Dan's presentation at the St. Louis Federal Reserve's "Exploring Innovation" conference on 3/20/2012.

1. Livability/Health and the role of
Place, Walkability and Bicycling

2. Where do we go from here?

3. Dan Burden ,Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
St Louis, Missouri March 20, 2012

4. Is this the landscape we want to leave
our children?

6. 35th Anniversary of Walk
Courtesy of Ian Lockwood

7. Calumet’s Abundance
Inventory
People Planet
History, culture, Water, sunshine,
visitors, jobs, daylight, heat, land
preservation, historic green spaces,
buildings, waterfront,
walkability/linkages, biodiversity, trees,
civic engagement, harvestable energy,
neighborhood
villages, housing, urban and rural
education, access to habitat
health, healthy
lifestyles, affordability
arts
Prosperity
Diverse culture, arts & economy, proximity to
key water, great winter attractions an
tourism, eco-tourism urban trails, well priced
housing.

14. Guanajuato, Mexico
Houston, Texas

17. Why we cannot
build our way out
of traffic
Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) around the U.S. have increased by 70
percent over the last 20 years, compared with a two percent increase in
new highway construction. The U.S. General Accounting Office
predicts that road congestion in the U.S. will triple in 15 years even if
capacity is increased by 20 percent.
Traffic is growing about five times faster than the growth in population.
(Data compiled for a report to the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2006 written
by Stephen Polzin, (transportation researcher at the University of South Florida in
Tampa.)

19. Ten Steps To Walkability
Compact, lively Many people of
town center all ages and
abilities walking
Low speed streets, many hours
distributed volumes
Celebrated public
space and public
life, parades,
Fine grained
markets, festivals,
streets, many
awards
trails, transit
links Public places Land use and
with inviting transportation
Neighborhoo features: benches, partnerships
d schools and restrooms, shade,
parks, within water and art Affordable,
one quarter inspiring, well
mile or one Convenient, safe and maintained
eighth mile efficient crossings streets and
homes.

21. Monterey, California
Cleveland, Ohio.

22. Monterey, California

25. Reframing Key Transportation Conventions
DESIGN TRAFFIC - Interpreting the Results
Capacity of Streets

27. New measure for street performance:
People come to your street to shoot their wedding pictures

35. "If we want a booming economy of mom and pop stores, we'd better build the
environment where they succeed”

41. Can handle 25,000 vehicles
per day
Can handle 25,000

46. Bridgeport Way, University Place, Washington

47. Marine Drive, Dundarave, B.C.

53. Is this an
Complete
Street?

54. PROCESS

55. Without a Vision
there is no
dream
Without a plan
there is no
hope
Without a team
there is no
achievement

56. The Walkability Ambassadors Program or Train the Trainers Program
(seeking funding to develop)

60. Walking Workshops

61. A Tool for Organizing Strong Communities
and Developing Complete Streets

74. 1. Core
problem
solving
group
2. Task
forces
3. Input and
feedback
meetings
4. Communications
and outreach
© 2002 David Strauss, How to Make Collaboration Work

88. Well Designed
What are the problems here? Density
Urban-Advantage.com
Lack of Security Auto dependence
Lack of people No place to buy a popsicle
Lack of investment Lack of diversity
Lack of diversity Lack of activity

89. Walkability
Science
Rubber band planning Sense of Aesthetics Levels of Quality

90. Walkability Support
Openly Hostile
Intolerant
Tolerant
Supportive
Place

91. Sense of
Security

92. Sense of
Shade

93. Sense of
Aesthetic
s

94. Rubber Band Planning

95. Rubber Band Planning

96. Rubber Band Planning

112. For further information contact:
Ambassador’s Program in June …. Stand by for dates!!!
Dan Burden, Executive Director, Walkable and Livable Communities
Institute, www.walklive.org