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Our Process
“I think you should be more explicit here in step two.”
Eric?
THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Walk/Live St. Louis 2012
New Collaborations
Transformative Projects
DesiredOutcomes
Identify Opportunities
CONNECTING THE DOTS...
Need for a more walkable St. Louis
REALTORS –> New Partners for Smart Growth
EPA Grant – West End
Housing & Community Solutions, Inc.
OUR MISSION: To build sustainable and diverse communities through projects that promote collaboration, community and economic revitalization in the St. Louis region.
OUR PROJECTS:St. Louis DrillDown, Walk/Live St. Louis 2012, Transit-Oriented Development, Historic Preservation, Social Entrepreneurship and Housing Development.
WE ARE:A catalyst, a collaborator, and a champion that helps move St. Louis forward.
Website: www.housingandcommunitysolutions.orgPhone: 314-367-3147Email: [email protected]
Livability and the role of TransportationLivability and the role of Transportation
Now that we are here … What can we do?Now that we are here … What can we do?
35th Anniversary of Walk
Courtesy of Ian Lockwood
Courtesy of Ian Lockwood
Courtesy of Ian Lockwood
Courtesy of Ian Lockwood
Courtesy of Ian Lockwood
Is this the landscape we want to leave our children?
“There is No There There”
…Gertrude Stein
Fifty percent of all American cities are now under concrete and asphalt.
(In Los Angeles it is now 66 percent.)
Houston, Texas
1990 2050
Aging Population
Depressive Disorders
19 million American adults
• Leading cause of disability in the USA
• Treatment:
• Medication
• Social Contact, including therapy
• And…..
JaniceBurdenAge 93
Peak Happiness
1965
Bryant Park, New York City
Bryant Park, New York City
Bryant Park, New York City
Dan Burden and Samantha Thomas, Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
St Louis, Missouri
West Lafayette, Indiana (Home of Purdue University)West Lafayette, Indiana (Home of Purdue University)
Where would you rather walk? Where would you rather bike? Which is the safest place to bike?Where would you rather drive? Where would you rather live? Which is the safest place to drive?
Bridgeport Way, University Place, WashingtonBridgeport Way, University Place, WashingtonBridgeport Way, University Place, WashingtonBridgeport Way, University Place, Washington
Marine Drive, Dundarave, B.C.
Anywhere in California
Houston, Texas
How Do We Get to Truly Reasonable Speeds and costs?
We find ourselves stuck in a transportation planning paradigm that was developed in an environment completely different than where we are now. We continue to build roads that are affordable and maintainable. Not only that they produce high driving speeds, at the expense of our health, our safety, and our government budgets. Today safety losses on our streets are higher than our congestion costs.
If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic.
If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.
Marine Drive, Dundarave, B.C.
Highway 93, Missoula, Montana
USA
Canada
Marine Drive, Dundarave, B.C.
Marine Drive, Dundarave, B.C.
What is the Purpose of Cities?
Safe place to raise a familySafe place to raise a family
Low SpeedLow Speed
Low NoiseLow Noise
Low VolumeLow Volume
CrystalBeach, Florida
More Association Neighborhood Pride People to watch over one another Sense of community
With almost double the cost per capita of the average Western nations, the U.S. receives less in the way of health care and health outcomes.
This makes us vulnerable in global competition
Source: The Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2011
The Average U.S. Family now pays $16,000 per year in health care costs, and this figure is rising.
What are these people doing?What are these people doing?
St Louis’s Abundance Inventory
ProsperityDiverse culture, arts & economy, proximity to the nation, river transport, great seasonal attractions, tourism, urban trails, well priced housing. education, access to health, healthy lifestyles, affordability, arts, sciences
Planet
Water, sunshine, daylight, heat, land green spaces, waterfront, biodiversity, trees, harvestable energy, urban, suburban and rural habitat
PeopleHistory, culture, visitors, jobs, preservation, historic buildings, great schools of learning, many cultural heroes, walkability/linkages, civic engagement, neighborhood villages, housing,
Illustration by Steve Price, Urban Advantage
Crossing Island
Bike Lanes ColorizedTurn Lane
(colorized)Transit Stop
Can handle 25,000 vehicles per day
Can handle 25,000 vehicles per day
"If we want a booming economy of mom and pop stores, we'd better build the environment where they succeed”
Santa Barbara, California
Charleston, S.C.Charleston, S.C.
Beacon Hill, BostonBeacon Hill, Boston
1550 feet from THE CHEERS BAR, 6 other bars, 8 deli’s, 4 banks, 3 hardware stores, 2 florists, 18 restaurants, 5 churches, grocer, pharmacist, medical and dozens more.
1550 feet from THE CHEERS BAR, 6 other bars, 8 deli’s, 4 banks, 3 hardware stores, 2 florists, 18 restaurants, 5 churches, grocer, pharmacist, medical and dozens more.
AmericaAmerica’’s First Developments First Development
Orlando, FloridaOrlando, Florida
1550 feet fromNOTHING1550 feet fromNOTHING
Cleveland, Ohio.
Monterey, California
Monterey, California
The Illustrative Plan (above) is the result of this planning process; it shows the hypothetical buildout of the corridor, locating building footprints (newand existing), open space, and parking areas. The corridor was divided into four study areas, the Western Gateway, the Neighborhood Center, the Village Center, and the Town Center. Each area has it’s own unique characteristics and challenges which were addressed.
Quick sketches were done to study buildings that would result from the hypothetical building footprints in the Illustrative Plan, combined with the proposed height limits in the study areas and potential architectural regulations of the new code. each street, which corresponds to written code regulations.
Size neighborhoods for a 5-minute walk
Make blocks a walkable size:
• Block perimeters of 1,500’ to 2,000’
• Create a connected network of streets
Design for a mix of land uses:
Centers include denser housing, a square, civic uses, and neighborhood- oriented retail.
Civic Civic BuildingsBuildings
Neighborhood Neighborhood CentersCenters
Parks Parks and Open and Open SpacesSpaces
© Citizen Planner Institute
Before and After Espanola Way, circa 1986
South Beach, Florida Ocean Drive
City MakingCity Making
Thornton Park, Orlando, Florida
Du/a 9-12
Du/a 15-22
Du/a 22-28
The BreakdownThe Breakdown
Winter Park VillageWinter Park Village
Orlando Avenue
Webster Ave.
Lee Rd.
Denning Dr.
Solana Ave.
Winter Park
Village
K Mart
Winter Park
Vo Tech
Orlando Avenue
Webster Ave.
Lee Rd.
Denning Dr.
Winter Park
Village
K Mart
Residential Redevelopment
Mixed Use Redevelopment
Lee Road Extension
W.P.V. Development
If Cities are to reduce auto-dependence a working alternative should include:
Strip centers are replaced with town squares, destinations are a walkable scale
1800 vehicles per hourper lane
800 vehicles per hourPer lane
Every blizzard proves motorists prefer two lane roads
Indeed they place medians and edge buffers on 4-lane roads when they get to design them (before snow plows arrive). So why not convert to 2-3 lanes, when conditions allow?
Abbott Road, E. Lansing, Michigan
Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida
15-20,000 ADT
Walkability AuditsA Tool for Organizing Strong Communities
and Developing Complete Streets
For further information contact:
Dan Burden and Kelly Morphy
Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, www.walklive.org