Corridor 5: NW 26 th Street
NW 26 th Street runs east to west between N Main Street to Angle Avenue. It is on the Pedestrian HIN. Context NW 26 th Street functions as a residential street with commercial use at the eastern end. This corridor intersects with Ellis Avenue at Rodeo Park and ends in the Historic Stockyards District. The roadway consists of two lanes, and has unmarked, on -street parking. The corridor is approximately 0.50 miles in length. There are intermittent sidewalks present on both sides. The speed limit on the corridor is 30 mph. The typical pavement width ranges from 26 feet in residential area ( two l anes) to 48 feet in commercial area ( four lanes), while the right-of-way width is approximately 68 feet. The Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) for this corridor is 192 , according to 2023 Replica Model Data. Crash History A crash data analysis was performed for the NW 26 th Street corridor to understand the contributing factors and identify focus areas for countermeasures. From 2019 to 2023, 43 total crashes occurred on NW 26 th Street from N Main Street to Angle Avenue. About half of the overall crashes occurred at dusk or at night demonstrating the need for additional lighting on the corridor. Eighty-one percent of those crashes occurred at intersections, making intersection - related recommendations a focus of this evaluation. There was one crash involving a bicycle which occurred at N Main Street . There were two crashes involving a motorcycle at Lee Avenue and Main Street. There were six crashes involving a pedestrian, five of which occurred at N Main Street . Most occurred due to driver inattention and the failure to yield right of way to the pedestrian. Most happened when vehicles were turning left. Overall, there were no fatal or severe injury crashes ; five crashes resulted in minor injuries.
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