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Complete Streets Rochester, Minnesota

Complete Streets Rochester, Minnesota. Mitzi A. Baker, AICP Active Living Rochester Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department. September 28, 2011. Baseline Info:. Population: 100,000+ Pedestrian Facilities: 500+ Miles Recreational Paths, Trails: 94 Miles

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Complete Streets Rochester, Minnesota

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  1. Complete StreetsRochester, Minnesota Mitzi A. Baker, AICP Active Living Rochester Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department September 28, 2011

  2. Baseline Info: • Population: 100,000+ • Pedestrian Facilities: 500+ Miles • Recreational Paths, Trails: 94 Miles • Connectivity, Connectivity, Connectivity….interrupted by cul-de-sacs • Parkland Dedication: 106+ Parks/ 4,000+ acres

  3. Background Summer 2007 Awarded Contract from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota for Active Community Planning Incorporate A L Principles into local policy Spring 2008 Formed Partnership Summer 2008 Awarded Contract for ALM Build on work and support implementation

  4. Partnership • Healthy Living Rochester • Rochester Public Works • Olmsted County Public Health • Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department

  5. Why Collaborate • Credible Experts • Pursuing the Common Good Together • Advancing • Connectivity • Multi-Modal Transportation • Livable Communities

  6. Policy Actions Packaging the Work City Land Use Plan Text City Zoning & Subdivision Ordinance Comprehensive Plan City Policy Complete Streets

  7. Ongoing Partnership Activities • Planning & • Public Works • Public Health • HLR • Medical/Physicians

  8. Implementation • Successes • Challenges • 4-3 conversion • Lessons Learned • Leveraging the Partnership

  9. New - July 2010

  10. Transit & Pedestrian Improvements

  11. COMPLETE STREET – BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT 4th Street Bridge Rochester, MN completed 2010

  12. 20th St. SE Rochester, MN New 10’ wide bike/pedestrian path under construction 2011 This improvement will connect residential areas to schools, parks, additional trail systems and commercial and retail areas, including a grocery store.

  13. Rochester, MN New in-pavement lighting and crosswalk system being installed June 2011. Pedestrian activated - light fixtures in the pavement will light up and flash to draw attention to the crosswalk when a pedestrian is crossing. Lighted crosswalk signs posted adjacent to the road will also flash while pavement lights flash.

  14. Rochester, MN West Silver Lake Drive When this road was re-paved, on-street bike lanes were added (2009).

  15. Recognition

  16. Supportive Messaging

  17. Working Toward a Vision “A Community that promotes a culture of active living in holistic, diverse and comprehensive ways; where walking, biking and transit are the safe preferred options of residents.”

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