1. Complete Streets: Making Connections
MDOT/ACEC Partnering Conference
February 2, 2012

2. Implementation Perform Research Identify Stakeholder Groups
Obtain Input
Identify Potential Corridor Improvements
Evaluate Improvement Feasibility & Alternatives
Identify Funding Opportunities & Restrictions
Determine Project Scope

3. Think Outside the Box! Look Beyond Political Boundaries
Use Creative Funding Sources
Seek & Incorporate Community & Stakeholder Input
Incorporate Practical Connectivity
Establish Priorities, based on Cost Effectiveness, Inclusion in Other Projects, etc.

4. Funding Possibilities
Act 51
Surface Transportation Program (STP)
Transportation Economic Development Program
Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund
CMAQ
Enhancement
Safe Routes to School
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
HUD/MSHDA

5. Funding Possibilities (Cont.)
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Health Department
Foundations
Local Millage or Allocation
Local Partnerships
Current Infrastructure Projects
Design Standards & Policies
Tax Increment Financing
Federal Grants

6. Parallel Routes
CEDAR STREET
MDOT Trunkline
22,000 ADT
5 Lanes Wide

7. Parallel Routes No Route Proposed Proposed Route Proposed Route
Draft Non-Motorized Plan
No Route Proposed
Proposed
Route
Proposed
Route

8. Low Budget Implementation
EAST MT. HOPE AVENUE
Initiated by local business owner
Survey was sent to Impacted Parties
8,000 ADT, 1.1 mile length
45 mph speed limit
No existing non-motorized facility
Will connect to shoulder section in East Lansing, bike lanes on Aurelius Road & Lansing’s River Trail
Two of the area’s largest parks have new access to the non-motorized path

9. Low Budget Implementation
4 to 3 Lane Conversion, with 2 Adjoining Bike Lanes
4-to-3 Conversion is Considered when ADT is between 5,000 and 18,000
$5,500 Construction Cost
East Mt. Hope Avenue

10. Incorporation with Other Work
8,000 to 12,000 ADT
35 mph speed limit
AFTER
BEFORE

11. Other Cost-Effective Solutions

12. Complete Streets: Making Connections
Thank You!
Maureen E. Turner, PE