02.12.24 TAB Agenda 7A1 - Moorhead Mobility EnhancementsMoorhead Mobility
Enhancements
Transportation Advisory Board
February 12, 2024
Project Area
Moorhead Ave
(looking north)Moorhead Ave
Work to date
Ramp with Directional Warning SurfaceLevel pedestrian path of travel at driveways
Jan 6 Corridor Walk: What We Heard
•Desire for traffic calming; more
comfortable bike lanes
•Improved connections at north and south
ends of corridor
•Limited visibility at driveways, pedestrian
crossings, and transit stops
Saturday, Jan. 6th Corridor Walk at Moorhead & Bear Creek
Existing Conditions
•Posted speed limit
•85th percentile speed of 35 mph
•Bi-directional average daily traffic (ADT): 2,400 – 3,330
•Critical corridor for local and regional bike/scooter trips
•Average peak hour volume: 36
•Low Stress Walk and Bike Network Plan Recommends
Buffered Bike Lanes
•Curb to curb width: 40’
Concept Design Elements
•Restriping
•Traffic Calming
•Intersection visibility and bus stop
access
•Improvements to multi-use path
connections at 27th Way and Table
Mesa Drive
Concept Design
Existing
(looking north)
RESTRIPING
Parking
Lane
8’BufferGutterBike LaneBike
Lane
7’20’
Travel Lanes
(no centerline)Parking
LaneGutterBike LaneTravel
Lane
Travel
Lane
Bike
Lane
+2’-2’+1’ -1’
Proposed
(looking north)
•Curb-to-curb width: 40’
•Proposed changes:
•Add buffer to southbound bike lane by
narrowing travel lanes
•Widen northbound bike lane by narrowing
parking lane
Concept Design TRAFFIC CALMING
•Considering traffic
calming measures at
priority crossings
•Splitter Islands, Raised
Crossings or Speed
Cushions
Concept Design South End Connections
•Green crossbike markings across Table Mesa Drive to US36
Bikeway
•Addition of a painted southbound bike lane on approach to
intersection
Moorhead & Table Mesa
(looking south)
Concept Design North End Connections
•Frontage Road connections to
Baseline Rd MUPs
•27th Way underpass connects to:
•Main Campus and points north via 27th
Way sidewalk
•Baseline Rd east of US-36 via informal
parking lot connection
Concept Design North End Connections
•Northbound cyclists on Moorhead use
midblock crossing to connect to 27th Way
Underpass and points west of Broadway
•Westbound movements from US-36 on-
ramp underpass and Moorhead are
challenging
To Underpass
Concept Design North End Connections
To Underpass
•Recommend short segment of on-street
two-way cycletrack to connect westbound
cyclists from crossing to 27th Way
underpass
Open House
•Engagement continues with an open
house Tuesday, 2/13
•Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
•Location: Alvarado Village Community
Center, 3310 Berkley Ct (north side building
entrance)
•Door-to-door along Moorhead through
end of February
Next Steps
Late Fall 2023 to January 2024
•Advance concrete work
January and February 2024
•Community engagement for mobility enhancements
Feedback on concept designs: 2/12-29
March and April 2024
•Mobility enhancements construction
Late Spring/Early Summer 2024
•Repaving and restriping
•April 8
•Update on overall Pavement
Management/Mobility
Enhancements program
Tentative TAB Item
bldr.fyi/pmp_moorhead