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City Council Staff Report
DATE: March 2, 2016 CONSENT CALENDAR
SUBJECT: APPROVE A "DOWNTOWN" CLASS 3 BICYCLE ROUTE LOOP ALONG
PALM CANYON DRIVE AND INDIAN CANYON DRIVE BETWEEN
ALEJO ROAD AND RAMON ROAD
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: Public Works & Engineering Department
SUMMARY
The City received a request from the Active Transportation Committee to install a Class
3 bicycle route loop within the Downtown Business District extending along Palm
Canyon Drive and Indian Canyon Drive between Alejo Road and Ramon Road.
Approval of this request will allow staff to include the installation of signage and
greenback sharrow markings as part of a future capital improvement project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve establishment of a "Downtown" Class 3 bicycle route loop along Palm Canyon
Drive and Indian Canyon Drive between Alejo Road and Ramon Road, including
installation of appropriate signage and painting of greenback "sharrow" markings as
required by the City Engineer.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
On October 5, 2011, the City Council adopted a General Plan Amendment to
incorporate the Coachella Valley Non-Motorized Transportation Master Plan into the
2007 City of Palm Springs General Plan. A copy of the Palm Springs Bicycle Plan is
included as Attachment 1, and a color copy of the Palm Springs Bikeway Map is
included as Attachment 2. Staff is currently coordinating review of various Class 2
bikeways shown on the Bikeway Map with the City Council sub-committee
(Kors/Roberts), and will be bringing forward in the near future recommendations for
implementing some of the Class 2 bicycle lanes on certain roadways.
The recommendation at this time is focused on installation of a Class 3 bicycle route
loop through the Downtown Business District along Palm Canyon Drive and Indian
Canyon Drive between Alejo Road and Ramon Road, consistent with the Class 3 routes
ITEM NO.- 'A _
City Council Staff Report
March 2, 2016-- Page 2
Approve Sharrows in Downtown
identified on the City's adopted Bikeways Map. The proposed Downtown Class 3 route
loop from the approved Bikeways Map is shown in Figure 1, and a depiction of a Class
3 (or Class III) bikeway is shown in Figure 2:
Class III Bikeways - Generally referred to as bike routes, they provide for shared use
with pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic and are identified by signing, and sometimes
stencils.
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Figure 2
Figure 1
Greenback Sharrow
Normally, bicycle lanes and routes are located in the right hand lane or side of a street,
in accordance with the normal rules of the road on two-way traffic streets. However,
within the Downtown Business District, Palm Canyon Drive and Indian Canyon Drive
are one-way traffic streets. According to the California Vehicle Code, bicyclists follow
the same rules as vehicles and can use vehicle travel lanes. Between the one-way
corridors of Palm Canyon Drive and Indian Canyon Drive, the use of the left most lane
will allow the bicyclist to turn into connecting streets and prevents the bicyclist from
having to cross over multiple lanes of traffic to make a left turn. Therefore, the
Downtown Class 3 bicycle route loop will be signed and marked within the left hand lane
or side of the streets, providing for safer travel by bicyclists making left hand turns onto
the one-way streets.
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City Council Staff Report
March 2, 2016-- Page 3
Approve Sharrows in Downtown
Staff has prepared a traffic striping, signage and markings plan for implementation of
the Downtown Class 3 bicycle route loop, and a copy is included as Attachment 3.
Staff presented this plan to the City's Main Street merchants association at their
meeting of January 26, 2016, and received endorsement of the proposal to implement
the new bicycle route through Downtown. The use of the greenback Sharrows will also
enhance the motorists' awareness of bicycles sharing the left hand travel lanes within
the Downtown Business District, encouraging drivers to be more cautious with the joint
shared use of the travel lanes.
With the City Council's approval of the Downtown Class 3 bicycle route loop, staff will
include this scope of work with an upcoming City-wide pavement rehabilitation project.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
Section 21084 of the California Public Resources Code requires Guidelines for
Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"). The Guidelines
are required to include a list of classes of projects which have been determined not to
have a significant effect on the environment and which are exempt from the provisions
of CEQA. In response to that mandate, the Secretary for Resources identified classes
of projects that do not have a significant effect on the environment, and are declared to
be categorically exempt from the requirement for the preparation of environmental
documents. In accordance with Section 15301 "Existing Facilities," Class 1 exemptions
consist of the minor alteration of existing public structures, facilities, mechanical
equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use
beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination; therefore, the
restriping of existing streets to designed a shared bicycle route is considered
categorically exempt from CEQA, and a Notice of Exemption will be prepared and filed
with the Riverside County Clerk.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The City Council previously budgeted and appropriated $3 Million from the Measure J
Capital Improvement Fund for improvements related to the Non Motorized
Transportation Plan (NMTP) and biking issues; currently there remains a balance of
$2,432,283 for future non-motorized and biking projects. Staff recommends that the
estimated cost of$50,000 to implement the Downtown Class 3 bicycle route loop will be
funded from the remaining balance in this Measure J Account No. 260-4500-59445.
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City Council Staff Report
March 2, 2016-- Page 4
Approve Sharrows in Downtown
SUBMITTED:
Marcus L. Fuller, MP A, P.E., P.L.S. David H. Ready,
Assistant City Manager/City Engineer City Manager
Attachments:
1. Palm Springs Bicycle Plan
2. Palm Springs Bikeway Map
3. Downtown Class 3 Bicycle Route Loop Plan
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ATTACHMENT 1
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CHAPTER 4: LOCAL BICYCLE PLANS
City of Palm Springs Bicycle Plan
With a year 2009 population of 47,601 (California Department of Finance), Palm
Springs is a major tourist destination city with resorts and golf communities as well as
an established residential base. The City has a developed grid network of arterial
streets that connects to Cathedral City as well as to the surrounding unincorporated
areas. Some of the main arterial streets in the network include Vista Chino, Ramon
Road, North, South, and East Palm Canyon Drives, Sunrise Way, Farrell Drive, Racquet
Club Road, and Indian Canyon Drive. Most of Palm Springs' destinations are located
along the arterial street network, especially along Palm Canyon and Indian Canyon
Drives in the downtown retail district.
Land Use
The map on page 100 shows the current and future land use patterns in the City of
Palm Springs. The City consists primarily of medium- and low-density residential with
many resort uses near the downtown area. Commercial office and retail uses are
primarily located along Ramon Road and North and East Palm Canyon Drives,
especially in the downtown area. The City is home to Palm Springs International
Airport, and many industrial uses are located near the airport site. The far northern
part of the City contains utility uses, which includes a wind farm for renewable
energy. Future residential development is planned in the northern part of the
existing developed area of the City. The College of the Desert plans to open a new
campus near the Whitewater River and Indian Canyon Drive. Outlying areas are
planned for very low density residential, such as on Indian reservation land, and
undeveloped land.
Bikeways
Existing
Palm Springs currently has numerous bikeways. The City has designated several loop
routes in the central portion of the City primarily geared toward the tourist visitor.
These loop routes consist of Class I, II, and III facilities. They total 28.2 miles in
length. Existing bicycle and trail facilities are listed below.
CVAG Non-Motorized Transportation Plan Update 92
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CITY OF PALM SPRINGS GENERAL PLAN-NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN
Table A: City of Palm Springs Existing Bikeways
(Note: The following tables supersede the prioritization tables in the 2010 update of the
Coachella Valley Non-motorized Transportation Master Plan as adopted into the City of Palm
Springs General Plan; September 2011. These tables may be updated from time to time as
projects are completed and new projects are Identified and approved)
I.D. Class Street/Path From To Mileage
1 I Tahquitz Creek Camino Real pedestrian bridge Sunrise Way 0.7
Sunny Dunes @Desert 0.1
2 MU-W Tahquitz Creek Sunrise Way @ Tahquitz Creek Chapel Way
3 Ili Tahquitz Creek Sunny Dunes @.Desert Chapel Wood Bridge @ Tahquitz 0.16
Way Creek
4 I Tahquitz Creek Wood Bridge @ Tahquitz Creek Farrell Dr. @ MU-W >0.2
5 MU-W Tahquitz Creek Farrell Dr. @ MU-W Farrell Dr. @ MU-E 0.15
6 1 Tahquitz Creek Farrell Dr. @ MU-E Compadre Rd. 0.15
7 MU-W Tahquitz Creek Compadre Rd. Sunny Dunes Rd. 0.15
8 MU-S Tahquitz Creek Sunny Dunes Rd. El Cielo Rd. @ MU-W 0.25
9 MU-W Tahquitz Creek Et Cieto Rd. Mesquite Ave. 0.2
10 III Tahquitz Creek Mesquite Ave. Demuth Park Entrance 0.2
11 111 Tahquitz Creek Demuth Park Entrance SE Corner of Demuth 0.2
Park
12 1 Tahquitz Creek SE Corner of Demuth Park Golf Club Drive 1.15
13 11 Tahquitz Creek Golf Club Drive/Fairway Circle Golf Club Drive/34 0.2
Ave.
14 II Tahquitz Creek Golf Club Drive/34'Ave. Golf Club Drive/South 0.3
Bank of Tahquitz Creek
15 I Tahquitz Creek South Bank of Tahquitz itewater Wash/City 0.4
Creek/Golf Club Drive Limits
16 11 Golf Club Drive-Tahquitz South Bank of Tahquitz E. Palm Canyon Drive 0.5
Creek Loop reek/Golf Club Drive
17 I E. Palm Canyon Drive ahquitz Creek Loop Golf Club Drive Farrell Dr. 2.0
18 111 E. Palm Canyon Drive Farrell Dr. Sunrise Way 0.5
(Service Roads)
19 11 Sunny Dunes Rd. Camino Real Sunrise Way 0.6
20 111 Belardo Rd-CWL& HT Sunny Dunes Rd. lRamon Rd. 0.25
(CWL = Citywide Loop, HT = Heritage Trail, OLP - Old Las Palmas Loop, CCC = Canyon Country Club
Loop, DWL=Deepwell Loop, TQL-Tahquitz Creek Loop,
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Table A:City of Palm Springs Existing Bikeways
ID Class Street/Path From TO Mileage
21 III Cahuitta Rd. -CWL& HT Ramon Rd. Tahquitz Canyon Way 0.5
22 11 Belardo Rd./Museum Way-CWL&HT ahquitz Canyon Way Amado Rd. 0.4
23 MU Betardo Rd./Museum Way ado Rd. Alejo Rd. 0.25
. CWL&HT
24 III E. Palm Canyon Dr. S. Palm Canyon Dr. Camino Real 0.35
25 111 Indian Canyon Dr. -OLP . Racquet Club Road iTahquitz Canyon Way 2.0
27 III CWLevah Dr. -OLP& N. Palm Canyon Dr. Farrell Dr. 1.5
28 III Alejo Rd. Cahuffla Rd. Sunrise Way 1.1
29 111 TahOLPquitz Canyon Way- huilta Rd. Calte El Segundo 0.4
30 11 TahCWLquitz Canyon Way- Calle El Segundo Civic Dr. 1.6
31 111 Ramon Rd. Cahullla Rd. El Cieto Rd. 2.2
32 III es uite Ave. -DWL B Camino Real Compadre Rd. 1.4
33 III La Verne Way-CCC S. Palm Canyon Dr. Sunrise Way 1.1
34 III Toledo Ave. -CWL&CCC La Verne Way Murray Canyon Dr. 0.9
35 111 Murray Canyon Dr. -CWL Et CCC Toledo Ave. ICamino Real 0.6
36 111 Camino Real- DWL& Riverside Dr. Murray Canyon Dr. 2.2
37 111 Katie Encilia Alejo Dr. lRamon Rd. 1.0
38 III Calte Palo Fierro Mesquite Ave. 1E. Palm Canyon Dr. 0.6
39 I IGene Autry Trail- CVB Vista China IRamon Rd. 2.2
40 III IGene Autry Trail-CVB lRamon Rd. JE. Palm Canyon Dr. 0.2
41 111 ISunrise Way-CWL JE. Palm Canyon Dr. La Verne Way 0.1
42 1 Sunrise Way- DWL/TQL JE. Palm Canyon Dr. IVista Chino 3.0
43 II Belardo Rd. -HT rahquitz Canyon Way lRamon,Rd. 0.5
achevah Dr./Via Rose Ave./Crescent
Old Las Palmas Loop Lola/Camino del Dr./Patencio Rd./Chino
44 III (OLP) Corto/Camino Sur/Camino Dr./Belardo Rd./Alejo 2.4
Centro/Camino Norte/Vine Dr.
Ave./Stevens Rd.
45 111 Farrell Dr. Racquet Club Road Atejo Road 1.5
46 III San Rafael Dr. Highway 111 IN Indian Canyon Drive 0.7
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CITY OF PALM SPRINGS GENERAL PLAN-NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN
Table B: City of Palm Springs Top Priority Projects
I.D. Class Previous Street/Path From To Length
Priority (Miles)
P1.1 II 2 Baristo Rd. Avenida Caballeros El Cielo Rd. 1.5
P1.2 If NC Avenida Caballeros San Rafael Rd. Ramon Rd. 3.0
P1.3 I NC Whitewater Wash Ramon Rd. Ave. 34 1.0
P1.4 I NC Whitewater Wash Vista Chino Ramon Rd. 0.8
P1.5 Ill 3 Aye, 34 Golf Club Dr./Crossley Whitewater Wash 0.5
P1.6 II New squite Ave. Calle Palo Fierro Sunrise Way 1.5
P1.7 III New Palm Canyon Dr. Alejo Rd. Camino Parocela 1.1
P1 8 III Existing-Indian Canyon Dr. Camino Parocela Alejo Rd. 1.1
P1.9 II New S. Palm Canyon Dr. E. Palm Canyon Dr. Murray Canyon Dr. 1.5'
P1.10 III New Compadre Rd. Baristo Rd. Tahquitz Creek 0.6
P1.11 II New Escoba Dr. El Cielo Rd. E. Palm Canyon Dr. 0.3
Pi.12 II NC San Rafael Dr. N. Indian Canyon Dr. Sunrise Way 1.0
P1.13 III New ado Rd. Belardo Rd. Sunrise Way 1.1
P1.14 III New JFarrelt Dr. Mesquite Ave. E. Palm Canyon Dr. 1.3
P1.15 II New JArenas Rd. Hermosa Dr. Cahuilia Rd. 1.0
P1.16 II New S.Compadre Rd. Mesquite Ave. Sonora Rd. 0.25
P1.17 II New Isonora Rd. 15. Compadre Rd. . El Cielo Rd. 0.25
P1.18 II NC Racquet Club Rd. N. Palm Canyon Dr. lFarretl Dr. 1.8
Mesquite Ave./Dinah El Cielo Rd City Limits
P1.19 MU/il NC Shore . Whitewater Wash 2.3
P1.20 II NC Crossley Rd. Ramon Rd. Dinah Shore 0.8
P1.21 III NC Farrell Dr. Alejo Rd. Baristo Rd. 0.75
P1.22 I 3 Tahquitz Creek Path Call Tahquitz Canyone Palo Fierro Vistor's Center 0.7
P1.23 II New Via Escuela Palm Canyon Dr. Gene Autry Trail 2.4
P1.24 II New Hermosa Drive Arenas Road ahquitz Canyon ay 0.1
P1.25 II New Vista Chino Gene Autry Cathedral City 0 7
Limits
'Funded by Safe Routes to School Program ICI
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CITY OF PALM SPRINGS GENERAL PLAN-NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN
Table C:City of Palm Springs Second Priority Projects
I.D. Class Previous Street/Path From To Length
Priority (Miles)
P2.1 II Existing
Belardo Rd. Ramon Rd. S. Palm Canyon Dr. 1.0
P2.2 II Exilsting Camino Real S. Riverside Dr. Calle Palo Fierro 0.2
P2.3 II NC Gene Autry Trail 1.10 Freeway Vista Chino 2.4
P2.4 it NC Indian Canyon Dr. Ave. 20 Road uet Club 3.7
P2.5 III NC Tamarisk Rd. Avenida Caballeros Farrell Dr. 1.1
Palm Spring North City
P2.6 II NC N. Palm Canyon Dr. Alejo Rd. 8.1
Limit(VJhitewater Rd)
P2.7 II Exis ding El Cielo Rd. Tahquita Canyon Dr. Escoba Dr. 1.5
P2.8 1 1 Palm Canyon Wash S. Palm Canyon Dr. Gene Autry Trail 3.4
P2.9 III Existing* Alejo Rd. Indian Canyon Dr. El Segundo Rd. 0.2
P2.10 III I I Calla El Segundo Alejo Rd. Ramon Rd. 1.0
P2.11 11 Alejo Rd. El Segundo Rd. Farrell Dr. 1.4
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Table D: City of Palm Springs Third Priority Projects
I.D. Class Previous Street/Path From To Length
Priority (Miles)
P3.1 II Existing Tachevah Dr. Indian Canyon Dr. Avenida Caballeros 0.5
P3.2 II NC Sunny Dunes Rd. El Clelo Rd. Crossley Rd. 1.5
P3.3 III 2 Sunrise Way Whitewater Wash Vista Chirp 1.6
P3.4 II 2 20u'Ave. Diablo Rd. Indian Canyon Dr. 2.1
P3.5 II 2 Dillon Rd. Diablo Rd. Eastern City Limit 1.5
P3.6 II NC Araby Dr. E. Palm Canyon Dr. Patin Canyon Wash 0.4
P3.7 II NC Barona Rd. E. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Canyon Wash 0.7
P3.8 111 2 m RGaet Ave./Salvia Western City Limit Eastern City Limit 6.0
P3.9 III NC Calle Palo Fierro Ramon Rd. N. Riverside Dr. 0.3
P3.1 D III NC Highway 111 Snow Creek Rd. Palm Springs City 1.6
Limit
I-10 Freeway just west Road End just
P3:11 II 2 Tipton Rd. of Whitewater Cyn Rd. north of SR 111 1.8
P3.12 I NC Whitewater Wash HWY 111 Cathedral City 4.7 1
Limit
P3.13 11 NC Paseo Dorotea" Ramon Rd. Airport 1.0
P3.14 III New Ramon Rd. Crossley Rd. East City Limit 0.5
P3.15 li New Murray Canyon Dr. South Palm Canyon Toledo Road 1.9
Drive
P3.16 11 New South Palm Canyon urray Canyon Dr. South Indian 1 0
Drive Canyons
P3.17 II New Sunny Dunes Belardo Road Camino Real 0.5
P 3.18 II New Chino Canyon Road Hwy 111 Lower Tram 3.9
Station
P 3.19 III New Camino Real Ramon R. N. Riverside Dr. 0.4
'Poorly Signed
Funded by Safe Routes to School Program
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CHAPTER 4: LOCAL BICYCLE PLANS
The map on page 99 shows existing and proposed bikeways and parking facilities,
schools, and attractions, which primarily include shopping centers, government
buildings, and other retail districts.
Bicycle Parking
Existing
Palm Springs has identified several locations where bicycle parking facilities exist.
They are listed below.
• Sunrise Park
• Demuth Park
• Many locations Downtown
• Ruth Hardy Park
• Sunrise Marketplace Shopping Center
• Smoke Tree Village Center Shopping Center
• City Hall and other City buildings
• Desert Hospital
• Leisure Center
• Police Department
• Palm Springs Mall
• Riverside County Administrative Center
• Palm Springs International Airport
• Main Branch Library
• Amado Park
• Desert Inn Fashion Plaza Mall
• Starbucks Cafe
• Plaza Parking Lot
• Department of Motor Vehicles
• Lower Tram Station
• Office building on the southeast corner of Ramon Road and Paseo Dorotea
Proposed
The City proposed to add new bicycle parking to the following locations:
The new College of the Desert campus (just southwest of where Indian Ave.
crosses the Whitewater River)
• Rimrock Shopping Center
• Springs Shopping Center
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CHAPTER 4: LOCAL BICYCLE PLANS
• The Plaza at Sunrise
• Gene Autry Plaza
• At shopping plaza at northeast corner of Vista Chino and Indian Canyon
• Palm Springs Convention Center
• Shopping area along Arenas Road just east of Indian Canyon Dr.
The City currently has no requirements or plans for bicycle parking in new buildings.
Links to Other Transportation Modes
Palm Springs is served by SunLine Transit, which has bicycle racks on every bus in its
fleet. These state-of-the-art bike racks can carry up to two bicycles per bus and are
very convenient to use for the bicyclist. An Amtrak station near Indian Canyon Drive
in the northern part of the City currently exists, as does a Greyhound bus station near
the downtown area. Bicycle parking is planned at these locations.
Bike racks and/or bike lockers are proposed by SunLine Transit at selected bus stop
locations in the City. These are presented in the following table.
Line(s) Street Cross Street Stop# Direction Position" Facility Type
111 E. Palm Cyn. Dr. Gene Autry Tr. 15 EB FS Bike Rack
24 Tahquitz Cyn.Way Civic Dr. 29 WB FS Bike Rack
14/30 Palm Cyn. Dr. Baristo Rd. 128 SB FS Bike Locker
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24 Tahquitz Cyn.Way Farrell Dr. 182 WB FS Bike Rack
14 Gene Autry Tr. E.Vista Chino 490 SB NS Bike Locker
24 Avenida Vista Chino 496 NB FS Bike Rack
Caballeros
24 Vista Chino Avenida 609 EB FS Bike Rack
Caballeros
14 Gene Autry Tr. Vista Chino 614 NB FS Bike Locker
111 Palm Cyn. Dr. Gene Autry Tr. 667 WB FS Bike Rack
14/30 Baristo Rd. Farrell Dr. 780 WB MB Bike Locker
14 30/24 Baristo Rd. Farrell Rd. 889 EB NS Bike Locker
'Position refers to the near side(NS)or far side(FS)of the intersection
Bicycle Amenities
Shower and clothing lockers exist at Sunrise Park. The new College of the Desert
Campus will have bicycle amenities. The City currently has no requirements for
bicycle amenities in new buildings.
CVAG Non-Motorized Transportation Plan Update 97
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CHAPTER 4: LOCAL BICYCLE PLANS
Bicycle Safety Education and Police Enforcement
Palm Springs has not had a bicycle safety education program. However, the Coachella
Valley Association of Governments, partnering with the Riverside County Department
of Public Health and the Palm Springs Unified School District, has won a Federal Safe
Routes to School grant to provide bicycle and pedestrian safety education at public
schools in Palm Springs. The program will likely start in Federal Fiscal Year 2010-2011.
Past Expenditures for Bicycle Facilities
Palm Springs had one project funded with SB-821 funds in 1996. This project was for
a Bike Lane and Signage Project for all City bikeways in the amount of $79,000. In
the early 1990s Palm Springs received $383,000 from Measure A and SB-821 funds for a
bicycle bridge over the Palm Canyon Wash.
Future Financial Needs
The City of Palm Springs has the following future financial needs:
• Top Priority Bikeways: 25.8 miles, $14,166,000
• 2"d Priority Bikeways: 33.4, $7,568,000
• 3`' Priority Bikeways: 21.9, $3,012,000
• Total: 81 miles, $24,746,000
• Bicycle Parking Program: $25,000
• Total Capital Financial Need: $24,771,000
• Annual Class I Bike Path Maintenance: 22.7 miles, $71,914
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From: Jennifer Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 3:06 PM
To: Jay Thompson; Cindy Berardi; Terri Milton
Subject: FW: Downtown Bike Paths
Attachments: bike paths downtown.pdf
Additional materials please..
Jennifer Nelson
Executive Assistant to Mayor and Council City of Palm Springs
3200 E.Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
760-323-8200
Jennifer,nelson(@r)aImspringsca.gov
City Hall is open Monday-Thursday from 8am to 6pm Closed Fridays
-----Original Message-----
From: Carden Maguire Team [mailto:cardenmaguireteamCulemail com]
Sent:Wednesday, March 02, 2016 2:52 PM
To: Robert Moon; Geoff Kors; 1R Roberts; Ginny Foat; Chris Mills; David Ready; Marcus Fuller; Michele Mician
Cc:Jennifer Nelson; Brett Klein;Jeff Hocker
Subject: Downtown Bike Paths
Please see the attached regarding the new bike paths proposed for downtown Palm Springs.
Regards,
David Carden,jr.
304 Tiffany Circle East
Palm Springs CA 92262
760.902.2297
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March 2, 2016
TO: Mayor Rob Moon; City Council members Kors, Foat, Mills & Roberts
David Ready, City Manager; Marcus Fuller, Asst. City Manager
Michele Mician, Sus tainability
RE: Shared Bike Lane proposal
Please add my name to the list of residents who wholeheartedly support the
proposed bike lanes on Palm canyon and Indian Canyon between Ramon and
Alejo roads.
As an advocate for reducing our carbon footprint the bike lanes will
encourage more of our residents and visitors to ride their bicycles. Our
downtown can easily accommodate more bicycles and the lanes will add to
our city's efforts to expand bike lanes throughout Palm Springs.
Please accept my support for further improvements/additions regarding bike
lanes in all of our neighborhoods.
I commend your efforts and applaud the new bike lanes already in place!!
Well done.
Warm regards,
id Carden,
See attached article in today s Desert Sun
Shared bike
lane proposed THE DESERT SUN I DESERTSUN COM SA
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Palm Springs
Colin Atagl
The Dewrt Sun
City leaders will consider a {
bicycle route that will loop
around downtown Palm Springs
Via existing roads and may help
businesses grow by attracting
customers who are less inclined
to drive through the area.
If the project is approved l
during Wednesdays City Caun-
cil meeting, signs and route
markings will be installed in
and along the left lanes of Palm
Canyon and Indian Canyon +
drives, between Ramon and
AleJo roads.
The project involves left teetiby
lanes In order to create a route OiIN AiAGVME DESERT SA
that loops around downtown A bicyclist turns onto Palm Canyon Drive from Tahquhz Canyon Way In downtown Palm
and prevents bicyclists from Springs Tuesday.City leaders will consider installing an official bicycle route through
having to cross over several downtown.
lanes from the right side. The
lanes would still be open to veW-
cle traffic and the process could doesn't that mean people will need to
involve educating parties on Bike lane drive even slower behind or around
sharing the road, City is on Council-
man them?"said Palm Springs resident bh man Geoff Kors on Continued from 3A chael Shannon, 64. "That's something
The proposal the agen• that needs to be worked out."
da'a consent calendar, which from area businesses and several of Kors said theplan may ultimatelyen-
means it could be approved with them said bicycles helped them avoid courage more people to ride bicycles
no discussion. Kors said he traffic congestion. and reduce vehicles on the road.
plans to pull it so officials can "It's convenient,but I didn't know I It's among the benefits that may
address matters, ranging from could even ride my bike here until I saw be discussed during Wednesday's meet-
the installation time frame to everyone else," said Cassandra Wilks, ing.
trucks that block the lane while 25, who's visiting from Seattle. "Other The project is part of the city's Non-
making deliveries. than those bike racks, there's no sign Motorized Transportation Plan, which
"These are the things that bikes are allowed on the road." has created bike lanes across the com-
will come up at the meeting," Other downtown visitors,particular- munity. Implementation will cost
Kors said. ly motorists,weren't as receptive to the $50,000, which will come from the $3
Bicyclists were present idea. Their main concerns revolved million in Measure 1 funds that were
throughout downtown Tuesday around traffic delays, previously budgeted for the transporta-
morning. They came and went "If there are more bikes on the road, tion plan.
Please$ee BIKE LANE,SA
Bicycles Downtown 2 March 16
Good Evening Mayor and Council
My name is Ret. Active Duty AF Officer Palm Springs 13 years full time
I am here to ask you to postpone the approval of Bicycle Lanes on Palm Canyon
and Indian Canyou until the Wessman development and the Indian Hotel/Spa is
completed. Let the dust settle.
Trucks:Palm Canyon development and Indian Canyon development are going to
complicate traffic in ways which we may not yet understand. Trucks blocking
traffic on the East and possibly the west resulting only in one middle lane. Trucks
loading and unloading will result in bicycles and cars weaving in and out of their
respective lanes with dangerous consequences. 30 Parking spaces have already
been lost on Palm Canyon due to the development causing more congestion.
Legally, The 3 foot distance between cars and bicycles required by law since
January will be impossible to enforce and may have possible legal consequences.
Professional bicyclists, locals and visiting occasional bicyclists all have different
understandings of what is legal, what is allowed and how they ride.
Shopping downtown with a bicycle seems unlikely as carrying packages may be
awkward at best and dangerous at worst. Bicyclists eating an ice cream cone,
children riding in traffic seem incompatable and dangerous.
Bicycles secure stations on all the side streets seems safer and more convenient
for pedestrians, cars, trucks and shopping. There are already bicycle lanes one or
two blocks east and west and parallel to Palm Canyon and Indian Canyon.
Belardo on the west and Calle Encilia on the east provide much safer routes for
bicyclists who can approach and cross over downtown from the many side
streets.
Please postpone approving these Bicycle lanes until the dust settles with the
Wessman project and the Indian Hotel and Spa. Let's not let downtown become
the next bottleneck like 111 in Cathedral City.
Many thanks for the opportunity to express my opinion.
Robert Johnston 837 Village Square North, Palm Springs 92262
760-322-3236 rfjohnston@earthlink.net