Paul Lippens, AICP Senior Planner phone x Themes for Complete Streets November 13, 2012
ATpolicy.org/design
1. DESIGN GRAMMER
simplify & relate to land use codes Complete Streets, Complete Networks
street typology Boulevard Avenue Street Complete Streets, Complete Networks
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago
2. MODE HIERARCHY
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago
Complete Streets, Complete Networks
3. PROCESS/PROCEDURE/PLANS
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago process
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago procedure
Applying Guidelines Street Typology plan
4. NETWORK DESIGN
arterialscollectorslocalstrails complete networks network
connect places network
complete networks use all streets to connect places network
5. TARGET SPEED/VEHICLE
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago target speed
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago target speed design speed posted speed mean median mode
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago target speed
Complete Streets, Complete Networks target vehicle
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago target vehicle
6. PROTECTED BIKEWAYS
Complete Streets, Complete Networks bike lane
Complete Streets, Complete Networks protected bikeway
Teschke, et al, “Route Infrastructure and the Risk of Injuries to Bicyclists” AJPH
7. COMPACT INTERSECTIONS
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago
8. PLAN TRAFFIC
Safe Streets Manual: Chicago
A 2010 study by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute estimated that the cumulative benefit of shifting 1 VMT from motorized to non-motorized transportation (Bicycle, Pedestrian, or Transit) at approximately $2.00 (Source: to 2011 VMT decreased by 14.5% in Chicago – 900 million fewer miles travelled each year $1.8 Billion benefit
9. PLACE/LEAVE NO TRACE
meet place work. live. play. work mingle travel live shopvisit play hang
bioswales businesses recycling parking urban farms infiltration raingardens Life cycle costs hang green leave no trace
10. LEADERSHIP
Institutional Challenges
Result of Leadership Agencies working together for better roads
Paul Lippens, AICP Senior Planner phone x300