1 Complete Streets: Guide to Answering the Costs Question Companion Presentation, Part 4.

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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, community 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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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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