Resources to Help You Implement a Complete Streets Policy
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Transcript Resources to Help You Implement a Complete Streets Policy
Presented at Road School
March 9, 2011
Irene Wegner
AARP Indiana
Who’s
Here?
Planner
Engineer
Government
official
Other (non-profit stakeholder, business
representative, student, etc.)
From
all over the state, changes based on
Complete Streets principles
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis
Bloomington
From This . .
.
Anthony Blvd.
To This . . .
From this . . .
To this . . .
Paulding Rd.
From this . . .
To this . . .
Tecumseh Ave.
Are
changes like this possible in your
location?
Yes?
No?
www.completestreets.org
www.smartgrowth.org
www.TransportationforAmerican.org (T4)
www.AmericaBikes.org
www.AARP.org/LivableCommunities
MUTCD, 2009
Federal Highway Administration books:
“ Guidelines and Recommendations to
Accommodate Older Drivers and Pedestrians”
FHWA: “Highway
Design Handbook for
Older Drivers and Pedestrians”
AARP
Public Policy Institute Study:
“Planning Complete Streets for an
Aging America”
Public Roads Magazine
Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
Indiana
Complete Streets Coalition-join!
On Facebook
On Twitter@Bicycle Indiana
AARP: Draft legislation available
Health by Design:
www.healthbydesignonline.org
Today’s speakers: Mitch Barloga and
Raymond Hess
Google!
Mid-Ohio
MPO
Babylon, NY Complete Streets Policy
Islip, NY Complete Streets Policy
Kauai, Hawaii Complete Streets
Resolution
Feedback Question!
Consider: “Any good resolution, ordinance, legislation,
policy will contain some basic elements, including a
good, solid definition of what the concept is all about, all
modes, all users of every age and ability, and
appropriate exemptions.”
Adam Goldberg, AARP Senior Legislative Representative
A
Resolution
B
Ordinance
C
Legislation
D
Policy
POLICY!
• Changes in personnel: elected and staff
• Establishes system that considers needs of the
total community
• Ensures all uses accounted for when a street in
new or reconstructed
• In line with Federal movement:HUD/EPA/DOT
Our
roads MUST be safer for both drivers
and pedestrians
By 2025 1 in 4 drivers will be age 65+
Crashes among older people more
frequently lead to death than is the case
for younger persons
Older pedestrians have the highest
fatality rate of any age group; 18% of
fatalities, 13% of the population
Poorly designed roads and inadequate features on the road (poorly timed
crosswalk signals, hard-to-see signs, pavement markings and signals) put
older drivers and pedestrians at needless risk of serious injury or death
FHWA
low-cost recommendations:
• Bigger, brighter, more legible signage
• Better placed signs
• Clearer, brighter pavement markings
• Protected left turn lanes
• More visible signals
• Better-timed crosswalk signals
• Is this Complete Streets ?
Yes?
No?
Are
they a part of Complete Streets?
YES
NO