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Growing An Active Transportation System
1. G R O W I N G I N P L A C E : S U S T A I N A B L E U R B A N
D E S I G N F O R C H I L D R E N & F A M I L I E S
M A R C H 5 , 2 0 1 0
R A L E I G H , N C
GROWING AN ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Cynthia Hoyle, AICP
Hoyle Consulting
Urbana, IL
2. Community Design – Impacts on Children
Fewer children walk or bike to school
Unintended consequences
Solutions
Best Practices
Retrofitting our Communities
3. • In 1969 48% of students walked
or biked to school. (Nationwide
Personal Transportation Survey.)
• In 2001 less than 15% of students
walked or biked to school. (2001
National Household Travel Survey)
• Today 34% of students living
w/in 1 mile of school walk or
bike compared to 90% in 1969.
(Center for Disease Control )
Picture courtesy of Dan Burden
http://www.pedbikeimages.org
4. School siting issues: A generation ago
Small schools
Located in community centers
(EPA, 2003)
5. School siting issues: Today
Mega-schools
Built on edges of towns and cities
Dorman High School, Roebuck, SC, photo provided by Mark Fenton.
6. Parents driving
children to school:
20%-25% of
morning traffic
(NHTSA 2003; Dept. of
Environment)
Unintended Consequences:
Traffic congestion
7. It’s not just distance
Students who live
within 1 mile and
walk or bike:
2001: 63%
1969: 87%
(CDC, 2005)
Destin Elementary School, Destin, FL, provided by Dan Burden, available from PBIC Image Library.
8. Most common barriers to walking and biking to
school
Long distances 62%
Traffic danger 30%
Adverse weather 19%
Fear of crime danger 12%
Note: Sum of percentages is more than 100% because respondents
could identify more than one barrier.
(CDC, 2005)
9. Traffic Danger
If more children walked or
biked to school, it would
reduce the number of
cars near the school at
pick-up and drop-off
times making it safer for
walkers and bicyclists and
reducing traffic
congestion.
Parisi and Associates. Transportation tools to
improve children's health and mobility: Look
at what California is Doing. Accessed at
www.dhs.ca.gov/epic/sr2s/documents/SR2S
TranspoTools.pdf.
http://www.pedbikeimages.org/imageDetail.
cfm
Picture courtesy of Dan Burden
10. Walkable Urbanism
There's demographic evidence; there's consumer
research evidence; but probably the most compelling
evidence is the price premium people are willing to
pay to live in a walkable urban place, that the
survey's show anywhere from a 40% to 200% price
premium on a price per square foot basis for a
walkable urban place as oppose to a competitive near
by drivable suburban place.
Christopher B. Leinberger
Visiting Fellow, Brookings
12. How to Create Mode Shift
Provide people with choices:
Invest in bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure
Calm traffic
Create Safe Routes to School
Build Transit Supportive development
Retrofit sprawling neighborhoods
Revitalize walkable neighborhoods
Education and Encourage Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl;
Barbara McCann and Reid Ewing; Smart
Growth America and Surface
Transportation Policy Project, 2003
13. Mode Shift
Infrastructure
Appropriate land-use
and design
Interconnect modes,
land-use, and
infrastructure
Social Marketing –
encouragement for
behavior change
14. TO SUCCEED
YOU HAVE
TO:
•ENGAGE THE
PUBLIC
•CREATE PLANS
WITH VISION
•PLAN FOR
IMPLEMENTATION
•BE CREATIVE WITH
FUNDING OPTIONS
You want this:
And this:
16. Start with Plans
Long Range Transportation
Plan 2025 (LRTP 2025) adopted
in 2004 by Champaign-Urbana
Urbanized Area Transportation
Study (CUUATS)
big.small.all countywide
visioning process called for
more housing and mobility
choices, less sprawl
17. More Community Transportation Plans
Champaign Moving
Forward:
Transportation Master Plan
2008 – Update to
Champaign’s
Comprehensive Plan
Urbana Bicycle Plan –
Adopted plan becomes part
of Comprehensive Plan
18. LRTP 2025 Preferred Scenario calls for:
Express bus service between core and fringe areas of
the community
An enhanced arterial fringe road system that provides
improved mobility around the community
Transit intensive corridors
High capacity transit system in the University District
Mixed use, denser development and redevelopment
19. If implemented LRTP 2025 will:
Create higher population density, less sprawl
Promote alternative transportation modes
Save money on infrastructure
Create walkable activity centers and reduce reliance on
automobiles
Make travel safer for pedestrians and bicyclists
Increase mobility for motorists
Educate residents about alternative transportation
modes, safety, and new transportation concepts
20. HOW Do We Implement the LRTP?
Infill and having choices sounds
good, but how do we get there while
protecting new development and
growth?
miPLAN asked the community to tell us
what they want.
21. miPLAN
Mobility Implementation Plan
miPLAN's Purpose - What mobility options does the
community want, both now and in the future?
To implement the LRTP 2025. LRTP found:
Cities do not have the $ to build and/or maintain new
arterial roads serving fringe development. (Champaign has
$50 million deficit in funding for arterial construction.)
If we continue with our current growth design, e.g. travel by
auto, our community will face serious roadway congestion
problems in less than 20 years.
23. Summary of Public Input:
Strong consistency found for the following
top priority mobility improvements:
Improved bicycle infrastructure and routing
Better street lights
Additional sidewalks
Later evening MTD transit service
Additional direct MTD transit routes along
major arterials
24. Mobility Enhanced Development Report
Affordability Index Formula
Affordability Index =
Housing Costs + Transportation Costs*
Income
*Transportation Costs include the modeled cost of Auto
Ownership, Auto Use, and Transit Use
Identified opportunities for mobility enhanced
development , e.g. development with mobility
choices.
Analyzes costs of housing and transportation to
households.
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25. MED Findings:
Transportation costs in core significantly less than
fringe. Average $/month spent on transportation:
Core=$832 or less Fringe=$1372 or less.
MED Recommendations:
Build on current density and urban form.
Maximize options and choices in alternative forms
of mobility.
Provide tools to create mixed-use, mixed-income
market-rate developments through infill and
redevelopment.
Maintain affordability through community
development programs and by factoring in both
household housing and transportation costs.
26. C-U Encouraging Mode Shift
Zipcar- car share
program launched 2009
with 6 cars now have 8
cars
Safe Routes to School
Bike route maps, bus
wrap, bike counts, etc.
work with cycling
community
Marketing to public on
options for mode choice
28. Complete
Streets
What are
complete
streets, and
complete
streets
policies?
Complete streets are designed and
operated to enable safe access for all
users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists
and transit riders of all ages and abilities
must be able to safely move along and
across a complete street.
Creating complete streets means
transportation agencies must change their
orientation toward building primarily for
cars. Instituting a complete streets policy
ensures that transportation agencies
routinely design and operate the
entire right of way to enable safe
access for all users.
Source: National Complete Streets Coalition - http://www.completestreets.org
32. Bridgeport Way, University Place
Washington
Major road 23,000 VPD
High speed limits, no sidewalks, high number of
access points and uncontrolled access – high number
of crashes many with injuries
33. After Road
Diet:
Transformed into
Complete Street with
bike lanes, sidewalks,
and 8 roundabouts
Flared intersections
accommodate U-turns
for large vehicles at
signalized
intersections
Lighted landscaped
medians improved
access management
and pedestrian safety
– reduced crashes
Bridgeport Way, University Place, Washington
Pictures courtesy of Dan Burden
34. Bike lanes installed to
reduce bike-
automobile conflicts
and crashes
Interconnected
signalized mid-block
crossings optimized
traffic progression
while minimizing
pedestrian-vehicular
conflicts and crashes
Road diet reduced
crashes by 60% and
speeds by 6%
Bridgeport Way, University Place, Washington
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, AICP, Hoyle Consulting
35. SRTS programs – part of the solution
Improve walking and biking conditions
around schools
Reduce congestion around schools
Increases physical activity (10 minutes to
school and 10 minutes home=20 minutes of
daily physical activity)
Can lead to cost savings for schools
(reduce need for “hazard” busing)
Others: increase child’s sense of
freedom, help establish lifetime habits,
teach pedestrian and bicyclist skills
38. Potential Issues
Issues
No Sidewalks on way to school
Unsafe intersection/street to cross
Distances too great
Solutions
Park and walk – use a local park or church parking lot
Have school buses drop kids at designated location to
walk to school with volunteers
Walk around your school track/playground
Have your local police dept. assist with walk
Organize a Walking School Bus
41. Safe Routes to School:
Improves the Built
Environment
SRTS State Network
Project: Final Report
Reports
42. Report recommends combining strategies
to significantly reduce GHG emissions:
Local and regional pricing/reg. that
increase cost of SOV travel
Regulations to encourage eco-driving
behavior/better fuel efficiency
Land use/smart growth that reduce
travel distances
Expansion of multimodal travel options
Moving Cooler – Report on
Transportation and Reducing GHG
Moving Cooler: An Analysis of
Transportation Strategies that Reduce
Green House Gas Emissions; Cambridge
Systematics; July 2009
46. Programs
Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities
1. Provide more transportation choices.
2. Promote equitable, affordable housing.
3. Enhance economic competitiveness.
4. Support existing communities.
5. Coordinate policies and leverage investment.
6. Value communities and neighborhoods.
HUD, DOT and EPA Partnership: Sustainable Communities
June 16, 2009
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/partnership/index.html
47. CUMTDSupportforModeShiftIncludes
miPLAN
Expansion of “unlimited access” to transit
Lead agency for Car-Share program
Major supporter of Safe Routes to School
program and projects (International Walk to
School Day)
First transit district in US to be certified as
Bicycle Friendly Business by League of
American Bicyclists
Major supporter of community bicycling
campaigns (Bike to Work Month/Week/ Day,
education campaigns, etc.)
Invested in the development of a community
bike share program
Sponsoring plans for “Green Corridors” in
the community
48. Community visibility promoting safety, healthy
lifestyles, sustainability
Coalition building
Increases mode shift
Benefits for Transit
49. It’s About Our Future:
Active Transportation Benefits Everyone
http://www.ccrpc.org/pl
anning/transportation/l
rtp2/index.html
Cynthia Hoyle, AICP
Hoyle Consulting
Urbana, IL
www.cynthiahoyle.com
cynthia@cynthiahoyle.com
www.cumtd.com
www.ihavemiplan.com
www.cu-
srtsproject.com
