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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Overview

Livability and Civil Rights. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Overview. Allen Masuda Associate Administrator Office of Civil Rights Federal Highway Administration January 2011. Overview. History & Defining Livability - Accessibility Current FHWA Activities Future. History.

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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Overview

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  1. Livability and Civil Rights Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Overview Allen Masuda Associate Administrator Office of Civil Rights Federal Highway Administration January 2011

  2. Overview • History & Defining Livability - Accessibility • Current FHWA Activities • Future

  3. History • National Livability Initiatives • Carter Administration - Livable Cities Program (1977-81) • Clinton Administration - Building Livable Communities Program (1993-2001) • Obama Administration - Livability and the Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities (2009 - Present) • Budgeting Considerations

  4. HUD-DOT-EPA Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities—Guiding Principles Breaking Up the Agencies Stovepipe

  5. What are Livable Communities? A livable community: one in which people have multiple, convenient transportation and housing options as well as nearby destinations easily accessible.

  6. Transportation Affects Everything! Quality of Life For an Individual Community Vitality Walking/Wheeling/ Safety/Air Quality Accessibility : individuals, families, businesses, recreation Commuting/ Moving Freight Transportation Costs Mode & time

  7. Livable Communities - TransportationOptions Multi-Modal Mixed Development

  8. Livable Communities Destinations Close By • Mixed Use/ Development • Historic Preservation • Sense of Community/Place

  9. Livable Communities Have HousingOptions

  10. Livability and FHWA • Livability Builds Upon Policies and Programs That Have Been Around for a Long Time • Planning: Statewide & Metropolitan • Planning and Environmental Linkages • Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) • AASHTO Bike and Pedestrian Guides – Accessibility • Federal Funding programs (e.g., Transportation, Enhancements, CMAQ, Recreational Trails, Scenic Byways, Safe Routes to School) • Increased Funding Flexibility – Many stovepipes eliminated.

  11. Transportation Planning • State and Metropolitan Planning Organizations Principles: • 3C - continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive • Multimodal planning process • The safe and efficient development, freightmanagement, and operations to move people and goods. • Provides for accessible pedestrian walkways and bicycle facilities • Fosters economic growth anddevelopment • Clean Air - Minimizes fuel consumption • Storm Water Management

  12. Livability – Streets and Highways • Mobility – Multimodal Choices – Convenient and . . ..Accessible • Universal Design - People with Disabilities • Communities - Preserve the Character and Enhance . .. Attractiveness • Context Sensitive Solutions • Clean Air Quality/Storm Water Management • Improve Safety – Traffic Calming • “A Sense of Place” • Build the Local Economy • Contracts, Workforce Development, Tourism • Global Competitiveness 12

  13. Accessibility A Civil Rights Issue A Livability Issue An Economic Issue Independence/Self-Reliance Issue • Federal, States, Cities, and County Governments • Programs, Services and Activities • Buildings, Parks and Recreation Facilities • Highway and Street Facilities: Public Rights of Way • Rest Areas, Visitors/Welcome Centers, Traffic Management Centers, Sidewalks, Intersections, Signals, Bus Shelters and Stops

  14. Disabilities/Aging Affects Access to Programs, Services, and Facilities • Physical/Orthopedic – Need for Wheelchair, Walker, Cane, or Prosthetic Device • Physical/Medical-Heart/Lung Conditions, Diabetes • Visual-Blind/Low Vision • Hearing-Deaf/Impaired • Cognitive/Neurological-Autism, Brain Injury “Who is the Design Person or Vehicle?” Universal Design

  15. Nation's Largest Minority Group • 54 million Americans over the age of 15 have a disability (2000 Census) • 17 million have serious hearing disabilities (2000 Census) • 12 million have a visual disability - total blindness to low vision. • 70 percent will eventually experience a temporary or permanent disability that makes climbing stairs impossible – Join Anytime

  16. Accessibility in the PROW Reasonable & Consistent Policies • ADA & 504 Standards • DOT standards • DOJ 2010 Standards • Draft PROWAG (Public ROW Accessibility Guidelines)

  17. Settlement agreements with over 150 Towns, Cities, Counties, and States www.ada.gov/civicac.htm Tool Kit for State and Local Governments (Chapter 6 covers curb ramps): www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap6toolkit.htm US Department of Justice Project Civic Access Compliance ProgramProactive Enforce Approach

  18. Accessibility within the Public Rights of Way (PROW) • Planning Awareness – Accommodating persons with hearing, visual, cognitive or mobility impairments & assistive devices) • Early Community Involvement – Not an After Thought • Program Accessibility Plans – Set Goals and Schedules for Construction, Maintenance, Operations, and Upgrades/Retrofitting • Coordination and Continuity • With Adjoining Communities

  19. Accessibility: Highway and Streets Crossings and Sidewalks Unobstructed Paths 2011 Learning & Development Seminar Team Meeting (Title VI Complaint Issues) Curb ramps Curb cuts Detectible warnings Accessible Pedestrian Signals

  20. Ensuring Accessible Facilities Educated and Sensitized Workforce Planning Design Right-of-Way Acquisition Utility Relocations Construction Maintenance Operations Project Hand-off and Dropping of Responsibilities “Compliance Has to be 100%”

  21. Alternate Routing Safety Liability - Proper Ramp Needed Alternate Route? 21

  22. Obstructions 22

  23. Detectable Wide Enough

  24. FHWA Activities—Livability Guidebook • Designed for Practitioners • MPOs, State DOTs and others for advancing livable community developments • Developed with FTA • Available under “Highlights” at www.fhwa.dot.gov/livability

  25. FHWA Activities—Livability Guidebook(with Accessibility Initiatives) • Links Land Use and Transportation Planning • Holistic Approach to Enhancing Communities • Walk-able and Wheel-able Communities - Universal Accessibility • Transit Oriented Development • Complete Streets • Context Sensitive Solutions • Healthy Neighborhoods • Smart and Sustainability Growth

  26. FHWA Livable Communities Activities • Developing Resources to Support Practitioners • Research Paper • Differentiate between livability and sustainability • Sustainability: Improving energy efficiency, reducing dependence on oil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and benefiting the environment. • Livability Workshops • Toolbox of Training Materials • Model Regional Comprehensive Livability Plan • Dedicated Future Federal Funding

  27. FHWA Livability Contacts FHWA Office of Civil Rights • Allen Masuda– Allen.Masuda@dot.gov • Candace Groudine– Candace.Groudine@dot.gov • Janine Ashe– Janine.Ashe@dot.gov FHWA Office of Human Environment • Gabe Rousseau – Gabriel.Rousseau@dot.gov • Shana Baker - Shana.Baker@dot.gov • Sharlene Reed - Sharlene.Reed@dot.gov

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