RFQ 23rd Street Multi-Modal Corridor Study

In 2002, a 23rd Street Corridor Study (Kansas Highway 10) between Iowa Street (US 59) and Noria Road (E 1750 Rd.) was completed providing a vision for the future of 23rd Street. Since then the 23rd Street Corridor Study1 has provided a basis for reducing driveways and curb cuts, restricting turning movements, adding center turn lanes, and developing a more connected pedestrian network. In the years since the study, incremental progress has been made in implementing improvements on 23rd Street between Iowa Street and the east city limits. Now is the time to re-envision the corridor, as 23rd Street from Learnard Avenue to East City Limits is planned for reconstruction in 2021. Since the 2002 study, the MPO/City of Lawrence has adopted a complete streets resolution/policy, a pattern of crashes has emerged through the crash analysis2, and missing pedestrian and bicycle links have been identified in the Countywide Bikeway Plan3, Regional Pedestrian Plan, and the Fixed Route Transit and Pedestrian Accessibility Study. 23rd Street no longer serves as State Highway K-10 since the South Lawrence Trafficway was opened in 2016. The removal of the state highway designation, the passage of the City complete streets policy, the crash history, and the multimodal vision of Transportation 2040 warrants a revised study of 23rd Street from Learnard Street to the eastern city limits before anticipated 2021 reconstruction.