Bicycle Facilities W Seminary Drive is designated as a bike route; however, there are no bicycle facilities along the corridor. To ensure bicycle safety along the corridor, • I t is recommended that buffered bicycle lanes be installed along the corridor. The extra right-of- way from a potential road diet can be repurposed into directional bike lanes. Conversely, the roadway can be narrowed and the bike lanes can be sidewalk-level or the sidewalks can be widened to create a shared use path. Intersection - Focused Recommendations The following observations were made at specific intersections along W Seminary Drive: 6 th Avenue This is a signalized intersection. There are curb ramps on all corners. Rosemont Park is on the northwest corner and Rosemont Elementary School is on the southwest corner. There are single - family homes on the northeast and southeast corners. There have been two KSI crashes at this intersection.
Table 151 : 6th Avenue intersection recommendations Category
Issues and Recommendations
Issue : Curb ramps are not ADA compliant and are misaligned from the crosswalks. Recommendation : Reconstruct or repair existing curb ramps. Issue : Crosswalk is unmarked on north, east, and south legs of the intersection. Recommendation : Install new high-visibility crosswalks on north, east, and south legs of the intersection. Issue : Wide north leg of intersection. Seminary Drive crossing is extremely long. Pedestrian pushbuttons are not accessible. Pedestrian signals are not on auto - recall. Recommendation : Install curb extensions and remove right turn lane on north leg. Narrow lanes on Seminary Drive. Relocate pedestrian pushbuttons. Place pedestrian signals on auto-recall and implement LPI. Issue : Northeast sidewalk is missing along 6 th Avenue. Northeast sidewalk along W Seminary Drive is overgrown and too narrow. Recommendation : Install new sidewalk along 6 th Avenue. Reconstruct sidewalk along W Seminary Drive.
Curb ramp
Crosswalk
Other Crossing Characteristics
Sidewalk
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