A Transportation Plan for the Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood

The third and final high priority pedestrian link is Wellford Street from Rugby Avenue to
Greenleaf lane. The installation of sidewalk along Wellford Street will complete the
pedestrian connection of the western portion of the neighborhood to Greenleaf Park.
Because of the relatively low traffic volumes experienced on Wellford street and 30 foot
road width, it is recommended that the roadway be used to accommodate sidewalk
installation on the west side of the street in conjunction with parking restrictions.
Objective Implementation:
The City of Charlottesville should initiate installation of sidewalks with required resident
approval. Several options are available for sidewalk installation depending or road width
and the desires of adjacent residents.
1. On streets with sufficient width, a portion of the asphalt may be removed and a
new sidewalk and curbing installed, reducing the overall width of the road. This
method may also be used in conjunction with the elimination of parking on one
side of the street if the road width will otherwise be too restrictive for vehicular
traffic.
2. Existing right-of-way can be used to install new sidewalks without reducing
current road widths. The existing right-of-way varies depending upon the street
in question.
Objective 1.2: Install crosswalks at locations of high vehicle/pedestrian interaction
To ensure pedestrian safety in Greenleaf Terrace, it is necessary to compliment the
installation of a complete sidewalk network with carefully placed crosswalks at
intersections that pose a hazard to pedestrians due to high traffic volume, the presence of
major pedestrian routes or poor driver visibility. Only one intersection within the
neighborhood, Rose Hill Drive and Oxford Road, currently has a crosswalk; the only
other existing crosswalks excluding those on Rugby Road and Rugby Avenue are the
three on Gentry Lane specifically
to accommodate pedestrian traffic
from Walker Elementary School.
Map 9 depicts the recommended
locations of additional crosswalks
throughout Greenleaf Terrace to
create safer street crossings for
pedestrians. All street crossings
located on the high priority
pedestrian routes mentioned in the
previous section should feature
crosswalks; however, the type of
crosswalk should be determined
by the amount of vehicular traffic
Figure 1: Crosswalk with bulb-out
Source: Nick Rogers