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11 Criteria Definitions Additional detail regarding how to navigate each criterion is included by the corresponding number in the flowchart and footnotes. ▪ Meets minimum multimodal volume threshold: The multimodal user crossing demand during a 24-hour period meets one or more of the following criteria. This is the total after the 1.33 volume conversion factor is applied for vulnerable population (i.e., children/young adults (ages 0-17), older adults (60+), and persons with disabilities). o 1 hour (any hour): 20 crossings per hour o 2 hours (any two hours): 15 crossings per hour o 3 hours (any three hours): 10 crossings per hour Of note, the two- or three-hour counts do not need to be consecutive. Multimodal users include a person walking, rolling (e.g., skateboard, scooter, or other nonmotorized or motorized riding device), bicycling (pedal-powered or e-bike), or using a wheelchair, mobility aid, or other battery power-driven mobility device. ▪ Pedestrian or bicycle involved crash in the last ten years: ≥1 crash involving a multimodal user at the existing point crossing under review over the last ten years. A crash not addressable by engineering design (e.g., impaired driver, etc.) does not count. ▪ Location meets the sight distance requirement: The required sight distance for a vehicle to come to a complete stop at the point of crossing per AASHTO’s stopping sight distance outputs using the roadway’s design speed. ▪ Location directly serves a key destination or active transportation facility: Subject to staff review and engineering judgement, examine the surrounding land uses to determine if the proposed crossing directly serves, or is within close proximity, to a key destination or active transportation facility. Key destinations for consideration could include, but are not limited to: school, hospital, senior center, recreation or community center, library, park, bus stop or transit station, or a key activity center, destination, and/or land use subject to staff review. Active transportation facilities may include a multiuse trail, shared use path, sidepath, or greenway adopted by a City of Eagan plan, or other local planning document subject to staff review and approval. ▪ Location from the nearest marked crossing: The NACTO defines an approximate three minute out-of-direction walk as the threshold in which risk-taking behavior by a multimodal user may then occur. Pedestrians naturally desire to travel along the quickest and most direct pathway of travel. Utilizing the MN MUTCD’s 3.5 feet per second calculation for pedestrian travel, that equates to 600 feet total, or 300 feet in either direction from the crosswalk. These distances could vary and are dependent upon the surrounding context (i.e., urban, suburban, or rural) and characteristics of the roadway. The minimum distance allowable is 300 feet between crossings per the MN MUTCD (page 4D-1).