This document discusses transportation options for Texas Blvd in Texarkana including: - Implementing a "road diet" to reduce the number of vehicle lanes and add bike and pedestrian facilities. - Using a multi-modal approach to accommodate different transportation modes like biking, walking and public transit in addition to vehicles. - Installing roundabouts at intersections along Texas Blvd, including at the intersection of Texas Blvd and US 82, to improve safety and traffic flow. The document provides information on average daily traffic counts along Texas Blvd to argue that roundabouts and other multi-modal changes would be suitable given the current vehicle volumes. It also provides contact information for the study director at the Texarkana Metropolitan Planning

1. Transportation
You can’t
“GO”
without it!

2. US 82 / LP 14 (Texas Blvd.)
Context Sensitive Solutions
 Road Diet
 Multi-modal
 Roundabout
“Great streets are more
than sewers for cars”
- Sam Seskin, CH2M-Hill
Presented By
Brad McCaleb, P.E., A.V.S.
Director, Texarkana MPO

3. Road Diet – Texas Blvd. 2008

4. Texas Blvd. 20??

5. Texas Blvd. 20??

6. Example of Multi-use Path

7. Local Multimodal Photos

8. Texas Blvd. (Northbound) at US 82

9. Texas Blvd. (Northbound) at US 82

10. Texas Blvd. (Northbound) at US 82

11. Roundabout at Texas Blvd. & US 82 ?

12. Roundabout at Texas Blvd. & US 82 ?

13. Texas Blvd. North of US 82

14. Roundabouts along Texas Blvd. ?

15. Does it work?
 Upper comfort range is 20,000 - 25,000
ADT on four-lane undivided roadway
 Ideal candidates are 12,000 – 18,000 ADT
 Texas Blvd. ADT of 18,127 at 40th,
13,575 at US 82 and 9,690 at MLK; five-
lane section through-out

16. Contact Information
Brad McCaleb, P.E., A.V.S.
Study Director
Texarkana MPO
P.O. Box 1967
Texarkana, TX 75504
903.798.3927 (Phone)
903.798.3773 (Fax)
mccaleb@txkusa.org
http://www.texarkanampo.org/

17. Online Resources
 www.completestreets.org
 www.thunderheadalliance.org
 www.bikewalk.org
 www.traillink.com