The document summarizes a presentation given by Edward Stachura at the NYSCHSA Summer 2012 Conference about implementing complete streets. Complete streets are designed to enable safe access for all users, regardless of age, ability, or mode of transportation. The presentation outlined the benefits of complete streets for safety, health, transportation costs and the economy. It also reviewed New York state's complete streets legislation and implementation requirements.
A presentation made in 2009 by Nicholas de Wolff, Chair of the subcommittee on Transportation and Urban Design, City of Burbank, California. (an abridged version (only 39 slides) has since been uploaded)
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A presentation made in 2009 by Nicholas de Wolff, Chair of the subcommittee on Transportation and Urban Design, City of Burbank, California. (an abridged version (only 39 slides) has since been uploaded)
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This is a presentation I prepared during my internship at Newark Housing Authority (NHA) for the research team of their project for making Newark neighborhoods more pedestrian-friendly.
Maumee Valley Planning Organization Regional Transportation Planning OverviewRPO America
During the 2019 National Regional Transportation Conference (June 2019, Columbus, OH), Marissa Lumbrezer and Emma Kirkpatrick discussed how the Maumee Valley Planning Organization has worked with its member local governments to identify transportation needs.
This presentation on Walkability is for a upcoming seminar/charrette hosted by the Town of Collierville, Tn. There is a particular focus on block design as one of the key components of a wlakable neighborhood.
Rochelle Sobel'in 8 Nisan 2011 günü Sürdürülebilir Ulaşım 2011 Kocaeli'de yaptığı sunum.
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Track: Sustain
Format: 90 minute moderated discussion
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Presenters:
Presenter: Robbie Webber State Smart Transportation Initiative
Co-Presenter: Lauren Blackburn North Carolina DOT
Co-Presenter: John Lieswyn Alta Planning + Design
Co-Presenter: Paula Reeves Washington State DOT
Co-Presenter: John Paul Shaffer Livable Memphis
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Rochelle Sobel'in 8 Nisan 2011 günü Sürdürülebilir Ulaşım 2011 Kocaeli'de yaptığı sunum.
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Siskiyou Velo, a bike club in Southern Oregon, is advocating local governments in the region to integrate bike facilities suitable for all ages and abilities into their transportation system plans. The impetus for the effort comes from a recent publication by the National Association of City Transportation Officials entitled "Designing for All Ages and Abilities."
Title: How Do We Measure Up? Performance Measures for Active Transportation
Track: Sustain
Format: 90 minute moderated discussion
Abstract: This interactive session will focus on performance measures for biking and walking investments by transportation agencies. Provide your feedback about which metrics would be most useful and about additional work needed to improve the available data for these metrics.
Presenters:
Presenter: Robbie Webber State Smart Transportation Initiative
Co-Presenter: Lauren Blackburn North Carolina DOT
Co-Presenter: John Lieswyn Alta Planning + Design
Co-Presenter: Paula Reeves Washington State DOT
Co-Presenter: John Paul Shaffer Livable Memphis
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Presentation for an introductory public input meeting for the City of Dayton, Ohio's Transportation Plan 2040. The City of Dayton is evaluating transportation needs and is seeking community input to help establish a transportation plan for the next quarter century.
The Transportation Plan 2040 will establish goals and objectives for thoroughfare design, walkability, bikeability, public transit, accessibility, traffic calming and aesthetic design. The plan is expected to include considerations for multi-modal corridors, accessibility, land uses, economic development, and safer, more efficient transportation for all users.
The project timeline is approximately eight months, with the final plan presented to Dayton Plan Board in the summer of 2016.
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Much of the development that has occurred in Wisconsin and around the nation over the past 60 years has created a feeling of sameness from community to community. Our development pattern has separated uses from one another and catered to cars at the expense of pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit. The New Urbanism promotes the creation and restoration of diverse, walkable, compact, vibrant mixed-use communities built with integrated housing, employment, shops, and schools. It is a revival of the lost art of "placemaking" to raise our quality of life and standard of living by creating neighborhoods, not just subdivisions, and building main streets, not just shopping malls.
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3. • Includes all transportation modes
• Safe, comfortable and convenient travel
• Applies to new construction and reconstruction
• Special and limited exceptions are allowed
• Use of Context Sensitive Design in conjunction with
Complete Streets …. sets a vision
• Use latest design standards with flexibility
• Performance standards
4. • Design prescription
• Mandate for immediate retrofit
• Silver bullet – other initiatives need to be
addressed such as land use, environmental
concerns, vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
reduction, potential for usage
5. • 55% of public would rather drive less, walk more
• Nearly 1/3 of public don’t drive
21% are over 65
children under 16
many low income don’t have access to motor
vehicles
• 47% of the older say it is unsafe to cross a major street near
home
• 54% say they would walk and bike more often if the built
environment improved
• 66% want more transportation options
• 73% currently feel they have no choice but to drive more
• 57% would like to spend less time in car
Future of Transportation National Survey (2010)
6. • Pedestrians are at risk –
In NY state, 23% traffic deaths vs. 12% nationwide
5 largest upstate counties, pedestrian killed every 10 days
NYC, every 2.5 days ; Long Island every week
More than 40% of pedestrian deaths (2007 & 2008) where no
crosswalks were available – 10% where available
Disproportionate are seniors / 19% fatalities, 11% injury
• Impact on aging population – 2.04 per 100,000 population
• Children / 19% between ages 5>9; 7% age 15 and younger;
23% of all pedestrians injured
• Disabled
• Extensive infrastructure focused toward motor vehicles
• Unsafe for traveling by foot or bicycle
• Promote economic development in business districts
• Improve environmental quality / air, noise
7. • Unsafe for pedestrians and bicyclists
Represent 12% of all trips
Suffer 13% of fatalities
Receive 1% of federal funding
• Bike lanes are available for about 5% of bicycle trips
• Of all trips
50% are under 3 miles
28% are 1 mile or less
72% of trips 1mile or less are driven
25% of walking trips take place on roads w/o
shoulders or sidewalks
8. • Title 23 / Transportation (23CFR)
No specific provisions in current regulations
Complete Streets Act of 2011 – H.R. 1780/S. 1056
67% of all pedestrian fatalities on roads eligible for
federal aid
• Nationally – over 200 jurisdictions have policy
• New York State
-Senate Bill S05411 - Assembly A8366 / passed unanimously
-Governor Cuomo signed August 15, 2011
-Effective 180 days later – February 11, 2012
-Projects are “grandfathered” prior to effective date
-Amendment to NYS Highway Law, Section 331
9. In 2010, New York State
1,200 total traffic fatalities
19,392,283 (thousands) Resident Population
303 were pedestrian fatalities
25.3% of total ( U.S. total = 13%)
1.56 pedestrian fatalities per 100,000 population
1.38 U.S. per 100,000 population
Ref: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
11. • State, county, local transportation projects with federal
and state funding
• Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation projects
• Not on resurfacing, maintenance, pavement recycling,
interstate highways
• Not where cost is disproportionate … land use context;
population density; current and projected traffic
volumes / more than 20% of project costs
12. • Not where demonstrated lack of need determined by
land use, existing and future traffic, lack of
community support, or use of design features would
have an adverse impact, or be contrary to, public safety
• No expenditure in excess of project funding
• Institutionalize design features into planning, project
scoping, design implementation
• Document analysis ; publicly available
13. • For everyone – pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists,
transit riders of all ages and abilities
• Easy to cross streets
• Design and operate the entire right-of-way to
enable safe access for all users, regardless of
age, ability, or mode of transportation
14. • No single prescription / each is unique to community’s
vision
• May include:
-Sidewalks and curb ramps
-Bike lanes (or wide paved shoulders)
-Special bus lanes
-Comfortable, safe, accessible bus stops
-Frequent, safe crossing opportunities
-Median Islands
-Accessible pedestrian signals
-Curb extensions; bulb outs
-Narrower travel lanes
-Roundabouts
-Intersection control – turn lanes, signals
15. • Complete Streets Improve Safety
For example - use of medians enable pedestrians to cross
busy roads in 2 stages, reduce left-turning conflicts
• Complete Streets Encourage Health
For example – bicycling and walking help prevent obesity (Ref:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Complete Streets Lower Transportation Costs
On average, U.S. residents spend 18-cents of every dollar for
transportation, with the poorest 20% spending 36-cents.
Taking public transportation saves an estimated $9,581/year
• Complete Streets Foster Strong Communities
Social interaction
16. CHILDREN
• Incomplete streets: a barrier for children
• Leading cause of unintentional, injury related
death, ages 5 >14
• More than 1/3 of nation’s children are overweight
or obese
• Limited physical activity
• Complete Streets: provide dedicated space for
bicycling and walking and give children safety,
mobility to be physically active and independent
17. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
• Incomplete streets impede livability, are unsafe,
inaccessible for wheelchair users
• 20% of public have a disability that limits their
daily activities – short-term / long-term
• Complete Streets remove barriers, reduce isolation
and dependence
• Complete Streets feature curb cuts, high visibility
crosswalks, and other designs for the disabled
18. HEALTH
• Incomplete streets restrict physical activity
• Walking is the 2nd most common form of travel,
10.9% of all trips
• Complete Streets make active living easy
19.
20. Obesity is lower in places where people use bicycles, public transportation, and their
feet.
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Percent Walk, Bike,Transit
25 50
Percent of Obesity
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21. OLDER ADULTS
• Incomplete streets a problem for older
individuals
-2025: 1 in 5 will be over 65
(Ref: U.S. Census Bureau)
• Complete streets help create livable
communities
• About ½ of all non-drivers over 65 would
like to get out more often
• Independence
22. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
• Incomplete Streets: a hindrance to riders, good
service
• Connect transit to work, to shops, to schools, to
homes through appropriate design for transit
users
• Create smooth, predictable transit trips by
planning and designing for transit vehicles
• Complete Streets make transit safe, convenient,
and comfortable
23. CLIMATE CHANGE
• Incomplete streets hamper climate change
• Climate-cooling potential of Complete Streets
• Reduce environmental quality concerns …. air,
noise, energy usage, visual, land use
24. ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION
• Incomplete streets can restrict economic development
• In areas studied, each 1-point increase in the 100-point
Walk Score scale = an increase of home value of $500 –
$3,000
Ref: Washington, DC: Barracks Row / 8th Street SE
-$8-M public streetscape investment 2003-2004
-$8-M private investment in following 2 years
-32 new business establishments
-$80,000 in annual sales tax revenue
• Complete Streets help create viable communities
25. GAS PRICES
• Incomplete streets cost families money and
encourage oil consumption
• Complete Streets help create viable communities
26. SAFETY
• Incomplete streets put people at risk
-Walk, bike, run on roadway
-Transit stops poorly placed in shoulder area
-Lack of adequate shoulder area, or sidewalks
-3,200 lb. vehicle vs. 75-200 lb. pedestrian
• Complete Streets help reduce accidents
• In 2010 -4,280 pedestrians killed …. 1 every 2 hours
• 70,000 injured … 1 every 8 minutes
27. TRANSPORTATION COSTS
• Incomplete streets lead to higher costs
• Car purchase, operation … insurance,
maintenance, value
• Complete Streets give choices …. control over
expenses, replacing expensive local car travel with
cheaper options --- walking, riding bikes, public
transportation
29. COST OF COMPLETE STREETS
• Help prevent costly delays and retrofits
• Require minimal to zero additional funding
• Save money through better design
• Investment in the community
30. CHANGE TRAVEL PATTERNS
• Incomplete streets discourage getting out of the
car
• Residents are 65% more likely to walk in a
neighborhood with sidewalks
• Regions with more bike lanes per square mile
have higher levels of bicycle commuting
• Complete Streets increase use of public
transportation, bicycling, and walking
31. CREATE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
• Incomplete streets deny citizens safety, choice
• Walkable communities = happier communities
• Residents of walkable communities:
-More likely to be socially engaged and trusting
-Report being in good health and happy more often
• Complete Streets create more choices, shorten
travel times and encourage less carbon intensive
transportation
32. SUSTAINABLE STREETS
• Many elements of street design,
construction, and operation can achieve
both streets that work for all travelers and
“green” streets that improve environmental
sustainability
-Pavement
-Landscaping
-Climate
33. POLICY ELEMENTS
• Sets a community vision
• Specifies all users / modes
• Connectivity / network to serve all users
• Specifies and limits exceptions as documented
• All phases of applicable projects … road, utilities
• Flexible design criteria
• Context-sensitive
• Sets performance measures
• Implementation steps
34. A series of “Before” and “After” situations.
In addition to looking at things differently,
the main question to always ask,
“Can’t we do better than this?”
50. Edward Stachura
Senior Project Manager
TVGA Consultants
716.849.8739
estachura@tvga.com
Information Credits:
Complete Streets Organization, Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Transportation, FHWA
New York State Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Transportation for Amrica