1 / 59

Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA) and WALK Sacramento Present:

Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA) and WALK Sacramento Present: THINK WALKING -- THINK BIKING Think Quality of Life WALKING AND BIKING ARE UNIVERSAL AND POPULAR Everybody walks for part of their trips More people bike than take transit UNTAPPED POTENTIAL

niveditha
Download Presentation

Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA) and WALK Sacramento Present:

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA) and WALKSacramentoPresent:

  2. THINK WALKING -- THINK BIKING Think Quality of Life

  3. WALKING AND BIKING ARE UNIVERSAL AND POPULAR • Everybody walks for part of their trips • More people bike than take transit

  4. UNTAPPED POTENTIAL • Many more would bike and walk if it were: • Safe • Convenient • Desirable

  5. ENVIRONMENT MAKES A DIFFERENCE • Davis • 24% of people bike to work • 5% walk to work • Europe • Cities with 20-40% of trips made by bike • Cities with 20+% trips by foot

  6. Why Walk and Bike?

  7. FOR HEALTH • Lung disease, including asthma • Obesity • Diabetes • Cardiovascular disease • Hypertension • Arthritis • Cancer

  8. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1985 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

  9. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1988 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

  10. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1991 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

  11. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1994 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

  12. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1997 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

  13. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2000 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

  14. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001 Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

  15. FOR MOBILITY AND FREEDOM

  16. FOR AIR QUALITY

  17. TO SAVE MONEY

  18. FOR EQUITY • Not everyone can afford a car or chooses to drive • 30% of the population does not drive

  19. TO BUILD COMMUNITY

  20. SO, WHY NOT WALK & BIKE?

  21. Can’t get there from here

  22. It’s not safe!

  23. Things are blocking the way

  24. Poor conditions

  25. Planned for cars not people

  26. WHAT’S NEEDED?

  27. Make walking & biking a priority

  28. Integrate into transportation & land use planning

  29. ADOPT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLANS

  30. DESIGN STREETS FOR SAFE WALKING AND BICYCLING • Sidewalks and bike lanes/trails • Crossings • Speeds • Signal detection and timing • Interchanges • Safe routes to school & transit

  31. Safe sidewalks: planter strips with shade trees

  32. Safe bikeways: bike lanes on major streets

  33. Safe Crossings

  34. Safe speeds

  35. Safe signal detection & timing

  36. Safe interchanges • No photo available!

  37. Typical interchange

  38. Safe routes to school & transit

  39. DESIGN NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR WALKING AND BIKING

  40. DESIGN NEW DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE Connections to transit, schools, shopping & parks Short connected streets Worksite access & amenities Mixed uses close by

  41. Connections to transit, schools, shopping and parks

  42. Short connected streets

  43. Worksite access & amenities

  44. Mixed uses within walking and biking distance

  45. Avoid • Unconnected cul-de-sacs • Gated communities • Streets with more than 4 lanes • Streets that encourage speed

  46. RETROFIT OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS • Improve crossings • Reduce speeds • Reduce lanes and lane width (street diet) • Traffic calming • Provide new connections • Bike/ped shortcuts • Sidewalks on both sides of major streets

  47. Improve crossings

  48. Reduce speeds

  49. New connections

  50. PUT SOMEONE IN CHARGE • For planning and design • For sidewalk and bikeway maintenance • Right person is important

More Related