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                Complete Streets Construction Cost Case Study: Village Center in the City of La Quinta, CA
FHWA-HRT-23-059.pdf (3.43 MB)
      
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                  Publication Type:Report
                  Publication Number:FHWA-HRT-23-059
              Abstract:This case study summarizes how the city of La Quinta, California partnered with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Go Human community engagement program to seek public input on how to revitalize the village center and create an environment friendly to pedestrians and bicyclists while promoting safety and mobility for all users. The city began gathering input with surveys, virtual consultations, and face-to-face meetings focused on safety and mobility challenges.

Prior to the La Quinta Village Complete Streets project, each of the three roadways had four 12-ft travel lanes and a raised center median. The right-of-way of each roadway was approximately 108 ft wide. Average daily traffic volumes exceeded 10,000 vehicles on all three roadways. Speed surveys showed that 85 percent of all traffic on the three roadways operated above the posted speed limit.

The city of La Quinta had been planning a revitalization of the village center, in part by promoting an environment friendly to pedestrians and bicyclists and by improving safety and mobility for all roadway users. Addressing the problems identified in the La Quinta Village Complete Streets project was part of the revitalization effort.



Recommended citation: Federal Highway Administration, Complete Streets Construction Cost Case Study: Village Center in the City of La Quinta, CA (Washington, DC: 2023) https://doi.org/10.21949/1522004.
              Publishing Date:May 2023
              Posting Date:06/15/2023
                              Digital Object Identifier:https://doi.org/10.21949/1522004
              Author(s):Corrigan,
    
          Matthew
              Publishing Office:Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
                  FHWA Program(s):Research
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              AMRP Program(s):Transportation Performance Management, Asset Management
              FHWA Activities:Pedestrian / Bicycle
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              Subject Area:Research
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