So how do you bike more, walk more and drive less

• Bike-– Rights and Responsibilities – Traffic Skills 101 & Safety– Gear that helps the ride

• Walking-– Think differently about trips – How to make find good places for walking– Gear that helps the walk

High Quality Destinations Areas

• Density of Necessities- – Food, – clothing, – Home goods, – and work

• Access- sidewalks, streets designed for biking, connected streets or trails.

• Enjoyable Active Transportation Experiences

The Neighborhood…

First Where to Ride or Walk

• Know where you are and explore • Finding a route

– Cyclopath: www.cyclopath.org

– Google Maps with Walking Directions: www.googlemaps.com

We need to start thinking about walking differently

People walking as a

transportation are unique from motorists and the bicyclists

Main Street SE

They don’t just walk to travel from one location to the next . . .

Hennepin Avenue

They Shop

Nicollet Mall

They socialize

Nicollet Mall

They stop

Nicollet Mall

And they linger and stroll

Nicollet Mall

In Copenhagen, they measure not only pedestrians going by, but also how long they linger

Why? When people linger they build connections to others and their surroundings. They shop and the build community.

Here is what to look for in a walk-able community:

Linden Hills

Dense Activity Centers with High Quality Destinations

16th street mall, Denver

Wide Sidewalks

Nicollet Mall

Street Slower Speedsdue to

surfaces or congestion

Main Street, Minneapolis

Places to Gathering

Peavey Plaza

Places to rest and linger

Courtesy of www.capitalgainsmedia.com

Major Pedestrian Generators

Macalester College