Corridor Concepts

This concept incorporates street furniture and placemaking elements but is focused on the changes to the roadway and transportation network. The concept focuses on enhancing the current parking protected bike lanes south of 1st Street and applying similar treatments throughout the corridor as possible. Between Liberty Street and 1st Street, the concept will formalize the existing buffer between parked vehicles and the bike lane with concrete curbing and improved crossing treatments at the intersections. Between 1st Street and 6th Street, the project concept will construct a buffered bike lane with removable bollards and remove the center median & turn lanes at most intersections in this portion; removable bollards will allow for this portion of the corridor to continue to accommodate special events with vendor booths. This concept will also create a pedestrian refuge between Commercial Row and 3rd Street in order to reduce crossing distances, improve crossings, integrate with the planned 3rd Street facility, and provide a safer alternative for tourists to capture photos with the Reno Arch. Between 6th and 7th the concept includes potential options for adding parking or accommodating enhancing transit service with floating bus stops. In order to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists traveling through the northern portion of the corridor, this concept includes a concrete buffer between the bike lane and travel lane from 6th Street to 8th Street. In order to achieve the enhanced connection over I-80, the concept includes the removal of one vehicle travel lane on Virginia Street in both directions between 5th Street and 8th Street.