Church and Duboce Rail Improvement Project

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Church and Duboce Rail Improvement
Project Community Design Criteria for Safe
Stations and Streetscapes Prepared by the
Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association,
Castro CBD and RHAA
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Background Duboce Triangle neighborhood and
Castro CBD has been working collaboratively with
the MTA for a year and a half to integrate the
communitys vision into MTAs re-railing plan
for Church Duboce Sts.
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• Project Timeline
• MTA presentation to the Duboce Triangle
  Neighborhood Association, call for collaboration.
  (November 2008)
• Baseline pedestrian counts at five locations in
  the study area. (Early 2008)
• Place audit results using the Project for
  Public Spaces methodology at five locations in
  the study area. (Early 2008)
• Castro CBD Upper Market Streetscape design plan.
  (Early 2008)
• MTA, DTNA and Castro CBD begin meeting monthly.
  (Early 2008)
• Initial joint DTNA and CBD conceptual plan for
  the project area based on place audit results and
  Streetscape plan. (March 2008)
• Packed community workshop (MTA in attendance) on
  communitys conceptual plan. (May 2008)
• Updated recommendations of conceptual plan. (May
  2008)
• Holistic budget (iterative process) for project
  including community elements vetted and approved
  by the MTA on technical merits. (Fall/Winter
  2008)
• MTA presentation to DTNA members on progress.
  (Fall 2008)
• MTA CER released (March 2009)
• MTA project manager replacement (March 2009)
• Detailed design recommendations for study area
  based (March/April 2009 and ongoing)

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The Opportunity Once-in-a-generation chance to
rebuild a majorneighborhood transfer corridor
into a people-first transit hub that improves
service and strengthens ridership.
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Overall Area Plan
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Community Design Objectives

• Establish safe boarding areas with strong
  connections to surrounding sidewalks and
  pedestrian zones
• Unify streetscape to create a neighborhood
  transit hub
• Provide a visually clear and robust hardscape as
  framework for future community design improvements

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Community Design Objectives

• Create multi-function neighborhood places
  within sidewalk and street ROW that support
  social life and human comfort
• Integrate engineering and urban design best
  practices
• Minimize visual clutter, noise and vibration

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Boarding Island Design Criteria

• Assumptions
• Boarding areas (incl. lanes) function as a
  shared space
• Pedestrians cross travel lane regardless of
  barriers
• Safest conditions are created by eye contact and
  slow speeds
• Paving and hardscape provide strongest visual
  signals for wayfinding and right-of-way
• Comfort, space and safety are primary rider needs
  when waiting

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Key Design Components
SAFETY All features working together! Success
depends on integration of designwithout all
components, effectiveness is compromised.

• Raised travel lane (flush crossing condition)
• Large bollards defining travel lane and island
  areas
• Visually bold paving pattern spanning sidewalk,
  travel lane and boarding island
• Detectable warning strip at bollard interface
  zone
• Signage indicating right-of-way and yield
• Columnar trees to define spaces and slow traffic

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Design Precedents Flush travel lane and sidewalk
San Francisco, CA Hayes Green
Boulder, CO Flush Bike Way
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Design Precedents Seating bollards
San Francisco, CA Duboce Triangle
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Design Precedents Special paving in trackway
and boarding island
Sacramento, CA Light Rail
Sacramento, CA Light Rail
San Francisco, CA Light Rail
Portland, OR Light Rail
San Jose, CA Light Rail
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Design Precedents Detectable Warning Strip
Sacramento, CA Light Rail
San Francisco, CA Hayes Green
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Design Precedents Signage
Portland, CA Light Rail
San Francisco, CA Embarcadero
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Design Precedents Trees in boarding island
San Jose, CA VTA Light Rail
Portland, Oregon MAX Light Rail
San Jose VTA Light Rail
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