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1. Portland’s Complete Streets Policy
Portland
Department of
Public Services GrowSmart Maine Summit
Portland Planning
Division
October 21, 2014

2. Complete Streets Policy – Overview
Full consideration of all users, of all ages and abilities
• Funding
• Maintenance
• Planning
• Design
• Construction
• Operation
• Not ‘one size fits all’
• Reflects the context of a street
• Network / System oriented (not just individual streets)

3. Complete Streets: 10 Policy Elements
Adopted by the Portland City Council in Dec. 2012
1. Vision
2. All Users / All Modes
3. Applies to All Projects
4. Exceptions
5. Network / Connectivity
6. All Agencies / All Roads
7. Design Standards &
Guidelines
8. Community Context
9. Performance Measures
10. Implementation

4. Vision
“The goal is to create a connected
network of facilities accommodating
each mode of travel that is consistent
with and supportive of the local
community, recognizing that all streets
are different and that the needs of
various users will need to be balanced
in a flexible manner.”
Excerpted from Portland, Maine’s
Complete Streets Policy

5. Libbytown Circulation
Study Area

6. PACTS Libbytown Circulation Study
Preferred Alternative: Two-way Congress St at Marston/Frederic St
June 6,2013 DRAFT
Source: Terrence J. DeWan & Associates.
Existing
Proposed
PACTS & City of Portland, ME

7. PACTS Libbytown Circulation Study
Preferred Alternative: Two-way Park Ave at Marston St/Hood Dairy
June 6,2013 DRAFT
Source: Terrence J. DeWan & Associates.
Existing
Proposed
PACTS & City of Portland, ME

8. Complete Streets: Implementation
THE Key to Success – Specific Next Steps
• Evaluate and Revise Manuals & Practices
• Develop Design Policies and Guidelines
• Provide Training
• Improve & Update Performance Measures

9. Next Steps
Existing Portland Technical Manual
• Only applied to new construction
• Inflexible and subject to waiver requests even then

10. Next Steps:
Design Standards - A context-sensitive approach
Tacoma, WA Street Typologies
Main Street

11. Next Steps
‘Level the Playing Field’ in the Planning and Design of Streets
Multimodal Level of Service
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Develop Quality of Service
Ratings for all modes

12. Complete Streets Planning & Design Manual
Working Outline - DRAFT
I. Introduction
A. Purpose & Background (Portland’s CS Policy, What are Complete Streets (& Incomplete Streets), Why Complete Streets, etc)
B. How to Use this Manual
C. Complete Streets Planning & Design Principles (Safety, Connectivity, Balance competing needs, All users/all abilities, etc)
II. Portland’s Street Planning & Design Process
A. Types of Applicable Projects (paving projects, signal projects, striping, sewer/utility projects, reconstruction, sidewalks, etc.)
B. Who’s Involved and How? (Roles & Responsibilities)
C. State & Regional Context (PACTS, MaineDOT, Federal – FHWA & FTA, etc)
D. Local Context
E. Portland’s Project Delivery Process (How projects get done – funding, planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation)
III. Portland’s Street Types
A. Major Street Types (7) Defined – see attached - others TBD (shared streets, alleys, etc)
B. Overlay Maps – Transit Routes and Bikeways
C. Design Treatments Matrix – see attached example from Philadelphia CS Manual
IV. Complete Streets Zones and Design Treatments
A. The Composition of a Complete Street – the Street Zones – see B. below
B. Design Treatments Building/Urban Design Zone
Sidewalk/Furnishing Zone
Travelway-Vehicle Zone
Intersections & Commercial Nodes
V. Implementation & Enforcement
A. Project Checklists
B. Measuring Success
C. Performance Measures
D. Changes to Ordinances and Technical Manual

13. Portland’s Major Street Types
Variations in/Combinations of:
• Pedestrian ‘Significance’/Volumes
• High / Medium / Low
• Motor Vehicle ‘Significance’/Volumes/Function
• High / Medium / Low
• Local – Collector – Arterial/Regional
• Land Use & Characteristics
• High Density – Medium Density – Low Density
• Retail – Commercial – Mixed Use - Industrial

14. Portland’s Major Street Types
Downtown Mixed Use Street
Neighborhood Connector Street
Neighborhood ‘Main Street’
Urban Neighborhood Residential Street
Neighborhood Residential Street
Commercial / Industrial Street
Commercial / Retail Street
Shared Street

15. Portland’s Major Street Types - Examples
Downtown Mixed Use Regional-Neighborhood Connector
Neighborhood ‘Main Street’ Commercial / Retail Street

16. Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)
‘Projects’/Activities From a Wide Variety of $ources
• Private Development
• Federal & State Funds & Processes –
PACTS/MaineDOT/DEP/EPA/FHWA/FTA/CDBG
• Sidewalks/Pathways/Paving/Bikeways/Transit /Sewer
separation-Stormwater/Intersections/Street reconstruction/Curb
ramps
• Local Funds & Processes – CIP/Operations Budget
• Sidewalks – Spot Repair,Rehab & New, Striping, Traffic Signal,
Sewer
• Utilities – Gas/Water/Electric, etc
How Do We Capture All these Activities w/o an
Over-burdensome Process?

17. Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)
What Do Other Cities Do?
• Project Checklists
• Formal ‘Roles & Responsibilities’ Assigned
• Complete Streets Project Flowcharts

18. Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)
What Do Other Cities Do? Project Checklists
Building Permits/Zoning
ROW
City Plan

19. Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)
What Do Other Cities Do? Roles & Responsibilities

20. Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)
What Do Other Cities Do? Process Flowcharts
Philadelphia

21. Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)
What Do Other Cities Do? Process Flowcharts
Chicago

22. Formalizing our Complete Streets Process(es)

23. Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility
Bicycling Facilities – Have We Been Missing the Mark(et)?
Source: Roger Geller, Portland, OR

24. Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility
Portland, Maine – Evolving Bikeway Network

25. Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility
Portland, Maine – Evolving Bikeway Network
Bike Lane Shared Lane
Shared Use Pathway

26. Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility
Neighborhood Byways / Bicycle Boulevards
• Lower speed / lower traffic streets that provide good connectivity
• Local, residential streets (primarily) – often need traffic calming - street crossing
• Typically serve younger and / or less confidant cyclists
• Also to serve pedestrian, traffic speed management, and livability goals of
neighborhoods – Safe Routes to School
• Appeals to much broader ‘Transportation Cyclist’ market
,OR
Source: City of Portland, OR.
Bicycling Facilities – Hitting the Mark(et)?

27. Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility
Neighborhood Byways - Local Streets Prioritized for Biking and Walking
Arterial
Streets
Neighborhood
Centers

28. Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility
Portland, Maine – Neighborhood Byway Pilot
Contra-flow Bike Lane Pavement Markings
Safe Routes to School Elements Destination &
Wayfinding Signs

29. Complete Streets & Retrofitting for Mobility
Arterial/Collector Bikeways
Bike Lanes
Existing: 10 miles
Shared Lanes
Existing: 3 miles
Planned: 38 miles
Neighborhood Byways
Existing: 5.5 miles
Planned: 22 miles
Shared Use Pathways
Existing: 8 miles
Planned: 6 miles
Bikeway Network Implementation