CASE STUDY: MIKKELI, FINLAND TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS

CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FRIENDLY STREETS ARE VERY GOOD FOR BUSINESSES

[It is] in the best interest of merchants to favour reallocating space toward their more frequent and higher spending patrons in this case, pedestrians and cyclists.
Source: A Study of Bloor Street, Toronto, February 2009

CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

Common Concerns:
01 Reduced access to businesses? 02 Disruption to downtown traffic flow? 03 Pedestrian safety and conflicts? 04 Loss of customer parking? 05 Diverted traffic overloading intersections?

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CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

Illustration: Mikkeli, Finland Streetscapes Proposal

ADDRESS CONCERNS: FACTS AND FIGURES

Technical Support for Community Projects

Understand concerns Public Participation Identifying Alternatives Data-Driven Route Analysis Sophisticated Signal Coordination Network Visualisations Detailed Geometry and Design Testing Report Findings/Testimony
CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

DATA-DRIVEN ROUTE ANALYSIS

Field observations build understanding of flows Multiple routing alternatives are considered to give decision-makers options Data collection focuses on analysis needs Peak periods are identified to build credible analysis scenarios

CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

NETWORK VISUALISATIONS

Successfully explaining complex traffic ideas with static and dynamic graphic media Traffic flows along streets and at intersections Volumes and detailed turning movements in vivid figures Signal timing, phasing options communicated via diagrams

CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

SOPHISTICATED SIGNAL COORDINATION

Balancing vehicle and pedestrian traffic flows Strengthening the human feel of city streets by avoiding conflicts Programming waves to improve vehicle flow through city centres

Managing flow and safety at heavy pedestrian crossings

Coordinating signals to minimize delays, stacking, and spillback
CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

DETAILED GEOMETRY AND DESIGN TESTING

CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

CASE STUDY: MIKKELI, FINLAND TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS

CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20

CASE STUDY: TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF CHANGING STREET ACCESS 2013/09/20