This document provides an overview and summary of a needs assessment for bicycle and pedestrian facilities in Dunes City, Oregon. It outlines the needs assessment process, current conditions, research findings, public outreach including an online survey, potential route options, and next steps. The main findings from the survey showed that respondents walk more than bicycle, feel safer walking than bicycling, and that off-street paths would encourage more walking and cycling. The next steps include determining the feasibility of potential route alignments and facility improvements.

1. Dunes
City
Bicycle
and
Pedestrian
Needs
Assessment
Ross
Peizer
-­‐
Dunes
City
Assistant
Planner
Intern
/
University
of
Oregon
Master
of
Community
and
Regional
Planning
Candidate
August
14
2014

2. PresentaEon
Outline
• Needs
Assessment
Process
(30
minutes)
• Project
Overview/Timeline
• Current
CondiEons
• Research
and
Public
Outreach
• Survey
Results/Main
Findings
• PotenEal
Route
OpEons
• Examples
of
Supported
FaciliEes
• How
to
Proceed/Next
Steps
• Ques8ons
(15
minutes)
August
2014

3. Project
Overview
1. Why
are
Bicyclists
and
Pedestrians
Important?
2. How
Did
Dunes
City
get
to
the
Needs
Assessment?
3. What
is
the
Needs
Assessment?
August
2014
• To
assess
the
need
for
development
of
pedestrian
and
bicycle
faciliEes
in
Dunes
City
• This
includes
public
outreach
and
idenEficaEon
of
specific
bicycle
and
pedestrian
faciliEes
and
locaEons

4. Project
Timeline
August
2014
• Present
to
City
Council
• Follow
up
on
Next
Steps
• Present
to
Road
Commission
• OrientaEon
• Current
CondiEons
• Analyze
Survey
Data
• DraR
Needs
Assessment
• Open
Survey
and
distribute
• Oregon
Dunes
Triathlon
Public
Outreach
• Close
Survey
• Press
Release
• Survey
development
• InformaEon
gathering/
Research
February
March/
April
May
June
July
August

5. Current
CondiEons
Pros
• Parks
• Signage
Cons
• ConnecEvity
Issues
• Safety
Concerns
August
2014

6. Research
Demographic
Data
• Median
Age
59.9
• Percent
Change
of
65+
was
36.3%
(123
people)
between
2000
and
2010
• PopulaEon
Forecast
• 366
more
residents
by
2035
• Crash
Data
• Inventory
of
the
Roads
August
2014

7. Public
Outreach
Public
Outreach
included:
August
2014
LimitaEons
• Not
a
staEsEcal
sample
• Online
access
1. Online
Survey
2. In-­‐person
interacEons
at
the
2nd
annual
Oregon
Dunes
Triathlon
and
Duathlon

8. Walking
Survey
Results
• 77%
of
respondents
walk
around
Dunes
City
August
2014
• 47%
of
those
respondents
walk
daily
• 66%
feel
safe
to
very
safe
walking
around
Dunes
City

9. Bicycling
Survey
Results
• 49%
said
they
never
ride
their
bicycle
August
2014
• 32%
do
not
feel
safe
riding
on
the
roads
in
Dunes
City
• 83%
ride
for
recreaEon

10. Main
Findings
1. Respondents
walk
more
than
they
bicycle.
2. Respondents
feel
much
safer
walking
than
bicycling
on
the
roads
in
Dunes
City.
3. Off
street
paths
would
encourage
more
people
to
walk
and
bicycle
than
any
other
bicycle
or
pedestrian
facility.
4. ConnecEons
to
recreaEonal
areas
including
Honeyman
State
Park
and
resorts
in
Westlake
and
the
North
Beach
area
were
expressed
as
desired
desEnaEons
for
walking
and
bicycling.
August
2014

11. PotenEal
Route
OpEons
The
following
four
opEons
are
based
on
the
main
findings
from
the
survey
regarding
types
of
faciliEes
respondents
said
would
encourage
them
to
walk
and
bicycle
more
oRen
and
where
they
would
like
those
facili8es.
August
2014

12. Westlake
to
North
Beach
Path
Aug
2014
North&Beach&
Resort&
Westlake&
Poten2al&off&
street&path&
alignment&along&
Siltcoos&Lake&
Petersdorf&and&
Byrd&Park&
Camp&Baker&

13. Bike/Ped
Access
on
Canary
Road
Aug
2014

14. Pedestrian*
Overpass*from*
Dunes*City*to*
Honeyman*
Canary*Road*
Bridges*which*
could*be*more*
bike/ped*friendly*
Bike/Ped
Access
on
Canary
Road
Aug
2014

15. ConnecEng
Foothill
Drive
and
South
Pioneer
Road
Aug
2014

16. ConnecEng
Foothill
Drive
and
South
Pioneer
Road
Aug
2014
Dead%End%
Dead%End%
Possible%Road%
Connec1on%

17. Walkway
and
Overlooks
along
the
Siltcoos
River
Aug
2014

18. Walkway
and
Overlooks
along
the
Siltcoos
River
Aug
2014
Dunes&City&Hall/
Visitor’s&Center&
Poten4al&Siltcoos&
River&Overlooks&and&
Walkway&

19. Examples
of
Supported
FaciliEes
Aug
2014

20. Next
Steps
August
2014
Determine
the
feasibility
for:
2. ConnecEng
the
roadway
between
Foothill
Drive
and
South
Pioneer
Road
3. Improving
pedestrian
and
bicycle
connecEons
along
Canary
Road
and
Canary
Road
bridges
4. Extended
walkway
with
more
outlooks
along
the
Siltcoos
River
between
Spruce
Street
and
Hemlock
Street
*Possibly
negoDate
with
Lane
Country
to
connect
a
bicycle/pedestrian
path
to
the
Hilltop
neighborhood
including
Petersdorf
and
Byrd
Parks
1. Different
bicycle/pedestrian
path
alignment
opEons
between
Westlake
and
North
Beach

21. How
to
Proceed
• A
Bicycle/Pedestrian
Plan
or
addiEons
to
the
Need
Assessment
would
include
prioriEzaEon
and
phasing
based
on:
• A
vision
statement
and
goals
• Costs
and
funding
sources
August
2014

22. Thanks!
QuesEons?
• City
Administrator
Fred
Hilden
and
Dunes
City
staff
• Dunes
City
Road
Commission
and
City
Council
• Lane
Council
of
Governments
(LCOG)
and
Public
Works
staff
Jacob
Callister
and
Sarah
Wilkinson
• Everyone
who
took
the
survey
and
parEcipated
in
the
Needs
Assessment
process
August
2014
Contact
InformaEon:
Ross
Peizer
rossp@uoregon.edu
(206)
719-­‐4440