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ATTACHMENT 1
TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT
ARTICLE 3 BIENNIAL CALL FOR PROJECTS
FOR
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES
Issued: March 6, 2013
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San Bernardino Associated Governments
Project Submittal Form
LTF, Article 3 Pedestrian/Bicycle Program
FY 2012/2013-2013/2014
AGENCY: City of Redlands AC CONTACT: Ross Wittman PHONE: 909.798.7585 x7
PROJECT NAME: City of Redlands Bike Lane Upgrade Project
PROJECT LOCATION MAP
PLEASE SEE THE MAPS ATTACHED TO EMAIL
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City of Redlands proposes to complete the bike lanes identified in the
Redlands Future Improvements of the San Bernardino County Non-Motorized Transportation Plan as part
of Redlands’ continued effort to bring alternative modes of transportation to the City.
PROJECT TYPE: Bike lane installation
PROJECT LENGTH: 37.4 miles
AMOUNT OF THE LOCAL MATCH: $180,000
SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL MATCH: Local Transportation Fund
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IS RESOLUTION ATTACHED TO APPLICATION: Yes
PLEASE PROVIDE DATA TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL USE OF THE BICYCLE OR
SIDEWALK FACILITY PROPOSED IN THIS APPLICATION:
The City of Redlands has prioritized the usage of non-motorized transportation within the City. Redlands is
home to many commuters who use bicycles as their main form of tr ansportation but currently do not have
the benefit of commuting in the City within a Class II lane or a designated Class III sharrow. Additionally,
Redlands is home to many recreational bike riders whose daily rides around the City are done on roads
where there is no indication of their presence to motorists. Because of the vast amounts of riders within the
City, citizens desire to have a grid of bike lanes allowing them to travel throughout the City within a
designated bike lane. In response to citizen requests, the City has been actively pursuing all forms of non-
motorized transportation including sidewalk connectivity, a trail system and a connect ed bike lane grid.
More specifically, a connected bike lane grid in Redlands is gaining momentum. In the past few months,
paving projects in the City have included the installation of a number of new bike lanes (Class II) and
sharrows (Class III), as well as the introduction of green paint bike lanes, the first such lanes in San
Bernardino County. Since these additions to the non-motorized infrastructure have been installed, bike
ridership in the community has seen an increase and comments received from the community have
indicated a need to have a completely connected grid within the City. In so doing allowing riders to connect
to regional routes providing them with connectivity to other cities as well as to regional trails such as the
Santa Ana River Trail. The completion of bike routes identified in the San Bernardino County Non-
Motorized Transportation Plan will fulfill a part of this need as their completion will allow for connectivity
within neighboring communities such as Loma Linda, Highland, Yucaipa and San Ber nardino and
Riverside Counties.
PLEASE DESCRIBE HOW THE PROJECT IS SITUATED WITHIN THE REGIONAL SYSTEM:
The City of Redlands Bike Lane Upgrade project is consistent with the objectives of the San Bernardino
County Non-Motorized Transportation Plan. Redlands City Council adopted the County NMTP by
Resolution No. 7031 in March 2011. Since its adoption, the City Council has made it a priority to
implement all forms of non-motorized transportation identified within that plan as a means to provide
citizens of Redlands and San Bernardino County ingress and egress to the City via safe and identif ied paths
of travel. Through the implementation of the lanes identified in the NMTP, cyclists travelling on designated
Class II and Class III bike lanes are able to travel through the City through a connective grid without
interruption. Funding this project will enable the City to complete the grid sections identified within the
County NMTP. However, additional bike lanes and their implementation have been identified through
City’s bike master plan. The City’s bike master plan has identified priority routes in the City which will
supplement the regional routes identified in the County’s NMTP. The two documents work together as a
regional and local bike lane connectivity plan and through the combination of the two will provide cyclists
and commuters ingress and egress to destinations in Redlands on local bike lanes (identified in the City’s
master plan) from the regional lanes in the City (identified in the County’s NMTP). Through the usage of
TDA funding for completion of bike lanes identified in the County’s NMTP, other dollars will be freed to
allocate to other Class II and Class III bike lanes identified in the City’s bike master plan, promoting even
greater non-motorized connectivity within Redlands and throughout the region.
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PLEASE OUTLINE THE DESTINATIONS SERVED BY THIS PROJECT:
Class II and Class III lanes identified within this application are located throughout the City of Redlands.
Specifically, the completion of routes identified in this application will promote connectivity within the
City to retail locations, as well as restaurants and entertainment areas in downtown Redlands; the Citrus
Plaza shopping complex in the northwest area of the City; the University of Redlands and numerous
elementary schools; Redlands Community Hospital and medical facilities; and the commercial and
industrial business districts on the west side of the City. Additionally, the completion of bike routes
identified in the NMTP will fulfill a part of the community’s desire for regional connectivity to other areas
in the Inland Empire as their completion will allow for connectivity to neighboring communities such as
Loma Linda, Highland, Yucaipa, San Bernardino and San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Examples of
routes which have been identified for completion through this cycle of TDA funding include California
Street, connecting the City to Loma Linda; Orange Street, connecting the City to Highland; Fifth Avenue,
connecting the City to San Bernardino County and ultimately Yucaipa; San Bernardino Avenue, connecting
the City to San Bernardino and San Timoteo Road, connecting the City to Riverside County.
DESCRIBE HOW THIS PROJECT IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF CYCLISTS AND/OR
PEDESTRIANS USING THE CORRIDOR:
As mentioned previously, the City of Redlands has an active biking community with many citizens who use
bicycles on a dail y basis. Riders in Redlands often use bicycles as their main form of transportation to
commute to and from work, to visit retail locations and to run their daily errands. Additionally, recreational
riders fill City streets on weekends. Due to the amount of biking traffic within Redlands, the City has begun
the process of installing bike lanes identified through engineering analysis. The City is in the early stages of
rolling out its Pavement Accelerated Repair Implementation Strategy (PARIS) citywide paving program
(explained further in an upcoming question) which will incorporate bike lanes identified in the City’s soon
to be adopted bike master plan into the program. Furthermore, bike lanes identified through the bike master
plan will be used in the development of two engineering documents for implementation of the
recommended routes, the City’s citywide striping and City’s own NMTP. This is important to note because
while the plan is in place for the locations and engineering of future bike lane installations, currently
funding is not in place to install the routes identified in the County’s NMTP or the City’s bike master plan.
Bicyclists today ride on City streets without Class II or Class III designation except for a few locations
where bike lanes have recently been placed. These locations, while mostly connected with one another do
not provide a connective grid to travel throughout the City. The City of Redlands has approximately 635
lane miles of road in the City, but only 13 lane miles of Class II or Class III bike routes. Due to the need for
an increase in connectivity, bicyclists are often left feeling exposed to vehicular traffic when they ride
outside of a designated Class II or Class III and onto a road which lack the visual cues of a bike route.
Since their implementation, bicyclists as well as motorists have provided positive feedback to the City
about having a safer method of travelling on City streets. When taken a step further with the installation of
green paint in Class II bike lanes, studies have shown that bicyclist injuries can be reduced up to 90% with
the placement of this visual bike lane indicator, and that injury crashes for all road users, including both
motorists and bicyclists, declined 40-50%. These types of statistics were the impetus for the City to begin
identifying not only locations for Class II and Class III, but also for future locations for green paint lanes.
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EXPLAIN THE MULTIMODAL OR TRANSIT SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY PROVIDED BY
THIS PROJECT:
One of the goals of the City of Redlands is to be a “green” city, as evidenced by its adoption in April 2008
of No. Resolution No. 6696. This resolution resolved that the City would become a Green Valley
Jurisdiction and participate in the development and implementation of sustainable model policies and
programs to benefit the Inland Empire. As part of the implementation of sustainable green policies, the City
has prioritized the promotion of alternative green forms of transportation to travel within the City. These
alternative forms of transportation include the promotion of walking to and from school by constructing
sidewalk through Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and Safe Routes to School (SR2S) grant
funding; the promotion of running and walking through the construction of dual purpose trails such as the
Orange Blossom Trail; and the promotion of biking through the construction of bike lanes. Additionally,
the Redlands Rail is anticipated to come to the City of Redlands in 2017 and will promote the usage of
public transportation regionally in the Inland Empire and Southern California. All of these non-motorized
features being constructed in the City and future lanes identified through the City’s bike master plan will be
identified and incorporated into the Cit y’s NMTP to ensure future bike lanes will be connected to existing
trails, lanes/sharrows and future rail stops within the City. In so doing, the City will have an overarching
NMTP, providing a connective matrix of sidewalks, trails and bike lanes with public transportation.
ESTABLISH THE LEVEL OF THE PROJECT’S READINESS:
The City of Redlands is currently undergoing a citywide repaving program called the Pavement
Accelerated Repair Implementation Strategy (PARIS) which will repave 2/3 of City of Redlands streets
over the next 5 years. This program was derived out of the City’s Pavement Management Program (PMP),
which is an engineering based decision making tool to determine the top priority streets for rehabilitation
within the City. The PMP is a living document which takes into account a number of factors such as
pavement treatment, vehicle miles travelled (VMT), proximity to hospitals, schools, business districts and
economic centers when determining which roads to address. Concurrent with that program, the City will
soon begin a citywide street signage and striping master plan which will be an engineering-based striping
plan, determining locations where bike lanes are the most appropriate bike route. This striping master plan
is anticipated to be completed by the end of the 2013 calendar year. TDA funding will fund the installation
and completion of bike lanes in the NMTP as those streets are identified for paving within the PARIS
program. However, if streets identified for TDA funding are not identified for paving within the PARIS
program, City will proceed with the installation of the bike lanes immediately upon receiving funding.
HAS THE AGENCY DELIVERED PAST PROJECTS ON SCHEDULE? IF YES, WHAT STEPS
WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE SIMILAR RESULTS. IF NO, WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN
TO PREVENT A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE.
Through experience with the installation of Class II lanes, Class III sharrows and the installation of green
paint bike lanes, the City has experience with the placement of bike lanes and incorporated “lessons
learned” from these projects into future bike route projects. Lessons learned include the amount of
reflectivity of the painted lanes or sharrows needed to provide enough visual feedback to drivers using
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roads on which the bike routes were placed; education of the community on what Class III sharrow s
indicate; and the reasons for green paint being chosen color for painted lanes. Additionally, City crews
were trained by City’s contractor about the maintenance and upkeep of the thermal plastic lanes, as well as
how to properly maintain the green paint in order to avoid having to re-paint them continually. Moreover,
the City of Redlands continually constructs and completes a variety of capital improvement projects with
complex engineering aspects such as water treatment plant improvements, road realignments and
construction of reservoirs on time and on budget. The placement and installation of bike lanes are not as
complex as these types of projects. The City feels extremely confident in its abilities to deliver these lanes
and sharrows on time and on budget.
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ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS (FOR MATCHING FUND CALCULATIONS:
1. PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, PROJECT $ 30,000
ENGINEERING AND DESIGN COSTS
2. RIGHT-OF-WAY COST $ 0
3. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT COST $ 300,000
4. TOTAL PROJECT COST $ 330,000
5. LTF, ARTICLE 3 FUNDS REQUESTED $ 165,000
6. LOCAL MATCH $ 165,000
7. PERCENT LOCAL MATCH (LINE 6/LINE 4) 50%
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