Gene Ezell, Ed.D., CHESProfessor, HHP, Univ. of Tennessee/Chattanooga

The Road to

Complete Streets

Quality of Life & Economic Impact

through Active Transportationin Chattanooga

Vision

Livability in TransportationFreedom of Choice

Sustainability

30%don’t drive

United States Census - USDOT

Americans Want Safe Alternatives

52% want to bike more

NHTSA - National Survey of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes and Behaviors

55%

would prefer to drive less and walk more

Surface Transportation Policy Project

How Do We Get

There From Here?

Policy

Practice

Research

A Complete Street is safe, comfortable and convenient

for travel via automobile, foot, bicycle, and transit and

accommodates those of differing ages and abilities

Policy

The many types of Complete Streets

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Benefits of Complete Streets

Promote healthy lifestyles

5%Shift in populationphysical activitybehavior

2010 Hamlton County Health Plan2004 HEALTHY EATING & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:A COMMUNITY APPROACH

$11M

Savings in countyhealth care costs

2010 Hamlton County Health Plan2004 HEALTHY EATING & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:A COMMUNITY APPROACH

Benefits of Complete Streets

Encourage walking and bicycling

Benefits of Complete Streets

Improve air quality

Benefits of Complete Streets

Better mobility

Benefits of Complete Streets

Economic revitalization

Practice

Provide a public bicycle share system within urban boundaries to improve air quality, public health, quality of life, and community connectivity

Launched Summer 2012

30 Stations / 300 Bicycles

On-board GPS System

Secondary Lock

7-speed Hub

Station Locations

350+ Annual Members1,675+ Daily Users

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500

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24-hr Access Pass

Annual Members

Statistics July 23 – October 10, 2012

Total # of Trips: +7,000

Avg. # of Trips / Day: 88

Busiest Day: 298 tripsAvg. Trip Time: 25 minTotal Miles Traveled:

+7,000Total Travel Time: +210,000 min

Initial Impact

700,000 calories burned

Over 4,478 lbs of CO2 offset

2004 Greenway Collection ProjectCARTA Bike on Bus Data

2008-2011 Riverpark Data Collection Automated collection tools

2011-2012 Bike Share Survey

Research

Factors Affecting Bicycling Usage

at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: A Precursor Evaluation for Bike Share

Implementation

Research

Trends in Active Transportation

Pucher and Renne, 2003 Source: NHTS and NPTS

Health Impacts

Methods

Cross-sectional evaluation of current travel behavior

Screen-line cordon survey basedon National Bicycle and Pedestrian

Documentation Project

Random pedestrian intercept survey

Count and Survey

LocationsData will be collected at 7 locations that form a perimeter around the campus core:

Loc 1: E. 5th St. at the UC entrance

Loc 2: E. 5th St. at the UTC Bookstore

Loc 3: Palmetto at Vine St.

Loc 4: Palmetto at Oak St.

Loc 5: McCallie at Baldwin

Loc 6: Douglas at Oak

Loc 7: Douglas at Vine

Bicycle Counts

Identify bicycle traffic volumes

Behavior and demographic information

Create benchmark data

Pedestrian Intercept Survey

Demographic questions

Travel behavior questions

Health questions

Definitely Not

Probably not

Probably / Maybe

Yes, definitely

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

10.5%

15.2%

33.4%

40.5%

Fall 2011Spring 2012

If you had easy access to a bicycle and did not need to worry about theft or maintenance,

would you ride a bicycle more often?

Poor

Good

Very Good

Excellent

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

1.7%

32.7%

37.8%

26.8%

Fall 2011Spring 2012

Would you say that in general your health is:

How important do you think it is for the University to provide for walking, bicycling, and public transportation?

Not important at all

Somewhat important

Important

Extremely important

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

2.6%

14.7%

34.5%

48.2%

Fall 2011

What the Fall 2011/Spring 2012 Data Tell Us

• Using the Chi Square statistic, statistically significant relationships (p < 0.05) were found for the following relationships:

– Potential Users and Bike Confidence– Potential Users and General Health– Potential Users and Mode of Transportation Downtown

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Bicycle Car Carpool Public Transport

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I am a member Cost Less More Knowledge Friends/Family More stations No interest0

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11.75

20.68

Membership MotivationFall 2012

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I am a member Transportation Exercise Ease of parking No interest0

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92%

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Used Bike Chattanooga BikesFall 2012

YesNoNA

Yes27%

No73%

Knowledge of Student RateFall 2012

Yes32%

No68%

Access to a Working BikeFall 2012

Philip Pugliese, MBABicycle CoordinatorCity of Chattanooga

Stefanie deOlloqui, MS, MCHESAssociate DirectorActive Living & Transportation Network

Gene Ezell, Ed.D., CHESProfessor, HHP, Univ. of Tennessee/Chattanooga

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