem
en
ts a
ll th
e Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n S
yste
m P
lan
d
esig
nat
ed
fac
iliti
es, i
ncl
ud
ing
cyc
le t
rack
s o
n s
eg
me
nts
2 a
nd
3, b
icyc
le
lan
es o
n s
eg
me
nt
1, fi
ve
-lan
e cr
oss
se
ctio
ns
on
se
gm
en
ts 2
an
d 3
, an
d
a th
ree
-lan
e cr
oss
se
ctio
n o
n s
eg
me
nt
1. T
o a
llow
th
e p
rop
ose
d c
ross
se
ctio
ns
to fi
t w
ith
in t
he
98
fe
et, t
he
con
cep
tual
pla
n p
rop
ose
s n
arro
we
r la
ne
wid
ths.
Multi
-fam
ily ho
using
on 17
0th A
venu
eFu
nctio
nal C
lass a
nd La
ne N
umbe
rs Ma
p fro
m Tr
ansp
orta
tion S
yste
m Pl
an
02P
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NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
10W
ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
Nar
row
ava
ilab
le r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay:
On
e o
f th
e p
rim
ary
chal
len
ges
in t
he
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad c
orr
ido
r is
re
late
d t
o t
he
avai
lab
le r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay, w
hic
h r
ang
es t
hro
ug
ho
ut
the
corr
ido
r an
d t
he
thre
e se
gm
en
ts (
map
s sh
ow
ing
exi
stin
g r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay
can
be
fou
nd
in A
pp
en
dix
A).
No
ne
of
the
thre
e se
gm
en
ts h
as s
uffi
cie
nt
rig
ht-
of-
way
to
imp
lem
en
t th
e d
esig
nat
ion
s o
f th
e Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n
Sys
tem
Pla
n, a
nd
ob
tain
ing
ad
dit
ion
al r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay p
ose
s a
chal
len
ge
in t
erm
s o
f co
st. A
s n
ote
d in
th
e W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty B
icyc
le F
acili
ty
Too
lkit
, in
ord
er
to im
ple
me
nt
the
en
han
ced
fac
iliti
es a
s in
dic
ate
d in
th
e Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n S
yste
m P
lan
, on
e o
f th
ree
op
tio
ns
will
ne
ed
to
be
sele
cte
d:
• In
crea
se t
he
ove
rall
wid
th o
f th
e ri
gh
t-o
f-w
ay b
eyo
nd
th
e cu
rre
nt
cro
ss s
ect
ion
s in
th
e W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty R
oad
way
Des
ign
&
Co
nst
ruct
ion
Sta
nd
ard
s (s
tan
dar
ds
ou
tlin
ed in
Ap
pe
nd
ix A
)•
De
crea
se a
uto
mo
bile
tra
vel l
ane
wid
ths.
• R
ed
uce
th
e n
um
be
r o
f au
tom
ob
ile t
rave
l lan
es.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Wh
ile r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay a
cqu
isit
ion
will
be
ne
cess
ary
to c
on
stru
ct t
he
faci
litie
s, t
he
con
cep
tual
des
ign
use
s 11
-fo
ot
insi
de
veh
icle
tra
vel l
anes
an
d a
13
-fo
ot
cen
ter
turn
lan
e/m
ed
ian
to
ach
ieve
a c
ross
se
ctio
n t
hat
fi t
s w
ith
in t
he
tota
l wid
th o
f th
e cu
rre
nt
des
ign
sta
nd
ard
s. T
his
cro
ss s
ect
ion
is
co
nsi
ste
nt
wit
h m
ost
of
the
rig
ht-
of-
way
de
dic
atio
ns
that
hav
e al
read
y b
ee
n m
ade
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or
and
do
esn
’t c
han
ge
futu
re r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay
de
dic
atio
n r
eq
uir
em
en
ts a
lon
g t
he
maj
ori
ty o
f th
e co
rrid
or.
Nat
ura
l wat
er
feat
ure
s:
Se
gm
en
t 2
curr
en
tly
has
a t
wo
-lan
e b
rid
ge
cro
ssin
g B
eave
rto
n
Cre
ek
that
ru
ns
thro
ug
h T
ual
atin
Hill
s N
atu
re P
ark,
wit
h a
nu
mb
er
of
uti
lity
pip
es a
lso
cro
ssin
g a
lon
gsi
de
the
bri
dg
e. I
n o
rde
r to
mak
e an
y im
pro
vem
en
ts t
o s
eg
me
nt
2, i
ncl
ud
ing
wid
en
ing
or
add
ing
bic
ycle
or
pe
des
tria
n f
acili
ties
, th
e b
rid
ge
will
ne
ed
to
be
rep
lace
d a
nd
uti
litie
s re
loca
ted
. Im
pro
vin
g t
he
bri
dg
e in
se
gm
en
t 2
, ho
wev
er,
will
pro
vid
e th
e o
pp
ort
un
ity
to e
nh
ance
th
e ri
par
ian
co
rrid
or
con
ne
ctio
n o
f B
eave
rto
n
Cre
ek
bet
we
en
th
e Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k an
d t
he
gre
en
way
to
th
e w
est.
Se
gm
en
t 1
also
has
a w
etla
nd
are
a ab
utt
ing
th
e co
rrid
or
ne
ar t
he
MA
X c
ross
ing
th
at m
ay c
om
plic
ate
the
add
itio
n o
f ri
gh
t-o
f-w
ay a
t th
is
pin
ch-p
oin
t.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n in
clu
des
re
pla
cin
g t
he
bri
dg
e an
d u
tilit
ies.
Wh
ile
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n d
oes
no
t g
o t
o t
he
leve
l of
det
ail t
hat
d
ete
rmin
es t
reat
me
nt
of
nat
ura
l fea
ture
s su
rro
un
din
g t
his
nat
ura
l are
a,
it d
oes
allo
w f
or
the
en
han
cem
en
t an
d p
rese
rvat
ion
of
this
nat
ura
l co
rrid
or.
Th
e d
esig
n a
nti
cip
ates
re
pai
rs a
nd
up
gra
des
of
the
sto
rmw
ate
r co
nvey
ance
sys
tem
, wit
h d
ete
nti
on
an
d t
reat
me
nt
for
all r
un
off
, an
d
des
ign
ates
fo
ur
loca
tio
ns
for
det
en
tio
n f
acili
ties
. Fu
rth
erm
ore
, th
e e
nvis
ion
ed
new
bri
dg
e p
rovi
des
th
e p
ote
nti
al f
or
a w
ide
r u
nd
er-
cro
ssin
g
to e
nh
ance
th
e ri
par
ian
co
rrid
or
and
po
ten
tial
ly p
rovi
de
a fu
ture
tra
il u
nd
er-
cro
ssin
g o
f 17
0th
Ave
nu
e. T
he
det
en
tio
n lo
cati
on
s an
d f
acili
ties
ar
e d
escr
ibed
in A
pp
en
dix
C.
Rai
l cro
ssin
gs:
T
he
MA
X li
ne
cro
sses
th
e co
rrid
or
in t
wo
pla
ces
– o
n s
eg
me
nt
1 an
d
seg
me
nt
3. O
n s
eg
me
nt
1, t
his
cro
ssin
g r
ep
rese
nts
th
e n
arro
wes
t p
oin
t in
th
e ri
gh
t-o
f-w
ay f
or
seg
me
nt
1, a
nd
cu
rre
ntl
y h
as n
o b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
. T
he
re is
a m
id-b
lock
cro
ssin
g w
ith
a r
ect
ang
ula
r ra
pid
fl a
shin
g b
eaco
n
(RR
FB
) th
at w
as r
ece
ntl
y co
nst
ruct
ed
to
th
e so
uth
of
the
ligh
t ra
il tr
acks
. Ho
wev
er,
the
pre
sen
ce o
f th
e M
AX
lin
e an
d t
he
stat
ion
s w
ith
in
the
stu
dy
area
pro
vid
e an
imm
en
se o
pp
ort
un
ity
to in
crea
se m
ult
i-m
od
al
mo
vem
en
t in
th
e st
ud
y co
rrid
or.
Pe
op
le t
rave
ling
to
an
d f
rom
th
e M
AX
st
atio
ns
can
alr
ead
y d
o s
o v
ia b
icyc
le o
r o
n f
oo
t; w
ith
en
han
ced
mu
lti-
mo
dal
fac
iliti
es, e
ven
mo
re w
ill b
e e
nco
ura
ge
d t
o d
o s
o. I
n a
dd
itio
n, b
us
serv
ice
is u
ltim
ate
ly p
lan
ne
d t
o r
un
on
se
gm
en
ts 2
an
d 3
, an
d t
his
will
ex
pan
d t
ran
sit
serv
ice
cove
rag
e in
th
e n
eig
hb
orh
oo
d t
o f
urt
he
r e
nab
le
resi
den
ts t
o m
ake
no
n-s
ing
le-o
ccu
pan
t-ve
hic
le m
od
e ch
oic
es.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al p
lan
pro
vid
es h
igh
-qu
alit
y b
icyc
le a
nd
pe
des
tria
n
faci
litie
s an
d c
on
ne
ctio
ns
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
corr
ido
r, in
crea
sin
g t
he
abili
ty
of
pe
op
le t
o a
cces
s th
e M
AX
sta
tio
ns
safe
ly u
sin
g t
hes
e m
od
es o
f tr
ave
l. T
he
pla
n a
lso
des
ign
ates
po
ten
tial
fu
ture
en
han
ced
cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
s,
par
ticu
larl
y at
bu
s st
op
s, t
o f
acili
tate
th
e sa
fe a
cces
s an
d u
se o
f th
e b
us
tran
sit
serv
ice
in t
he
corr
ido
r.
Utilit
ies on
170t
h Ave
nue b
ridge
over
Beav
erto
n Cre
ek.
Merlo
Road
MAX
Cros
sing.
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NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
11170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Tual
atin
Hill
s N
atu
re P
ark
: C
urr
en
tly
the
par
k h
as m
any
old
tre
es g
row
ing
ad
jace
nt
to t
he
pro
pe
rty
line
, wit
h b
ran
ches
ove
rhan
gin
g t
he
sid
e o
f th
e ro
ad (
on
se
gm
en
t 2)
, cr
eati
ng
an
ap
pea
ling
aes
thet
ic, w
hic
h m
ay m
ake
it d
iffi
cult
to
wid
en
th
e ro
adw
ay t
o in
clu
de
the
faci
litie
s d
esig
nat
ed
in t
he
Tran
spo
rtat
ion
S
yste
m P
lan
. Als
o, t
he
par
k is
bo
un
de
d b
y a
tall
fen
ce, w
ith
on
ly t
wo
e
ntr
ance
s o
n t
he
wes
tern
sid
e o
f th
e p
ark,
an
d n
o m
arke
d c
ross
ing
ar
eas
to a
cces
s th
e p
ark
fro
m n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds
to t
he
wes
t, d
ecr
easi
ng
it
s ac
cess
ibili
ty t
o t
he
resi
de
nts
. Ho
wev
er,
a re
des
ign
of
the
wal
kin
g
and
bic
yclin
g f
acili
ties
alo
ng
th
e st
ud
y co
rrid
or
has
th
e p
ote
nti
al
to s
ub
stan
tial
ly e
nh
ance
co
mm
un
ity
acce
ss t
o t
he
par
k, a
lrea
dy
an
imm
en
se a
sset
in t
he
com
mu
nit
y.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al p
lan
do
es n
ot
req
uir
e ri
gh
t-o
f-w
ay a
cqu
isit
ion
fro
m
Tual
atin
Hill
s P
ark
and
Re
crea
tio
n D
istr
ict
(TH
PR
D);
ho
wev
er,
the
nat
ura
l fe
atu
res
of
the
par
k cu
rre
ntl
y ex
ten
d in
to t
he
Co
un
ty’s
rig
ht-
of-
way
. It
is
anti
cip
ate
d t
hat
so
me
tre
es w
ill b
e im
pac
ted
by
the
road
way
wid
en
ing
.
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al p
lan
pro
vid
es c
om
ple
te p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
as
we
ll as
po
ten
tial
cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
s th
at w
ill in
crea
se e
ase
of
acce
ss t
o
the
par
k.
On
-str
ee
t b
icyc
le a
nd
pe
de
stri
an f
acili
ty c
on
ne
ctio
ns
wit
hre
gio
nal
tra
il n
etw
ork
: T
he
stu
dy
area
is s
urr
ou
nd
ed
by
Was
hin
gto
n C
ou
nty
’s e
xist
ing
an
d
pla
nn
ed
net
wo
rk o
f p
ave
d m
ult
i-u
se t
rails
, in
clu
din
g t
he
Wat
erh
ou
se
Trai
l, V
ine
Map
le T
rail,
Bea
vert
on
Cre
ek
Trai
l, an
d W
ests
ide
Trai
l. T
he
red
esig
n o
f th
e st
ud
y co
rrid
or
pre
sen
ts a
n o
pp
ort
un
ity
to p
rovi
de
add
ed
co
nn
ect
ivit
y to
th
ese
trai
ls a
nd
en
han
ce a
cces
s to
ad
jace
nt
lan
d u
ses
thro
ug
h p
rote
cte
d o
n-s
tre
et b
icyc
le a
nd
pe
des
tria
n f
acili
ties
.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e b
icyc
le a
nd
pe
des
tria
n f
acili
ties
in t
he
con
cep
tual
pla
n a
re d
esig
ne
d
to o
ffe
r th
e le
vel o
f co
mfo
rt a
nd
pro
tect
ion
th
at w
ill w
elc
om
e u
sers
of
vary
ing
leve
ls, s
imila
r to
th
e m
ult
i-u
se t
rail
net
wo
rk t
hat
su
rro
un
ds
the
stu
dy
area
. Th
e fa
cilit
ies
pro
po
sed
on
170
th A
ven
ue
and
Me
rlo
Ro
ad w
ill
add
co
nn
ect
ivit
y to
th
is n
etw
ork
.
SW
170
th A
ven
ue/
SW
Me
rlo
Ro
ad I
nte
rse
ctio
n:
Th
e S
W 1
70th
Ave
nu
e/S
W M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n r
ep
rese
nts
a f
utu
re
chal
len
ge
and
an
op
po
rtu
nit
y. E
xist
ing
an
d f
ore
cast
ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
atte
rns
and
pla
ns
ind
icat
e th
at t
he
seg
me
nt
2 an
d s
eg
me
nt
3 p
ort
ion
s o
f th
e st
ud
y co
rrid
or
will
car
ry m
uch
of
the
no
rth
/so
uth
de
man
d. I
n
add
itio
n, p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
list
de
man
d is
like
ly t
o in
crea
se m
ovi
ng
th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
in a
ll d
ire
ctio
ns,
esp
eci
ally
co
nsi
de
rin
g t
he
incr
easi
ng
leve
ls o
f d
eve
lop
me
nt
in t
he
vici
nit
y. T
he
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n w
ill n
ee
d t
o b
e th
ou
gh
tfu
lly d
esig
ne
d t
o p
rovi
de
en
han
ced
saf
ety
and
co
mfo
rtab
le m
ove
me
nt
of
all m
od
es t
hro
ug
h t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n p
rese
nts
th
e o
pp
ort
un
ity
to c
on
sid
er
inn
ova
tive
bic
ycle
cro
ssin
g t
reat
me
nts
, a r
ou
nd
abo
ut,
or
oth
er
po
ten
tial
d
esig
n id
eas.
Co
nce
ptu
al P
lan
Ap
pro
ach
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al p
lan
incl
ud
es t
wo
po
ten
tial
fu
ture
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
ns.
T
he
pre
ferr
ed
des
ign
is a
ro
un
dab
ou
t at
th
e 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
in
ters
ect
ion
, des
ign
ed
wit
h f
ull
mu
lti-
mo
dal
fac
iliti
es. A
n a
lte
rnat
e in
ters
ect
ion
des
ign
is a
lso
incl
ud
ed
fo
r a
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
at
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad t
hat
incl
ud
es in
no
vati
ve t
reat
me
nts
fo
r th
e m
ove
me
nt
of
bic
yclis
ts.
Exist
ing in
form
al pe
destr
ian pa
th on
170t
h Ave
nue n
ear T
ualat
in Hi
lls N
atur
e Par
k.Dr
aft P
edes
trian
Map
from
Tran
spor
tatio
n Sys
tem
Plan
Pe
destr
ian cr
ossin
gs at
170t
h Ave
nue/
Merlo
Road
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RO
JEC
T P
UR
PO
SE
AN
D C
ON
TE
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ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
Dev
elo
pm
en
t o
f S
olu
tio
n A
lte
rnat
ive
s
Dra
win
g o
n t
his
kn
ow
led
ge
, th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
dev
elo
pe
d a
set
of
po
ssib
le s
olu
tio
ns
for
des
ign
of
the
mu
lti-
mo
dal
tra
nsp
ort
atio
n
faci
litie
s in
th
e co
rrid
or.
Eac
h o
f th
e p
oss
ible
so
luti
on
s re
lied
on
th
e Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n S
yste
m P
lan
des
ign
atio
ns
for
fun
ctio
nal
cla
ssifi
cati
on
an
d n
um
be
r o
f la
nes
. Th
ere
fore
, all
of
the
po
ten
tial
so
luti
on
s as
sum
ed
o
ne
veh
icle
tra
vel l
ane
in e
ach
dir
ect
ion
alo
ng
wit
h a
ce
nte
r tu
rn la
ne
for
the
no
rth
ern
se
gm
en
t o
f 17
0th
Ave
nu
e, a
nd
eac
h a
ssu
me
d t
wo
ve
hic
le
trav
el l
anes
in e
ach
dir
ect
ion
(an
d a
ce
nte
r tu
rn la
ne
or
me
dia
n) f
or
the
sou
the
rn s
eg
me
nt
of
170
th A
ven
ue
and
Me
rlo
Ro
ad.
Th
e p
rim
ary
dif
fere
nce
bet
we
en
th
e th
ree
po
ten
tial
so
luti
on
s is
in
ho
w t
hey
pro
vid
e fa
cilit
ies
for
bic
yclis
ts a
nd
pe
des
tria
ns.
Was
hin
gto
n
Co
un
ty a
nd
oth
er
juri
sdic
tio
ns
wit
hin
th
e P
ort
lan
d m
etro
po
litan
re
gio
n
hav
e re
lati
vely
hig
h le
vels
of
wal
kin
g a
nd
bic
yclin
g c
om
par
ed
to
oth
er
reg
ion
s in
th
e U
nit
ed
Sta
tes,
an
d t
his
re
gio
n h
as b
ee
n a
t th
e fo
refr
on
t o
f p
rovi
din
g in
no
vati
ve f
acili
ties
th
at a
llow
saf
e an
d c
om
fort
able
tra
vel f
or
thes
e m
od
es. W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty h
as a
Bic
ycle
Fac
ility
Des
ign
To
olk
it
that
pro
vid
es g
uid
ance
on
bic
ycle
fac
ility
typ
es f
or
dif
fere
nt
con
text
, an
d t
he
pro
ject
tea
m d
rew
on
th
is g
uid
e an
d o
the
rs in
co
nsi
de
rin
g
des
ign
so
luti
on
s fo
r th
e 17
0th
Ave
nu
e an
d M
erl
o R
oad
co
rrid
ors
. A
nu
mb
er
of
po
ten
tial
des
ign
so
luti
on
s fo
r p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
ar
e sh
ow
n in
th
e fo
llow
ing
pag
es:
Oth
er
trea
tme
nts
co
nsi
de
red
, su
ch a
s cr
oss
ing
tre
atm
en
ts, t
ran
sit
sto
p
trea
tmen
ts, a
nd
gre
en s
tree
ts/s
torm
wat
er t
reat
men
ts, a
re o
utl
ined
in
Ap
pe
nd
ix D
th
e S
olu
tio
n A
lter
nat
ives
Mem
ora
nd
um
. Th
e th
ree
solu
tio
n
alte
rnat
ives
are
sh
ow
n in
th
e fo
llow
ing
pag
es.
Fac
iliti
es
Se
rvin
g P
ed
est
rian
s
Stand
ard S
idew
alkMu
lti-U
se Tr
ail
Inte
rim Sh
ould
erW
ider
Side
walk
Sta
nd
ard
Sid
ewal
k (5
fe
et)
S
idew
alks
are
th
e fu
nd
ame
nta
l bu
ildin
g b
lock
en
ablin
g c
om
fort
able
, co
nve
nie
nt
and
saf
e w
alki
ng
acc
ess
fro
m p
lace
to
pla
ce. T
hey
als
o
pro
vid
e an
imp
ort
ant
mea
ns
of
mo
bili
ty f
or
pe
op
le w
ith
dis
abili
ties
, fa
mili
es w
ith
str
olle
rs, a
nd
oth
ers
wh
o m
ay n
ot
be
able
to
tra
vel o
n
an u
nim
pro
ved
ro
adsi
de
surf
ace
. An
un
ob
stru
cte
d fi
ve
-fo
ot
sid
ewal
k p
rovi
des
th
e m
inim
um
wid
th n
ece
ssar
y to
pro
vid
e th
is f
un
ctio
nal
ity.
Wid
er
Sid
ewal
k (6
-20
fe
et)
Alr
ead
y in
use
alo
ng
par
ts o
f th
e co
rrid
or,
a w
ide
r si
dew
alk
allo
ws
for
com
fort
able
sid
e-b
y-si
de
wal
kin
g, w
ou
ld a
llow
tw
o p
eo
ple
in
wh
ee
lch
airs
to
pas
s ea
ch o
the
r, an
d p
rovi
des
sp
ace
for
oth
er
ele
me
nts
to
en
han
ce t
he
pe
des
tria
n r
eal
m, s
uch
as
stre
et f
urn
itu
re, s
ign
age
, art
in
stal
lati
on
s, b
uild
ing
fro
nta
ge
ele
me
nts
, an
d b
icyc
le p
arki
ng
. Wid
er
sid
ewal
ks a
re p
arti
cula
rly
app
rop
riat
e in
are
as o
f h
igh
pe
des
tria
n t
raffi
c,
com
me
rcia
l, o
r m
ixe
d u
se a
reas
.
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
ilIn
so
me
loca
tio
ns,
a p
ave
d, b
i-d
ire
ctio
nal
mu
lti-
use
tra
il ca
n s
erv
e b
oth
p
ed
estr
ian
s an
d b
icyc
lists
fo
r a
low
er
cost
an
d u
sin
g le
ss r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay. A
m
inim
um
wid
th o
f 10
fe
et is
re
com
me
nd
ed
fo
r lo
w-p
ed
estr
ian
/bic
ycle
-tr
affi
c co
nte
xts;
12
feet
or
gre
ate
r sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
in a
reas
wit
h
mo
de
rate
to
hig
h le
vels
of
bic
ycle
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
tra
ffi c
du
e to
th
e p
ote
nti
al f
or
con
fl ic
ts b
etw
ee
n t
hes
e m
od
es. I
n t
hes
e ca
ses,
pav
em
en
t m
arki
ng
s ca
n b
e u
sed
to
se
par
ate
trai
l use
rs.
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r (6
fe
et)
A p
ave
d 6
-fo
ot
sho
uld
er
is o
fte
n u
sed
in r
ura
l are
as t
o p
rovi
de
a sp
ace
for
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts. I
n W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty, d
esig
n s
tan
dar
ds
spe
cify
th
at a
6-f
oo
t sh
ou
lde
r is
ap
pro
pri
ate
as a
n in
teri
m t
reat
me
nt
on
u
rban
str
eet
s p
rio
r to
fu
ll co
nst
ruct
ion
of
the
road
way
.
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LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
13170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Fac
iliti
es
Se
rvin
g B
icyc
lists
Stand
ard B
icycle
Lane
Buff e
red B
icycle
Lane
Two-
Way
Cycle
Trac
k
One-
Way
Cycle
Trac
k
Inte
rim Sh
ould
er
Multi
-Use
Trail
Sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
e (
6 f
ee
t)B
icyc
le la
nes
are
on
-str
eet
fac
iliti
es t
hat
pro
vid
e d
esig
nat
ed
sp
aces
fo
r b
icyc
les,
se
par
ate
d f
rom
ve
hic
les
by
pav
em
en
t m
arki
ng
s. B
icyc
le la
nes
ar
e g
en
era
lly u
sed
on
co
llect
or
and
art
eri
al s
tre
ets
wit
h v
eh
icu
lar
trav
el
volu
mes
an
d s
pe
ed
s th
at m
ake
it d
iffi
cult
fo
r d
rive
rs a
nd
bic
yclis
ts t
o
shar
e th
e ro
ad. A
bic
ycle
lan
e ca
n c
on
sist
of
8-i
nch
wh
ite
stri
pin
g w
ith
a
bic
ycle
sym
bo
l, an
d it
can
be
fi lle
d w
ith
a s
olid
pai
nt
colo
r, ty
pic
ally
g
ree
n t
o e
mp
has
ize
con
fl ic
t zo
nes
.
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
eB
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
are
on
-str
eet
lan
es t
hat
incl
ud
e an
ad
dit
ion
al
stri
pe
d w
idth
of
typ
ical
ly 2
-3 f
eet
(“b
uff
er”
) b
etw
ee
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e an
d t
he
veh
icle
tra
vel l
ane
and
/or
the
veh
icle
par
kin
g la
ne
. Bu
ffe
red
b
icyc
le la
nes
can
be
par
ticu
larl
y ap
pro
pri
ate
on
str
eet
s w
ith
hig
h v
eh
icle
sp
ee
ds,
hig
h v
eh
icle
vo
lum
es, o
r re
lati
vely
fre
qu
en
t p
arki
ng
tu
rno
ver.
A b
uff
er
bet
we
en
par
kin
g a
nd
th
e b
icyc
le la
ne
can
he
lp d
ecr
ease
th
e ri
sk o
f b
icyc
lists
bei
ng
“d
oo
red
” w
he
n d
rive
rs o
pe
n t
hei
r d
oo
rs t
o e
xit
par
ked
ve
hic
les.
On
e-w
ay C
ycle
Tra
cks
Cyc
le t
rack
s, a
lso
kn
ow
n a
s se
par
ate
d b
icyc
le la
nes
or
pro
tect
ed
bic
ycle
la
nes
, are
exc
lusi
ve b
ikew
ays
loca
ted
wit
hin
or
dir
ect
ly a
dja
cen
t to
th
e ro
adw
ay, b
ut
phy
sica
lly s
ep
arat
ed
fro
m m
oto
r ve
hic
le t
raffi
c, p
arki
ng
la
nes
an
d s
idew
alks
. Phy
sica
l se
par
atio
n c
an b
e p
rovi
de
d b
y a
vari
ety
of
des
ign
ele
me
nts
, in
clu
din
g p
arke
d c
ars,
bo
llard
s, c
urb
s, s
urf
ace
mo
un
ted
tu
bu
lar
mar
kers
, or
pla
nte
rs. C
ycle
tra
cks
can
be
con
stru
cte
d
at s
tre
et-l
eve
l, si
dew
alk-
leve
l, o
r b
etw
ee
n t
he
two
.
Two
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
Two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s, s
imila
r to
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks,
are
als
o p
hysi
cally
se
par
ate
d f
rom
ve
hic
le la
nes
, par
kin
g la
nes
, an
d s
idew
alks
. Ho
wev
er,
they
car
ry b
i-d
ire
ctio
nal
bic
ycle
tra
vel,
and
th
ere
fore
are
ge
ne
rally
in
stal
led
on
on
ly o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay. T
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s ar
e ap
plic
able
in s
itu
atio
ns
wh
en
rig
ht-
of-
way
is li
mit
ed
, dri
vew
ays
and
ac
cess
es a
re in
fre
qu
en
t, a
nd
/or
wh
en
co
nn
ect
ing
to
an
off
-str
eet
mu
lti-
use
tra
il.
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
ilIn
so
me
loca
tio
ns,
a p
ave
d, b
i-d
ire
ctio
nal
mu
lti-
use
tra
il ca
n s
erv
e b
oth
p
ed
estr
ian
s an
d b
icyc
lists
fo
r a
low
er
cost
an
d u
sin
g le
ss r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay. A
m
inim
um
wid
th o
f 10
fe
et is
re
com
me
nd
ed
fo
r lo
w-p
ed
estr
ian
/bic
ycle
-tr
affi
c co
nte
xts;
12
feet
or
gre
ate
r sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
in a
reas
wit
h
mo
de
rate
to
hig
h le
vels
of
bic
ycle
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
tra
ffi c
du
e to
th
e p
ote
nti
al f
or
con
fl ic
ts b
etw
ee
n t
hes
e m
od
es. I
n t
hes
e ca
ses,
pav
em
en
t m
arki
ng
s ca
n b
e u
sed
to
se
par
ate
trai
l use
rs.
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r (6
fe
et)
A p
ave
d 6
-fo
ot
sho
uld
er
is o
fte
n u
sed
in r
ura
l are
as t
o p
rovi
de
a sp
ace
for
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts. I
n W
ash
ing
ton
Co
un
ty, d
esig
n s
tan
dar
ds
spe
cify
th
at a
6-f
oo
t sh
ou
lde
r is
ap
pro
pri
ate
as a
n in
teri
m t
reat
me
nt
on
u
rban
str
eet
s p
rio
r to
fu
ll co
nst
ruct
ion
of
the
road
way
.
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LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
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ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
A
C
B
SEGM
ENT 1
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
1A B
POTE
NTIA
L COR
RIDO
R FAC
ILITIE
SB
icyc
le L
ane
or
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
e
Mu
lti-
Use
Pat
h
Po
ten
tial
Bic
ycle
an
d/o
r P
ed
estr
ian
Cro
ssin
g
SEGM
ENT 2
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
1
CONN
ECTIO
NS TO
CORR
IDOR
Exi
stin
g M
id-B
lock
/Tra
il C
ross
ing
Exi
stin
g M
ult
i-U
se T
rail
Pla
nn
ed
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 1:
Mult
i-Use
Trail
Syste
m
CC
SEGM
ENT 3
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
1
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
is f
ocu
sed
on
bu
ildin
g a
nd
co
nn
ect
ing
th
e m
ult
i-u
se
pat
h n
etw
ork
to
se
rve
bic
ycle
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
ne
ed
s. T
his
alt
ern
ativ
e in
clu
des
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs
on
bo
th s
ides
of
seg
me
nt
3 (
Me
rlo
Ro
ad),
e
nab
ling
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts t
o c
ho
ose
th
e si
de
of
the
road
th
at b
est
con
ne
cts
thei
r tr
ip b
ase
d o
n t
hei
r o
rig
in a
nd
des
tin
atio
n.
Th
e p
ath
on
th
e so
uth
sid
e o
f M
erl
o R
oad
wo
uld
min
imiz
e cr
oss
ing
s fo
r p
eo
ple
tra
velin
g o
n 1
58
th A
ven
ue
/ M
erl
o R
oad
/ 1
70th
Ave
nu
e.
Lik
ewis
e, u
sers
wo
uld
be
able
to
eas
ily c
on
ne
ct t
hei
r tr
ip f
rom
th
e W
ate
rho
use
Tra
il to
th
e p
lan
ne
d B
eave
rto
n C
ree
k Tr
ail u
sin
g t
he
mu
lti-
use
pat
h o
n t
he
no
rth
sid
e o
f M
erl
o R
oad
. Th
is o
pti
on
tak
es
adva
nta
ge
of
the
exis
tin
g c
ross
ing
loca
tio
n a
t th
e 15
8th
Ave
nu
e M
AX
sta
tio
n t
o c
on
ne
ct t
he
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs,
an
d p
rovi
des
a h
igh
le
vel o
f se
par
atio
n f
or
bic
yclis
ts o
f va
rio
us
leve
ls. O
n s
eg
me
nt
2,
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
incl
ud
es a
mu
lti-
use
pat
h c
on
ne
ctio
n o
n t
he
east
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay a
s w
ell
as s
tan
dar
d o
r b
uff
ere
d o
n-s
tre
et b
icyc
le
lan
es t
o s
erv
e b
icyc
lists
mo
re c
om
fort
able
rid
ing
ad
jace
nt
to
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
. Se
gm
en
t 1
incl
ud
es o
n-s
tre
et b
icyc
le la
nes
. A
lte
rnat
ive
1 w
ou
ld r
eq
uir
e a
mu
lti-
use
pat
h c
ross
ing
at
170
th
Ave
nu
e/A
ug
ust
a L
ane
to c
on
ne
ct t
o t
he
Bea
vert
on
Cre
ek
Trai
l an
d
cro
ssin
gs
of
the
no
rth
an
d w
est
leg
s o
f th
e 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o
Ro
ad in
ters
ect
ion
.
1
3
2
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
15170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
SEGM
ENT 1
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
2
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 2:
One
-Way
Cycle
Trac
ks Al
ong B
oth S
ides
A B
A
B
B
POTE
NTIA
L COR
RIDO
R FAC
ILITIE
SO
ne
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
Po
ten
tial
Bic
ycle
an
d/o
r P
ed
estr
ian
Cro
ssin
g
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 2
CONN
ECTIO
NS TO
CORR
IDOR
Exi
stin
g m
id-B
lock
/Tra
il C
ross
ing
Exi
stin
g M
ult
i-U
se T
rail
Pla
nn
ed
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
pro
vid
es o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s an
d s
idew
alks
on
bo
th
sid
es a
lon
g e
ach
of
the
corr
ido
r se
gm
en
ts. T
he
full
sep
arat
ion
of
faci
litie
s (b
etw
ee
n m
oto
rize
d v
eh
icle
s, b
icyc
les,
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
s)
pro
vid
es e
ach
use
r ty
pe
wit
h c
lear
de
dic
ate
d s
pac
e. D
ep
en
din
g
on
th
e ty
pe
of
sep
arat
ion
fro
m m
oto
r ve
hic
le t
raffi
c, o
ne
-way
cy
cle
trac
ks c
an p
rovi
de
a le
vel o
f co
mfo
rt t
hat
att
ract
s a
wid
e ra
ng
e o
f b
icyc
le u
sers
. Th
is a
lte
rnat
ive
pro
vid
es b
icyc
le o
pe
rati
on
si
mila
r to
sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
es, a
nd
res
ult
s in
a c
on
fi g
ura
tio
n t
hat
m
eet
s d
rive
r an
d b
icyc
list
exp
ect
atio
n. I
n t
he
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
ck
con
fi g
ura
tio
n, t
he
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad in
ters
ect
ion
co
uld
in
clu
de
two
-sta
ge
left
-tu
rn b
icyc
le b
oxe
s to
fac
ilita
te b
icyc
le le
ft-
turn
mo
vem
en
ts. T
he
Me
rlo
Ro
ad/J
en
kin
s R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n w
ou
ld
ne
ed
to
be
des
ign
ed
to
allo
w s
ou
thb
ou
nd
bic
yclis
ts o
n t
he
Wes
tsid
e Tr
ail (
on
th
e ea
st s
ide
of
158
th A
ven
ue)
to
cro
ss o
ver
to t
he
trai
l, o
r so
uth
bo
un
d c
ycle
tra
ck, o
n t
he
wes
t an
d n
ort
h s
ide
of
Me
rlo
Ro
ad.
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
wo
uld
als
o r
eq
uir
e th
e d
esig
n o
f a
cro
ssin
g o
r le
ft t
urn
tr
eatm
en
t at
170
th A
ven
ue/
Au
gu
sta
Lan
e fo
r n
ort
hb
ou
nd
bic
yclis
ts
to c
on
ne
ct t
o t
he
futu
re B
eave
rto
n C
ree
k Tr
ail.
1
3
2
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LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
16W
ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
170th
SEGM
ENT 1
- AL
TERN
ATIVE
3
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 3:
Two-
Way
Cycle
Trac
ks
A B
A
B
B
170th
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
ALTE
RNAT
IVE 3
POTE
NTIA
L COR
RIDO
R FAC
ILITIE
SB
icyc
le L
ane
or
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
e
Two
-Way
Cyc
le T
rack
Po
ten
tial
Bic
ycle
an
d/o
r P
ed
estr
ian
Cro
ssin
g
CONN
ECTIO
NS TO
CORR
IDOR
Exi
stin
g M
id-B
lock
/Tra
il C
ross
ing
Exi
stin
g M
ult
i-U
se T
rail
Pla
nn
ed
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il
Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
pro
po
ses
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s an
d s
idew
alks
to
co
nn
ect
th
e p
lan
ne
d a
nd
exi
stin
g m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
net
wo
rk. 1
70th
A
ven
ue
sou
th o
f M
erl
o R
oad
(se
gm
en
t 2)
has
a t
wo
-way
cyc
le
trac
k o
n it
s ea
st s
ide
adja
cen
t to
th
e Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k.
Th
is c
ycle
tra
ck c
on
ne
cts
wit
h a
no
the
r tw
o-w
ay c
ycle
tra
ck o
n
the
sou
th s
ide
of
Me
rlo
Ro
ad, w
hic
h p
rovi
des
co
nn
ect
ion
s to
th
e W
ests
ide
and
Wat
erh
ou
se T
rails
. Th
is t
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
wo
uld
p
rovi
de
a p
rote
cte
d o
n-s
tre
et c
on
ne
ctio
n f
or
the
Wes
tsid
e Tr
ail
that
wo
uld
allo
w u
sers
to
avo
id c
ross
ing
th
e M
erl
o R
oad
/15
8th
A
ven
ue
inte
rse
ctio
n t
wic
e. A
lte
rnat
ive
3 in
clu
des
sta
nd
ard
or
bu
ffe
red
bic
ycle
lan
es o
n t
he
op
po
site
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay t
o s
erv
e b
icyc
lists
rid
ing
at
a h
igh
er
spe
ed
an
d w
ho
are
mo
re c
om
fort
able
ri
din
g a
dja
cen
t to
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
. Th
e b
icyc
le-s
pe
cifi
c d
esig
n
ele
me
nts
of
the
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad in
ters
ect
ion
will
var
y d
ep
en
din
g o
n t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
fi g
ura
tio
n s
ele
cte
d, b
ut
cou
ld
incl
ud
e b
icyc
le s
ign
als
or
two
-sta
ge
left
-tu
rn b
icyc
le b
oxe
s. In
ad
dit
ion
, Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
wo
uld
re
qu
ire
a b
icyc
le c
ross
ing
at
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/A
ug
ust
a L
ane
inte
rse
ctio
n in
ord
er
to p
rovi
de
a co
nn
ect
ion
to
th
e p
lan
ne
d B
eave
rto
n C
ree
k Tr
ail.
1
3
2
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
17170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Mu
lti-
use
Tra
il S
yste
m (
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
)O
ne
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
s al
on
g B
oth
Sid
es
(Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
)Tw
o-w
ay C
ycle
Tra
cks
(Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
)
Ad
van
tag
es
• P
rovi
de
s h
igh
leve
l of
con
ne
ctiv
ity
for
exis
tin
g a
nd
pla
nn
ed
m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
sys
tem
in v
icin
ity,
bo
th n
ort
h a
nd
so
uth
of
Me
rlo
R
oad
.•
Pro
vid
es
hig
h le
vel o
f se
par
atio
n b
etw
ee
n b
icyc
les
and
mo
tor
veh
icle
s, w
hic
h c
an a
ttra
ct b
icyc
lists
of
vari
ou
s le
vels
.•
Pro
vid
es
a fa
cilit
y o
n t
he
we
st s
ide
of
170
th A
ven
ue
in f
ron
t o
f B
eav
er
Acr
es
Ele
me
nta
ry S
cho
ol.
• S
ep
arat
e sp
ace
for
eac
h u
ser
typ
e (p
ed
est
rian
, bic
ycle
, mo
tor
veh
icle
), w
hic
h c
an p
rovi
de
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r a
ran
ge
of
bo
th b
icyc
lists
an
d p
ed
est
rian
s.•
Op
era
tio
nal
ly s
imila
r to
sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
es,
me
etin
g d
rive
r ex
pe
ctat
ion
s.•
Inte
rse
ctio
n d
esi
gn
can
pro
vid
e o
pti
on
fo
r tw
o-s
tag
e tu
rnin
g
mo
vem
en
ts a
nd
/or
for
“ear
ly e
xit”
of
the
cycl
e tr
ack
to p
osi
tio
n f
or
turn
s.
• O
ffe
rs t
he
po
ten
tial
to
co
nn
ect
pla
nn
ed
an
d e
xist
ing
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs
via
an o
n-s
tre
et p
rote
cte
d t
wo
-way
fac
ility
.•
May
re
qu
ire
less
rig
ht-
of-
way
wid
th t
han
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks,
du
e to
th
e n
ee
d f
or
on
ly o
ne
bu
ffe
r b
etw
ee
n t
he
cycl
e tr
ack
and
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
vel l
ane
s.
Dis
adva
nta
ge
s•
Do
es
no
t p
rovi
de
sep
arat
e d
ed
icat
ed
fac
iliti
es
for
pe
de
stri
ans
and
bic
yclis
ts, b
ut
com
bin
es
the
m o
n m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
s. A
t m
od
era
te-t
o-h
igh
vo
lum
es,
po
ten
tial
co
nfl
icts
an
d d
ela
y fo
r u
sers
may
re
sult
.•
Mo
re c
on
fi d
en
t co
mm
ute
r cy
clis
ts m
ay p
refe
r o
n-s
tre
et f
acili
tie
s,
wh
ere
th
ey c
an t
rave
l at
hig
he
r sp
ee
ds
and
hav
e th
e o
pti
on
to
m
ake
turn
ing
mo
vem
en
ts a
s m
oto
r ve
hic
les
do
(as
op
po
sed
to
a
two
-sta
ge
turn
, wh
ich
intr
od
uce
s m
ore
de
lay)
.
• M
ay r
eq
uir
e th
e m
ost
wid
th, d
ue
to p
rovi
din
g a
bu
ffe
r fr
om
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
on
bo
th s
ides
of
the
road
way
.•
May
be
the
mo
st d
iffi
cult
fac
ility
to
pro
vid
e in
a p
has
ed
im
ple
me
nta
tio
n w
ith
ou
t th
e n
ee
d t
o r
eco
nst
ruct
.
• Tw
o-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
req
uir
e o
ne
dir
ect
ion
of
bic
ycle
tra
vel i
n a
d
ire
ctio
n c
ou
nte
r to
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
, wh
ich
mo
tori
sts
may
no
t ex
pe
ct (
at le
ast
init
ially
). I
nte
rse
ctio
n t
urn
ing
mo
vem
en
ts m
ust
be
care
fully
co
ntr
olle
d t
o e
nsu
re s
afe
cro
ssin
gs
for
bo
th d
ire
ctio
ns
of
trav
el.
• A
t tr
ansi
tio
ns
bet
we
en
tw
o-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
and
bic
ycle
lan
es,
b
icyc
lists
may
ne
ed
to
mak
e a
two
-sta
ge
or
dia
go
nal
cro
ssin
g o
f an
in
ters
ect
ion
, po
ten
tial
ly in
tro
du
cin
g m
ore
de
lay.
No
rth
170
th
Ave
nu
e(S
eg
me
nt
1)
Co
nsi
de
rati
on
s
A m
ult
i-u
se t
rail
cou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
fo
r se
gm
en
t 1,
bu
t is
no
t p
rop
ose
d f
or
seve
ral r
eas
on
s. N
ort
h o
f B
ase
line
, 170
th h
as b
icyc
le
lan
es
on
bo
th s
ide
s o
f th
e ro
ad, s
o t
he
mu
lti-
use
pat
h w
ou
ld n
ee
d
to t
ran
siti
on
. A m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
on
se
gm
en
t 1
wo
uld
no
t su
bst
anti
ally
e
nh
ance
co
nn
ect
ivit
y o
f th
e tr
ails
net
wo
rk. I
nst
ead
, sta
nd
ard
or
bu
ffe
red
bic
ycle
lan
es
are
incl
ud
ed
fo
r se
gm
en
t 1,
wit
h c
ross
ing
tr
eat
me
nts
pro
vid
ed
at
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad t
o t
ran
siti
on
fro
m
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs
to t
he
bic
ycle
lan
es.
On
se
gm
en
t 1,
wh
ich
has
low
er
traf
fi c
volu
me
s th
an s
eg
me
nts
2 a
nd
3,
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
cou
ld b
e d
esi
gn
ed
wit
h a
ve
rtic
al s
ep
arat
ion
fro
m
trav
el l
ane
s (a
t a
leve
l bet
we
en
sid
ewal
k an
d r
oad
way
leve
l) t
o p
rovi
de
sep
arat
ion
wit
ho
ut
add
ing
th
e w
idth
of
a h
ori
zon
tal b
uff
er.
A t
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
co
uld
be
con
sid
ere
d f
or
seg
me
nt
1, b
ut
is n
ot
pro
po
sed
fo
r se
vera
l re
aso
ns.
No
rth
of
Bas
elin
e, 1
70th
Ave
nu
e h
as
bic
ycle
lan
es
on
bo
th s
ide
s o
f th
e ro
ad, s
o t
he
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
w
ou
ld n
ee
d t
o t
ran
siti
on
to
fac
iliti
es
on
eac
h s
ide
of
the
road
. A t
wo
-w
ay c
ycle
tra
ck o
n s
eg
me
nt
1 w
ou
ld n
ot
pro
vid
e a
con
ne
ctio
n b
etw
ee
n
exis
tin
g o
r p
lan
ne
d m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
s (a
s it
wo
uld
in s
eg
me
nt
3).
In
ste
ad,
stan
dar
d o
r b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
ne
s ar
e in
clu
de
d f
or
seg
me
nt
1, w
ith
cr
oss
ing
tre
atm
en
ts p
rovi
de
d a
t 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
to
tra
nsi
tio
n
fro
m t
he
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s to
th
e b
icyc
le la
ne
s.
So
uth
170
th
Ave
nu
e(S
eg
me
nt
2)
Co
nsi
de
rati
on
s
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
cou
ld a
lso
be
de
sig
ne
d w
ith
th
e m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
on
th
e w
est
sid
e o
f se
gm
en
t 2
, ad
jace
nt
to t
he
resi
de
nti
al n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds
to
pro
vid
e a
con
ne
ctio
n f
rom
th
e n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds
to t
he
Be
ave
r C
ree
k E
lem
en
tary
Sch
oo
l wit
ho
ut
cro
ssin
g 1
70th
Ave
nu
e. H
ow
eve
r, a
mu
lti-
use
pat
h o
n t
he
eas
t si
de
wo
uld
intr
od
uce
nu
me
rou
s si
de
-str
eet
cr
oss
ing
s. A
lign
ing
th
e p
ath
on
th
e e
ast
sid
e p
rovi
de
s a
con
ne
ctio
n
to t
he
Tual
atin
Hill
s N
atu
re P
ark
and
has
a li
mit
ed
nu
mb
er
of
sid
e-
stre
et c
ross
ing
s. T
he
add
itio
n o
r o
ne
or
two
sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
es
cou
ld p
rovi
de
an o
pti
on
fo
r m
ore
co
nfi
de
nt
cycl
ists
se
eki
ng
to
tra
vel
fast
er
than
wo
uld
be
safe
on
a m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
.
On
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
wo
uld
ne
ed
to
be
de
sig
ne
d t
o p
rovi
de
suffi
cie
nt
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
for
bic
yclis
ts t
o c
ross
170
th A
ven
ue
or
mak
e le
ft t
urn
m
ove
me
nts
(e
.g. t
urn
s in
to t
he
ne
igh
bo
rho
od
s fo
r n
ort
hb
ou
nd
b
icyc
lists
).
Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
co
uld
als
o b
e d
esi
gn
ed
wit
h t
he
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
on
th
e w
est
sid
e o
f se
gm
en
t 2
, ad
jace
nt
to t
he
resi
de
nti
al n
eig
hb
orh
oo
ds
to p
rovi
de
a co
nn
ect
ion
fro
m t
he
ne
igh
bo
rho
od
s to
th
e B
eav
er
Cre
ek
Ele
me
nta
ry S
cho
ol w
ith
ou
t cr
oss
ing
170
th A
ven
ue
. Ho
wev
er,
a cy
cle
trac
k o
n t
he
we
st s
ide
wo
uld
intr
od
uce
nu
me
rou
s si
de
-str
eet
cro
ssin
gs.
A
lign
ing
th
e cy
cle
trac
k o
n t
he
eas
t si
de
pro
vid
es
a co
nn
ect
ion
to
th
e Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k an
d h
as a
lim
ite
d n
um
be
r o
f si
de
-str
eet
cr
oss
ing
s. T
he
add
itio
n o
r o
ne
or
two
sta
nd
ard
bic
ycle
lan
es
cou
ld
pro
vid
e an
op
tio
n f
or
mo
re c
on
fi d
en
t cy
clis
ts s
ee
kin
g t
o t
rave
l fas
ter
than
wo
uld
be
safe
on
a t
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
.
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
(Se
gm
en
t 3
) C
on
sid
era
tio
ns
Se
gm
en
t 3
co
uld
be
con
stru
cte
d w
ith
a m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
on
th
e n
ort
h
sid
e, t
he
sou
th s
ide
, or
on
bo
th s
ide
s. P
ath
s o
n b
oth
sid
es
pro
vid
e th
e h
igh
est
leve
l of
con
ne
ctiv
ity
bet
we
en
oth
er
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs,
b
ut
wo
uld
re
qu
ire
way
-fi n
din
g s
ign
age
to h
elp
new
use
rs fi
nd
th
eir
d
est
inat
ion
s.
In o
rde
r to
pro
vid
e a
hig
h q
ual
ity
con
ne
ctio
n f
or
vari
ou
s le
vels
of
bic
yclis
ts b
etw
ee
n t
he
pla
nn
ed
an
d e
xist
ing
mu
lti-
use
pat
hs,
on
e-
way
cyc
le t
rack
s o
n M
erl
o R
oad
wo
uld
ne
ed
to
be
des
ign
ed
wit
h a
su
bst
anti
al le
vel o
f se
par
atio
n f
rom
mo
tor
veh
icle
tra
ffi c
.
A t
wo
-way
cyc
le t
rack
in s
eg
me
nt
3 c
ou
ld p
rovi
de
a co
nti
nu
ou
s co
nn
ect
ion
bet
we
en
th
e m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
s o
n t
he
eas
t e
nd
of
the
seg
me
nt
and
th
e p
lan
ne
d m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
co
nn
ect
ion
to
th
e w
est
of
170
th A
ven
ue
. T
he
add
itio
n o
f a
stan
dar
d b
icyc
le la
ne
on
th
e o
the
r si
de
of
the
stre
et
wo
uld
allo
w m
ore
co
nfi
de
nt
we
stb
ou
nd
cyc
lists
to
min
imiz
e th
eir
ne
ed
to
cro
ss M
erl
o R
oad
to
acc
ess
th
e fa
cilit
y.
Ph
asin
g
Op
tio
ns
Pro
vid
ing
bic
ycle
fac
iliti
es
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
cre
ate
s p
has
ing
op
tio
ns
in w
hic
h o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e ro
ad c
ou
ld b
e in
itia
lly
con
stru
cte
d, w
ith
tw
o t
rave
l lan
es
add
ed
to
th
e o
the
r si
de
in t
he
ult
imat
e p
has
e.
Wit
h o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s, p
has
ing
wo
uld
be
mo
re d
iffi
cult
, sin
ce t
he
ult
imat
e lo
cati
on
of
the
faci
litie
s w
ou
ld n
ee
d t
o a
cco
mm
od
ate
the
full
wid
th o
f th
e 5
-lan
e ro
adw
ay b
etw
ee
n t
he
m. I
n a
n in
teri
m p
has
e,
bo
th c
ycle
tra
cks
cou
ld b
e p
rovi
de
d, w
ith
on
e la
ter
rem
ove
d w
he
n t
he
road
way
is w
ide
ne
d; o
r, o
ne
cycl
e tr
ack
cou
ld b
e co
nst
ruct
ed
on
on
e si
de
, wit
h a
n in
teri
m 6
-fo
ot
sho
uld
er
pro
vid
ed
on
th
e o
the
r si
de
.
Pro
vid
ing
bic
ycle
fac
iliti
es
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
cre
ate
s p
has
ing
o
pti
on
s in
wh
ich
on
e si
de
of
the
road
co
uld
be
init
ially
co
nst
ruct
ed
, wit
h
two
tra
vel l
ane
s ad
de
d t
o t
he
oth
er
sid
e in
th
e u
ltim
ate
ph
ase
.
So
luti
on
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
is f
ocu
sed
on
bu
ildin
g a
nd
co
nn
ect
ing
th
e m
ult
i-u
se p
ath
net
wo
rk, i
ncl
ud
ing
pat
hs
on
bo
th s
ides
of
Me
rlo
R
oad
.
So
luti
on
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
pro
vid
es o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s an
d s
idew
alks
o
n b
oth
sid
es o
f th
e ro
adw
ays
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
corr
ido
r.S
olu
tio
n A
lte
rnat
ive
3 u
ses
a co
mb
inat
ion
of
two
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s,
bic
ycle
lan
es, a
nd
sid
ewal
ks.
So
luti
on
Alt
ern
ativ
es
Co
mp
aris
on
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NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
18W
ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
Fir
st R
ou
nd
of
Me
etin
gs
and
Pu
blic
Ou
tre
ach
In N
ove
mb
er
2014
, th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
met
wit
h t
he
PA
C
and
he
ld a
pu
blic
wo
rksh
op
to
get
inp
ut
and
fe
ed
bac
k o
n
the
vari
ou
s fa
cilit
y ty
pes
an
d s
olu
tio
n a
lte
rnat
ives
. PA
C
me
mb
ers
an
d a
tte
nd
ees
of
the
pu
blic
wo
rksh
op
co
nsi
de
red
a
vari
ety
of
bic
ycle
an
d p
ed
estr
ian
fac
ility
typ
es f
or
each
of
the
thre
e co
rrid
or
seg
me
nts
.
Se
gm
en
t 1
(170
th A
ve N
ort
h)S
eg
me
nt
2(1
70th
Ave
So
uth
)S
eg
me
nt
3(M
erl
o R
d)
Pe
de
stri
ans
Sta
nd
ard
Sid
ewal
k1
1
Wid
er S
idew
alk
61
3
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il3
73
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r1
Bic
ycle
s
Sta
nd
ard
Bic
ycle
Lan
e3
11
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
e2
22
On
e-w
ay C
ycle
Tra
ck1
01
Two
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
00
0
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il3
53
Inte
rim
Sh
ou
lde
r0
00
PA
C M
eet
ing
#1
Fac
ility
Typ
e E
xerc
ise
Re
sult
s
Su
mm
ary
of
Inp
ut
Pe
de
stri
ans
As
sho
wn
in t
he
tab
le (
at r
igh
t), r
esp
on
ses
ind
icat
e st
ron
g
con
sen
sus
that
th
e e
nti
re c
orr
ido
r w
arra
nts
mo
re t
han
st
and
ard
wid
th s
idew
alks
an
d t
hat
se
gm
en
t 2
has
th
e m
ost
n
ee
d f
or
bu
ffe
r fo
r p
ed
estr
ian
s fr
om
th
e ve
hic
le t
rave
l lan
es.
Bic
ycle
s T
he
stro
ng
est
sup
po
rt f
or
mu
lti-
use
tra
ils w
as f
or
app
licat
ion
o
n s
eg
me
nt
2.
Mu
lti-
use
tra
ils h
ad e
qu
al s
up
po
rt t
o b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
an
d o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s co
mb
ine
d f
or
seg
me
nts
1 a
nd
3,
ind
icat
ing
a s
plit
fo
r th
ese
seg
me
nts
bet
we
en
an
on
-str
eet
o
r o
ff-s
tre
et (
mu
lti-
use
tra
il) f
acili
ty.
Se
gm
en
t 1
was
th
e o
nly
se
gm
en
t w
ith
mo
re t
han
on
e vo
te
for
a st
and
ard
bic
ycle
lan
e, i
nd
icat
ing
th
at s
om
e p
eo
ple
fe
el
stan
dar
d b
icyc
le la
nes
(la
rge
ly e
xist
ing
in t
his
se
gm
en
t) a
re
ade
qu
ate
.
Co
rrid
or
Se
gm
en
ts
1
3
2
Publ
ic W
orks
hop #
1
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NN
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PR
OC
ES
S
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erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Publ
ic W
orks
hop #
1
Se
gm
en
t 1
(170
th A
ve N
ort
h)S
eg
me
nt
2(1
70th
Ave
So
uth
)S
eg
me
nt
3(M
erl
o R
d)
Pe
de
stri
ans
Sta
nd
ard
Sid
ewal
k1
113
Wid
er S
idew
alk
26
2
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il6
156
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rim
Sh
ou
lde
r1
Bic
ycle
s
Sta
nd
ard
Bic
ycle
Lan
e2
42
Bu
ffe
red
Bic
ycle
Lan
e0
1110
On
e-w
ay C
ycle
Tra
ck3
51
Two
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
12
0
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il5
62
Pu
blic
Wo
rksh
op
#1
Fac
ility
Typ
e E
xerc
ise
Re
sult
sS
um
mar
y o
f In
pu
t
Pe
de
stri
ans
As
sho
wn
in t
he
tab
le (
at le
ft),
mo
re v
ote
s w
ere
cas
t fo
r fa
cilit
y ty
pes
in s
eg
me
nt
2 th
an o
the
r se
gm
en
ts. T
his
in
dic
ates
th
at s
om
e p
eo
ple
on
ly v
ote
d f
or
seg
me
nt
2,
wh
ich
may
ind
icat
e it
is t
hei
r m
ain
co
nce
rn in
th
e co
rrid
or.
So
me
par
tici
pan
ts w
ou
ld li
ke t
o h
ave
mu
lti-
use
tra
ils o
n a
ll se
gm
en
ts.
Be
cau
se m
ult
i-u
se t
rail
was
no
t a
stro
ng
pre
fere
nce
fo
r b
icyc
ling
tre
atm
en
ts (
see
be
low
), t
he
pe
des
tria
n r
esu
lts
for
mu
lti-
use
tra
il m
ay in
dic
ate
a d
esir
e fo
r p
ed
estr
ian
s to
hav
e se
par
atio
n f
rom
tra
ffi c
.
Bic
ycle
s M
ore
vo
tes
we
re c
ast
for
faci
lity
typ
es in
se
gm
en
t 2
than
o
the
r se
gm
en
ts. T
his
ind
icat
es t
hat
so
me
par
tici
pan
ts o
nly
vo
ted
fo
r se
gm
en
t 2
, wh
ich
may
ind
icat
e it
is t
hei
r m
ain
co
nce
rn in
th
e co
rrid
or.
Se
gm
en
t 3
res
po
nd
ers
had
a s
tro
ng
pre
fere
nce
fo
r b
uff
ere
d
bic
ycle
lan
es.
Res
po
nse
s o
n s
eg
me
nt
2 a
lso
sh
ow
ed
a
stro
ng
pre
fere
nce
fo
r b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
alo
ng
wit
h
som
e su
pp
ort
fo
r o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s an
d m
ult
i-u
se t
rails
. T
he
com
bin
atio
n o
f re
spo
nse
s fo
r b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
an
d o
ne
-way
cyc
le t
rack
s sh
ow
s a
stro
ng
pre
fere
nce
fo
r fa
cilit
ies
sep
arat
e fr
om
pe
des
tria
ns
and
no
t se
t-b
ack
fro
m
the
road
way
.
Publ
ic W
orks
hop #
1
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
20
Was
hingt
on Co
unty
, Ore
gon
Publ
ic W
orks
hop #
1
Alt
ern
ativ
e 1
(E
xpan
de
d
Mu
lti-
Use
Sys
tem
)
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
(O
ne
-way
C
ycle
Tra
cks)
Alt
ern
ativ
e 3
(T
wo
-Way
C
ycle
Tra
cks)
1st
Ch
oic
e V
ote
s6
168
2nd
Ch
oic
e V
ote
s7
155
Pu
blic
Wo
rksh
op
#1
Co
rrid
or
Alt
ern
ativ
e E
xerc
ise
Re
sult
sM
em
be
rs o
f th
e p
ub
lic a
lso
pro
vid
ed
inp
ut
on
th
e th
ree
solu
tio
n
alte
rnat
ives
. Pe
op
le w
ere
ab
le t
o in
dic
ate
thei
r p
refe
rre
d a
lte
rnat
ive
and
p
rovi
de
com
me
nts
an
d id
eas
for
refi
ne
me
nt.
Ap
pe
nd
ix E
incl
ud
es a
su
mm
ary
of
the
PA
C a
nd
Pu
blic
Wo
rksh
op
#1.
Su
mm
ary
of
Inp
ut
Alt
ern
ativ
e 2
had
mo
re 1
st C
ho
ice
vote
s th
an A
lte
rnat
ive
1 an
d 3
co
mb
ine
d.
Th
e 1s
t C
ho
ice
vote
s fo
r A
lte
rnat
ives
1 a
nd
3 m
ay h
ave
split
th
e vo
te o
f p
eo
ple
inte
rest
ed
in
a tw
o-w
ay f
acili
ty, w
ith
ab
ou
t h
alf
pre
ferr
ing
se
par
atio
n f
rom
pe
des
tria
ns
that
th
e tw
o-w
ay
cycl
e tr
ack
in A
lte
rnat
ive
3 o
ffe
rs.
Resu
lts fr
om Pu
blic
Wor
ksho
p #1
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
21
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
A
B
B
SEGM
ENT 1
- PR
EFER
RED A
LTER
NATIV
E
PREF
ERRE
D ALT
ERNA
TIVE
A B
PREF
ERRE
D COR
RIDO
R FAC
ILITIE
SO
ne
-way
Cyc
le T
rack
Bic
ycle
Lan
e o
r B
uff
ere
d B
icyc
le L
ane
Po
ten
tial
Bic
ycle
an
d/o
r P
ed
estr
ian
Cro
ssin
g
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
PREF
ERRE
D ALT
ERNA
TIVE
CONN
ECTIO
NS TO
CORR
IDOR
Exi
stin
g M
id-B
lock
/Tra
il C
ross
ing
Exi
stin
g M
ult
i-U
se T
rail
Pla
nn
ed
Mu
lti-
Use
Tra
il
Dev
elo
pm
en
t o
f P
refe
rre
d A
lte
rnat
ive
Fo
llow
ing
th
e in
itia
l ro
un
d o
f m
eet
ing
s th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
w
ork
ed
to
inco
rpo
rate
th
e fe
ed
bac
k fr
om
th
e P
AC
an
d t
he
pu
blic
to
dev
elo
p a
pre
ferr
ed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. B
ase
d o
n
this
fe
ed
bac
k an
d t
he
info
rmat
ion
gat
he
red
in t
he
init
ial
rese
arch
an
d a
sses
sme
nt
of
the
corr
ido
r, th
e P
MT
mad
e th
e d
eci
sio
n t
o m
ove
to
war
d a
pre
ferr
ed
co
nce
pt
des
ign
th
at
incl
ud
es b
uff
ere
d b
icyc
le la
nes
or
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
corr
ido
r w
ith
a w
ide
, lan
dsc
ape
-bu
ffe
red
si
dew
alk
or
pat
h o
n o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e co
rrid
or
and
a s
tan
-d
ard
-wid
th b
uff
ere
d s
idew
alk
on
th
e o
pp
osi
te s
ide
. Th
e P
MT
det
erm
ine
d t
hat
th
e b
uff
er
wid
ths
and
fac
ility
wid
ths
may
var
y sl
igh
tly
in d
iffe
ren
t p
arts
of
the
corr
ido
r to
min
-im
ize
imp
acts
wh
ere
rig
ht-
of-
way
is li
mit
ed
, bu
t p
rovi
de
mo
re g
en
ero
us
faci
lity
wid
ths
wh
ere
rig
ht-
of-
way
allo
ws.
1
3
2
02P
LA
NN
ING
PR
OC
ES
S
22
Was
hingt
on Co
unty
, Ore
gon
Se
con
d R
ou
nd
of
Me
etin
gs
and
Pu
blic
Ou
tre
ach
In t
he
seco
nd
ro
un
d o
f o
utr
each
, th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
pre
sen
ted
an
init
ial
dra
ft la
you
t o
f th
e p
refe
rre
d c
on
cep
tual
des
ign
an
d r
eq
ues
ted
mo
re
det
aile
d in
pu
t an
d f
ee
db
ack
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or.
Th
is a
llow
ed
th
e p
roje
ct
team
to
be
ne
fi t
fro
m t
he
det
aile
d lo
cal k
no
wle
dg
e o
f th
e st
ake
ho
lde
rs
and
co
mm
un
ity
me
mb
ers
th
at li
ve o
r w
ork
in t
he
area
s su
rro
un
din
g
the
corr
ido
r an
d r
eg
ula
rly
trav
el o
n t
he
faci
litie
s in
th
e st
ud
y ar
ea. T
he
pro
ject
tea
m a
lso
so
ug
ht
inp
ut
on
po
ten
tial
fu
ture
des
ign
op
tio
ns
for
the
in
ters
ect
ion
of
170
th A
ven
ue
and
Me
rlo
Ro
ad.
Th
is in
ters
ect
ion
pre
sen
ts u
niq
ue
des
ign
ch
alle
ng
es in
th
e fu
ture
fo
r a
nu
mb
er
of
reas
on
s: •
Fu
ture
tra
ffi c
vo
lum
es a
re p
roje
cte
d t
o g
row
, wit
h a
hig
he
r p
ort
ion
o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c tr
ave
ling
bet
we
en
Me
rlo
Ro
ad a
nd
th
e so
uth
ern
se
gm
en
t o
f 17
0th
Ave
nu
e (s
eg
me
nts
2 a
nd
3)
than
th
ere
is t
od
ay.
• W
ith
th
e w
ide
nin
g o
f M
erl
o R
oad
an
d t
he
sou
the
rn s
eg
me
nt
of
170
th
Ave
nu
e to
fi v
e la
nes
, th
e in
ters
ect
ion
will
be
the
tran
siti
on
po
int
fro
m
on
e tr
ave
l lan
e in
eac
h d
ire
ctio
n o
n t
he
no
rth
an
d w
est
leg
s to
tw
o
trav
el l
anes
in e
ach
dir
ect
ion
on
th
e so
uth
an
d e
ast
leg
s.
• B
eave
r A
cres
Ele
me
nta
ry S
cho
ol i
s im
me
dia
tely
ad
jace
nt
to t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n, n
ece
ssit
atin
g c
aref
ul c
on
sid
era
tio
n o
f cr
oss
ing
s an
d
trav
el o
f ch
ildre
n v
ia w
alki
ng
an
d b
ikin
g m
od
es s
urr
ou
nd
ing
th
e in
ters
ecti
on
.
• T
he
re is
a n
ee
d t
o p
rovi
de
safe
an
d c
om
fort
able
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n
for
bic
yclis
ts, g
ive
n t
hat
th
e e
nh
ance
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
will
like
ly
serv
e ri
de
rs o
f va
ryin
g le
vels
of
com
fort
an
d a
bili
ties
.
• T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n o
f A
ug
ust
a L
ane
and
170
th A
ven
ue
may
ne
ed
a
sig
nal
or
en
han
ced
pe
des
tria
n c
ross
ing
in t
he
futu
re, a
nd
th
e cl
ose
p
roxi
mit
y o
f th
is in
ters
ect
ion
an
d 1
70th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
can
cr
eate
op
era
tio
nal
ch
alle
ng
es.
• 17
0th
Ave
nu
e h
as a
nu
mb
er
of
acce
sses
on
th
e ea
st s
ide
sou
th o
f th
e 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, s
om
e o
f w
hic
h m
ay b
e re
con
fi g
ure
d in
th
e n
ear
futu
re.
Th
e p
roje
ct t
eam
pre
sen
ted
a s
et o
f p
ote
nti
al in
ters
ect
ion
des
ign
so
luti
on
s, in
clu
din
g a
re
des
ign
ed
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
an
d a
ro
un
dab
ou
t an
d g
ath
ere
d in
pu
t o
n t
hes
e tw
o c
on
fi g
ura
tio
ns.
Me
mb
ers
o
f th
e P
AC
an
d p
arti
cip
ants
in t
he
pu
blic
wo
rksh
op
we
re f
airl
y ev
en
ly s
plit
in t
hei
r p
refe
ren
ces
for
a ro
un
dab
ou
t ve
rsu
s a
sig
nal
ize
d
inte
rse
ctio
n a
t th
is lo
cati
on
. Man
y p
eo
ple
exp
ress
ed
a d
esir
e fo
r a
sig
nal
at
Au
gu
sta
Lan
e an
d 1
70th
Ave
nu
e.
Ap
pe
nd
ix F
co
nta
ins
the
Co
mm
un
ity
Ou
trea
ch S
um
mar
y R
epo
rt,
incl
ud
ing
a s
um
mar
y o
f th
e co
mm
ents
rec
eive
d a
t th
e P
AC
Mee
tin
g a
nd
P
ub
lic W
ork
sho
p #
2.
Re
fi n
em
en
ts t
o P
refe
rre
d C
on
cep
tual
De
sig
n a
nd
Ad
dit
ion
al O
pti
on
s
In c
on
sid
era
tio
n o
f th
e se
con
d r
ou
nd
of
inp
ut
fro
m t
he
pu
blic
an
d
me
mb
ers
of
the
PA
C, t
he
pro
ject
tea
m c
on
du
cte
d a
mo
re d
etai
led
ro
un
d
of
anal
ysis
wit
h a
fo
cus
on
th
e ar
ea s
urr
ou
nd
ing
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
of
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
. Th
e an
alys
is in
clu
de
d:
• A
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
po
ten
tial
ad
dit
ion
al p
ed
estr
ian
cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
s al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r, to
en
able
pe
op
le t
o s
afe
ly c
ross
to
bu
s st
op
s an
d
to t
rave
l bet
we
en
des
tin
atio
ns
and
acc
ess
po
ints
on
op
po
site
sid
es
of
the
corr
ido
r.
• A
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
oth
er
inte
rse
ctio
ns
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or
to d
ete
rmin
e w
het
he
r ad
dit
ion
al t
raffi
c s
ign
als
are
like
ly t
o b
e w
arra
nte
d in
th
e fu
ture
.
• A
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
traf
fi c
op
era
tio
ns,
incl
ud
ing
ve
hic
ula
r d
ela
y an
d
qu
eu
ing
, at
170
th A
ven
ue/
Me
rlo
Ro
ad a
nd
170
th A
ven
ue/
Au
gu
sta
Lan
e fo
r b
oth
th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t an
d f
or
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n.
Bas
ed
on
th
e p
revi
ou
s an
alys
is, t
he
inp
ut
fro
m t
he
PA
C a
nd
pu
blic
, an
d r
esu
lts
of
the
add
itio
nal
op
era
tio
nal
an
alys
is, t
he
pro
ject
tea
m
det
erm
ine
d t
hat
th
e p
refe
rre
d c
on
cep
tual
des
ign
wo
uld
incl
ud
e a
rou
nd
abo
ut.
Ho
wev
er,
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n w
ou
ld a
lso
fu
lfi ll
the
ob
ject
ives
of
the
corr
ido
r an
d c
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
in f
utu
re d
esig
n
ph
ases
.
Th
e fu
ll an
alys
is is
ava
ilab
le in
Ap
pe
nd
ix G
, th
e Tr
ansp
ort
atio
n A
nal
ysis
M
emo
ran
du
m.
Fin
al C
on
cep
tual
De
sig
n a
nd
Nex
t S
tep
s
Th
e la
st p
has
e o
f th
e p
lan
nin
g p
roce
ss p
rod
uce
d t
he
fi n
al c
on
cep
tual
d
esig
n, a
s p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
. Ch
apte
r 4
incl
ud
es o
the
r d
esig
n
op
tio
ns
that
can
be
con
sid
ere
d in
th
e u
pco
min
g d
esig
n p
has
es f
or
the
corr
ido
r.
Imag
e Cap
tion
Lack
of no
rthbo
und b
icycle
lane
on 17
0th A
venu
e nor
th of
Mer
lo Ro
ad.
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
23
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
Th
e p
rop
ose
d c
on
cep
tual
des
ign
pre
sen
ted
in t
he
follo
win
g p
ages
is t
he
resu
lt o
f a
tho
rou
gh
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
ove
r th
e co
urs
e o
f th
e p
ast
year
, in
clu
din
g a
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
exis
tin
g c
on
dit
ion
s, d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
po
ten
tial
al
tern
ativ
es, p
ub
lic in
volv
em
en
t, a
nd
te
chn
ical
an
alys
is. T
he
con
cep
tual
d
esig
n m
eet
s th
e p
roje
ct o
bje
ctiv
es b
y:
• P
rovi
din
g s
ep
arat
ed
, co
mfo
rtab
le f
acili
ties
fo
r w
alki
ng
an
d b
icyc
ling
al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r to
en
cou
rag
e u
se o
f th
ese
mo
des
by
pe
op
le o
f al
l ag
es a
nd
ski
ll le
vels
an
d r
ed
uce
re
lian
ce o
n t
he
auto
mo
bile
fo
r lo
cal
trav
el.
• R
eco
mm
en
din
g lo
cati
on
s fo
r p
rovi
din
g d
esig
nat
ed
cro
ssin
gs
for
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts in
ord
er
to im
pro
ve c
on
ne
ctiv
ity
to t
he
surr
ou
nd
ing
tra
il sy
ste
m a
nd
lan
d u
ses
and
imp
rove
acc
ess
to b
us
tran
sit
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or.
• P
rop
osi
ng
ad
just
me
nts
to
ve
hic
le la
ne
wid
ths
to m
inim
ize
rig
ht-
of-
way
imp
acts
wh
ile p
rovi
din
g a
de
qu
ate
veh
icu
lar
cap
acit
y fo
r fu
ture
tr
ave
l de
man
ds.
• U
sin
g a
des
ign
sp
ee
d o
f 3
5 m
ph
, lo
we
r th
an t
he
45
mp
h t
ypic
al
des
ign
sp
ee
d f
or
Co
un
ty a
rte
rial
s.•
Cre
atin
g t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
y to
en
han
ce t
he
nat
ura
l fea
ture
s al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r an
d t
he
rip
aria
n c
orr
ido
r th
at in
ters
ect
s 17
0th
Ave
nu
e.
• P
rovi
din
g e
nh
ance
d a
cces
s to
th
e M
AX
lig
ht
rail
stat
ion
s an
d
off
ers
des
ign
so
luti
on
s fo
r b
us
sto
ps
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or
that
are
co
mfo
rtab
le f
or
bu
s d
rive
rs, b
us
rid
ers
, an
d b
icyc
lists
.
On
e o
f th
e o
bje
ctiv
es o
f th
e p
roje
ct w
as t
o e
xplo
re p
roje
ct p
has
ing
o
pti
on
s th
at c
ou
ld d
eliv
er
pe
des
tria
n/b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
in a
dva
nce
of
pla
nn
ed
ro
adw
ay w
ide
nin
g.
Ph
asin
g w
as c
on
sid
ere
d in
th
e d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
the
alte
rnat
ives
an
d t
he
pre
ferr
ed
alt
ern
ativ
e; h
ow
eve
r, th
e p
lace
me
nt
of
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
on
eac
h s
ide
of
the
road
way
mak
es p
has
ing
d
iffi
cult
an
d d
oes
no
t o
ffe
r th
e p
oss
ibili
ty t
o c
on
stru
ct a
tw
o-w
ay
bic
ycle
fac
ility
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
pri
or
to t
he
full
wid
en
ing
. H
ow
eve
r, th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esig
n d
oes
off
er
oth
er
ph
asin
g o
pp
ort
un
itie
s fo
r in
cre
me
nta
lly e
nh
anci
ng
th
e p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
:
• Im
pro
vem
en
ts c
an b
e d
on
e b
y se
gm
en
t, w
ith
ou
t h
avin
g t
o f
un
d
the
full
corr
ido
r im
pro
vem
en
ts a
t th
e sa
me
tim
e. S
eg
me
nt
1 re
qu
ires
re
lati
vely
min
or
chan
ges
an
d im
pro
vem
en
ts c
om
par
ed
to
its
exis
tin
g c
on
dit
ion
. Se
gm
en
t 2
wo
uld
be
the
mo
st c
ost
ly t
o
con
stru
ct, d
ue
to t
he
ne
ed
to
re
pla
ce t
he
bri
dg
e. S
eg
me
nt
3 (
Me
rlo
R
oad
) co
uld
be
do
ne
at a
dif
fere
nt
tim
e th
an t
he
oth
er
seg
me
nts
.•
Th
ere
is a
po
ssib
ility
of
con
stru
ctin
g a
sid
ewal
k an
d c
ycle
tra
ck
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
pri
or
to f
ull
wid
en
ing
to
imp
rove
p
ed
estr
ian
acc
ess.
Ho
wev
er,
the
pro
visi
on
of
a b
icyc
le f
acili
ty o
n
on
ly o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay c
ou
ld in
vite
tw
o-w
ay b
icyc
le t
rave
l o
n a
fac
ility
no
t d
esig
ne
d f
or
two
-way
tra
vel,
and
may
res
ult
in
cro
ssin
g m
ove
me
nts
no
t an
tici
pat
ed
un
de
r th
e fu
ll d
esig
n.
• S
eg
me
nt
3 c
urr
en
tly
has
on
e tr
ave
l lan
e in
eac
h d
ire
ctio
n a
nd
a
two
-way
left
tu
rn la
ne
in t
he
cen
ter.
Fiv
e fo
ot
bic
ycle
lan
es c
ou
ld
be
add
ed
to
th
is s
eg
me
nt
in t
he
nea
r te
rm t
hro
ug
h r
e-s
trip
ing
, w
ith
ou
t m
ovi
ng
th
e ex
isti
ng
cu
rbs.
Re
-str
ipin
g w
ou
ld r
esu
lt in
a
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h 5
-fo
ot
bic
ycle
lan
es, 1
1-fo
ot
trav
el l
anes
, an
d a
12
-fo
ot
two
-way
left
tu
rn la
ne
or
cen
ter
me
dia
n.
Ap
pe
nd
ix H
co
nta
ins
a p
lan
nin
g-l
eve
l co
st e
stim
ate
fo
r im
ple
me
nti
ng
th
e p
refe
rre
d c
on
cep
tual
de
sig
n o
n S
eg
me
nt
2.
CHAP
TER 0
3 | P
ROPO
SED
CONC
EPTU
AL DE
SIGN
SEGM
ENT 1
- CO
NCEP
T PLA
N
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
CONC
EPT P
LAN
Co
rrid
or
Se
gm
en
ts
1
3
2
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
23
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
Th
e p
rop
ose
d c
on
cep
tual
des
ign
pre
sen
ted
in t
he
follo
win
g p
ages
is t
he
resu
lt o
f a
tho
rou
gh
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
ove
r th
e co
urs
e o
f th
e p
ast
year
, in
clu
din
g a
n a
sses
sme
nt
of
exis
tin
g c
on
dit
ion
s, d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
po
ten
tial
al
tern
ativ
es, p
ub
lic in
volv
em
en
t, a
nd
te
chn
ical
an
alys
is. T
he
con
cep
tual
d
esig
n m
eet
s th
e p
roje
ct o
bje
ctiv
es b
y:
• P
rovi
din
g s
ep
arat
ed
, co
mfo
rtab
le f
acili
ties
fo
r w
alki
ng
an
d b
icyc
ling
al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r to
en
cou
rag
e u
se o
f th
ese
mo
des
by
pe
op
le o
f al
l ag
es a
nd
ski
ll le
vels
an
d r
ed
uce
re
lian
ce o
n t
he
auto
mo
bile
fo
r lo
cal
trav
el.
• R
eco
mm
en
din
g lo
cati
on
s fo
r p
rovi
din
g d
esig
nat
ed
cro
ssin
gs
for
pe
des
tria
ns
and
bic
yclis
ts in
ord
er
to im
pro
ve c
on
ne
ctiv
ity
to t
he
surr
ou
nd
ing
tra
il sy
ste
m a
nd
lan
d u
ses
and
imp
rove
acc
ess
to b
us
tran
sit
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or.
• P
rop
osi
ng
ad
just
me
nts
to
ve
hic
le la
ne
wid
ths
to m
inim
ize
rig
ht-
of-
way
imp
acts
wh
ile p
rovi
din
g a
de
qu
ate
veh
icu
lar
cap
acit
y fo
r fu
ture
tr
ave
l de
man
ds.
• U
sin
g a
des
ign
sp
ee
d o
f 3
5 m
ph
, lo
we
r th
an t
he
45
mp
h t
ypic
al
des
ign
sp
ee
d f
or
Co
un
ty a
rte
rial
s.•
Cre
atin
g t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
y to
en
han
ce t
he
nat
ura
l fea
ture
s al
on
g t
he
corr
ido
r an
d t
he
rip
aria
n c
orr
ido
r th
at in
ters
ect
s 17
0th
Ave
nu
e.
• P
rovi
din
g e
nh
ance
d a
cces
s to
th
e M
AX
lig
ht
rail
stat
ion
s an
d
off
ers
des
ign
so
luti
on
s fo
r b
us
sto
ps
alo
ng
th
e co
rrid
or
that
are
co
mfo
rtab
le f
or
bu
s d
rive
rs, b
us
rid
ers
, an
d b
icyc
lists
.
On
e o
f th
e o
bje
ctiv
es o
f th
e p
roje
ct w
as t
o e
xplo
re p
roje
ct p
has
ing
o
pti
on
s th
at c
ou
ld d
eliv
er
pe
des
tria
n/b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
in a
dva
nce
of
pla
nn
ed
ro
adw
ay w
ide
nin
g.
Ph
asin
g w
as c
on
sid
ere
d in
th
e d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
the
alte
rnat
ives
an
d t
he
pre
ferr
ed
alt
ern
ativ
e; h
ow
eve
r, th
e p
lace
me
nt
of
on
e-w
ay c
ycle
tra
cks
on
eac
h s
ide
of
the
road
way
mak
es p
has
ing
d
iffi
cult
an
d d
oes
no
t o
ffe
r th
e p
oss
ibili
ty t
o c
on
stru
ct a
tw
o-w
ay
bic
ycle
fac
ility
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
pri
or
to t
he
full
wid
en
ing
. H
ow
eve
r, th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esig
n d
oes
off
er
oth
er
ph
asin
g o
pp
ort
un
itie
s fo
r in
cre
me
nta
lly e
nh
anci
ng
th
e p
ed
estr
ian
an
d b
icyc
le f
acili
ties
:
• Im
pro
vem
en
ts c
an b
e d
on
e b
y se
gm
en
t, w
ith
ou
t h
avin
g t
o f
un
d
the
full
corr
ido
r im
pro
vem
en
ts a
t th
e sa
me
tim
e. S
eg
me
nt
1 re
qu
ires
re
lati
vely
min
or
chan
ges
an
d im
pro
vem
en
ts c
om
par
ed
to
its
exis
tin
g c
on
dit
ion
. Se
gm
en
t 2
wo
uld
be
the
mo
st c
ost
ly t
o
con
stru
ct, d
ue
to t
he
ne
ed
to
re
pla
ce t
he
bri
dg
e. S
eg
me
nt
3 (
Me
rlo
R
oad
) co
uld
be
do
ne
at a
dif
fere
nt
tim
e th
an t
he
oth
er
seg
me
nts
.•
Th
ere
is a
po
ssib
ility
of
con
stru
ctin
g a
sid
ewal
k an
d c
ycle
tra
ck
on
on
e si
de
of
the
road
way
pri
or
to f
ull
wid
en
ing
to
imp
rove
p
ed
estr
ian
acc
ess.
Ho
wev
er,
the
pro
visi
on
of
a b
icyc
le f
acili
ty o
n
on
ly o
ne
sid
e o
f th
e ro
adw
ay c
ou
ld in
vite
tw
o-w
ay b
icyc
le t
rave
l o
n a
fac
ility
no
t d
esig
ne
d f
or
two
-way
tra
vel,
and
may
res
ult
in
cro
ssin
g m
ove
me
nts
no
t an
tici
pat
ed
un
de
r th
e fu
ll d
esig
n.
• S
eg
me
nt
3 c
urr
en
tly
has
on
e tr
ave
l lan
e in
eac
h d
ire
ctio
n a
nd
a
two
-way
left
tu
rn la
ne
in t
he
cen
ter.
Fiv
e fo
ot
bic
ycle
lan
es c
ou
ld
be
add
ed
to
th
is s
eg
me
nt
in t
he
nea
r te
rm t
hro
ug
h r
e-s
trip
ing
, w
ith
ou
t m
ovi
ng
th
e ex
isti
ng
cu
rbs.
Re
-str
ipin
g w
ou
ld r
esu
lt in
a
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h 5
-fo
ot
bic
ycle
lan
es, 1
1-fo
ot
trav
el l
anes
, an
d a
12
-fo
ot
two
-way
left
tu
rn la
ne
or
cen
ter
me
dia
n.
Ap
pe
nd
ix H
co
nta
ins
a p
lan
nin
g-l
eve
l co
st e
stim
ate
fo
r im
ple
me
nti
ng
th
e p
refe
rre
d c
on
cep
tual
de
sig
n o
n S
eg
me
nt
2.
CHAP
TER 0
3 | P
ROPO
SED
CONC
EPTU
AL DE
SIGN
SEGM
ENT 1
- CO
NCEP
T PLA
N
SEGM
ENT 2
/3 -
CONC
EPT P
LAN
Co
rrid
or
Se
gm
en
ts
1
3
2
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
24W
ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
Th
ree
lan
e cr
oss
se
ctio
n
wit
h b
icyc
le la
ne
s/b
uff
ere
d
bic
ycle
lan
es
and
sid
ewal
ks.
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
e
nh
ance
s p
ed
est
rian
an
d b
icyc
le a
cce
ss t
o
MA
X s
tati
on
s.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
170
th A
ven
ue
bet
we
en
Me
rlo
Ro
ad a
nd
Bas
elin
e R
oad
. B
eca
use
it is
loca
ted
in a
w
etla
nd
are
a, t
he
faci
lity
will
ne
ed
to
be
un
de
r th
e ro
adw
ay o
r th
e w
etla
nd
s w
ill n
ee
d t
o b
e m
itig
ate
d.
On
-str
eet
par
kin
g is
p
rop
ose
d o
n t
he
we
st s
ide
of
170
th A
ven
ue
in t
his
are
a to
su
pp
ort
a p
ote
nti
al f
utu
re
mix
ed
-use
re
dev
elo
pm
en
t w
ith
sto
refr
on
t re
tail.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is n
ot
curr
en
tly
war
ran
ted
at
this
lo
cati
on
, sig
nal
war
ran
ts
sho
uld
be
mo
nit
ore
d a
s vo
lum
es
chan
ge
.
Cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
n
ee
ds
to b
e m
on
ito
red
to
ass
ess
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d r
ou
nd
abo
ut
at t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n o
f 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
is a
mu
lti-
lan
e ro
un
dab
ou
t th
at
will
acc
om
mo
dat
e tr
affi
c vo
lum
e fo
reca
sts
and
is d
esi
gn
ed
to
re
du
ce a
pp
roac
hin
g v
eh
icle
sp
ee
ds
to le
ss
than
25
mile
s p
er
ho
ur.
Th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t d
esi
gn
has
a lo
we
r m
ain
ten
ance
co
st t
han
a t
raffi
c s
ign
al a
nd
has
fe
we
r co
nfl
ict
po
ints
fo
r ve
hic
les.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d r
ou
nd
abo
ut
de
sig
n a
lso
off
ers
be
ne
fi ts
fo
r p
ed
est
rian
s an
d b
icyc
lists
. Bic
yclis
ts c
an c
ho
ose
to
en
ter
the
wid
en
ed
sid
ewal
k ap
pro
ach
ing
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
an
d u
se
the
pe
de
stri
an c
ross
ing
s. T
he
cro
ssin
gs
are
split
wit
h r
efu
ge
isla
nd
s, s
o p
ed
est
rian
s o
r b
icyc
lists
usi
ng
th
e si
dew
alks
on
ly n
ee
d t
o c
ross
on
e d
ire
ctio
n o
f tr
affi
c at
a t
ime
. Eac
h le
g o
f th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t h
as a
de
sig
nat
ed
cr
oss
ing
. M
ore
co
nfi
de
nt
bic
yclis
ts c
an a
lso
ch
oo
se t
o e
nte
r th
e ve
hic
le t
rave
l lan
e ap
pro
ach
ing
th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t an
d n
avig
ate
thro
ug
h t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n a
s a
veh
icle
wo
uld
. Be
cau
se v
eh
icu
lar
spe
ed
s ar
e sl
ow
ed
co
min
g in
to t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut,
th
is o
pti
on
can
be
com
fort
able
fo
r so
me
bic
yclis
ts.
It is
like
ly t
hat
e
nh
ance
d c
ross
ing
tr
eat
me
nts
will
be
ne
ed
ed
at
this
loca
tio
n
as p
ed
est
rian
vo
lum
es
incr
eas
e.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is
no
t cu
rre
ntl
y w
arra
nte
d a
t th
is
loca
tio
n, s
ign
al
war
ran
ts s
ho
uld
b
e m
on
ito
red
as
volu
me
s ch
ang
e.
N
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
25
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
.
Co
nve
rtin
g V
en
dla
Par
k L
ane
to a
rig
ht-
in r
igh
t-o
ut
acce
ss c
ou
ld a
llow
fo
r re
du
ctio
n o
f th
e m
ed
ian
fo
r a
gre
ate
r d
ista
nce
, re
sult
ing
in r
ed
uce
d c
ost
s an
d r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay n
ee
ds.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is
are
a to
tre
at t
he
imp
erv
iou
s su
rfac
e o
n
170
th A
ven
ue
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n A
lexa
nd
er
Str
eet
an
d M
erl
o R
oad
.
Cro
ssin
g t
o
nat
ure
par
k tr
ail n
ee
ds
to
be
mo
nit
ore
d
to a
sse
ss
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
It is
like
ly t
hat
en
han
ced
cr
oss
ing
tre
atm
en
ts
will
be
ne
ed
ed
at
this
lo
cati
on
as
pe
de
stri
an
volu
me
s in
cre
ase
du
e to
th
e n
atu
re p
ark
trai
l an
d
po
ten
tial
fu
ture
bu
s st
op
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
do
es
hav
e im
pac
ts t
o s
om
e o
f th
e m
atu
re t
ree
s lin
ing
th
e Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k th
at a
re
curr
en
tly
loca
ted
wit
hin
th
e ri
gh
t-o
f-w
ay. T
he
de
sig
n in
th
ese
loca
tio
ns
can
co
nsi
de
r p
erv
iou
s si
dew
alk
or
bic
ycle
fa
cilit
y tr
eat
me
nts
to
en
sure
th
e h
eal
th o
f tr
ee
s th
at
rem
ain
in c
lose
pro
xim
ity
to t
he
stre
et.
Th
e 2
013
Tu
alat
in V
alle
y H
igh
way
Co
rrid
or
Pla
n c
alls
fo
r ad
dit
ion
al t
urn
lan
es
at t
his
inte
rse
ctio
n.
Th
ese
fe
atu
res
are
no
t in
clu
de
d in
th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esi
gn
an
d r
eq
uir
e fu
rth
er
stu
dy.
Th
e b
rid
ge
cou
ld b
e n
arro
we
d b
y re
du
cin
g
the
me
dia
n (
no
la
nd
scap
ing
) to
sav
e co
sts,
re
du
ce r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay n
ee
ds,
an
d
min
imiz
e tr
ee
imp
acts
.
Re
con
stru
ctio
n o
f th
e b
rid
ge
cou
ld a
llow
fo
r th
e p
ote
nti
al o
f a
pe
de
stri
an
un
de
r-cr
oss
ing
an
d
en
han
cem
en
ts t
o t
he
exis
tin
g r
ipar
ian
co
rrid
or
alo
ng
Be
ave
rto
n C
ree
k,
wh
ich
is a
lso
a c
ross
ing
ar
ea
for
anim
als.
N
Th
e p
rop
ose
d
de
sig
n t
ies
in w
ith
th
e ex
isti
ng
cro
ss
sect
ion
of
170
th
Ave
nu
e ju
st n
ort
h o
f A
lexa
nd
er
Str
eet
.
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
26
Was
hingt
on Co
unty
, Ore
gon
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
Cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
ne
ed
s to
be
mo
nit
ore
d t
o a
sse
ss
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n 1
70th
Ave
nu
e an
d
app
roxi
mat
ely
12
00
fe
et n
ort
h o
f M
erl
o
Co
urt
(cr
est
po
int
of
Me
rlo
Ro
ad).
Ret
ain
ing
wal
l may
be
ne
ed
ed
in t
his
are
a.
Me
dia
n c
ou
ld b
e re
du
ced
b
etw
ee
n M
erl
o C
ou
rt a
nd
th
e b
us
gar
age
to s
ave
cost
s, r
ed
uce
rig
ht-
of-
way
n
ee
ds,
an
d m
inim
ize
tre
e im
pac
ts.
Pro
po
sed
de
sig
n p
rovi
de
s a
con
ne
ctio
n t
o a
nd
fro
m
170
th A
ven
ue
to t
he
reg
ion
al t
rail
net
wo
rk.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
e
nh
ance
s p
ed
est
rian
an
d b
icyc
le a
cce
ss t
o
MA
X s
tati
on
.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n t
he
stre
et c
rest
po
int
and
Je
nki
ns
Ro
ad.
N
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
ti
es
in w
ith
th
e cu
rre
nt
158
th A
ven
ue
Co
un
ty
imp
rove
me
nt
pro
ject
.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is n
ot
curr
en
tly
war
ran
ted
at
this
lo
cati
on
, sig
nal
war
ran
ts
sho
uld
be
mo
nit
ore
d a
s vo
lum
es
chan
ge
.
04O
TH
ER
DE
SIG
N O
PT
ION
S F
OR
CO
NS
IDE
RA
TIO
N
27170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
re
pre
sen
ts t
he
pre
ferr
ed
al
tern
ativ
e re
sult
ing
fro
m t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
. Ho
wev
er,
add
itio
nal
d
etai
ls a
nd
co
nsi
de
rati
on
s ar
e o
fte
n u
nco
vere
d in
th
e m
ore
det
aile
d
des
ign
ph
ase
. T
he
pro
ject
te
am d
id c
on
sid
er
alte
rnat
ive
con
fi g
ura
tio
ns
for
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, i
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut
sho
wn
in
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. T
hes
e al
tern
ativ
es in
clu
de
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rsec
tio
n, s
ho
wn
he
re, a
nd
a d
iffe
ren
t p
ote
nti
al r
ou
nd
abo
ut
alig
nm
en
t,
sho
wn
in A
pp
en
dix
I.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d la
ne
con
fi g
ura
tio
n f
or
the
sig
nal
ize
d a
lte
rnat
ive
has
th
e o
uts
ide
lan
e o
n t
he
no
rth
bo
un
d a
pp
roac
h b
eco
min
g a
rig
ht-
turn
tra
p
lan
e. T
he
stan
dar
d w
ay t
o s
trip
e a
bic
ycle
lan
e th
rou
gh
an
inte
rse
ctio
n
is t
o p
osi
tio
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e b
etw
ee
n t
he
thro
ug
h a
nd
rig
ht-
turn
ing
ve
hic
le la
nes
. Ho
wev
er,
the
ne
ed
fo
r th
e b
icyc
list
to m
erg
e ac
ross
a
full
lan
e o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
rio
r to
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
cre
ates
a “
Lev
el o
f Tr
affi
c S
tres
s” h
igh
er
than
mo
st p
eo
ple
fe
el c
om
fort
able
nav
igat
ing
. In
ord
er
to m
ain
tain
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d m
inim
ize
con
fl ic
ts f
or
vari
ou
s m
od
es, t
he
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
tak
es a
dif
fere
nt
app
roac
h f
or
bic
yclis
t tr
ave
l th
rou
gh
th
is in
ters
ect
ion
.
Th
e si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
cep
t d
esig
n p
rovi
des
a c
urb
tig
ht
bic
ycle
lan
e at
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
, bic
ycle
bo
x p
ave
me
nt
mar
kin
gs,
an
d
bic
ycle
sig
nal
to
allo
w b
icyc
lists
pas
sag
e th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
on
th
eir
ow
n g
ree
n p
has
e, r
esu
ltin
g in
no
ve
hic
le c
on
fl ic
ts w
ith
bic
yclis
ts.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, a r
igh
t-tu
rn o
n-r
ed
(R
TO
R)
rest
rict
ion
sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
– t
his
res
tric
tio
n c
ou
ld b
e an
“ac
tive
” re
stri
ctio
n; i
n w
hic
h t
he
RT
OR
res
tric
tio
n is
on
ly a
ctiv
ate
d w
he
n c
yclis
ts a
re d
ete
cte
d/p
rese
nt.
T
his
RT
OR
tre
atm
en
t h
as b
ee
n u
sed
at
seve
ral l
oca
tio
ns
in t
he
Po
rtla
nd
m
etro
are
a, s
uch
as
at t
he
NE
Bro
adw
ay a
nd
N W
illia
ms
Ave
in P
ort
lan
d
and
N R
osa
Par
ks W
ay/I
-5 S
ou
thb
ou
nd
Ram
p In
ters
ect
ion
s. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n a
lso
allo
ws
bic
yclis
ts t
o m
ake
a “t
wo
-sta
ge
left
tu
rn”
or
ele
ct t
o m
ake
a ve
hic
ula
r le
ft t
urn
fro
m t
he
trav
el l
anes
. CH
APTE
R 04
| OTH
ER DE
SIGN
OPTIO
NS FO
R CON
SIDER
ATIO
N
N
An ‘a
ctive
’ no r
ight o
n red
restr
iction
with
the b
icycle
sign
al sh
ould
be co
nsid
ered
with
this
inter
secti
on de
sign.
04O
TH
ER
DE
SIG
N O
PT
ION
S F
OR
CO
NS
IDE
RA
TIO
N
27170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
re
pre
sen
ts t
he
pre
ferr
ed
al
tern
ativ
e re
sult
ing
fro
m t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
. Ho
wev
er,
add
itio
nal
d
etai
ls a
nd
co
nsi
de
rati
on
s ar
e o
fte
n u
nco
vere
d in
th
e m
ore
det
aile
d
des
ign
ph
ase
. T
he
pro
ject
te
am d
id c
on
sid
er
alte
rnat
ive
con
fi g
ura
tio
ns
for
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, i
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut
sho
wn
in
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. T
hes
e al
tern
ativ
es in
clu
de
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rsec
tio
n, s
ho
wn
he
re, a
nd
a d
iffe
ren
t p
ote
nti
al r
ou
nd
abo
ut
alig
nm
en
t,
sho
wn
in A
pp
en
dix
I.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d la
ne
con
fi g
ura
tio
n f
or
the
sig
nal
ize
d a
lte
rnat
ive
has
th
e o
uts
ide
lan
e o
n t
he
no
rth
bo
un
d a
pp
roac
h b
eco
min
g a
rig
ht-
turn
tra
p
lan
e. T
he
stan
dar
d w
ay t
o s
trip
e a
bic
ycle
lan
e th
rou
gh
an
inte
rse
ctio
n
is t
o p
osi
tio
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e b
etw
ee
n t
he
thro
ug
h a
nd
rig
ht-
turn
ing
ve
hic
le la
nes
. Ho
wev
er,
the
ne
ed
fo
r th
e b
icyc
list
to m
erg
e ac
ross
a
full
lan
e o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
rio
r to
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
cre
ates
a “
Lev
el o
f Tr
affi
c S
tres
s” h
igh
er
than
mo
st p
eo
ple
fe
el c
om
fort
able
nav
igat
ing
. In
ord
er
to m
ain
tain
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d m
inim
ize
con
fl ic
ts f
or
vari
ou
s m
od
es, t
he
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
tak
es a
dif
fere
nt
app
roac
h f
or
bic
yclis
t tr
ave
l th
rou
gh
th
is in
ters
ect
ion
.
Th
e si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
cep
t d
esig
n p
rovi
des
a c
urb
tig
ht
bic
ycle
lan
e at
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
, bic
ycle
bo
x p
ave
me
nt
mar
kin
gs,
an
d
bic
ycle
sig
nal
to
allo
w b
icyc
lists
pas
sag
e th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
on
th
eir
ow
n g
ree
n p
has
e, r
esu
ltin
g in
no
ve
hic
le c
on
fl ic
ts w
ith
bic
yclis
ts.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, a r
igh
t-tu
rn o
n-r
ed
(R
TO
R)
rest
rict
ion
sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
– t
his
res
tric
tio
n c
ou
ld b
e an
“ac
tive
” re
stri
ctio
n; i
n w
hic
h t
he
RT
OR
res
tric
tio
n is
on
ly a
ctiv
ate
d w
he
n c
yclis
ts a
re d
ete
cte
d/p
rese
nt.
T
his
RT
OR
tre
atm
en
t h
as b
ee
n u
sed
at
seve
ral l
oca
tio
ns
in t
he
Po
rtla
nd
m
etro
are
a, s
uch
as
at t
he
NE
Bro
adw
ay a
nd
N W
illia
ms
Ave
in P
ort
lan
d
and
N R
osa
Par
ks W
ay/I
-5 S
ou
thb
ou
nd
Ram
p In
ters
ect
ion
s. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n a
lso
allo
ws
bic
yclis
ts t
o m
ake
a “t
wo
-sta
ge
left
tu
rn”
or
ele
ct t
o m
ake
a ve
hic
ula
r le
ft t
urn
fro
m t
he
trav
el l
anes
. CH
APTE
R 04
| OTH
ER DE
SIGN
OPTIO
NS FO
R CON
SIDER
ATIO
N
N
An ‘a
ctive
’ no r
ight o
n red
restr
iction
with
the b
icycle
sign
al sh
ould
be co
nsid
ered
with
this
inter
secti
on de
sign.
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
24W
ashin
gton
Coun
ty, O
rego
n
Th
ree
lan
e cr
oss
se
ctio
n
wit
h b
icyc
le la
ne
s/b
uff
ere
d
bic
ycle
lan
es
and
sid
ewal
ks.
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
e
nh
ance
s p
ed
est
rian
an
d b
icyc
le a
cce
ss t
o
MA
X s
tati
on
s.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
170
th A
ven
ue
bet
we
en
Me
rlo
Ro
ad a
nd
Bas
elin
e R
oad
. B
eca
use
it is
loca
ted
in a
w
etla
nd
are
a, t
he
faci
lity
will
ne
ed
to
be
un
de
r th
e ro
adw
ay o
r th
e w
etla
nd
s w
ill n
ee
d t
o b
e m
itig
ate
d.
On
-str
eet
par
kin
g is
p
rop
ose
d o
n t
he
we
st s
ide
of
170
th A
ven
ue
in t
his
are
a to
su
pp
ort
a p
ote
nti
al f
utu
re
mix
ed
-use
re
dev
elo
pm
en
t w
ith
sto
refr
on
t re
tail.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is n
ot
curr
en
tly
war
ran
ted
at
this
lo
cati
on
, sig
nal
war
ran
ts
sho
uld
be
mo
nit
ore
d a
s vo
lum
es
chan
ge
.
Cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
n
ee
ds
to b
e m
on
ito
red
to
ass
ess
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d r
ou
nd
abo
ut
at t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n o
f 17
0th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
is a
mu
lti-
lan
e ro
un
dab
ou
t th
at
will
acc
om
mo
dat
e tr
affi
c vo
lum
e fo
reca
sts
and
is d
esi
gn
ed
to
re
du
ce a
pp
roac
hin
g v
eh
icle
sp
ee
ds
to le
ss
than
25
mile
s p
er
ho
ur.
Th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t d
esi
gn
has
a lo
we
r m
ain
ten
ance
co
st t
han
a t
raffi
c s
ign
al a
nd
has
fe
we
r co
nfl
ict
po
ints
fo
r ve
hic
les.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d r
ou
nd
abo
ut
de
sig
n a
lso
off
ers
be
ne
fi ts
fo
r p
ed
est
rian
s an
d b
icyc
lists
. Bic
yclis
ts c
an c
ho
ose
to
en
ter
the
wid
en
ed
sid
ewal
k ap
pro
ach
ing
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
an
d u
se
the
pe
de
stri
an c
ross
ing
s. T
he
cro
ssin
gs
are
split
wit
h r
efu
ge
isla
nd
s, s
o p
ed
est
rian
s o
r b
icyc
lists
usi
ng
th
e si
dew
alks
on
ly n
ee
d t
o c
ross
on
e d
ire
ctio
n o
f tr
affi
c at
a t
ime
. Eac
h le
g o
f th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t h
as a
de
sig
nat
ed
cr
oss
ing
. M
ore
co
nfi
de
nt
bic
yclis
ts c
an a
lso
ch
oo
se t
o e
nte
r th
e ve
hic
le t
rave
l lan
e ap
pro
ach
ing
th
e ro
un
dab
ou
t an
d n
avig
ate
thro
ug
h t
he
inte
rse
ctio
n a
s a
veh
icle
wo
uld
. Be
cau
se v
eh
icu
lar
spe
ed
s ar
e sl
ow
ed
co
min
g in
to t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut,
th
is o
pti
on
can
be
com
fort
able
fo
r so
me
bic
yclis
ts.
It is
like
ly t
hat
e
nh
ance
d c
ross
ing
tr
eat
me
nts
will
be
ne
ed
ed
at
this
loca
tio
n
as p
ed
est
rian
vo
lum
es
incr
eas
e.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is
no
t cu
rre
ntl
y w
arra
nte
d a
t th
is
loca
tio
n, s
ign
al
war
ran
ts s
ho
uld
b
e m
on
ito
red
as
volu
me
s ch
ang
e.
N
03P
RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
25
170th
-Mer
lo Co
rrido
r Con
cept
Plan
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
.
Co
nve
rtin
g V
en
dla
Par
k L
ane
to a
rig
ht-
in r
igh
t-o
ut
acce
ss c
ou
ld a
llow
fo
r re
du
ctio
n o
f th
e m
ed
ian
fo
r a
gre
ate
r d
ista
nce
, re
sult
ing
in r
ed
uce
d c
ost
s an
d r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay n
ee
ds.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is
are
a to
tre
at t
he
imp
erv
iou
s su
rfac
e o
n
170
th A
ven
ue
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n A
lexa
nd
er
Str
eet
an
d M
erl
o R
oad
.
Cro
ssin
g t
o
nat
ure
par
k tr
ail n
ee
ds
to
be
mo
nit
ore
d
to a
sse
ss
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
It is
like
ly t
hat
en
han
ced
cr
oss
ing
tre
atm
en
ts
will
be
ne
ed
ed
at
this
lo
cati
on
as
pe
de
stri
an
volu
me
s in
cre
ase
du
e to
th
e n
atu
re p
ark
trai
l an
d
po
ten
tial
fu
ture
bu
s st
op
.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
do
es
hav
e im
pac
ts t
o s
om
e o
f th
e m
atu
re t
ree
s lin
ing
th
e Tu
alat
in H
ills
Nat
ure
Par
k th
at a
re
curr
en
tly
loca
ted
wit
hin
th
e ri
gh
t-o
f-w
ay. T
he
de
sig
n in
th
ese
loca
tio
ns
can
co
nsi
de
r p
erv
iou
s si
dew
alk
or
bic
ycle
fa
cilit
y tr
eat
me
nts
to
en
sure
th
e h
eal
th o
f tr
ee
s th
at
rem
ain
in c
lose
pro
xim
ity
to t
he
stre
et.
Th
e 2
013
Tu
alat
in V
alle
y H
igh
way
Co
rrid
or
Pla
n c
alls
fo
r ad
dit
ion
al t
urn
lan
es
at t
his
inte
rse
ctio
n.
Th
ese
fe
atu
res
are
no
t in
clu
de
d in
th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esi
gn
an
d r
eq
uir
e fu
rth
er
stu
dy.
Th
e b
rid
ge
cou
ld b
e n
arro
we
d b
y re
du
cin
g
the
me
dia
n (
no
la
nd
scap
ing
) to
sav
e co
sts,
re
du
ce r
igh
t-o
f-w
ay n
ee
ds,
an
d
min
imiz
e tr
ee
imp
acts
.
Re
con
stru
ctio
n o
f th
e b
rid
ge
cou
ld a
llow
fo
r th
e p
ote
nti
al o
f a
pe
de
stri
an
un
de
r-cr
oss
ing
an
d
en
han
cem
en
ts t
o t
he
exis
tin
g r
ipar
ian
co
rrid
or
alo
ng
Be
ave
rto
n C
ree
k,
wh
ich
is a
lso
a c
ross
ing
ar
ea
for
anim
als.
N
Th
e p
rop
ose
d
de
sig
n t
ies
in w
ith
th
e ex
isti
ng
cro
ss
sect
ion
of
170
th
Ave
nu
e ju
st n
ort
h o
f A
lexa
nd
er
Str
eet
.
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RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
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UA
L D
ES
IGN
26
Was
hingt
on Co
unty
, Ore
gon
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
Cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
ne
ed
s to
be
mo
nit
ore
d t
o a
sse
ss
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n 1
70th
Ave
nu
e an
d
app
roxi
mat
ely
12
00
fe
et n
ort
h o
f M
erl
o
Co
urt
(cr
est
po
int
of
Me
rlo
Ro
ad).
Ret
ain
ing
wal
l may
be
ne
ed
ed
in t
his
are
a.
Me
dia
n c
ou
ld b
e re
du
ced
b
etw
ee
n M
erl
o C
ou
rt a
nd
th
e b
us
gar
age
to s
ave
cost
s, r
ed
uce
rig
ht-
of-
way
n
ee
ds,
an
d m
inim
ize
tre
e im
pac
ts.
Pro
po
sed
de
sig
n p
rovi
de
s a
con
ne
ctio
n t
o a
nd
fro
m
170
th A
ven
ue
to t
he
reg
ion
al t
rail
net
wo
rk.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
e
nh
ance
s p
ed
est
rian
an
d b
icyc
le a
cce
ss t
o
MA
X s
tati
on
.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n t
he
stre
et c
rest
po
int
and
Je
nki
ns
Ro
ad.
N
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
ti
es
in w
ith
th
e cu
rre
nt
158
th A
ven
ue
Co
un
ty
imp
rove
me
nt
pro
ject
.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is n
ot
curr
en
tly
war
ran
ted
at
this
lo
cati
on
, sig
nal
war
ran
ts
sho
uld
be
mo
nit
ore
d a
s vo
lum
es
chan
ge
.
04O
TH
ER
DE
SIG
N O
PT
ION
S F
OR
CO
NS
IDE
RA
TIO
N
27170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
re
pre
sen
ts t
he
pre
ferr
ed
al
tern
ativ
e re
sult
ing
fro
m t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
. Ho
wev
er,
add
itio
nal
d
etai
ls a
nd
co
nsi
de
rati
on
s ar
e o
fte
n u
nco
vere
d in
th
e m
ore
det
aile
d
des
ign
ph
ase
. T
he
pro
ject
te
am d
id c
on
sid
er
alte
rnat
ive
con
fi g
ura
tio
ns
for
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, i
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut
sho
wn
in
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. T
hes
e al
tern
ativ
es in
clu
de
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rsec
tio
n, s
ho
wn
he
re, a
nd
a d
iffe
ren
t p
ote
nti
al r
ou
nd
abo
ut
alig
nm
en
t,
sho
wn
in A
pp
en
dix
I.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d la
ne
con
fi g
ura
tio
n f
or
the
sig
nal
ize
d a
lte
rnat
ive
has
th
e o
uts
ide
lan
e o
n t
he
no
rth
bo
un
d a
pp
roac
h b
eco
min
g a
rig
ht-
turn
tra
p
lan
e. T
he
stan
dar
d w
ay t
o s
trip
e a
bic
ycle
lan
e th
rou
gh
an
inte
rse
ctio
n
is t
o p
osi
tio
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e b
etw
ee
n t
he
thro
ug
h a
nd
rig
ht-
turn
ing
ve
hic
le la
nes
. Ho
wev
er,
the
ne
ed
fo
r th
e b
icyc
list
to m
erg
e ac
ross
a
full
lan
e o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
rio
r to
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
cre
ates
a “
Lev
el o
f Tr
affi
c S
tres
s” h
igh
er
than
mo
st p
eo
ple
fe
el c
om
fort
able
nav
igat
ing
. In
ord
er
to m
ain
tain
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d m
inim
ize
con
fl ic
ts f
or
vari
ou
s m
od
es, t
he
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
tak
es a
dif
fere
nt
app
roac
h f
or
bic
yclis
t tr
ave
l th
rou
gh
th
is in
ters
ect
ion
.
Th
e si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
cep
t d
esig
n p
rovi
des
a c
urb
tig
ht
bic
ycle
lan
e at
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
, bic
ycle
bo
x p
ave
me
nt
mar
kin
gs,
an
d
bic
ycle
sig
nal
to
allo
w b
icyc
lists
pas
sag
e th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
on
th
eir
ow
n g
ree
n p
has
e, r
esu
ltin
g in
no
ve
hic
le c
on
fl ic
ts w
ith
bic
yclis
ts.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, a r
igh
t-tu
rn o
n-r
ed
(R
TO
R)
rest
rict
ion
sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
– t
his
res
tric
tio
n c
ou
ld b
e an
“ac
tive
” re
stri
ctio
n; i
n w
hic
h t
he
RT
OR
res
tric
tio
n is
on
ly a
ctiv
ate
d w
he
n c
yclis
ts a
re d
ete
cte
d/p
rese
nt.
T
his
RT
OR
tre
atm
en
t h
as b
ee
n u
sed
at
seve
ral l
oca
tio
ns
in t
he
Po
rtla
nd
m
etro
are
a, s
uch
as
at t
he
NE
Bro
adw
ay a
nd
N W
illia
ms
Ave
in P
ort
lan
d
and
N R
osa
Par
ks W
ay/I
-5 S
ou
thb
ou
nd
Ram
p In
ters
ect
ion
s. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n a
lso
allo
ws
bic
yclis
ts t
o m
ake
a “t
wo
-sta
ge
left
tu
rn”
or
ele
ct t
o m
ake
a ve
hic
ula
r le
ft t
urn
fro
m t
he
trav
el l
anes
. CH
APTE
R 04
| OTH
ER DE
SIGN
OPTIO
NS FO
R CON
SIDER
ATIO
N
N
An ‘a
ctive
’ no r
ight o
n red
restr
iction
with
the b
icycle
sign
al sh
ould
be co
nsid
ered
with
this
inter
secti
on de
sign.
04O
TH
ER
DE
SIG
N O
PT
ION
S F
OR
CO
NS
IDE
RA
TIO
N
27170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
re
pre
sen
ts t
he
pre
ferr
ed
al
tern
ativ
e re
sult
ing
fro
m t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
. Ho
wev
er,
add
itio
nal
d
etai
ls a
nd
co
nsi
de
rati
on
s ar
e o
fte
n u
nco
vere
d in
th
e m
ore
det
aile
d
des
ign
ph
ase
. T
he
pro
ject
te
am d
id c
on
sid
er
alte
rnat
ive
con
fi g
ura
tio
ns
for
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, i
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut
sho
wn
in
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. T
hes
e al
tern
ativ
es in
clu
de
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rsec
tio
n, s
ho
wn
he
re, a
nd
a d
iffe
ren
t p
ote
nti
al r
ou
nd
abo
ut
alig
nm
en
t,
sho
wn
in A
pp
en
dix
I.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d la
ne
con
fi g
ura
tio
n f
or
the
sig
nal
ize
d a
lte
rnat
ive
has
th
e o
uts
ide
lan
e o
n t
he
no
rth
bo
un
d a
pp
roac
h b
eco
min
g a
rig
ht-
turn
tra
p
lan
e. T
he
stan
dar
d w
ay t
o s
trip
e a
bic
ycle
lan
e th
rou
gh
an
inte
rse
ctio
n
is t
o p
osi
tio
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e b
etw
ee
n t
he
thro
ug
h a
nd
rig
ht-
turn
ing
ve
hic
le la
nes
. Ho
wev
er,
the
ne
ed
fo
r th
e b
icyc
list
to m
erg
e ac
ross
a
full
lan
e o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
rio
r to
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
cre
ates
a “
Lev
el o
f Tr
affi
c S
tres
s” h
igh
er
than
mo
st p
eo
ple
fe
el c
om
fort
able
nav
igat
ing
. In
ord
er
to m
ain
tain
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d m
inim
ize
con
fl ic
ts f
or
vari
ou
s m
od
es, t
he
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
tak
es a
dif
fere
nt
app
roac
h f
or
bic
yclis
t tr
ave
l th
rou
gh
th
is in
ters
ect
ion
.
Th
e si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
cep
t d
esig
n p
rovi
des
a c
urb
tig
ht
bic
ycle
lan
e at
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
, bic
ycle
bo
x p
ave
me
nt
mar
kin
gs,
an
d
bic
ycle
sig
nal
to
allo
w b
icyc
lists
pas
sag
e th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
on
th
eir
ow
n g
ree
n p
has
e, r
esu
ltin
g in
no
ve
hic
le c
on
fl ic
ts w
ith
bic
yclis
ts.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, a r
igh
t-tu
rn o
n-r
ed
(R
TO
R)
rest
rict
ion
sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
– t
his
res
tric
tio
n c
ou
ld b
e an
“ac
tive
” re
stri
ctio
n; i
n w
hic
h t
he
RT
OR
res
tric
tio
n is
on
ly a
ctiv
ate
d w
he
n c
yclis
ts a
re d
ete
cte
d/p
rese
nt.
T
his
RT
OR
tre
atm
en
t h
as b
ee
n u
sed
at
seve
ral l
oca
tio
ns
in t
he
Po
rtla
nd
m
etro
are
a, s
uch
as
at t
he
NE
Bro
adw
ay a
nd
N W
illia
ms
Ave
in P
ort
lan
d
and
N R
osa
Par
ks W
ay/I
-5 S
ou
thb
ou
nd
Ram
p In
ters
ect
ion
s. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n a
lso
allo
ws
bic
yclis
ts t
o m
ake
a “t
wo
-sta
ge
left
tu
rn”
or
ele
ct t
o m
ake
a ve
hic
ula
r le
ft t
urn
fro
m t
he
trav
el l
anes
. CH
APTE
R 04
| OTH
ER DE
SIGN
OPTIO
NS FO
R CON
SIDER
ATIO
N
N
An ‘a
ctive
’ no r
ight o
n red
restr
iction
with
the b
icycle
sign
al sh
ould
be co
nsid
ered
with
this
inter
secti
on de
sign.
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RO
PO
SE
D C
ON
CE
PT
UA
L D
ES
IGN
26
Was
hingt
on Co
unty
, Ore
gon
Fiv
e la
ne
cro
ss s
ect
ion
wit
h
cycl
e tr
acks
an
d s
idew
alks
Cro
ssin
g lo
cati
on
ne
ed
s to
be
mo
nit
ore
d t
o a
sse
ss
ne
ed
fo
r e
nh
ance
me
nts
.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n 1
70th
Ave
nu
e an
d
app
roxi
mat
ely
12
00
fe
et n
ort
h o
f M
erl
o
Co
urt
(cr
est
po
int
of
Me
rlo
Ro
ad).
Ret
ain
ing
wal
l may
be
ne
ed
ed
in t
his
are
a.
Me
dia
n c
ou
ld b
e re
du
ced
b
etw
ee
n M
erl
o C
ou
rt a
nd
th
e b
us
gar
age
to s
ave
cost
s, r
ed
uce
rig
ht-
of-
way
n
ee
ds,
an
d m
inim
ize
tre
e im
pac
ts.
Pro
po
sed
de
sig
n p
rovi
de
s a
con
ne
ctio
n t
o a
nd
fro
m
170
th A
ven
ue
to t
he
reg
ion
al t
rail
net
wo
rk.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
e
nh
ance
s p
ed
est
rian
an
d b
icyc
le a
cce
ss t
o
MA
X s
tati
on
.
A w
ate
r q
ual
ity/
det
en
tio
n p
on
d is
n
ece
ssar
y in
th
is a
rea
to t
reat
th
e im
pe
rvio
us
surf
ace
on
Me
rlo
Ro
ad
corr
ido
r b
etw
ee
n t
he
stre
et c
rest
po
int
and
Je
nki
ns
Ro
ad.
N
Th
e p
rop
ose
d d
esi
gn
ti
es
in w
ith
th
e cu
rre
nt
158
th A
ven
ue
Co
un
ty
imp
rove
me
nt
pro
ject
.
Wh
ile a
sig
nal
is n
ot
curr
en
tly
war
ran
ted
at
this
lo
cati
on
, sig
nal
war
ran
ts
sho
uld
be
mo
nit
ore
d a
s vo
lum
es
chan
ge
.
04O
TH
ER
DE
SIG
N O
PT
ION
S F
OR
CO
NS
IDE
RA
TIO
N
27170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
re
pre
sen
ts t
he
pre
ferr
ed
al
tern
ativ
e re
sult
ing
fro
m t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
. Ho
wev
er,
add
itio
nal
d
etai
ls a
nd
co
nsi
de
rati
on
s ar
e o
fte
n u
nco
vere
d in
th
e m
ore
det
aile
d
des
ign
ph
ase
. T
he
pro
ject
te
am d
id c
on
sid
er
alte
rnat
ive
con
fi g
ura
tio
ns
for
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, i
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut
sho
wn
in
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. T
hes
e al
tern
ativ
es in
clu
de
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rsec
tio
n, s
ho
wn
he
re, a
nd
a d
iffe
ren
t p
ote
nti
al r
ou
nd
abo
ut
alig
nm
en
t,
sho
wn
in A
pp
en
dix
I.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d la
ne
con
fi g
ura
tio
n f
or
the
sig
nal
ize
d a
lte
rnat
ive
has
th
e o
uts
ide
lan
e o
n t
he
no
rth
bo
un
d a
pp
roac
h b
eco
min
g a
rig
ht-
turn
tra
p
lan
e. T
he
stan
dar
d w
ay t
o s
trip
e a
bic
ycle
lan
e th
rou
gh
an
inte
rse
ctio
n
is t
o p
osi
tio
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e b
etw
ee
n t
he
thro
ug
h a
nd
rig
ht-
turn
ing
ve
hic
le la
nes
. Ho
wev
er,
the
ne
ed
fo
r th
e b
icyc
list
to m
erg
e ac
ross
a
full
lan
e o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
rio
r to
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
cre
ates
a “
Lev
el o
f Tr
affi
c S
tres
s” h
igh
er
than
mo
st p
eo
ple
fe
el c
om
fort
able
nav
igat
ing
. In
ord
er
to m
ain
tain
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d m
inim
ize
con
fl ic
ts f
or
vari
ou
s m
od
es, t
he
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
tak
es a
dif
fere
nt
app
roac
h f
or
bic
yclis
t tr
ave
l th
rou
gh
th
is in
ters
ect
ion
.
Th
e si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
cep
t d
esig
n p
rovi
des
a c
urb
tig
ht
bic
ycle
lan
e at
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
, bic
ycle
bo
x p
ave
me
nt
mar
kin
gs,
an
d
bic
ycle
sig
nal
to
allo
w b
icyc
lists
pas
sag
e th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
on
th
eir
ow
n g
ree
n p
has
e, r
esu
ltin
g in
no
ve
hic
le c
on
fl ic
ts w
ith
bic
yclis
ts.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, a r
igh
t-tu
rn o
n-r
ed
(R
TO
R)
rest
rict
ion
sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
– t
his
res
tric
tio
n c
ou
ld b
e an
“ac
tive
” re
stri
ctio
n; i
n w
hic
h t
he
RT
OR
res
tric
tio
n is
on
ly a
ctiv
ate
d w
he
n c
yclis
ts a
re d
ete
cte
d/p
rese
nt.
T
his
RT
OR
tre
atm
en
t h
as b
ee
n u
sed
at
seve
ral l
oca
tio
ns
in t
he
Po
rtla
nd
m
etro
are
a, s
uch
as
at t
he
NE
Bro
adw
ay a
nd
N W
illia
ms
Ave
in P
ort
lan
d
and
N R
osa
Par
ks W
ay/I
-5 S
ou
thb
ou
nd
Ram
p In
ters
ect
ion
s. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n a
lso
allo
ws
bic
yclis
ts t
o m
ake
a “t
wo
-sta
ge
left
tu
rn”
or
ele
ct t
o m
ake
a ve
hic
ula
r le
ft t
urn
fro
m t
he
trav
el l
anes
. CH
APTE
R 04
| OTH
ER DE
SIGN
OPTIO
NS FO
R CON
SIDER
ATIO
N
N
An ‘a
ctive
’ no r
ight o
n red
restr
iction
with
the b
icycle
sign
al sh
ould
be co
nsid
ered
with
this
inter
secti
on de
sign.
04O
TH
ER
DE
SIG
N O
PT
ION
S F
OR
CO
NS
IDE
RA
TIO
N
27170
th-M
erlo
Corri
dor C
once
pt Pl
an
Th
e co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n p
rese
nte
d in
Ch
apte
r 3
re
pre
sen
ts t
he
pre
ferr
ed
al
tern
ativ
e re
sult
ing
fro
m t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
. Ho
wev
er,
add
itio
nal
d
etai
ls a
nd
co
nsi
de
rati
on
s ar
e o
fte
n u
nco
vere
d in
th
e m
ore
det
aile
d
des
ign
ph
ase
. T
he
pro
ject
te
am d
id c
on
sid
er
alte
rnat
ive
con
fi g
ura
tio
ns
for
the
170
th
Ave
nu
e/M
erl
o R
oad
inte
rse
ctio
n, i
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he
rou
nd
abo
ut
sho
wn
in
the
pro
po
sed
co
nce
ptu
al d
esig
n. T
hes
e al
tern
ativ
es in
clu
de
a si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rsec
tio
n, s
ho
wn
he
re, a
nd
a d
iffe
ren
t p
ote
nti
al r
ou
nd
abo
ut
alig
nm
en
t,
sho
wn
in A
pp
en
dix
I.
Th
e p
rop
ose
d la
ne
con
fi g
ura
tio
n f
or
the
sig
nal
ize
d a
lte
rnat
ive
has
th
e o
uts
ide
lan
e o
n t
he
no
rth
bo
un
d a
pp
roac
h b
eco
min
g a
rig
ht-
turn
tra
p
lan
e. T
he
stan
dar
d w
ay t
o s
trip
e a
bic
ycle
lan
e th
rou
gh
an
inte
rse
ctio
n
is t
o p
osi
tio
n t
he
bic
ycle
lan
e b
etw
ee
n t
he
thro
ug
h a
nd
rig
ht-
turn
ing
ve
hic
le la
nes
. Ho
wev
er,
the
ne
ed
fo
r th
e b
icyc
list
to m
erg
e ac
ross
a
full
lan
e o
f ve
hic
ula
r tr
affi
c p
rio
r to
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
cre
ates
a “
Lev
el o
f Tr
affi
c S
tres
s” h
igh
er
than
mo
st p
eo
ple
fe
el c
om
fort
able
nav
igat
ing
. In
ord
er
to m
ain
tain
a h
igh
leve
l of
com
fort
fo
r b
icyc
lists
an
d m
inim
ize
con
fl ic
ts f
or
vari
ou
s m
od
es, t
he
sig
nal
ize
d in
ters
ect
ion
tak
es a
dif
fere
nt
app
roac
h f
or
bic
yclis
t tr
ave
l th
rou
gh
th
is in
ters
ect
ion
.
Th
e si
gn
aliz
ed
inte
rse
ctio
n c
on
cep
t d
esig
n p
rovi
des
a c
urb
tig
ht
bic
ycle
lan
e at
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
, bic
ycle
bo
x p
ave
me
nt
mar
kin
gs,
an
d
bic
ycle
sig
nal
to
allo
w b
icyc
lists
pas
sag
e th
rou
gh
th
e in
ters
ect
ion
on
th
eir
ow
n g
ree
n p
has
e, r
esu
ltin
g in
no
ve
hic
le c
on
fl ic
ts w
ith
bic
yclis
ts.
Fu
rth
erm
ore
, a r
igh
t-tu
rn o
n-r
ed
(R
TO
R)
rest
rict
ion
sh
ou
ld b
e co
nsi
de
red
– t
his
res
tric
tio
n c
ou
ld b
e an
“ac
tive
” re
stri
ctio
n; i
n w
hic
h t
he
RT
OR
res
tric
tio
n is
on
ly a
ctiv
ate
d w
he
n c
yclis
ts a
re d
ete
cte
d/p
rese
nt.
T
his
RT
OR
tre
atm
en
t h
as b
ee
n u
sed
at
seve
ral l
oca
tio
ns
in t
he
Po
rtla
nd
m
etro
are
a, s
uch
as
at t
he
NE
Bro
adw
ay a
nd
N W
illia
ms
Ave
in P
ort
lan
d
and
N R
osa
Par
ks W
ay/I
-5 S
ou
thb
ou
nd
Ram
p In
ters
ect
ion
s. T
he
inte
rse
ctio
n d
esig
n a
lso
allo
ws
bic
yclis
ts t
o m
ake
a “t
wo
-sta
ge
left
tu
rn”
or
ele
ct t
o m
ake
a ve
hic
ula
r le
ft t
urn
fro
m t
he
trav
el l
anes
. CH
APTE
R 04
| OTH
ER DE
SIGN
OPTIO
NS FO
R CON
SIDER
ATIO
N
N
An ‘a
ctive
’ no r
ight o
n red
restr
iction
with
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