The Shadelands Gateway Specific Plan is a mixed-use land use plan with a grocery store, office, retail and restaurant space, and senior residential housing on a 25-acre site along Ygnacio Valley Road. W-Trans developed circulation concepts to accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians, protect adjacent neighborhoods, and...
The focus of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail is a rails-with-trails project that extended about 70 miles along the entire length of Santa Cruz County around the Monterey Bay. The trail is planned for installation along a rail line that would maintain low-speed freight...
A pedestrian hybrid beacon, also known as a HAWK, was selected to address safety concerns relative to a mid-block crossing of a two-lane rural arterial connecting a proposed senior housing facility to a regional park. Traffic engineering challenges included an anticipated increase in the number...
Under contract to the County of Sonoma, Department of Health Services (DHS), W-Trans assessed existing transportation conditions and identified engineering and enforcement needs at ten schools participating in the Sonoma County Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program. The process included outreach and walking audits with...
W-Trans assisted with the design plans and specifications for a roundabout at the junction of two arterials in Agua Caliente, located at the transition between rural and suburban Sonoma County. W-Trans was responsible for the horizontal design of the roundabout, roundabout signing and striping plans,...
In 2011, W-Trans studied 17 corridors identified by the community where the feasibility of adding bike lanes was uncertain and road widening is considered infeasible. The evaluation included confirming design assumptions with local and state transportation specialists followed by development of bike facility alternatives. Such...
W-Trans completed a complete street corridor evaluation of Alameda de las Pulgas between Ralston Avenue and Club Drive-Dartmouth Avenue at the border of the Cities of San Carlos and Belmont in the vicinity of Carlmont High School and Tierra Linda Middle School. The focus of...
This study was prepared for a section of roadway in the City of Rohnert Park that connects a high school and middle school and has a mid-block crossing serving a popular multi-use pathway. Because the city has long-range plans to widen the roadway, improvements were...
The intersection at State Route 46/Union Road in Paso Robles is identified as a future grade-separated interchange. Recognizing the need for interim intersection improvements to maintain access and safety, the City oversaw production of a Caltrans PSR (PDS) that examines the potential for an at-grade...
Protected-permitted left-turn phasing was installed by former City staff at a number of intersections in the City of Petaluma without benefit of analysis to determine its suitability. To address complaints about its functionality at some locations, W-Trans was hired to evaluate 26 intersections to determine...