Delmar MetroLink Walkability Workshop

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THE POWER OF

COLLECTIVE IMPACT

Walk/Live St. Louis 2012

New Collaborations

Transformative Projects

Desired

Outcomes

Identify Opportunities

CONNECTING THE DOTS...

Need for a more walkable St. Louis

REALTORS –> New Partners for Smart Growth

EPA Grant – West End

Livability and the role

of Transportation

Now that we are here …

What can we do?

Dan Burden and Samantha Thomas ,Walkable and Livable Communities Institute

Walk/Live St Louis, 2012

Wellston Metrolink

Many people are poised to oppose change.

Perhaps they lack trust, feel left out or unable to communicate or be heard.

The net result -- it is essential to improve public process if good projects are to go forward.

Plan Program

Engineer

Traffic

Local Plans Local InputPublic

Information

OtherBuild

1 2 3 4 5

Project

Typical Input

Model Public Input

Technicians

Program

Traffic Needs

Local Plans

1 2 3 4 5

Project

Design Dialogue

Vision Plan

Connections

More Small Roads

Less Travel

Bike Routes

Sidewalks, Trees

Great Streets

Great Neighborhoods

Traffic Calming

Partners

Business

Neighborhoods

Visitor Needs

XWords

XLocal Input

XPublic

Information

Engineer

Public

Our Process

PROCESS

Without a Vision there is no dream

Without a plan there is no hope

Without a team there is no achievement

Alexander von Humboldt

Early 1800’s

The Father of Geography, and the

last Master of Geography.

Darwin refers to Humboldt as the

most scientific traveller who ever

lived.”

Humboldt made order out of our

complex Universe

“I am more and more

convinced that our

happiness depends more

on the way we meet the

events of life than on the

nature of those events

themselves.”

Shade can come in many forms including architectural shade (determined by annual sun angles, attached

canopies, freestanding umbrellas and landscape. Balance of sun and shade are determinant in active and

passive activities. In warm climates like Florida, shade is a critical asset to the 12 month use of a space.

ArchitectureUmbrellaTree Canopy

Balancing: Types of Shade

Attached Canopy

Shade should be balanced with views to maintain a degree of perceptual control of the space, allowing

unfettered visual and physical access to all the passive and active choices of activity

COMPOSITION

Window ShoppingDiningReading and

People WatchingBalancing: Views and Experience

Shopping and

Strolling

Complete Streets

Chico, CA

Nord Avenue

Crossing

Island

Bike Lanes

ColorizedTurn Lane

(colorized)

Transit Stop

Walk/Talk Zone 15-25

feet (comfortable width)

Eyes on

street

Furniture

zone 4-8

Attractive

Parking buffer

Great Street

Properly

scaled

Great Street

parking

Shy zone 2

Parking buffer

Attractive

coordinated

Canopy 12

years old

Sidewalk

25+ Feet

Coordinated

street

furniture

Boise, Idaho

The Future “Pike”

Bethesda, Maryland helps us understand our potential

St Augustine, Florida Enclosure

Robson Street, Vancouver, B. C. Enclosure

Winter Park,

Florida

Imaageabilit

Coronado,

California

Imageability

Walnut Creek, California Human

• Sense of protection is strong

• Quality, uniform street furniture

• Presence of people

• Stores invite you in

Walnut Creek,

California

Complexity

Which building looks most

like Southern Texas??

les, T

les, N

Transportation

has always built

our cities.

Always.

And … it will

continue to

do so.

Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) around the U.S. have increased

by 70 percent over the last 20 years, compared with a two

percent increase in new highway construction. The U.S.

General Accounting Office predicts that road congestion in

the U.S. will triple in 15 years even if capacity is increased by

20 percent.

Traffic is growing about five times faster than the growth in

population.

(Data compiled for a report to the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2006

written by Stephen Polzin, (transportation researcher at the University of

South Florida in Tampa.)

Why we

cannot

build our

way out of

traffic

People once fled cities

… for their health …

Today people are

returning to cities …

Portland, Oregon

… for their health

Tennessee Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida

If it weren’t for the damn pedestrian there would be no traffic problem in Los Angeles…

… circa 1972, Los Angeles Traffic Engineer

Compact villages and a strong civilian presence is the only solution to our traffic problems…

… circa 1995, San Diego Traffic Engineer

Choosing a Preferred Alternative

Scenario A: Low Density Scenario B: Baseline

Scenario C: Walkable Neighborhoods Scenario D: High Infill

University City Area

NE Corridor Station Areas

Taking Charge of your neighborhood –

empowering your leaders to create success

"If we want a booming economy of

mom and pop stores, we'd better

Arrowood – Existing Conditions

Arrowood Bicycle Vision

ARROWOOD

URBAN DESIGN

VISION

Marina Transit Station / Town Center Design

Workshop

Single-Use Commercial Buildings

Building

Design

Building

Frontag

Setback

New Port Village, Port Moody

Well Designed Density

Urban-Advantage.com

What are the problems here?

Lack of Security

Lack of people

Lack of investment

Auto dependence

No place to buy a popsicle

Lack of diversity

Lack of activityLack of diversity

Dover Kohl & Partners

Housing Details:

• “A” Side faces primary street

• “B” Side provides eyes to court

• Both sides provide surveillance

• Parking is convenient

• Other uses blended in

• Place to assemble

• Low speed environment

“A” Side

Cleveland, Ohio.

Monterey, California

4. Communications

and outreach

3. Input and

feedback

meetings

2. Task

forces

1. Core

problem

solving

Walkability Audits

A Tool for Organizing Strong Communities

and Developing Complete Streets

The Cycle of Strip Development

Land Use

Planning

INPUTS

•Auto Oriented Business

•Single Use Zoning

•Single Family

Residential

GROWTH

OUTCOMES

•Isolated Neighborhoods

•Multiple Automobile Trips

•Poor Mobility

•Difficult Walking

Transportation

Planning

INPUTS

•Traffic Demand

Forecasting

•Congestion

GROWTH

OUTCOMES

•Wider Roads

•Induced

Traffic

•More Traffic

Land Use

Planning

GROWTH

OUTCOMES

•Increased Mobility

•More Walking & Bicycling

•Increased Access

OUTCOMES

•Healthy Neighborhoods

•Choices of Transportation

•More Open Space

•Sense of Place

•Sense of Community

INPUTS

•Diversity of Business

•Mixed Use Zoning

•Diversity of Residential Units

•Context Sensitive Solutions

•Community Involvement

Transportation

Planning

Community

Planning

For further information contact:

Dan Burden and Kelly Morphy

Walkable and Livable Communities Institute,

www.walklive.org

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