Why are we still talking about Complete Streets? Jeremy R. Klop, AICP Complete Streets and Capital Projects Session March 1, 2013 Public Works Officers Institute League of California Cities Conference, Pasadena, CA
What are Complete Streets? Complete Street A transportation facility that is planned, designed, operated, and maintained to provide safe mobility for all users, including bicyclists, pedestrians, transit vehicles, truckers, and motorists, appropriate to the function and context of the facility. Complete street concepts apply to rural, suburban, and urban areas. Source: Caltrans Complete Streets Implementation Action Plan http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/ocp/complete_streets.html
Start with Why
What do you love about walking in San Francisco? Walksf.org
Advocates It s the right thing for us to do Pragmatists It s the most efficient and affordable way Protectors It s required by the law and government Service Providers It s what my customers want
Advocate Themes It s our turn to be first : Source: City of Fort Collins, CO
Advocate Themes It s about the children Walking school bus in Glendale, CA. Source: www.caactivecommunities.org
Advocate Themes Bicycle rodeo in Arcata, CA. Source: cityofarcata.org
Advocate Themes Try new things Buffered bike lane in San Francisco, CA. Source: resetsanfrancisco.org
Advocate Themes Reclaim streets Pedestrian scramble in Oakland s Chinatown. Source: sf.streetsblog.org
Protector Themes Follow the rules Obey the process Nobody gets hurt
Protector Themes Safety First
Protector Themes Safety First Source: Cheyenne, Wyoming. Tom Mason, via Transportation for America
Protector Themes We will burn if we don t change Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Protector Themes These laws, standards, and guidelines are for your protection We are liable if this goes wrong California Environmental Quality Act AB 32 Global Warming Solutions Act SB 375 Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act AB 1358 The Complete Streets Act Adopted Significance Thresholds DD-64-R1 CA MUTCD Highway Design Manual AASHTO
Pragmatist Themes Model Scenarios Calculate trade offs
Pragmatist Themes Only build what you can afford to own, maintain, and sustain
Pragmatist Themes Efficiency
Pragmatist Themes Bullets before Cannonballs Sunset Triangle, Los Angeles, CA ww.losangeleswalks.org
Service Provider Themes My customers are changing Source: Flickr.com Source: oxy.edu
Service Provider Themes Children of the 1990s "64% of college-educated millennials choose first where they want to live, and only then do they look for a job. Fully 77% of them plan to live in America's urban core. Jeff Speck
Service Provider Themes Source: Image: Jeremy Klop Source: Image: Jeremy Klop Source: Image: Monica Bradley
Service Provider Themes Not all customers want the same things
Service Provider Themes Streets are meant to serve Multiple measures of performance
Service Provider Themes Adopt new approaches Source: http://sf.streetsblog.org Source: www.la2b.com Source: www.la2b.com Source: http://sf.streetsblog.org Source: NCHRP Multimodal LOS Analysis for Urban Streets
Service Provider Themes Adopt new approaches
Service Provider Themes Adopt new approaches
Service Provider Themes Give them what they ask for Parklet in San Francisco, CA Source: Fehr & Peers
Conventional Approach More Cars More Lanes More Roads System Management ITS Putting it all Together Transit Bicycling Walking HOV/HOT Lanes More Pavement More Efficiency User View and Comfort Context-Sensitive Design Traffic Calming Personal Security Mixture of Uses Road Network Pedestrian-Oriented Environment Compact Development Lateral Approach Manage, Not Solve Lane Limits Change Standards
Be Strong Source: Peatonito
Find the Balance Different road users in LA, CA. Source: www.la2b.com
Aim High! Complete Intersection, Boulder, CO. Source: Fehr & Peers