Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
June 2018
Quotable Quote
In 2017 and 2018, CDTC • Coordinate with the speed limit on Albany
partnered with the Town of Town’s Comprehensive Shaker Road of 5 to 10 mph
Colonie and Albany County to Plan update project to • Installation of traffic calming
conduct the Albany Shaker Road allow for integration with features on side streets to
Corridor Study. The study area the plan
I-787 Study goes Live! extends along Albany Shaker
discourage or slow down
through traffic
On March 13th, CDTC held the final Road from Old Maxwell Road
to Everett Road including the • Enforcement on Albany
public open house for the I-787/
transportation corridor itself, Shaker Road and side
Hudson Waterfront Corridor Study
along with the adjacent land streets to keep drivers
to share the draft report and open
and businesses. This 2.4 mile traveling at or below the
a 30 day public comment period.
section of the Albany County posted speed limit
Nearly 100 members of the public
attended to the two presentations facility is an important corridor • Improved and/or alternative
and shared their thoughts with us. for all modes including regional access to The Crossings
commuting between Albany Source: Albany Shaker Road Corridor Study
and I-87 (Adirondack Northway) (report) by CME • Additional sidewalks along
CDTC has recognized that busy
and points west, local transit, Albany Shaker Road,
lives have decreased attendance
and also for short trips by 2. Conduct a public outreach considering two primary
at public meetings so for the first
foot, car or bicycle between options:
time CDTC utilized Facebook Live approach that develops a
local neighborhoods and »
»Continuous sidewalks on
to stream the presentation in real mutual understanding of
businesses, The Crossings, and both sides of Albany Shaker
time and record it for future view- issues and builds consensus
the Shaker Elementary School. Road from The Crossings to
ing. By mid-May, the presentation – this includes a process to
The secondary study area also Everett Road
had been viewed by 143 individu- engage the community in
extends to the north to include »
»Continuous sidewalk on
als (you do not need a Facebook learning about the benefits
Maxwell Road, Old Niskayuna one side of Albany Shaker
account to view the video). Live and potential trade-offs of
Road and Osborne Road. Within Road from The Crossings to
video streaming is a great way to complete streets designs
the study area, a detailed traffic Everett Road
connect with the public and grow along Albany Shaker Road
our audience and will be utilized simulation model was developed • Improved pedestrian
and to seek and obtain
in future CDTC public meetings to help understand the crossings along the Albany
public input on conceptual
during planning studies. operational trade-offs of various Shaker Road corridor at the
designs that balance the
alternatives and the potential following locations:
needs of all roadway users.
The public comment period closed impacts of undeveloped land in » Crossings/Emerick
»The
on April 13th and we are working and adjacent to the study area. Two public meetings were held Lane
with CHA Consulting to respond and many public comments were »
»Maria Drive/Marie Parkway
to all the comments with the goal The overall objectives of the considered in studying existing »
»Shaker El
of finalizing the report in June. Albany Shaker Road Corridor conditions and developing draft »
»Osborne Road
Look for project updates and the Study are to: recommendations. The draft »
»Everett Road
March open house Facebook Live 1. Identify transportation and final report is under review by • Safety improvements at
video on the project website at land-use recommendations CDTC, the Town and the County. locations with the higher
http://787waterfrontstudy.blog- that: concentrations of crashes,
spot.com. § • Enhance the character which for this corridor are at
of the corridor for all the intersections below:
land-uses, including the »» Everett Road intersection
adjacent residential, »» Osborne Road intersection
businesses and other and the Albany Shaker
undeveloped parcels Road approaches to the
• Mitigate the traffic Osborne Road intersection
concerns taking into »» Maxwell Road intersection
consideration the twenty-
four hour traffic volumes Source: Albany Shaker Road Corridor Study
(report) by CME
• Installation of a raised
and speeds median on Albany Shaker
• Address safety and Road between Maxwell
quality of life concerns Draft recommendations include: Road and Wolf Road
for all users, including For more information, contact
pedestrians, bicyclists, Chris O’Neill at 518-458-2161. §
• Reduction of the posted
and motor vehicle drivers
IN MOTION Page 3
The Capital District Transportation completeness. The Town of Knox Proposals. meeting and identify next steps.
Committee (CDTC) and the withdrew their application as they
Capital District Regional Planning will be pursuing the project with Niskayuna Balltown Road/Craig Wilton Route 50/Old Gick Road
Commission (CDRPC) introduced their own resources. Elementary Complete Streets - Area Traffic Study - Review
a new Technical Assistance Assess existing conditions and the findings of a development
Program for 2018. The program Following conversations with the non-motorized transportation related traffic study to assess the
is intended to fill gaps in local remaining five applicants to clarify connections (bicycle and mitigation proposals and identify
level planning needs and to aspects of their requests, CDTC’s pedestrian facilities) for further alternative approaches.
advance planning initiatives that Planning Committee approved study.
the following projects for funding Schenectady County Park
resonate with CDTC’s New Visions Rotterdam Junction/Route 5S Utilization Plan - Coordinate
2040 Regional Transportation at its May 2018 meeting:
Streetscape - Inventory and map available background information
Plan. Six proposals were Guilderland Trails Planning available existing transportation between the County departments,
received in March from the - Provide trail inventory and conditions, suggest bicycle create an inventory of existing
Towns of Knox, Guilderland, mapping assistance, review and pedestrian improvements park assets, conduct a gap
Rotterdam, Niskayuna, Wilton existing trail planning documents (crosswalks, signage etc.), analysis with recommendations
and Schenectady County. Staff and assist with the development develop a project funding options and develop a park user survey. §
reviewed the six applications and of a trail plan Request for matrix, facilitate one public
vetted them for eligibility and
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CDTC and CDRPC (Capital Dis- The Census Bureau uses the also had the opportunity to ad- at the census block group level.
trict Regional Planning Commis- statistical areas defined for the just/expand our TAZ (Traffic Anal- Over the next 2 years, CDTC and
sion) are beginning preparations 2020 Census to tabulate data for ysis Zone) network under a cen- CDRPC will be working together
for the 2020 Census. Census the ACS (American Community sus program named TAZUP. TAZ’s on the coordination between the
data is an important component Survey) throughout the decade. are special areas delineated by refinement of CDTC’s TAZ net-
of CDTC and CDRPC’s everyday ACS datasets are used to plan MPO’s for tabulating traffic-re- work and the 2020 Census PSAP
work, for uses such as develop- for future community needs and lated data, usually consisting of to ensure that any changes to ex-
ing the regional travel demand to prepare grant applications to one or more census blocks, block isting TAZ’s and block groups are
model and environmental justice fund community and regional de- groups, or census tracts. supportive of our transportation
evaluations. The 2020 Census velopment, as well as other need- planning needs and consistent
2020 will mark the first time that
Participant Statistical Areas Pro- ed community improvements and with our travel demand model.
census data will not be made
gram (PSAP) is the only oppor- enhancements. Please visit https://www.census.
available at the TAZ geography.
tunity prior to the 2020 Census gov/programs-surveys/decenni-
CDTC and CDRPC have worked However, CDTC will continue to
for regional planning agencies to al-census/about/psap.html for
together on the PSAP in the past use TAZ geography in our re-
review and update selected U.S. additional information on the
and will continue to do so for the gional travel model and will be
Census Bureau statistical areas. 2020 Census PSAP. §
2020 Census. Previously, CDTC able to use data made available
IN MOTION Page 5
Completed in 1990, CDTC’s Wolf Road Trans- the option of accessing Wolf Road at con- toward completing the service road network.
portation Plan called for carefully managing trolled intersections rather than at stop-con- This spring, NYSDOT began construction on a
property access in the Wolf Road corridor. trolled driveways on both sides of the highway. section of CDTC’s planned service behind 50
Limiting the number of driveways, sharing The Town of Colonie and Albany County joint- Wolf Road. When complete, this section of
access, and connecting properties wherever ly reaffirmed CDTC’s access management road will connect to the existing road behind
possible were the kinds of treatments that plan in 1992 with the adoption of the Alba- One Park Place and the traffic signal at Sand
the plan recommended. Notably, the plan ny County Airport Generic Environmental Im- Creek Road. §
also called for the completion of a functional pact Study Plan. Since the adoption of those
service road network that would improve Wolf plans, substantial progress has been made
Road safety and accessibility by giving traffic
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National Bike to School Day was and teachers handed out fruit,
May 9th. It’s an annual event to LED bike lights, and child-sized
celebrate the benefits of biking to safety vests to students as they
school. For the third year, Capital rolled up to school that morning.
District area schools competed For 2018, Hamagrael (photo
for the “Wheel of Knowledge,” on left) will keep the Wheel of
a trophy that goes to the school Knowledge, their third year as
with the highest number of par- the Albany County winner. And
ticipants in each county. Bike to Lake Avenue Elementary School
School Day events have become (photo on right) maintains their Day on October 10, 2018 or the
fun community events throughout ed “this is the best day of school” title in Saratoga County. You can next Bike to School Day, May 8,
the region. One Lake Avenue Ele- at their event. At Hamagrael Ele- promote active transportation by 2019. §
mentary School parent comment- mentary in Bethlehem, parents participating in Walk to School
The CDTC sponsored competition est percent participation (18%) In Saratoga County, Saratoga fice. The small employer with the
for Bike to Work Day, May 18th. for a large employer. The highest Springs Public Library had the highest percent participation is
This year, 523 people registered percent (63%) participation for a most (26) riders and the highest Land Art Studio NY. Kevin Conway
for the challenge, amounting to small organization goes to Parks percent participation (large orga- at BMPC Knolls rode the longest
over 6,400 bicycle miles, replac- and Trails New York. BERP’s Mike nization) with 24%. The highest commute, of 66 miles.
ing about 260 gallons of fuel, 5, Soucie rode the longest commute, percent (44%) participation for The City of Cohoes holds on to
096 lbs of CO2, and burning about at 82 round trip miles. a small organization goes to Lu- the munici-
279,000 calories! LaRoe Kirsten Ott. Ken Williams
In Rensselaer County, RPI had the pal challenge
at the Waterford-Halfmoon Central
The winners are: most (11) participants and Capital trophy, for the
School District wins the trophy for
Roots won for the highest percent highest per-
In Albany County, the trophy for the the longest commute, riding 53
(13%) participation for a large or- cent participa-
most riders goes to the New York miles.
ganization. David Hooper at the tion with 3%
State Department of Environmen-
New York Independent System In Schenectady County, Union of employees
tal Conservation (NYSDEC) Cen-
Operator won the trophy for the College had the most riders, at riding. §
tral Office, with 29 riders. BERP
longest round trip commute, with 37. The large employer with the
(the Bureau of Environmental Ra-
59.26 miles. highest percent participation, at
diation Protection) had the high-
14%, is the NYSDEC Region 4 Of-
CDPHP CYCLE!
CDTA launched season 2 of allowing riders to access most the service area for $2. There is app has the most up-to-date rack
CDPHP Cycle! on April 18, 2018. points in each city, including a $100 charge for locking a bike locations and cycle availability
This season, there are 80 stationsresidential neighborhoods, local outside of the service area—so, if throughout the season. §
spread across Albany, Saratoga hospitals, universities, and parks. a rider goes outside of one of the
Springs, Schenectady, and Troy, The new rack locations were designated areas, make sure the
with 350 bicycles in service. The based on voting from community bike is on “hold” to lock it up and
system will be available through members, ridership data from avoid being charged.
the summer and fall, with a season one, and integration with More information on
scheduled end date of November transit and bicycle infrastructure. memberships is available at
30. Like last season, bicycles may www.cdphpcycle.com or by
The Cycle! service areas for 2018 be docked to one of the CDPHP downloading the CDPHP Cycle!
have been significantly expanded, Cycle! racks, or to any existing app on your phone. The website or
bike rack or street furniture within
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Capital District
Transportation Committee
One Park Place, Main Floor
Albany, NY 12205-2628
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
Capital District Transportation
Committee
One Park Place, Main Floor
Albany, NY 12205-2628
Phone: 518-458-2161
Fax: 518-729-5764
Email: cdtc@cdtcmpo.org
www.cdtcmpo.org
Chair
Mayor Kathy M. Sheehan
Executive Director
Michael V. Franchini
Albany County
Daniel P. McCoy
Andrew Joyce
Rensselaer County
Steven F. McLaughlin
Michael E. Stammel
Saratoga County
Ed Kinowski
Thomas C. Werner
Schenectady County
Anthony W. Jasenski, Sr.
Joe Landry
City of Albany
Mayor Kathy M. Sheehan
City of Cohoes
Mayor Shawn M. Morse
City of Mechanicville
Mayor Dennis M .Baker
City of Rensselaer Calender
Mayor Daniel J. Dwyer
City of Saratoga Springs Please call CDTC to confirm.
Mayor Meg Kelly
City of Schenectady
06/06/18 CDTC Community Planners Forum @ 9:30 AM, CDTC Office
Mayor Gary R. McCarthy 06/07/18 CDTC Policy Board @3:00 PM, CDTC Office
City of Troy
06/12/18 CDTC Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee @ 9:00 AM, CDTC Office
Mayor Patrick Madden
City of Watervliet 06/13/18 Regional Safety Summit @8:30 AM, The Crossings
Mayor Michael P. Manning 06/13/18 CDTC Smart Communities Task Force
Town of Colonie
Paula A. Mahan 06/27/18 CDTC Planning Committee @ 9:30 AM, CDTC Office
Towns and Villages 07/10/18 CDTC Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee @ 9:00 AM, CDTC Office
Jack Conway, East Greenbush
Peter Barber, Guilderland 08/01/18 CDTC Planning Committee @ 9:30 AM, CDTC Office
Alternates 08/14/18 CDTC Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee @ 9:00 AM, CDTC Office
Vincent DeLucia, Malta
Louis Esposito, Princetown
08/15/18 CDTC Freight Advisory Committee @ 9:00 AM, CDTC Office
Albany County Airport Authority 09/06/18 CDTC Policy Board @3:00 PM, CDTC Office
John A. O’Donnell
09/11/18 CDTC Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee @ 9:00 AM, CDTC Office
Albany Port District Commission
Richard J. Hendrick 09/13/18 CDTC Community Planners Forum @ 9:30 AM, CDTC Office
Capital District Regional Planning
Commission IN MOTION is published by the Capital District Transportation Committee as an as-
James D. Shaughnessy pect of its public outreach program. Funding for the newsletter is provided by the
Capital District Transportation Authority Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration as part of
Carm Basile CDTC’s Unified Planning Work Program. The contents of the articles are the responsi-
New York State Dept. of Transportation, bility of the CDTC staff and do not necessarily reflect the policies of FHWA, FTA,
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NYSDOT, or other agencies or governments.
Sam Zhou
New York State Thruway Authority
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