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Complete Streets:Guide to Answering the Costs Question
Companion Presentation, Part 4
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Complete Streets add lasting value.
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Use with: general public, elected officials, receptive transportation professionals
Complete Streets add lasting value.
Health: Walkability and Obesity
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Residents of walkable areas:• More physically
active• Less likely to be be
overweight or obese
Kenneth Spencer
Health: Safe Streets & Women’s Health
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Only ¼ women ages 40-60 meet national guidance for recommended physical activity.
Safe neighborhoods with sidewalks and near destinations = women are more likely to walk, run, bike
Doc Searls
William Feldman
Health: Transit Users
One third of regular transit users meet the minimum daily requirement for physical activity during their commute.
Michal Ronkin
Health: Communities of Color
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Where infrastructure has fallen into disrepair or was never there, simple changes such as easily accessible paths to destinations = more physically active African-American neighborhoods
Dan Burden
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County Health Rankings
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
Safer Streets: Seattle
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Seattle DOT
Seattle DOT
Safer Streets: Orlando, Florida
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Road diet reduced the frequency of crashes involving injuries from 1 every 9 days to
1 every 30 days
City of Orlando
Safer Streets: Vancouver, Washington
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Road diet on Fourth Plain Blvd:
•Vehicle collisions dropped 52%
•Pedestrian crashes dropped to 0
City of Vancouver, WA
Economic Vitality: Revenue, Jobs
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• Vermont: 1,400 jobs, $41 million in wages, and $81 million in revenue.
• Wisconsin: $556 million from the bicycle industry.
• Iowa: Bike commuters $52m in indirect and direct benefits.
Economic Vitality: Job Creation
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Walk, bike, and transit projects = more jobs than auto-only projects
Economic Vitality: Lancaster, California
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$10m investment in ‘rambla’, new lighting, landscaping, and trees
= $125m private investment, 40 new businesses, 800 new jobs, 26% in sales tax revenue
City of Lancaster, CA
Economic Vitality: San Diego
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La Jolla Boulevard’s improvements helped generate 20% more sales across 95 area businesses.
Dan Burden
Economic Vitality: Property Value
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Walkability adds to commercial and residential real estate value.
Dan Burden
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“Communities that invest in bike ways and good sidewalks also attract a creative class of professionals who bring additional vitality and
economic growth to communities.” – Jeffery Tumlin, principal, Nelson/Nelson
Dan Burden
Traffic Management: Portland, Oregon
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199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Year
Total # of Vehicles
Automobiles
1991-2008: 1% increase in auto volumesIncreases in mobility borne by bicycle traffic
Hawthorne Bridge
Traffic Management: Portland, Oregon
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199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Year
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1991-2008: 20% increase
Hawthorne Bridge
Traffic Management: Boulder, Colorado
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Twenty years of consistent investment:
• SOV trips 7% since 1990
• Bicycle commuting is ~20x nat’l average
• Transit use is 2x nat’l average
• Walk trips are 3x nat’l average
Dan Burden
Traffic Management: Vancouver, British Columbia
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Reallocated 1 lane on Burrard Bridge+200,000 bicycle trips, no significant impact on autos
City of Vancouver, BC
User Fees: National
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Only 1/2 of a road’s cost is paid by user fees.U.S. PIRG
User Fees: Seattle
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12% 4%
23%
2%
18%12%
28%General FundGas TaxDebtCumulative Reserve FundBridging the GapReimbursablesGrants & Other
User Fees: Boulder, Colorado
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Just 11% of transportation budget is from the state highway user’s tax.
Dan Burden
User Fees: Complete Streets Better for Drivers
Some people will choose not to drive = roads are safer and more convenient for drivers
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