the value of great streets - matthew roe, new york city dot
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Matthew Roe is a Senior Planning and Research Manager for the New York City Department of Transportation. This presentation from August 26, 2013 comes from a seminar on effective street design to improve safety and economic vitality. The seminar was hosted by EMBARQ Turkey at the Istanbul Technical University.TRANSCRIPT
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The Value of Great Streets: Safety, Mobility, Vitality Istanbul, 26 August 2013
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• plaza • Bike lane
Urbanity Vitality
Great Streets – Great Cities
Mobility
Safety
Mobility
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• Basic Urban Form + Street Design
– Death & injury are largest cost of automobile transport for most cities – rivaling congestion
– Traffic crashes are a leading cause of death worldwide, esp. young adults
– Dumbaugh & Rae found that traditional urban neighborhoods were safer than suburban areas with large, fast arterial streets
– 1 in 5 of Turkey’s road deaths are pedestrians
10.8
3.3
13.4
1.6
0.0 10.0 20.0
US
NYC
Turkiye
Istanbul
Traffic Fatality Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants
Safety
Dense cities are much safer than car-oriented cities and rural areas
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• Strong benefit : cost ratio • Safety projects can outperform
pure mobility projects • Fast implementation with ordinary
materials • Measurable results • Most cost-effective to implement
as a continuing citywide program
Safety
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• Above: person-capacity per hour of a typical 3.5m lane • Walking and cycling save space – the scarcest urban resource
Graphic: Asian Development Bank
Mobility
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• In New York City, bicycle commuting rose as bike network expanded from 2008 to 2013
• Has risen by 300% since 2000.
Graphic: NYC Dept. of Transportation
Mobility Bicycling grows as bike networks are improved
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A Virtuous Cycle
• Walking and biking households spend more locally than drivers
• Presence of local businesses improves attraction of street
• Result: more and safer walking
Improved Street Design
Improved Safety
More Walking/Biking
Stronger Local Retail
Support for Street Design
Economic Vitality
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• Projects are not intuitive to all businesses
• Working closely with groups of small retailers or with primary stakeholders can overcome these concerns
Economic Vitality
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Pedestrian space and bike connec7vity at a transit hub and park
Union Square North, Manhattan
Retail vacancies cut in half
Travel times unchanged
Injury crashes down by 26%
Source: NYC Dept. of Transportation
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Pearl Street Plaza, Brooklyn
Retail Sales up 172%
Locally-‐designed plaza replaces empty asphalt, providing focal point for a neighborhood in transi7on from industrial to mixed-‐use
Source: NYC Dept. of Transportation
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9th Avenue Protected Bike Lanes
Retail Sales up 49%
Injuries down 58%
2,200 bikes per day
Source: NYC Dept. of Transportation
Protected Bike Lane replaces one lane of mixed traffic, adding pedestrian refuges and greening the street.
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Palmer Street, Cambridge MA
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Brighton New Road
Pedestrian volume up 62%
Car speeds down to 20 kph
“Staying acQviQes” up 600%
Source: Gehl Architects
Shared Street design allows deliveries and bicycling on a pedestrian-‐dominated retail street
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West Palm Beach, Florida
Retail occupancy at 80%
Downtown revitaliza7on with safe street designs as a centerpiece