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Adapting Suburban Communities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel

Publication No. FHWA-HRT-05-098. Adapting Suburban Communities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel. Lesson 7. Lesson Outline. Historical development of urban and suburban land use. Costs of sprawl. Retrofitting suburban roads to accommodate bicycles and pedestrians.

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Adapting Suburban Communities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel

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  1. Publication No. FHWA-HRT-05-098 Adapting Suburban Communities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel Lesson 7

  2. Lesson Outline • Historical development of urban and suburban land use. • Costs of sprawl. • Retrofitting suburban roads to accommodate bicycles and pedestrians. • Safe Routes to School planning. • Retrofitting commercial/office developments.

  3. Suburban Development • Streetcar suburbs. • Leapfrogging. • Auto orientation. • Infilling. • Street hierarchy.

  4. Present Land Use Forms • Individual tract subdivisions. • Linear arterial streets. • Bypassed vacant land.

  5. Suburban Street Scenes

  6. Suburban Street Scenes

  7. Suburban Street Scenes

  8. Costs of Sprawl • Infrastructure: streets, utilities, parks and schools. • Environment. • Health and physical activity.

  9. Retrofitting Suburban Arterials • Independent retrofit projects. • Evaluation of road widening projects. • Road diets. • Form-based codes.

  10. Restriping to Create Bike Lanes 2 m (7 ft) parking lane 1.5 m (5 ft) bike lane 3 m (10 ft) travel lane

  11. Road Retrofit—Before

  12. Road Retrofit—After

  13. Road Diet—Before

  14. Road Diet—After

  15. Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S)

  16. Health Issues 35% of youth do not participate in regular physical activity.

  17. Origins of the SR2S Concept • Denmark – early 1980s. • Worst child pedestrian crash rates in Europe. • In Odense, an 80% reduction in child crash rates in 10 years. • United Kingdom – Sustrans. • Demonstration program in 1995 (10 schools). • Traffic decrease of 12% to 17%.

  18. Marin County, CA • One of two TEA-21 national models. • Combination of funding: • County transportation funds, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, several private foundations, Bicycle Coalition. • 21% of morning commute is school dropoff. • 9 pilot schools and 1,600 students in 2000. • 23 schools and 12,000 students participating in 2004.

  19. Results • 57% increase in children walking and biking. • 29% decrease in children arriving by car.

  20. Lesson Summary • Suburban development patterns have made it difficult to use nonmotorized transportation. • There are many ways to change this condition: • Retrofits to existing facilities. • New developments.

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