Five Points Glenwood Avenue

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Five Points Streetscape and Safety Study

Improving transportation, safety, and traffic in Five Points

Throughout the week of September 11, in collaboration with the Raleigh Police Department, Raleigh Transportation completed signal modifications at the Five Points intersection. These signal phasing and timing modifications are projected to help incrementally improve the operations and safety of this intersection in the immediate future as the study efforts continue. The Five Points modifications included:

  • Addition of a protected left turn signal phase, which will stop on-coming traffic crossing from east-bound Fairview Road, to increase the safety for traffic turning from Whitaker Mill Road onto southbound (toward downtown) Glenwood Avenue; 
  • Addition of Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPI) at the beginning of pedestrian cycles to allow pedestrians the ability to enter the crosswalk in advance of vehicular traffic being given a green light to begin their movement; and,
  • Extension of pedestrian walk times during pedestrian cycles to allow more time for pedestrians to cross the street.

Staff will continue to monitor the operational and safety performance of the intersection utilizing this data to help inform the continued study and refinement of options for future improvements of this intersection.

Next Steps

The project team is analyzing the feedback received during the public touchpoint #2, preparing follow-up analysis, and coordinating with stakeholders such as other City Departments and NCDOT. The team looks forward to scheduling the third and final touchpoint in early 2024.

Project Details

 
Type:
Transportation Improvements
Budget:
$350,000
Project Lead:
Adil Cheema
Contractors:
Kittelson & Associates

Contact

 

Adil Cheema
Senior Transportation Engineer
Adil.Cheema@raleighnc.gov

Kenneth Ritchie
Mobility Strategy and Infrastructure Manager 
Kenneth.Ritchie@raleighnc.gov

Lead Department:
Transportation
Participating Department:
Planning and DevelopmentEngineering Services
Service Unit:
Mobility Strategy and Infrastructure

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Strategy

The project team has refined the intersection alternatives, including detailed simulation analysis, and has completed work on the greenway connection and begun work on streetscape concepts.

The project has three Touchpoints with the public to convey information and receive feedback. Each Touchpoint will be an in-person open house and have an online engagement or virtual component.

  • Touchpoint #1: October 2022 – COMPLETE
  • Touchpoint #2: May 2023 – COMPLETE
  • Touchpoint #3: Early 2024 - Recommendations

How can you stay up to date on the project?

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Next Steps

 

The project team is analyzing the feedback received during the public touchpoint #2, preparing follow-up analysis, and coordinating with stakeholders such as other City Departments and NCDOT. Three draft alternatives were analyzed for multimodal safety and operations and then presented at the at our second public touchpoint. The project team received hundreds of responses to the survey for touchpoint #2. 

The team looks forward to scheduling the third and final touchpoint in early 2024.

View the survey results.

Phase Contacts

 

Adil Cheema

Senior Transportation Engineer

Adil.Cheema@raleighnc.gov

Lead Department:
Transportation

Five Points Streetscape & Safety Study Second Touchpoint Meeting

The Five Points Streetscape & Safety Study team are holding a second public touchpoint meeting on May 11. Based on public feedback from the first touchpoint meeting, this video provides a summary of the range of intersection alternatives, cost impacts, and the status of the study.

Five Points Public Open House

Touchpoint #1 - Open House, October 6, 2022

Schedule

Meeting Schedule
Touchpoint #1 October 2022
Touchpoint #2 May 2023
Touchpoint #3 Early 2024

Five Points Proposed Concepts

The slideshow below briefly summarizes the feedback received during Touchpoint #1 - October 6, 2022,  along with important preliminary analysis results. Three concepts are now undergoing additional development and analysis. This information will be provided for feedback during Touchpoint #2 in May. For additional details on the concept evaluation, please download the Summary of Intersection Concepts.

Five Points Streetscape and Safety Study Project History

Learn more about the history of Five Points and view the Five Points Streetscape and Safety Study October 6, 2022 Touchpoint meeting.

Five Points History