Executive Summary

The Active Transportation (AT) Plan allowed the City of West Jordan to take a detailed look at bicycle and pedestrian facilities in the city. The plan represents the next step from the Transportation Master Plan to the specifics needed to plan for sidewalk, trail, and bike lane projects. Residents in West Jordan have expressed a desire to see more trails and more and more Utahns are saying that active transportation facilities are important to their quality of life.

This plan is designed to lay the groundwork for enhancing active transportation in the community by presenting a vision for future AT projects and how to see them realized. This plan is organized into five sections that illustrate the journey from Where We Are (section 2), to What We Heard (section 3), Where We're Going (section 4), Planned Projects (section 5), and How We Get There (section 6). Throughout this study there were regular meetings and interaction with City staff and officials and well as a focus on collaborating with residents and key community stakeholders about what they would like to see in West Jordan.

Figure 1-1:

Joint West Jordan and South Jordan Study

The study was conducted jointly between West Jordan and South Jordan. The two cities worked together at the same time to collaborate on projects and to help ensure that needed connections on corridors spanning both cities could be realized. Projects like buffered bike lanes on 2700 West are important to both West Jordan and South Jordan, and the cities wanted consistency and coordination across borders.

The collaborative planning process was instrumental throughout the study, specifically with the Steering Committee members from both cities and in the joint website for the project: www.jordanatp.com.

Figure 1-2: Community event

Many of the planned projects in the project prioritization map came from public input.

Summary

Hundreds of public comments about potential active transportation projects were collected and reviewed. These potential projects were evaluated against the projects already identified in past plans and alongside bicycle and pedestrian usage data to develop and refine a final list of projects. These projects include striped, buffered and separated bike lanes, trails, sidewalks, and byways.

The full list of projects for both West Jordan and South Jordan was ranked based on a number of criteria developed by the team including comfort, potential usage, regionality, public support, etc. The rankings were reviewed by the team, and while they generally indicate priority they do not need to be completed in order. Figure 1-3 shows a map of the ranked projects in West Jordan and Table 1-1 provides the list of projects.

Figure 1-3: Active transportation project prioritization map

Active transportation project list

Table 1-1: Active transportation project prioritization

Table 1-2: Project prioritization total cost and miles by Tier

Cost estimates were developed by active transportation engineers based on the most recent bid prices for construction items like striping paint and concrete curbs. The full construction cost estimates were based on facility types and linear feet of construction. Buffered or protected bike lane projects costs are based on recently completed buffered or protected bike lane projects. Variability in the cost of these projects is based upon design choices, restrictions, and existing conditions. A common occurrence that will effect cost is if a bike lane and buffer can be striped in the existing road, if right-of-way is required to add the buffered bike lane, or if it is a curb protected bike lane that requires new concrete and drainage accommodations, that is why they are shown as a range.

All the cost estimates include a contingency and should be considered planning level cost estimates only. Better engineering based costs will need to be developed as projects near construction.