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Whose Job is Community Change with Walk / Bike Issues Anyway?

Whose Job is Community Change with Walk / Bike Issues Anyway?. Tom Yahl, AICP Planner City of Ottawa. Existing Assets. Future Land Use Map 2003. Existing Assets. Partners. Property owners and developers Recreation groups Chamber of Commerce; Economic Development

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Whose Job is Community Change with Walk / Bike Issues Anyway?

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  1. Whose Job is Community Change with Walk / Bike Issues Anyway? Tom Yahl, AICP Planner City of Ottawa

  2. Existing Assets

  3. Future Land Use Map 2003

  4. Existing Assets

  5. Partners • Property owners and developers • Recreation groups • Chamber of Commerce; Economic Development • Health care organizations • Educational / School Districts • Citizens • Other governmental agencies, boards, commissions • Everyone! Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

  6. Start small….

  7. Start somewhere…..

  8. Funding Mechanism Utilized • Local Sidewalk Improvement program ???? • Transportation Enhancements - KDOT • Safe Routes to School – KDOT • Sunflower Foundation • RTCA Program - NPS

  9. Transportation Enhancements project

  10. KDOT SRTS funded project

  11. Sunflower Foundation funded project

  12. Sunflower Foundation funded project

  13. NPS RTCA Technical Assistance

  14. Road Diet

  15. Benefits to Walk-able / Bike-able Places • Economic Development • Transportation • Community Engagement • Uniqueness • HEALTH!

  16. Lessons Learned • Avoid hit & miss improvements; develop continuous routes. • Get away from straight lines. • Routes and locations with good support wins friends, even if not the highest priority. • Don’t be afraid to make dramatic changes. • Ask for support!! • Be patient and keep telling the story.

  17. Don’t Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good – Voltaire

  18. Questions?

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