Livable Streets Advocacy Training Kansas City Region October 10, 2011
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Livable Streets Advocacy TrainingKansas City RegionOctober 10, 2011
Livable Streets Advocacy TrainingOctober 10, 2011 Agenda
4:00 - 4:20 Welcome and Introductions4:20 – 4:50 Livable Streets 101
4:50 – 6:30 Advocacy training and next steps6:30 – 7:00 Walkability Audit (outside)
7:00 – 7:30 Working with Local Governments7:30 – 8:00 Lee’s Summit – a case study
Livable Streets 101
What is a Livable StreetBenefits of Livable StreetsWhat are We Asking For?
The Complete Streets MovementMissouri Livable Streets
What is a Livable Street
What is a Livable Street?
Livable Streets consider the needs all users: • Pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, car
drivers, truck transport• Seniors, children, people of all abilities and
means
Common Livable Streets Elements• Sidewalks• Bicycle
facilities (lanes and routes)
• Trails• Crosswalks• Paved
shoulders• Curb cuts• Transit
connections• Street trees
Livable Streets Are Flexible
• Urban • Suburban• Rural• Large/small
city• Busy street• Quiet street
Different names – same thing:• Livable Streets• Complete Streets• Comprehensive Street Design• Routine accommodation (of
bicycling, walking, transit)
Two meanings of “Complete”
• Individual Complete Streets: Each street must be complete – meet the needs of all users
• Complete System Connectivity: We also need complete, connected travel networks for people who walk, bicycle, use transit
Source: www.enterstageright.com, Dan Jennings
What does Livable Streets not mean?
• Congestion and gridlock• A street
designed for only one mode• A bicycle path
or sidewalk on every street
Source: www.enterstageright.com, Dan Jennings
Benefits of Livable Streets
What are the benefits of Livable Streets?
• Livable Streets are healthy. They get people physically active, which leads to healthier residents including students, workers.
• Livable Streets promote transportation choices. For those who can not or choose not to drive, Livable streets provide a safe space for non-motorized modes.
• Livable streets support economic development efforts. Walkable retail encourages lingering, spending. Properties closer to trails sell faster, for more.
Livable Streets promote improved health and well-being.
• Nationally and in Missouri, childhood obesity is on the rise with 14% of Missouri high schoolers and 30% of adults considered obese.
• Obesity increases risk of chronic diseases including Type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
• The presence of sidewalks is positively associated with physical activity
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Source: Trust for America's Health, "F as in Fat,“ and U.S. Census
Livable Streets provide more transportation choices.
• About 1/3 of Missourians cannot drive because they are too young (under 16), too old (some over 65), have a physical disability or live in chronic poverty.
• Creating sidewalks and transit connections for these residents provides access to jobs, retail, social and recreational amenities.
Courtesy www.pedbikeimages.org
Livable streets support economic vitality.
• Large businesses consider the overall health of a community when deciding where to locate or expand.
• Properties located adjacent to trails sell quicker and for more.
• Businesses favor healthier employees as they lose fewer workdays to sickness.
Livable Streets Are Kind to the Budget
Livable Streets means spending existing budget and resources with different, better priorities--more productive, more inclusive, more community oriented
Far cheaper to include Complete Streets elements up front than add later
Bicycle & pedestrian projects are typically far cheaper than road projects (by several zeros . . . )
Want to take a walk?
What are We Asking/Advocating For?
• Adopt a written Livable Streets policy:oOrdinanceo Resolutiono Internal policy
• Update internal policieso Streets plano Zoning code &
regulationsoDevelopment codeo Funding/budgeto City Comprehensive Plan
• Engage Citizenso Citizens Committeeo Engage citizens about
Complete Streets in project planning
• Individual projectso PlanningoDesigno ConstructionoMaintenance
What are We Asking/Advocating For?
An ideal Livable Streets policy: Is adoptable by all agencies to cover all roads. Applies to both new and retrofit projects, including
design, planning, maintenance, and operations, for the entire right of way.
Specifies that ‘all users’ includes pedestrians, bicyclists and transit passengers of all ages and abilities, as well as trucks, buses and automobiles.
Makes any exceptions specific and sets a clear procedure that requires high-level approval of exceptions.
Includes specific next steps for implementation of the policy.
Sample policies online at – CompleteStreets.org Changing Policy– MoBikeFed.org/CompleteStreets
All Agencies:Transportatio
n Planning happens at
several levels
• Local• Regional• State
Agencies• Federal
The Complete Streets Movement
Complete Streets MovementNationwide:• 283 jurisdictions have adopted
Complete Streets policies• 25 states, Puerto Rico, D.C.• Growing rapidly
Complete Streets MovementIn Missouri & Kansas:• 22 Complete Streets
Policies in MO & KS:cities, counties, metro planning agencies, Missouri General Assembly
• Compared w/ 4 in 2008• 7 in the KC metro area;
5 of the 9 largest cities• The 6 largest cities in MO have adopted Complete
Streets; over 1.1 million people• Mid-America Regional Council policy (2010)• Missouri & KC are now national Complete Streets
leaders
Complete Streets Policies in our RegionKansas City
region:• KCMO• KCK• Mid-America Regional
Council (KC MPO)• Independence• Lee’s Summit• Johnson County• Blue Springs• Leawood• Roeland Park
MO & KS:• Missouri General
Assembly• St. Louis• St. Louis MPO• Topeka• St. Joseph MPO• Columbia• Springfield• De Soto, Festus, Crystal
city, Herculaneum, Pevely• Elsberry• Ferguson
Missouri Livable Streets
What is Missouri Livable Streets?• An MU Extension
project• Advocacy trainings,
outreach– Sedalia, Jefferson City, St. Louis
County, O’Fallon, St. Louis, Warsaw, Kirksville, Crystal City, Springfield, Kansas City . . .
• Statewide media campaign
• Technical assistance– Livable Streets Design
Manual– Advocacy Manual
• Education and training to design professionals
Missouri Livable Streets works through a stakeholder-driven process to identify best practices and available resources for livable streets and deliver these to interested Missouri communities.
Courtesy www.pedbikeimages.org , Laura Sandt
Missouri Livable Streets support
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Centers for Disease Control Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) award
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
• University Outreach and Extension• Missouri Council for Activity and Nutrition
Livable Streets Resources CompleteStreets.org
LivableStreets.Missouri.edu MoBikeFed.org/CompleteStreets KanBikeWalk.com
BikeWalkKC.org/CompleteStreets
Trailnet.org PedNet.org
Send e-mail to [email protected] with subject Subscribe ‘Livable Streets’ list for monthly updates on policies, programs and champions.
The Challenge of the 20th Century was making our country accessible for automobiles– From 0 miles paved roads in 1900 to over 2
million miles in 2000– From 0 cars per household in 1900 to one car
per household by 1950 to one car per driver by 2000
The Challenge of the 21st Century is making our country accessible to humans again . . .