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Transportation Planning and You

Transportation Planning and You. Josh King Regional Planner Isothermal Planning and Development Commission. What is Transportation?. Today’s Transportation. Complete Streets Policy. All Users- Pedestrian, Bike, Transit, Cars Bus, and Trucks Street Connectivity- Make streets connect.

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Transportation Planning and You

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  1. Transportation Planning and You Josh King Regional Planner Isothermal Planning and Development Commission

  2. What is Transportation?

  3. Today’s Transportation

  4. Complete Streets Policy • All Users- Pedestrian, Bike, Transit, Cars Bus, and Trucks • Street Connectivity- Make streets connect Poorly Connected streets Or Low Connectivity Inter -connected streets Or High Connectivity

  5. Complete Streets cont’d • “NCDOT is not just a road-building department, and this policy emphasizes our commitment to safe and efficient travel for everyone.” NCDOT Transportation Secretary Gene Conti. • The devil is in the details. How to implement this strategy is the most difficult part.

  6. Not a complete street- Patton Ave. Asheville

  7. Complete Street Urban Setting

  8. Complete Street in a transitional setting- Not Urban, Not rural

  9. Complete street- Rural setting Photo courtesy of the Complete Streets Coalition

  10. Current Issues • FUNDING! FUNDING! FUNDING! • Funds for initial construction are just as important as ongoing maintenance costs • Pedestrian and Bicycle facilities have always played second fiddle to Roads and Highways • Many small towns and cities lack the funding to maintain their existing sidewalks and trails

  11. Merging the Worlds? • Transportation Planning and Public Health have MANY shared goals • Obesity reduction • Improved Air Quality • Access to care • Aging in place • Public Safety • And many more

  12. How to? • Get involved! • Each county in WNC is represented by a transportation planning organization: • Buncombe, Haywood, and Henderson County- French Broad River MPO • Swain, Jackson and West- Southwestern RPO • Polk, Rutherford, McDowell- Isothermal RPO • All Others- Land of Sky RPO

  13. With? • Safe Routes to School (SRTS)- Provides planning and funding for safe walking and bicycling facilities to/from schools • Pedestrian and/or Bicycle Plans- Planning document for pedestrian/bicyclists • Region wide Trails Planning- State trails program • And much more!

  14. Where You Live • At the community level • Become an advocate for increased local funding for pedestrian/bicyclist facilities • Advocate for pedestrian circulation systems (AKA sidewalks and trails) in all new developments • Report hazards (broken sidewalks, missing sidewalks, high hazard intersections) to your local government

  15. We can’t do it alone!And we definitely can’t do it without you!

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