Northeast Klickitat Bicycle Boulevard/Neighborhood

Greenway Evaluation Goals

Goal One: Maintain existing low traffic volume environment and minimize
cut-through traffic using the Bicycle Boulevard/Neighborhood Greenway
on North Morris, Northeast Siskiyou and Northeast Klickitat between North
Williams and Northeast 67th Avenue.

Evaluation:

¾ Compare traffic volumes before and after project.

Measures of success:

¾ Pedestrian plaza environment at NE 23rd-24th; community space at

Alameda.
¾ No increase in traffic volume

TOTAL MEASURED
MOTOR VEHICLES
PER DAY
West of MLK Jr. 673
West of 15th 265
West of 28th 596
West of 46th 295

Goal =< 673

Goal Two: Maintain low motor vehicle speeds on the Bicycle

Boulevard/Neighborhood Greenway on North Morris, Northeast Siskiyou
and Northeast Klickitat between North Williams and Northeast 67th Avenue.
Evaluation:

¾ Compare motor vehicle traffic speeds before and after project.

Measures of success:

¾ Average speed in the corridor does not increase, or falls below 25

MPH where higher speeds are currently measured.
¾ Speed bumps installed throughout Bicycle Boulevard/Neighborhood
Greenway.
 Most recent speed Counts:

Eastbound Westbound
West of MLK Jr. 26 MPH 27 MPH
West of 15th 22 MPH 22 MPH
West of 28th 22 MPH 22 MPH
West of 46th 24 MPH 23 MPH
Goal
=< 25 MPH =< 25 MPH

Goal Three: Improve crossing safety and general intersection safety on the
Bicycle Boulevard/Neighborhood Greenway on North Morris, Northeast
Siskiyou and Northeast Klickitat between North Williams and Northeast 67th
Avenue.

Evaluation:

¾ Review crossing distance before and after project

Measures of success:

¾ Reduce crossing distance and improve crossing visibility with curb

extensions on North Williams, Northeast 7th (at Morris and
Siskiyou), Northeast 15th (Siskiyou), Northeast 33rd, Northeast 41st
and Northeast 57th.

¾ Reduce crossing distance, improve crossing visibility, and decrease

motor vehicle speed with pedestrian plaza environment at NE 23rd-
24th; community space at Alameda.

Goal Four: Provide safe and convenient alternative to walking and

bicycling on Fremont.

Evaluation:

¾ Provide safe crossing treatments at all busy streets

¾ Minimize delay due to stops at minor intersections. All residential
cross-streets along the bikeway route will have a stop sign where it
crosses the bikeway.

Measures of success:
 ¾ Safe crossings exist at all busy streets during peak time that
provide equal travel time compared to riding a bicycle along busier
streets.

Goal Five: Provide guidance to walkers and bicycle riders about key
destinations

Evaluation:

¾ Include shared lane pavement markings to illustrate the route

¾ Provide guide signs at Williams, Vancouver, Martin Luther King Jr.,
Irving Park, Alameda and busier intersections about distance to key
destinations.

Measures of success:

¾ Providing a route that is easy to identify and utilize.