1. JUAN DE FUCA PEDESTRIAN CROSSING Transportation and Public Infrastructure Committee
Colwood, BC
1 October 2012

2. Outline Why is a Crossing Needed? Crossing Safety Proposed Crossing
Crossing Operation
What are the impacts to Pedestrians/Bicycles?
What are the impacts to Vehicles?
What is the impact to the Juan de Fuca Driveways?
Model of Peak Hours (Synchro)

3. Why is the Crossing Needed?
Existing Crossings are occurring
Pedestrian Generators on each side – Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, McDonalds, A&W, Jasmines, etc. – create potential for increased demand
Allows safe pedestrian and bicycle crossings
Nearest crossing is 250m+
Nearest crossing includes crossing Ocean Blvd, Island Highway, and Wale Rd

4. Crossing Safety
Improves safety for southbound cyclists to access Juan de Fuca
Improves safety westbound cyclists to access Island Highway
Implementation of a marked crosswalk, alone, appears to significantly increase pedestrian crash rates
Addition of a raised median does appear to reduce pedestrian crashes
Use of an exclusive pedestrian phase appears to reduce pedestrian crashes

5. Proposed Crossing
Offset Crossing Allows Pedestrians to Walk Facing Traffic
Each Highway Direction Operates Separately to Minimize Stopping for Vehicles
Includes:
Audibles
Countdown timers
Navigators to give message to pedestrians
Crossing One Leg at a Time
Separate left turn into Juan de Fuca
Elephants Feet to be added for Cyclists
Right Out Only at Juan de Fuca Driveway

6. Crosswalk Signal Operations
North and South Directions on Island Highway will operate independently
Signals will be coordinated with Ocean Blvd/Wale Rd signal network with consideration for Wilfert signal network
Juan de Fuca Crossing Cycle Lengths range from 45 sec to 70 sec (half cycles of adjacent signals)
Half Cycles minimize pedestrian delays

7. Crosswalk Signal Operations
Signals will be coordinate between
7:00am to 9:00am
2:00pm to 8:00pm
Signals will be actuated by pedestrians & bicycles
** if no pedestrians/bicycles the signal will remain green for vehicles **
Signals will be uncoordinated between 8:00pm and 7:00am and 9:00am and 2:00pm
Juan de Fuca driveway (exit) will be controlled by a stop sign separate from signals/crosswalks

8. Crosswalk Signal Operations
Southbound left turn operates as follows: NB
SBL NB
SBL NB
SBL NB
SBL NB
SBL

9. Crossing Times
Pedestrians will cross each direction of Island Highway separately
Each leg is approximately 10m wide
Pedestrians will be given 7 seconds of
WALK & 10 seconds of DON’T WALK
Due to coordination pedestrians may have
delays in service
Pedestrians may have to wait in median

10. Pedestrian Impacts
Time of Day
Max Wait to Cross NB Lanes
Max Wait to Cross SB Lanes
Crossing Time
Total
Expected Crossing Time
43 sec
48 sec
25 sec
116 sec
(1 min 56 sec)
53 seconds
53 sec
28 sec
106 sec
(1 min 46 sec)
38 sec
33 sec
46 sec
104 sec
(1min 44 sec)
86 sec
(1 min 26 sec)
Working on Option to Minimize Pedestrian Delay due to Wait for Signal to Provide Service

11. Vehicle Volumes AM: NB has over 2,500 vph / SB has 750 vph
Mid-Day: NB and SB each have 1,300 vph
PM: NB has 1,250 vph / SB has over 1,900 vph
After an event (Shamrocks): NB and SB each have 500 to 650 vph

12. Vehicle Impacts Coordination will work to minimize north-south delays
Vehicles turning left off Wale Road may be impacted
In AM Wale Rd = 22% (550vph) of Island Hwy
In PM Wale Rd = 31% (425vph) of Island Hwy

13. Vehicle Delays
Time of Day
Direction
Stopped Delay / Vehicle (s)
95th Queue (m)
AM Peak Hour
Northbound
3.2 to 5.1 seconds
135m
Southbound
1.4 seconds
35m
PM Peak Hour
2.3 to 2.7 seconds
80m
6.2 seconds
Stopped delay is for vehicles stopped or travelling at less than 3m/s

14. Southbound Left Turn Queues
95th percentile queues in peak hour
AM = 20m
PM = 30m

15. Juan de Fuca Access Left turns out of Juan de Fuca access:
AM Peak = 4 vph
Mid-day Peak = 23 vph
PM Peak = 22 vph
After Event = 35 vph
Vehicles will utilize Ocean Blvd Access
Review of After Event Conditions:
No impact at Wale/Ocean/Island Hwy due to shift
Increase in delay turning out of Ocean Blvd Access, but expected with event traffic

16. Synchro Models

17. Thank You! Questions?