Charlotte, NC
Phase 1: 4 Lanes → 3 Lanes with bike and pedestrian improvements
Phase 2: 5 Lanes → 3 Lanes with bike and pedestrian improvements
Phase 3: 4 Lanes → 3 Lanes with bike improvements
East Boulevard in Charlotte is a commuter route with approximately 16,000 to 21,400 daily motorized vehicles. Prior to this rightsizing project, motorists often traveled at high speeds along this corridor. It runs through a historic district, and connects retail, cafes, offices, housing, and a regional park. A neighborhood plan adopted in 2002 called for making East Boulevard a “main street,” to reduce high travel speeds, to make it easier and more comfortable to walk along the street and safely cross the street, and to improve bicycling conditions. The changes helped address the street’s high travel speeds, high levels of bicycle and pedestrian accidents, and high number of rear-end and left-turn collisions. East Boulevard was transformed in three phases, which totaled 1.5 miles. Phase I was implemented in 2006, and Phase II was completed in 2010. Following these phases’ success, Phase III, which connects I and II, was completed in 2011.
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