Complete streets proposal

1. Complete & Green Streets
Presentation to A&PW Committee
September 23, 2013

2. Complete Streets are streets for everyone,
no matter who they are or how they travel.

3. 1. Makes fiscal sense
2. Makes economic sense
3. Improves safety
4. Better health
5. Eases transportation woes
6. Improves air quality and
reduces GHG emissions
To change practice, integrating the needs
of all road users into everyday
transportation planning and design
practices.
Why a Complete Streets ordinance?

4. Complete Streets give pedestrians,
especially children, disabled and elderly,
safety and mobility
Pedestrian Paris’. found that
Parisians had four main sets
of expectations:
• Comfortable spaces to
walk
• More welcoming spaces,
for example benches on
which to rest
• More greenery
• More water, for example
fountains

5. Complete Streets Benefit Our Economy
Examples from other cities and
towns
• Reduced speeding
• Fewer crashes
• New businesses
• New jobs (and a recruiting edge)
• Lower vacancy rate
• Higher property values
• Increased sales tax revenue
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6. Complete Streets Improve Our Health
Risk of obesity:
Increases
6%
for each hour
spent in a car.
Decreases
4.8% for
each
additional
kilometer
walked.
Particulate
Material Risk
Roughly one out of every three people in
the United States is at a higher risk of
experiencing Particulate Material related
health effects.
High risk are
• active children
• the elderly population.
• People of all ages who are active
outdoors
Particulate Material comes from motor
vehicles, power plants, etc.

7. Complete Streets Provides Choices
Transportation is second
largest expense for families:
~18% of budget
Low income households can
spend up to 55% of budget on
transportation.
Complete Streets give people
more control over their
expenses.

8. Complete & Green Streets Ordinance
timeline:
Staff and the Environment Board will
• Draft ordinance for review by Legal, to be
presented to Council on Nov. 11
• This schedule allows the City to receive credit
within the STAR (Sustainability Tools for
Assessing and Rating for Communities)
system.

9. Questions and Answers