The Value of Great Streets - Matthew Roe, New York City DOT
•
1 like•875 views
Matthew Roe is a Senior Planning and Research Manager for the New York City Department of Transportation. This presentation from August 26, 2013 comes from a seminar on effective street design to improve safety and economic vitality. The seminar was hosted by EMBARQ Turkey at the Istanbul Technical University.
Recommended
Recommended
More Related Content
What's hot
What's hot (20)
Similar to The Value of Great Streets - Matthew Roe, New York City DOT
Similar to The Value of Great Streets - Matthew Roe, New York City DOT (20)
More from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
More from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities (20)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
The Value of Great Streets - Matthew Roe, New York City DOT
- 1. The Value of Great Streets: Safety, Mobility, Vitality Istanbul, 26 August 2013
- 2. • plaza • Bike lane Urbanity Vitality Great Streets – Great Cities Mobility Safety Mobility
- 3. • Basic Urban Form + Street Design – Death & injury are largest cost of automobile transport for most cities – rivaling congestion – Traffic crashes are a leading cause of death worldwide, esp. young adults – Dumbaugh & Rae found that traditional urban neighborhoods were safer than suburban areas with large, fast arterial streets – 1 in 5 of Turkey’s road deaths are pedestrians 10.8 3.3 13.4 1.6 0.0 10.0 20.0 US NYC Turkiye Istanbul Traffic Fatality Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants Safety Dense cities are much safer than car- oriented cities and rural areas
- 4. • Strong benefit : cost ratio • Safety projects can outperform pure mobility projects • Fast implementation with ordinary materials • Measurable results • Most cost-effective to implement as a continuing citywide program Safety
- 5. • Above: person-capacity per hour of a typical 3.5m lane • Walking and cycling save space – the scarcest urban resource Graphic: Asian Development Bank Mobility
- 6. • In New York City, bicycle commuting rose as bike network expanded from 2008 to 2013 • Has risen by 300% since 2000. Graphic: NYC Dept. of Transportation Mobility Bicycling grows as bike networks are improved
- 7. A Virtuous Cycle • Walking and biking households spend more locally than drivers • Presence of local businesses improves attraction of street • Result: more and safer walking Improved Street Design Improved Safety More Walking/ Biking Stronger Local Retail Support for Street Design Economic Vitality
- 8. • Projects are not intuitive to all businesses • Working closely with groups of small retailers or with primary stakeholders can overcome these concerns Economic Vitality
- 9. Pedestrian space and bike connec7vity at a transit hub and park Union Square North, Manhattan Retail vacancies cut in half Travel times unchanged Injury crashes down by 26% Source: NYC Dept. of Transportation
- 10. Pearl Street Plaza, Brooklyn Retail Sales up 172% Locally-‐designed plaza replaces empty asphalt, providing focal point for a neighborhood in transi7on from industrial to mixed-‐use Source: NYC Dept. of Transportation
- 11. 9th Avenue Protected Bike Lanes Retail Sales up 49% Injuries down 58% 2,200 bikes per day Source: NYC Dept. of Transportation Protected Bike Lane replaces one lane of mixed traffic, adding pedestrian refuges and greening the street.
- 12. Palmer Street, Cambridge MA
- 13. Brighton New Road Pedestrian volume up 62% Car speeds down to 20 kph “Staying acQviQes” up 600% Source: Gehl Architects Shared Street design allows deliveries and bicycling on a pedestrian-‐ dominated retail street
- 14. West Palm Beach, Florida Retail occupancy at 80% Downtown revitaliza7on with safe street designs as a centerpiece