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2 TOWARDS A MORE WALKABLE AKRON OCTOBER 18, 2017 JEFF SPECK AICP CNU-A LEED-ND Hon. ASLA!!

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5 CITY DESIGN AS IF PEOPLE MATTERED UNIVERSITY PARK ALLIANCE JANUARY 20, 2011 JEFF SPECK AICP CNU-A LEED-AP Hon. ASLA!!

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7 THE WALKABLE CITY!

8 THE Why we need it. WALKABLE CITY! How to do it.

9 THE Why we need it. WALKABLE CITY! How to do it.

10 THE Why we need it. WALKABLE CITY! How to do it.

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12 THE Why we need it. WALKABLE CITY! How to do it.

13 IF WALKABLE PLACES ARE THRIVING PLACES... HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK?

14 IF WALKABLE PLACES ARE THRIVING PLACES... HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK?

15 IF WALKABLE PLACES ARE THRIVING PLACES... HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK?

16 THE GENERAL THEORY OF WALKABILITY!

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18 HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK? A REASON TO WALK A SAFE WALK A COMFORTABLE WALK AN INTERESTING WALK

19 HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK? A REASON TO WALK A SAFE WALK A COMFORTABLE WALK AN INTERESTING WALK

20 HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK? A REASON TO WALK A SAFE WALK A COMFORTABLE WALK AN INTERESTING WALK

21 HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK? A REASON TO WALK A SAFE WALK A COMFORTABLE WALK AN INTERESTING WALK

22 HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK? A REASON TO WALK A SAFE WALK A COMFORTABLE WALK AN INTERESTING WALK

23 HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WALK? A REASON TO WALK A SAFE WALK A COMFORTABLE WALK AN INTERESTING WALK

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46 Conventional Suburban Development

47 WHAT IS MISSING OR UNDER-REPRESENTED? Office Retail Dining Entertainment Housing Schools Recreation Worship Parking

48 WHAT IS MISSING OR UNDER-REPRESENTED? Office Retail Dining Entertainment Housing Schools Recreation Worship Parking

49 WHAT IS MISSING OR UNDER-REPRESENTED? Office Retail Dining Entertainment Housing Schools Recreation Worship Parking

50 DES MOINES, IOWA

51 DES MOINES, IOWA 100% TAX ABATEMENT FOR 10 YEARS

52 DES MOINES, IOWA 2000: 2,500 UNITS DOWNTOWN

53 DES MOINES, IOWA 2020: 10,000 UNITS DOWNTOWN

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87 Metro areas that invested heavily in road capacity expansion fared no better in easing congestion than metro areas that did not. Trends in congestion show that areas that exhibited greater growth in lane capacity spent roughly $22 billion more on road construction than those that didn t, yet ended up with slightly higher congestion costs per person, wasted fuel, and travel delay. -- Surface Transportation Policy Project, Washington, DC

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103 DESIGNATED ARTERIALS (4 Lanes or More): Sheridan: Peak 10,066 Hudson: Peak 8389 Robinson: Peak th : Peak th : Peak 4507

104 DESIGNATED ARTERIALS (4 Lanes or More): Sheridan: Peak 10,066 Hudson: Peak 8389 Robinson: Peak th : Peak th : Peak 4507

105 DESIGNATED ARTERIALS (4 Lanes or More): Sheridan: Peak 10,066 Hudson: Peak 8389 Robinson: Peak th : Peak th : Peak 4507

106 DESIGNATED ARTERIALS (4 Lanes or More): Sheridan: Peak 10,066 Hudson: Peak 8389 Robinson: Peak th : Peak th : Peak 4507

107 DESIGNATED ARTERIALS (4 Lanes or More): Sheridan: Peak 10,066 Hudson: Peak 8389 Robinson: Peak th : Peak th : Peak 4507

108 DESIGNATED ARTERIALS (4 Lanes or More): Sheridan: Peak 10,066 Hudson: Peak 8389 Robinson: Peak th : Peak th : Peak 4507

109 Hudson Avenue: 8389 Cars/Day 6 lanes

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123 LOUISVILLE, KY BROOK AND 1 ST REVERTED TO TWO-WAY. 2 ND AND 3 RD KEPT AS ONE- WAY.

124 LOUISVILLE, KY BROOK AND 1 ST REVERTED TO TWO-WAY. 2 ND AND 3 RD KEPT AS ONE- WAY.

125 2-WAYS - CAR CRASHES DOWN 48% - CRIME DOWN 23% 1-WAYS - CAR CRASHES UP 15% - CRIME UP 36%

126 2-WAYS - CAR CRASHES DOWN 48% - CRIME DOWN 23% 1-WAYS - CAR CRASHES UP 15% - CRIME UP 36%

127 2-WAYS - CAR CRASHES DOWN 48% - CRIME DOWN 23% 1-WAYS - CAR CRASHES UP 15% - CRIME UP 36%

128 2-WAYS - CAR CRASHES DOWN 48% - CRIME DOWN 23% 1-WAYS - CAR CRASHES UP 15% - CRIME UP 36%

129 2-WAYS - CAR CRASHES DOWN 48% - CRIME DOWN 23% 1-WAYS - CAR CRASHES UP 15% - CRIME UP 36%

130 2-WAYS - CAR CRASHES DOWN 48% - CRIME DOWN 23% 1-WAYS - CAR CRASHES UP 15% - CRIME UP 36%

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156 Increased lane widths are responsible for approximately 900 additional traffic fatalities per year. -- Robert Noland, Traffic Fatalities and Injuries: The Effect of Changing Infrastructure and Other trends, Center for Transport Studies, 2002.

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161 Broad is the road that leads to destruction... narrow is the road that leads to life (Matthew 7:13-14)

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170 PERSAUD ET. AL. CRASH REDUCTIONS RELATED TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL REMOVAL IN PHILADELPHIA, 1997

171 PERSAUD ET. AL SIGNALS REMOVED DATA COLLECTED ON 199 CRASHES REDUCED 24% SEVERE INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 63 % SEVERE PED INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 68%

172 PERSAUD ET. AL SIGNALS REMOVED DATA COLLECTED ON 199 CRASHES REDUCED 24% SEVERE INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 63 % SEVERE PED INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 68%

173 PERSAUD ET. AL SIGNALS REMOVED DATA COLLECTED ON 199 CRASHES REDUCED 24% SEVERE INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 63 % SEVERE PED INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 68%

174 PERSAUD ET. AL SIGNALS REMOVED DATA COLLECTED ON 199 CRASHES REDUCED 24% SEVERE INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 63 % SEVERE PED INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 68%

175 PERSAUD ET. AL SIGNALS REMOVED DATA COLLECTED ON 199 CRASHES REDUCED 24% SEVERE INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 63 % SEVERE PED INJURY CRASHES REDUCED 68%

176 PERSAUD ET. AL. Traffic engineers in Philadelphia believe that the safety benefit stems from elimination of the local habit of speeding up to beat the red.

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186 # OR CYCLISTS: TRIPLED SPEEDING: 75%! 17% INJURY CRASHES DOWN 63% CAR VOLUME, TRIP TIMES: UNCHANGED

187 # OR CYCLISTS: TRIPLED SPEEDING: 75%! 17% INJURY CRASHES DOWN 63% CAR VOLUME, TRIP TIMES: UNCHANGED

188 # OR CYCLISTS: TRIPLED SPEEDING: 75%! 17% INJURY CRASHES DOWN 63% CAR VOLUME, TRIP TIMES: UNCHANGED

189 # OR CYCLISTS: TRIPLED SPEEDING: 75%! 17% INJURY CRASHES DOWN 63% CAR VOLUME, TRIP TIMES: UNCHANGED

190 # OR CYCLISTS: TRIPLED SPEEDING: 75%! 17% INJURY CRASHES DOWN 63% CAR VOLUME, TRIP TIMES: UNCHANGED

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230 EXCHANGE STREET! AS OF RIGHT

231 CONDITIONAL USE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL

232 JUMP THROUGH HOOPS AND YOU CAN BUILD IT.!

233 EXCHANGE STREET! OH PLEASE BE MY GUEST

234 YOUR CODES ARE BAD!

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