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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/15/2017 Item 16, Teifel (3) Chorro Broad Traffic Deterrent I recently married and moved into a house on Chorro St. near Foothill Blvd. There is constant vehicle traffic in front of our house, which takes away peace and quiet that anyone would want in their home. I drive to downtown and other places in SLO, and I also ride my bike along Chorro St. to downtown. It seems that the biggest deterrent to riding bikes on Chorro St. is the volume of traffic. Although I haven't studied the numbers in detail, based on the traffic counts, it is a high volume of cars travel from downtown SLO to Foothill Blvd via Chorro St: ��,,�k���:,� ��ra�r�G���.�'���.����:qrn���������N�r_�a��a�%����N,p�;��a���Y�"`�"��.�l�Yi�-mw�c�����s��rc��N�r�r°� �r�d�- ��r�pIT���;�������t��.N�r�...m���w��n�.r���r�d���.����.���������f������t�a The traffic volume also contributes to a lot of disturbance for residents. From what I understand from reading about the 3 Bike Blvd options, the maximum neighborhood traffic volume along Chorro St is already exceeded and will remain exceeded no matter which option is chosen. This is something that must be addressed both for bike safety and residential peace. I d��i��t�� �r� �It���r��u��tt���would defle�t v�f�i�N� t�'��a�hc� ��� ��n�� �a��w ��r���tr� g���� �u�c� �°r+�r� �vv��r�+��r� ���d US101. It �� �i��l+�, ���r ����, ��d z����� ���u��rat�r�i�'� cNca�� ���t�w� ��nr�� ��r���r��,�r��� that they I������d��, �'�%� ��d��+�d �r��i��� �r��i���Mli �r�a�ri�l� f�r ��°��r ba�� r��i�w� ����ar�c� �horro ar�d C�r+��wd �tr���. h�� bi�� I�ur��� �� +�xp��r�����, ��,�;�y���r �u�� ���r��s��� ��`� n���ed. The premise of fihis approach is to make it less ��wr��r��ua���f�a� r�r�n-��si��¢���fis� ta�� Chorro and Broad to connect from downtown and US101 to Foothill Blvd. If it is more convenient to go on Santa Rosa, people will start using that route rather than cutting though the neighborhood. � D��� ��'�� �� ���..�;}`� �I ���� � r � �� � l � � �a� � C `� �r�,�! �.�� � ��r .�,.,m€ ... �� P �w.,�, w a Here are the only changes to the streets that need to be made: )r , � „����� ��, � a�„� Mc�ineeke ,4v�� �u,;;� ��" f� � �fi� ;;' ���;� �µ� �A� �� r�r�� �.., w, ���,,,,„,,,,� �^�,w.ro�l uH�,��,,,,,,,, ;� 1` 6) �I;( /, E t �?°�'r ,. ����J�I I 1� i�v` ?,�f cl -',::.;'P�;. i;�:' ��.��4..k �6N;'�; Chorro at Murray Create a diversion that prevents cars from going straight or turning eft heading north or south along Chorro St. through Murray St. (Right Turn Only heading North/South along Chorro.) Cars heading East/West along Murray may go straight or Turn right. (No left turn) Bicycle and pedestrians may go any direction. This may be accomplished by connecting the center side walk that goes along Murray St. to stretch across Chorro, while leaving a wide enough gap in both directions for Bicycles to pass through. Broad at Meinecke Heading South along broad street, left turn only. Heading North along Broad St, Right turn only. Heading West along Meinecke, right turn only. Bicycles and pedestrians may go any direction. Meinecke at Benton Heading east along Meinecke, no right turn. Heading west along Meinecke, no left turn. Bicycles and pedestrians may go any direction. This is to prevent people from using Benton as a cut through street, because of the inconveniences added by the above 2 diversions. What this does These simple changes make it slightly less convenient for cars to use Chorro and Broad St. to get to downtown. With these changes, it will make it more convenient for cars to use Santa Rosa St. Google Maps Results For simplicity sake, I will use the starting and ending points that best demonstrate how these changes affect driver choice of routes. Any other starting and ending points would simply be expansions of these routes and thus produce the same result. Chorro at alnut to Chorro at Foothill Current State 1����� Ila���� �c��rt��.����,�� ����, •••••••.�� .� �p� o i o iu¢� ii,,r..ui 'r. . 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Potential routes after chang�s are made involving Chorro and Broad ������ �"�"s�a� ��a���r��M�.� :....�,�„��,� .� i �m���u:mm�a� �i.�¢,Hmmm m n���sm����mw���m� � ��II ii�" W^�C�'���tl�9�N�°;xk,,�� �, °N. 100-1321�arth � , . : , � Ch�ro��r���t � � - �� 74� r-i . . ; i =,, -� r. ��3 i.,..i� ,ie ,.� ������ / ' fhlv� �� 1l� ,',i�;i!11."f I.; �r l. �� ��I �p m�����,����������•����.��.�������u��W����w����y����� �d���"dL���"���°m�,����'��ri,�Wlll��III'��w^"tlY'�"��� �114�����'������ dkp!�������tl"V�"B��11f�' t,��N4 ii�, s���:�°�����w °1�:�'� V"��n��u°���������'�ua��u�.�� e ; , 1�-1 lb Chono Strwt ��� �°ti���"`�'r� � Serrano Dr ,, �� �. ��S mU 1.1 rnlies nn.J f,�l�, � �;,� �, � r pw �n� , � I ,�. , � � � �,,1 , �� �'� �, ��», , � m'�m�m�����°�V�r�u���.����������� E t, �� � � ° � a 4b<� �II II�iM���.4�L;1��'�AI����' . . , �,�N��;au,�;'�Y'k. N����� �1��� ��1����"��w� �.�$�������:��^���u.����lll NF���u�� ��� ���u����u@�����Ilm.�':� �n�����ir�u�m��������� � � , � I r.�,lh�l: I;I�.�c 17 Chorro�tr��4 r �,�� °����;,� ,r r, �;�� ,�� 4� "i �''i ,, �j��I h�,, �w ,�,�I' ��, r�i�i � � � � ,��si ���°�l�iii.q�l� '� Y I qull�w.�iNv� iil VV"Illa.�l'II,VV�n�V ���' 701-713 �"4„�-799 Meinecke Avenue N��*im���,�Avenue ��V�� I �Iffl�a`��. ;-il;h� i - j � f u ' ����142-198 Broad Street ����i,. _� , �� 0 , � Nf � � � � ,��� � rb �; 1 �� ,�„� iioiiiil, � 5 min 1A mile �� i �,�r �u�%i° � Il�ouirb��„¢'����ro �����IP�.����k��b��� � ,���,`�� ' ��i �"m��^:'�rt:�.�r�r����,wP.�� 801-803 Wainut Street If the above changes are made, it will take drivers 5 minutes to use Chorro and Broad Street to get from Chorro at Walnut to Ghorro at Foothill. Thus, it will be faster for them to take Santa Rosa St. (4 minutes). People tend to take the faster route, diverting traffic out of the Chorro/Broad NEIGHBORHOODS, onto the main road (Santa Rosa). I ran out of time, but still need to do a similar comparison for these other routes; however, I expect the result to be similar, based on the new traffic flow with the proposed changes. Chorro/Foothill to Chorro/V1lalnut Broad/Foothill to US 101 S US 101 S to Broad/Foothill Chorro/Foothill to US 101 S US 101 S to Chorro/Foofihill �:����,�� �������� �� �����,�����,, �� � ��� � ��. �. � ��� �. �"���° �,��'� �. ���,�,,, ����,�� � �"*�'���-'� t r �' � �a� � µf��� �� � � �� .�� M,��,� ���������' ����.�:r� �����.�; ���°'� � ������� .. ��� � � � � � ����"� ���"�f pWp�o �r d� � ���;�" w.,,.,- �6�d�';��w��'�� ����S'r��'��� �� �i'.�� �'*�� . �',. . � ��, � r ��'"���,� �a�"�a�,���" � l� ��u .:���„����y�� �s���������. �"� � ����✓,r,����� �4., r � '� �m�� �r