Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Adapting Suburban Communities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel Lesson 7 Publication No. FHWA-HRT

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-2 Lesson Outline Historical development of urban and suburban land use. Costs of sprawl. Retrofitting suburban roads to accommodate bicycles and pedestrians. Safe Routes to School planning. Retrofitting commercial/office developments.

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-3 Streetcar suburbs. Leapfrogging. Auto orientation. Infilling. Street hierarchy. Suburban Development

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-4 Individual tract subdivisions. Linear arterial streets. Bypassed vacant land. Present Land Use Forms

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-5 Suburban Street Scenes

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-6 Suburban Street Scenes

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-7 Suburban Street Scenes

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-8 Infrastructure: streets, utilities, parks and schools. Environment. Health and physical activity. Costs of Sprawl

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-9 Independent retrofit projects. Evaluation of road widening projects. Road diets. Form-based codes. Retrofitting Suburban Arterials

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation m (7 ft) parking lane 1.5 m (5 ft) bike lane 3 m (10 ft) travel lane Restriping to Create Bike Lanes

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-11 Road Retrofit—Before

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-12 Road Retrofit—After

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-13 Road Diet—Before

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-14 Road Diet—After

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-15 Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S)

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-16 Health Issues 35% of youth do not participate in regular physical activity.

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-17 Origins of the SR2S Concept Denmark – early 1980s. –Worst child pedestrian crash rates in Europe. –In Odense, an 80% reduction in child crash rates in 10 years. United Kingdom – Sustrans. –Demonstration program in 1995 (10 schools). –Traffic decrease of 12% to 17%.

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-18 Marin County, CA One of two TEA-21 national models. Combination of funding: –County transportation funds, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, several private foundations, Bicycle Coalition. 21% of morning commute is school dropoff. 9 pilot schools and 1,600 students in schools and 12,000 students participating in 2004.

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-19 Results 57% increase in children walking and biking. 29% decrease in children arriving by car.

Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation 2-20 Lesson Summary Suburban development patterns have made it difficult to use nonmotorized transportation. There are many ways to change this condition: –Retrofits to existing facilities. –New developments.