Bicycle and Pedestrian Workshop - Public Sector

Charles Riou P.E. TxDOT State Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator

Texas Trails & Active Transportation Conference Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Hometown ½ mile - 1st Breath/Step/Pedal Carol Burnet, Oliver North, Henry Cisneros

Schedule/Test/TxDOT

What’s the best part of your day?

Best part of my day Active Transportation Commute Community connectedness Rich life experiences Shoal Creek / Seton “Sunshine” Thank all of you for literally… “looking out for the little guy”

TxDOT Bike To Work Day 1993 50,000+ miles Unlimited smiles

Saint Nazaire, France 1948. Age 25 “We went camping together often, on our bikes... We made double teeth rakes and went to La Baule”

Work

Home – 4 miles

Saint Nazaire, 1942, Age 19 “I ran for shelter in the heat of the bombing... My hometown had been destroyed 85%.”

En route to La Gacilly, 1943, Age 20 “We rode our bikes… If we perceived a light on the road we hid in brush because only the Germans had cars.”

La Gacilly, 1944, Age 21 “We had bicycles but could not find any tires to buy… so we used old air hoses instead.”

La Gacilly

The Next Greatest Generation

A City and it’s River Renewing a Relationship

1943

2010 1884

1957 2010

Georges Seurat: Bathing at Asnières 1883

Walls Removing barriers to humanity

Today 1800

1961-1989 1945 1936 1920s

Active Transportation What it is: •  Combining transportation with physical activity (30+ min/day) •  Built Environments - attractive bike/walk mode choices •  Living Simply and Simply “Living” •  Natural for humans •  For EVERYONE

What it’s not: •  Extreme competitive sport (It’s not a race) •  Unnatural activity

Lives & Energy

400,000 18 Million

NHTSA Fatalities Motor Vehicle Occupants Motorcyclist Pedestrian Pedalcyclist Other/Unknown Total

2000 33,451

2,897 4,763

693 141

41,945

2009 24,474

4,462 4,092

630 150

33,808

U.S. Active Duty Military Deaths 2000 758 2008 1,441 Defense Manpower Data Center, Statistical Information Analysis Division

Fatal work injuries private mining industry 2009 99 2010   172 (Including Upper Big Branch Mine & Deepwater Horizon) NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES

Lives

Year 2005 (CDC) Diabetes contributed to deaths of 233,619 JAMA estimates 400,000 / year due to poor diet and physical inactivity

Energy 100 calories powers a cyclist for 3 miles, but a car only 280 feet. exploratorium.edu

2011 world oil output est. 88 Mbo/day Through the Strait of Hormuz est. 17 Mbo/day

US Energy Information Administration 2011 U.S. oil demand 18.9 Mbo/day

American Petroleum Institute

1 quad (1 thousand million million BTUs) = 180 Mboe (< 10 days US oil demand)

Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym.

Bill Nye The Science Guy

Consult your doctor ... Health

NOLA #10 of 51 Alliance for Biking & Walking 2012 Benchmarking Report

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htaindex.org

Treasure

Quality of life / time / depreciating assets / externalities

“Can’t we just build bigger roads?”

We can't keep widening our roads, so we have to broaden our thinking Charlotte Urban Street Design Guidelines

Space

1.5 to 2.0% of the world's total land surface devoted to the automobile, mainly for roads and parking lots

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Walking Pedestrian FHWA/HCM 3.9 ft/s = 8 SF Bicycle AASHTO 20 mph (5’ ln + 2’ HC) x 120’ SSD = 840

SF RDM 4R-30 mph (12’ ln + 2’OS + 3’HC) x 200’ SSD = 3,400

SF RDM 4R-70 mph (12’ ln + 30’ HC) x 730’ SSD = 30,660 SF Football Field (Including end zones) 360’ x 160’ = 57,600 SF

RDM 5R-100 mph (13’ ln + 100’ HC) x 1310’ SSD = 150,290 SF

Walking Pedestrian FHWA/HCM 3.9 ft/s = 8 SF Bicycle AASHTO 20 mph (5’ ln + 2’ HC) x 120’ SSD = 840 SF RDM 4R-30 mph (12’ ln + 2’OS + 3’HC) x 200’ SSD = 3,400

SF RDM 4R-70 mph (12’ ln + 30’ HC) x 730’ SSD = 30,660 SF Football Field (Including end zones) 360’ x 160’ = 57,600 SF

RDM 5R-100 mph (13’ ln + 100’ HC) x 1310’ SSD = 150,290 SF

Runaway Cart Video

0.7 ac

Walking Pedestrian FHWA/HCM 3.9 ft/s = 8 SF Bicycle AASHTO 20 mph (5’ ln + 2’ HC) x 120’ SSD = 840 SF

RDM 4R-30 mph (12’ ln + 2’OS + 3’HC) x 200’ SSD = 3,400 SF RDM 4R-70 mph (12’ ln + 30’ HC) x 730’ SSD = 30,660 SF Football Field (Including end zones) 360’ x 160’ = 57,600 SF

RDM 5R-100 mph (13’ ln + 100’ HC) x 1310’ SSD = 150,290 SF

3.45 ac

Walking Pedestrian FHWA/HCM 3.9 ft/s = 8 SF………….. Bicycle AASHTO 20 mph (5’ ln + 2’ HC) x 120’ SSD = 840 SF…………..

RDM 4R-30 mph (12’ ln + 2’OS + 3’HC) x 200’ SSD = 3,400 SF………….. RDM 4R-70 mph (12’ ln + 30’ HC) x 730’ SSD = 30,660 SF/0.7 ac…………..

Austin City Block (to CL street) 350’ x 350’ = 122,500 SF/2.8 ac………….. RDM 5R-100 mph (13’ ln + 100’ HC) x 1310’ SSD = 150,290 SF/3.45 ac.………….

3.45 ac

0.7 ac

2.8 ac

Space

The Oprah Scenario (Going nowhere fast)

“You get a car… and you get a car…”

Context Sensitive Same day, Same city, efficient use of urban space Vertical Mixed Use, attractive, friendly A place you want to be vs. a place you want to escape

Human Scale? State Capitol Complex: 40+ acres dedicated to parking Dead zones are barriers to pedestrian movement

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Our Streets

Environment •  Air/Water/Noise Pollution •  Habitat loss/fragmentation

Vs •  Improved Air/Water/Habitat •  Environmental Stewardship •  Neighborhood/Family Connectedness

" Increased commitment to and investment in bicycle facilities and walking networks can help meet goals for cleaner, healthier air; less congested roadways; and more livable, safe, cost-efficient communities.”

Ray LaHood, United States Secretary of Transportation

Equity •  Marginalization of non-drivers •  Barrier effects •  Lack of mobility options •  Autos required to participate in economic and social activities •  Reduced independence and freedom for disabled, elderly and children

"Transportation programs and facilities should accommodate people of all ages and abilities, including people too young to drive, people who cannot drive, and people who choose not to drive.“

Ray LaHood, United States Secretary of Transportation

All transportation funds eligible

TxDOT Wellness Program – Transportation Providers Actively Transporting

Safety in Numbers More Walking/Bicycling

= Greater Safety

Walking and bicycling in 68 California cities in 2000.

Jacobsen P L Inj Prev 2003;9:205-209

©2003 by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Build it and they will come

Bike/Ped Infrastructure/Policies = Increased Mode Share

Ride / Walk / Be Seen/ peripheral vision

2009 trips in US 40% < 2 mi. / 87% car 27% < 1 mi. / 62% car US 1960-2009 Bike/walk down 66% Obesity up 156% Seniors (65+) most vulnerable Walk 10% trips / 19% fatalities Bike 6% trips / 10% fatalities Jobs / $1 million spent Bike/Walk…….11-14 Highway……………7 (Up to $11.80 benefits per $1 invested)

The Whole Pie

2011 Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (TMUTCD)

http://www.txdot.gov/txdot_library/publications/tmutcd.htm

Approved by Transportation Commission in November - Effective Dec. 8, 2011

AASHTO Guide for

Development of Bicycle Facilities

Major revision (200+ pages vs. 78) Currently going through balloting Expected delivery this spring

http://design.transportation.org/Documents/DraftBikeGuideFeb2010.pdf

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Men will spend their health getting wealth, then, gladly pay all they have earned to get health back.

Mike Murdock

Bicycle and Pedestrian Workshop - Public Sector

Five Es: Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement & Evaluation/Planning

Research Policies/Plans Case Studies

“Ten in Three” Interactive Session

Schedule/TxDOT