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APWA Management & Public Administration Committee Creating Complete Streets to Accommodate All Users May 23, 2012
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Seattle’s Complete Streets Ordinance Vision: Streets that are safe, convenient and accessible for everyone Plans: Bicycle, Pedestrian, Transit, Freight Funding: Bridging the Gap, state, federal grants
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Seattle’s Complete Streets Ordinance Implementation: Complete Streets checklist Outreach: Community collaboration Opportunities: Redesigning city streets
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Why Have a Policy? Retrofitting is expensive! Get it right the first time.
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Who Needs Complete Streets? 16% of households do not have a car Seniors Youth Safety Transit riders
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Economic Benefits
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Planning: Bicycle Master Plan
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Green Bike Lanes NE 130 th Street Eastlake Avenue E
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Bike Boxes Howell StreetN 34 th Street
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On-Street Bike Parking
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Planning: Pedestrian Master Plan 15 th Avenue SNE 54 th Street
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Pedestrian Safety A modest decrease in motor vehicle speed can dramatically increase survival in pedestrian crashes Speed reduction from 40 to 30 increases survival rate by 5 x
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Safe Routes to School Before After Concord Elementary School
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BeforeAfter Sand Point Way
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TOPS K-8 School Before After
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Road Diets 32 successful road diets since 1972 21 projects between 1972-2006 11 projects in past 5 yrs
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Nickerson Case Study BeforeAfter
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Nickerson Case Study Before
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Nickerson Case Study After
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S Columbian Way Before After
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NE 125 th Street BeforeAfter
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7 th Avenue BeforeAfter 7
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N 130 th Street BeforeAfter 8
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Neighborhood Greenways
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Coming Soon: Broadway
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Coming Soon: Linden Avenue N
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Coming Soon: S Othello Street
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Complete Streets Work for Everyone
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Additional Resources Nickerson Street Before and After Study –http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/nickerson.htmhttp://www.seattle.gov/transportation/nickerson.htm FHWA: Proven Safety Countermeasures –http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/provencountermeasures/index.htmhttp://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/provencountermeasures/index.htm NACTO Guides –http://nacto.org/http://nacto.org/ National Complete Streets Coalition –http://www.completestreets.org/http://www.completestreets.org/ 26
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