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Complete & Green Streets
Presentation to A&PW CommitteeSeptember 23, 2013
Complete Streets are streets for everyone, no matter who they are or how they travel.
1. Makes fiscal sense 2. Makes economic sense 3. Improves safety 4. Better health 5. Eases transportation woes 6. Improves air quality and reduces GHG emissions
To change practice, integrating the needs of all road users into everyday transportation
planning and design practices.
Why a Complete Streets ordinance?
Complete Streets give pedestrians, especially children, disabled and elderly, safety and mobility
Pedestrian Paris’. found that Parisians had four main sets of expectations:• Comfortable spaces to
walk• More welcoming spaces,
for example benches on which to rest
• More greenery• More water, for example
fountains
Complete Streets Benefit Our Economy
Examples from other cities and towns• Reduced speeding• Fewer crashes• New businesses• New jobs (and a recruiting edge) • Lower vacancy rate• Higher property values• Increased sales tax revenue
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Complete Streets Improve Our Health
Risk of obesity:Increases
6% for each hour spent in a car.
Decreases
4.8% for each
additional kilometer walked.
Particulate Material Risk
Roughly one out of every three people in the United States is at a higher risk of experiencing Particulate Material related health effects. High risk are • active children• the elderly population. • People of all ages who are active
outdoorsParticulate Material comes from motor vehicles, power plants, etc.
Complete Streets Provides ChoicesTransportation is second
largest expense for families: ~18% of budget
Low income households can spend up to 55% of budget on
transportation.
Complete Streets give people more control over their
expenses.
Complete & Green Streets Ordinance timeline:
Staff and the Environment Board will • Draft ordinance for review by Legal, to be
presented to Council on Nov. 11 • This schedule allows the City to receive credit
within the STAR (Sustainability Tools for Assessing and Rating for Communities) system.
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