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Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007 60 BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS Complete Streets Policies Across the Complete S treets Policies U.S.(1) Sacramento San Francisco Bay Area Santa Barbara Kirkland Seattle San Diego Salt Lake City Fort Collins Boulder Colorado Springs St. Joseph Source: Thunderhead Alliance (1) Policies listed on this map are those endorsed by Thunderhead member organizations only. Ten state and 25 local complete streets policies have passed as of June 2007. Madison Jackson Cascade Iowa City Chicago Cleveland Johnson Co. DuPage Co. Columbus Columbia St. Louis Wilmington West Palm Beach Cities with complete streets policies States with complete streets policies States without complete streets policies COMPLETE STREETS POLICIES REQUIRE THAT ROAD PROJECTS INCLUDE SAFE access for all users. A complete street provides for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit-users, and car drivers using elements such as traffic calming, sidewalks, bike lanes, curb cuts, transit stops and inviting crossings. Thunderhead member organizations have endorsed all of these policies as resulting in complete streets. The following page contains sample language from model policies.
Excerpts from Model Policies: Chicago’s Complete Streets Policy “ The safety and convenience of all users of the transportation system including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, freight, and motor ve- hicle drivers shall be accommodated and balanced in all types of transportation and development projects and through all phases of a project so that even the most vulnerable – children, elderly, and persons with disabilities – can travel safely within the public right of way.” Oregon’s Bike Bill “ Out of the funds received by the department or by any county or city from the State Highway Fund reasonable amounts shall be expended as necessary to provide footpaths and bicycle trails, including curb cuts and ramps as part of the project. Footpaths and bicycle trails, including curb cuts and ramps as part of the project, shall be provided wherever a highway, road or street is being constructed, reconstructed or relocated... The amount expended by the department or by a city or county as required or permitted by this section shall never in any one fiscal year be less than one percent of the total amount of the funds received from the highway fund. ” San Francisco’s Transit First Policy “ Decisions regarding the use of limited public street and sidewalk space shall encourage the use of public rights of way by pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transit, and shall strive to reduce traffic and improve public health and safety.” (City Charter, Section 16.102) Florida Bicycle and Pedestrian Ways Statute “Bicycle and pedestrian ways shall be established in conjunction with the construction, reconstruction, or other change of any state transportation facility, and special emphasis shall be given to projects in or within one mile of an urban area.” Source: www.completestreets.org, ODOT Atlanta’s Peachtree Street at Present PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PEACHTREE CORRIDOR TASK FORCE Re-Envisioned as a Complete Street PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PEACHTREE CORRIDOR TASK FORCE BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS 61 Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007
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Bicycling and Walking in the U.S. B
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Bicycling and Walking in the U.S. T
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Acknowledgements This report has de
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Contents PHOTO COURTESY OF SEAN DRE
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Executive Summary Government offici
Page 11 and 12: to bicycle and pedestrian programs.
Page 13 and 14: 1: Introduction Benchmarking Bicycl
Page 15 and 16: Denver, CO receives Bicycle-Friendl
Page 17 and 18: all and included recommendations fo
Page 19 and 20: 2: Data Collection The Benchmarking
Page 21 and 22: 3: Current Status of Bicycling How
Page 23 and 24: PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY KELLOGG Bicyc
Page 25 and 26: % work trips by bike Percent of Tri
Page 27 and 28: State % of work trips Trips to work
Page 29 and 30: City Trips to work by bike % of wor
Page 31 and 32: PHOTO COURTESY OF TRANSPORTATION AL
Page 33 and 34: Number of People per Bike Shop in M
Page 35 and 36: anks lowest here with only 4.0% wal
Page 37 and 38: 7% Pedestrian Percent of Trips to W
Page 39 and 40: 100% Distribution of those who walk
Page 41 and 42: State % of trips by foot Trips to w
Page 43 and 44: City % of Trips by Foot Trips to Wo
Page 45 and 46: Pedestrian Mode Share & Safety in C
Page 47 and 48: includes funding for biking and wal
Page 49 and 50: Other Source: FHWA (2001-2006) Fede
Page 51 and 52: Funding for Bicycling & Walking Pro
Page 53 and 54: Distribution of Transportation Enha
Page 55 and 56: Percent of TE Funds to Bicycle & Pe
Page 57 and 58: Education Projects by State Ratio o
Page 59 and 60: Bicycle & Pedestrian Staff Levels i
Page 61: Members of LAPD Bicycle Police Team
Page 65 and 66: State % of transportation $ to bike
Page 67 and 68: City Per capita spending on bicycle
Page 69 and 70: miles per square mile of city 18 16
Page 71 and 72: Minneapolis Top for Bike Parking Mi
Page 73 and 74: Transit Integration with Bicycling
Page 75 and 76: Thunderhead Alliance Bicycle & Pede
Page 77 and 78: Budgets of Thunderhead Organization
Page 79 and 80: evenue in dollars $2,500,000 $2,000
Page 81 and 82: State Total populationserved by org
Page 83 and 84: City Population served larger than
Page 85 and 86: City-Based Advocacy Organizations M
Page 87 and 88: average temperature (degrees farhen
Page 89 and 90: Demographic Influences Income Incom
Page 91 and 92: miles of bicycle facilities per squ
Page 93 and 94: percent of trips to work by foot %
Page 95 and 96: 8: Impacts of Bicycling and 40% 35%
Page 97 and 98: percent of trips to work by bicycle
Page 99 and 100: 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% Alaska Montana
Page 101 and 102: 9: Conclusions Safety in Numbers Da
Page 103 and 104: Levels, Safety, and Funding 25% per
Page 105 and 106: 10: Recommendations How You Can Use
Page 107 and 108: surveys. The team will expand outre
Page 109 and 110: State Thunderhead Organization AK N
Page 111 and 112: Nebraska Bikeable Communities: Omah
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City Census 2000 % bike to work Cen
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States Bike fatalities WISQARS Bike
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Bibliography: Chapter 1 - Introduct
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