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APPROACH Ira BkFIOOT Y EARS ENGINEERS.SURVEYORS.PLANNERS As seen in the previous image, the majority of the interchange sites to be studied have been recently modified by projects which BKF Engineers (BKF) designed. This provides the BKF which innate and consider information that will have us jump start the City of Pleasanton's I-580 and I-680 Bicycle and Pedestrian and Overcrossing Improvements Project(Project). Additionally streamlining the process will be Fehr & Peers specific knowledge of the 2010 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan which they developed for the CITY and is currently working with the CITY to update the Plan to incorporate the national best practices that have emerged which the Project's proposed improvements will be consistent with. Pedestrian and Bicycle Issues Everyday hundreds of pedestrians, a. including working adults, students, and •t •' disabled persons, walk to or from the t�,' `' .;.„. " interchanges, often crossing high-speed - ,y * -�- ramps and roadways, walking along • }'. steep grades, waiting in small •,? -�-• >� , , -.= intersection refuge islands, trying to ` I' avoid tripping hazards, walking on � _ narrow sidewalks next to traffic, - '— crossing double turning lanes and navigating excessive cross-slopes. Recreational, commuter and tourist bicyclists travel along the overpass-both on weekdays and weekends-sharing the outside travel lanes with motorists speeding up to access the long diagonal on- ramps and weaving with vehicles turning onto the loop-on ramps. Bicyclists contend with long intersection crossings and extended grades, and steer through ever-present traffic congestion. BKF, based on field reviews and experience, has summarized the disposition of or the lack of the pedestrian and bicycle improvements at the 8 interchanges at the end of this section. APPROACH Based on our extensive experience working within the Caltrans jurisdiction to implement multi-modal improvements, the BKF Team understands that Caltrans requirements and standards do not always coincide with the national guidelines set by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and NACTO. This requires close coordination with Caltrans Pedestrian & Bicycle, Sergio Ruiz, HQ Design Coordinator, Rob Effinger and District Design Liasion, William Gee who are pinnacle in determining acceptable concept designs and viable design exceptions. BKF has conducted numerous meetings and conversations with these individuals to develop innovative and safe multi-modal improvements through Caltrans right of way and specifically through interchanges where the design and interpretation of the most effective design is sometimes subjective. Given that the final outcome of the Master Plan may not be currently funded and that the disposition of the interchanges may evolve through time either by deterioration or proposed improvements such as a potential interchange modification project at I-680/Sunol Boulevard, BKF propose to approach the Project by identifying 3 levels of potential pedestrian and bicycle measures to fit a wide spectrum of funding opportunities, changing environment or community requests for immediate improvements: • Short-term measures that can be implemented in the near-term at reasonable costs • Medium-term measures that would require moderate traffic operations and/or geometric revisions to the interchange • Where applicable, longer-range measures that would require substantial changes to the interchange The means of achieving the above documentation to include conducting an accessibility evaluation and remediation for ADA compliance involves a 4-step process: City Of Pleasanton i ;i86 anu I-68(i d,cyclu and i'exietrian Overciossuig Improvenier IME:1 ,1NTON.