The document discusses the necessity of transportation reform with an emphasis on promoting walkable urban environments to address issues like high vehicle emissions and urban planning failures. It highlights the impacts of urban design on mobility and safety, suggesting the need for pedestrian-friendly infrastructure and policies. The paper advocates for a reclassification of urban areas to support sustainable transportation modes, reducing reliance on automobiles.

1. To Walk, or Not to Walk … 2009 CNU Project for Transportation Reform (PTR) Summit Portland, Oregon Richard A. Hall, P.E. HPE Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc.

2. To walk, or not to walk: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer Edwin Booth, Hamlet 1870 Wikipedia

3. the signs and arrows of outrageous proportion,

4. Or to take arms against a sea of trucks, And by opposing slow them?

5. To walk: To speed no more;

6. and by a stroll to say we end D. Burdin

7. the heart-ache of a thousand annual deaths that flesh is heir to;

8. To walk, to stroll the street: perchance to dream ... D. Burdin

9. life before 30

10. life after 30

11. economy development projects must sell Read Greyfields into Goldfields , CNU Lee Sobel TND property values, 40 to 200% premium health CDC, obesity epidemic astounding highway fatality rate – 45k/year safe walk to school environment – climate it’s a crisis! IPCC UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change urban design influences VMT, thus a valid solution what we can’t see can hurt us! 1 pound per mile, out window. etc. Why Walk?

12. CO 2 Emissions per Passenger mile

13. Drake’s Well – 150 years ago Titusville, Pennsylvania Edwin L. Drake & George Bissell struck oil, at 69 feet August 27/1859

14. tale of two cities drivable suburban FAR = 0.2 – 0.4 vehicle mobility only by LOS - America’s default extensive parking lots & wide roads requires estimated 2/3 more energy than walkable urbanism walkable urban FAR = 0.8 – 40.0 total mobility; walking, biking, transit, & vehicle use urban form leads transportation design often illegal today from Option of Urbanism by Chris Leinberger:

15. Andrew Georgiadis drivable suburban

16. walkable urban Andrew Georgiadis

17. It is not without hazard that change comes

20. Top 10 Walkability Factors 10. Street Trees 9. Lower Volumes 8. Sidewalks 7. Narrow Streets 6. Interconnected Streets 5. On Street Parking 4. Lower Traffic Speeds 3. Mixed Land Use 2. Buildings Fronting St. 1. Small Block Size!

22. Gaines Corridor Workshop

23. Urban Transportation Design Question of the Century Q. Can you see DOT treating Gaines Street any differently than Capital Circle by the interstate? A. No. Arterial

26. “ The first step in the (thoroughfare) design process is to define the function that the facility is to serve.” AASHTO

27. functional classification Arterials - Connecting major areas, long trips for mobility Collectors - Connecting arterials, intermediate trips Locals - Serving local access & connecting to collectors, short trips All trips are by auto or truck , no pedestrians in the critical functional definition Areas = rural or urbanized, only two major areas Add a third major area type – Compact Urban

28. larger problem arterial roadway designs differ only for rural & urbanized areas. Again, too little regard for walking & compact urban context

29. rural urbanized Update the functional classification system areas

30. rural suburban compact urban Update the functional classification system areas

31. rural suburban compact urban new compact urban Update the functional classification system areas

32. simulate urbanized travel from past travel patterns apply expensive travel models of capacity size network per vehicle LOS to prevent “failure” simulate urban form based on measured places prioritize character and function over capacity network is sized to yield smaller blocks suburban compact urban what is the difference?

33. arterial collector local proportion of service by functional classification general urban compact urban land access vehicle mobility land access mobility for all modes

34. trip length by functional classification arterial collector local general urban compact urban vehicles all modes

35. continue valiant efforts to adjust suburban thoroughfares apply complete streets planning & design walking is first set low speeds as 20 & 25 develop ped. scale design parameters encourage multimodal travel via networks decrease travel modeling and traffic impact analysis reward good design behavior with higher funding levels suburban compact urban what is the effect?

38. The Transect – A Classification System

39. 18 mph 18 mph

42. Roslyn, NY

44. Roslyn, NY

45. Congestion or Mobility

56. 'tis a transformation devoutly to be wish'd. D. Burdin

57. To walk: To speed no more;