https://www.strans.org/initiatives daily 0.75 2023-10-05 https://www.strans.org/initiatives/missoula-urban-greenway-system monthly 0.5 2023-10-04 https://www.strans.org/initiatives/transportation-hubs monthly 0.5 2023-10-04 https://www.strans.org/initiatives/missoula-arterial-street-standard monthly 0.5 2023-10-04 https://www.strans.org/initiatives/sustainable-community monthly 0.5 2023-10-05 https://www.strans.org/city-design-discussion daily 0.75 2022-05-16 https://www.strans.org/city-design-discussion/event-two-c5c5n monthly 0.5 2022-01-14 https://www.strans.org/city-design-discussion/event-four-wg6a3 monthly 0.5 2022-01-14 https://www.strans.org/city-design-discussion/event-three-fgcl9 monthly 0.5 2022-01-14 https://www.strans.org/city-design-discussion/event-five-ngl5m monthly 0.5 2022-01-14 https://www.strans.org/city-design-discussion/event-one-2gldf monthly 0.5 2022-05-16 https://www.strans.org/aboutmist daily 0.75 2023-10-04 https://www.strans.org/home daily 1.0 2023-06-13 https://www.strans.org/take-action daily 0.75 2024-06-26 https://www.strans.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2022-09-08 https://www.strans.org/higgins daily 0.75 2022-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620008d12399336b84d0d318/d6898050-a498-4987-9d6b-b91a80747abb/Screenshot+2022-03-06+8.09.40+AM.png Higgins Avenue - Higgins is Blocked and Dangerous The current configuration of Higgins- from Broadway to Brooks- does not work for our community. Four lanes, undivided, in the heart of Missoula, leads to crashes, congestion and road rage. For drivers, left turns block the through movement or are prohibited altogether. For people on bicycles, being doored, sideswiped or T-boned happens way too often. People that walk risk the pedestrian double threat and face fast, loud and distracted drivers. We now have an opportunity of a generation to change this unsustainable situation and make for a great street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620008d12399336b84d0d318/e2476f1e-5ab1-4aa4-9e02-cbcd086881d2/Screenshot+2022-03-06+12.44.08+PM.png Higgins Avenue - Making A Great Street, Letting Higgins Flow. The picture on the left is N. Higgins. N. Higgins use to be a dangerous 4-lane design. The community came together and changed the street. We can do the same with sections to the south, from Broadway to Brooks. A 2-lane or 3-lane design improves traffic flow, allows for protected bike lanes and creates a pedestrian and people experience worthy of the hearth of Missoula . https://www.strans.org/roundabouts daily 0.75 2023-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620008d12399336b84d0d318/d6089b2f-0ed3-4419-87d9-0e24df8f1845/good+single+lane+roundabout.jpg Roundabouts - Make it stand out A single lane roundabout with fast exit design- drivers can exit too quickly, endangering other street users. Also, notice the ‘truck apron’ - the concrete area between the inner landscaped circle and the asphalt circulating lane. Cars stay in the circulating lane, while large trucks can track over the apron if needed. The optimum height of a truck apron is about three inches- tall enough to keep cars off the apron yet short enough to allow bigger truck tires to roll over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620008d12399336b84d0d318/2bc1eda0-7e8f-4c47-92c3-cdab8cc7a2eb/double+laner+from+above.jpg Roundabouts - Make it stand out Double lane roundabout (two circulating lanes around the center island) from overhead: Our work focuses on reducing motor traffic to the point that a single lane roundabout can work well within a community. Communities can reduce traffic with a host of measures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620008d12399336b84d0d318/5da757a6-cea1-4ba7-9614-4df7407bbf09/roundaboutsetup.jpg Roundabouts - Make it stand out A demonstration roundabout built in ten minutes at the intersection of Spruce and Higgins, May, 2001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620008d12399336b84d0d318/ed3b2241-ff72-4dff-ae75-cc762b274089/rooftop+roundabout.jpg Roundabouts - Make it stand out 5-legged roundabout: The exit leg at the bottom of the picture is an example of a ‘fast exit design’- the angle allows too much speed. We are an advocate for slower exit speeds with more acute angles of deflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620008d12399336b84d0d318/a2790d93-7c7c-48b2-8007-98f2fdd4a34a/raleigh+roundabout.jpg Roundabouts - Make it stand out Raleigh, NC roundabout- good size and scale with one lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620008d12399336b84d0d318/ef187969-c881-4017-943e-85e635cef9b1/bike+lane+roundabout.jpg Roundabouts - Make it stand out A bike rider can either move left and ride in the travel lane, or move right, using the ramp and then the path to go around the roundabout. The bike lane stripe in the above picture should be dashed for about 50’ on the approach and departure of the roundabout. 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