The first, and easiest batch of data is now available. I've performed center line takeoffs of each road to get the total linear footage of each, and then taken 5 sections evenly spaced within the radius. Then I averaged the five sections together, and multiplied by the length to get the total area for each road, and have totalled them all together.
The major highways include:
Interstate 4
15
408
50 (Colonial)
423
426
438
416
441
526
527
424
436
552
All together, these have an aggregate area of 40,824,369 square feet of paved surface area (1.46 square miles), excluding radius paving at the corners of intersections, on and off ramps, center median turn lanes and turn lanes in general. In other words this is a very conservative estimate.
If we converted each of these into a 24' wide cycling road, then we would reduce the total to 12,484,440, just a little over 69.4% !! To grasp this scale a little bit, a cycling 'super highway' in the Netherlands would be a little less than 7' one way. These roads would be the envy of the world, by roughly a factor of 2. And what do to with all of that other space? Well, unpave it for starters as the roads fail and are replaced. Then the city could add in bio retention and trees to help with storm runoff and the heat island effect.
The major highways include:
Interstate 4
15
408
50 (Colonial)
423
426
438
416
441
526
527
424
436
552
All together, these have an aggregate area of 40,824,369 square feet of paved surface area (1.46 square miles), excluding radius paving at the corners of intersections, on and off ramps, center median turn lanes and turn lanes in general. In other words this is a very conservative estimate.
If we converted each of these into a 24' wide cycling road, then we would reduce the total to 12,484,440, just a little over 69.4% !! To grasp this scale a little bit, a cycling 'super highway' in the Netherlands would be a little less than 7' one way. These roads would be the envy of the world, by roughly a factor of 2. And what do to with all of that other space? Well, unpave it for starters as the roads fail and are replaced. Then the city could add in bio retention and trees to help with storm runoff and the heat island effect.
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