1 Complete Streets: Guide to Answering the Costs Question Companion Presentation, Part 1

“We can’t afford to build Complete Streets.” 2 Why is this such a loaded statement? …Because they are really saying: “Is building multi-modal streets worth it?” “How can I add all this extra stuff to my stretched transportation budget?” “You don’t understand the constraints of my profession.”

3 3 Give Real Examples Dan Burden

4 4 Give Real Examples Dan Burden

Four Answers: 6 1.Complete Streets policies are necessary to accommodate existing users. 2. Complete Streets can be achieved within existing budgets. 3.Complete Streets can lead to new transportation funding opportunities. 4.Complete Streets add lasting value.

7 Complete Streets policies are necessary to accommodate existing users.

8 Use with: Transportation professionals, officials, general public Complete Streets policies are necessary to accommodate existing users.

Ways to make the point… 9 Photos –People walking along ‘goat trails’ –Wheelchair users unable to access sidewalks –Bus stops without sidewalks Census statistics –Residents without access to cars –Community mode split A map of pedestrian injuries and fatalities in your community

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Use visuals: pedestrian deaths 11

Example: Cary, Illinois 12 This bridge provides the only access across the Fox River. In 2000, 17-year-old Nate Oglesby died trying to cross it on his bicycle; two teens had died previously.

Example: Cary, Illinois 13 Nate’s family won a wrongful death lawsuit and the community pressed the Illinois DOT to retrofit the bridge, at far greater cost than doing it right the first time.

Example: Cobb County, Georgia 14

Use statistics: New Orleans % of residents do not have access to a car. 8.4% walk, bike, and take transit to work. Jason Toney

16 "If you ever saw someone in a wheelchair going down a busy lane of traffic, it scares you to death. You can see their vulnerability.” – Rhonda Frisby, of the Anderson, South Carolina chapter of the Physically Handicapped Society Dr. Scott Crawford

17 – Billings Gazette Editorial Board “The idea of making streets more accessible to walkers, bikers, wheelchairs, bus riders and everyone else isn’t about service to “special interests.” Complete streets is about being inclusive — recognizing that quality of life requires more than four-lane arterials and chip sealed avenues.” – Billings Gazette Editorial Board Charlotte, NC DOT Charlotte DOT

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