Missouri Livable Streets Training - Boonslick Regional Planning Commission

Boonslick Regional Planning CommissionMeredith Klekotka, TravelGreen ManagerNovember 13, 2014

Missouri Livable Streets

Trailnet’s Mission

Making walking, bicycling, and using transit a way of life

What are Livable Streets?

Streets for everyone . . . no matter who they are, no matter how they travel

Missouri Livable Streets

What are Livable Streets?

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Boonslick Transportation Advisory Committee

Why Livable Streets?

Source: Transportation for America, Aging in Place p42

Historic Main Street

Image Source: State Historical Society of Missouri

We want transportation choices

of Americans want more transportation options so they have the freedom to choose how to get

where they need to go.

currently feel they have no choice but to drive as much as they do.

would like to spend less time in the car.

66%

73%

57%Future of Transportation National Survey (2010)

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National Household Travel Survey (2009)

39% are less than 3 miles

17% are less than

1 mile

47%are driven

of these trips…

Tremendous potential

Of all trips . . .

Population Changes

Image Source: US Census

It’s what people want

58% of Boomers and 62% of Millennials strongly prefer walkable, transit-oriented communities with a variety of houses and

businesses

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Average Home Sale Increase Since 1997Source: Zillow 2012

St. Louis Metro Skinker DeBaliviere DeBaliviere Place University City

“Housing for the Generations”

Source: Boonslick RPC, 2011

Benefits of Livable Streets

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Its good for our health

It’s good for for our health

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Healthy and Active Lifestyles

It’s good for our wallets

$9,122Average cost to own

and operate a car

It’s good for home values

1 point increase in Walk Score increase in

value ranging from $700 to $3,000 Walking the Walk (2009)

In St. Louis, Great Rivers Greenway trails

increase adjacent property values

In Missouri, the Katy Trail has an annual

economic impact of $18.6 million

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Livable Streets does not require additional funds, new Right of Way, or new projects

Livable Streets is about changing the way we do business so that existing

resources are used to create transportation options for Missouri residents.

Implementation

How do we get there?

• PLANNING• DESIGN• POLICY

Applying Livable Streets Concepts

• Update/change design guidelines

• Review Master Transportation Plans

• Create a plan

– Trails Plan

– Parks and Recreation Plan

– Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan

Sidewalk Inventories

St. Joe, MO

Image Source: The Better Block Project

Source: MODOT, Flickr, 2014

Paradigm Shift

Image Source: KMOV

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Thank you!