session 2- "bike/walk twin cities" by tony hull

8/6/2019 Session 2- "Bike/Walk Twin Cities" by Tony Hull

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Bike/Walk Twin Cities

Minneapolis Area, Minnesota


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Community Profile

MinneapolisMinneapolis

38 miles of on street bike lanes38 miles of on street bike lanes

57 miles of off street trails57 miles of off street trails

16,500 bike parking spaces16,500 bike parking spaces

Bike racks on all buses, trainsBike racks on all buses, trains

Sidewalk network is 80% complete.Relatively flat topographyRelatively flat topography

Warm summer; robust winter; some spring/fallWarm summer; robust winter; some spring/fall

IDEAL for WALKING and BIKING!IDEAL for WALKING and BIKING!

Minneapolis mode split*

Auto 77%

Transit 4%Bike 4%

Walk 13%

NO LOW HANGING FRUIT!NO LOW HANGING FRUIT!

*Metropolitan Council, 2000 Travel Behavior Inventory:


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Program Area

Program Area: City of Minneapolis and adjacent

communities including the Airport and Ft. Snelling

Program Emphasis on connections to Minneapolis

Brooklyn Center

Columbia

Heights

Edina

Falcon Heights

Fridley

Golden ValleyLauderdale

Minneapolis

Richfield

Robbinsdale

Roseville

Saint Anthony

Saint Lois Park

Saint Paul

Population:

377,392 Minneapolis

930,934 NTPProgram area

3,208,212 MSA


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The Bike/Walk Program

Transit for Livable Communities:

TLC Mission

Improve the quality of life in Minnesota

communities by promoting transit, walking,

biking and transit oriented development

Background

Established in 1996

Regional non-profit, non-partisan agencyResearch

Organizing

Advocacy


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The Program

Tenets of TLC Bike/Walk approach

Innovation

Strategic planningEngaged stakeholders

Fair,Transparent process

Quality measurement

Institutionalized change


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Innovation

Bring in experts to host workshops

Introduce new concepts

Expose traditional mythsGenerate excitement for new approaches

Build capacity for institutional changes


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Strategic Planning

Snapshot Minneapolis

Awards for 8 planning studies

Central Avenue NEHennepin Avenue

Central Corridor Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Richfield Arterials

Xenia Ave/Park Place Blvd. Corridor

Douglas Drive Corridor & Connection to Luce Line

Minneapolis Pedestrian MasterPlanMetro Transit Bike/Ped Improvements Study

Outreach ProgramBike/Walk Ambassadors


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Bike Walk Twin Cities

Engage Stakeholders


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Engage Stakeholders


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Process

Round 1 Planning, Operations, Infrastructure - 2007Planning

OperationsLivable streets

Pedestrian districts/plazasOff-road facilities

Round 2 Infrastructure - 2008Livable streets

Bike/walk streets

Final round LOI & direct awards 2009Innovative capital projectsPrevious proposals, results of planning studies

Education and outreach


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Measurement

Evaluation plan

Data collection and analysis

Before & After surveyBike & pedestrian counts

Community wide measurement

Project specific measurement

Public health component


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Current Status

Funding Awarded

Direct Awards $1.3 million

2007 Solicitation

63 applications received totaling$17.9 million30 projects awarded totaling $7.3 million

2008 Solicitation

35 applications received totaling $16.1 million

5 projects awarded totaling $1.87 million

2009 Strategic Investments

16 LOIs received

4 invited to full proposal

Education / Enforcement / Awareness

Working with previous applicants and planning study

outcomes

Project funds remaining to allocate: $6.25 millionDoes not include administrative and contracted costs


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Program Future

Infrastructure improvements:

75 miles of new bike lanes

New bike parking over 1000 spaces

Up to 3 miles of new off-street facilities mostly filling in existing gaps

Dozens of improvements at major crossings for pedestrians and

cyclists.Innovations that have never been done in the Twin Cities:

Bike Walk Streets (aka bike boulevards)

4-3 lane conversions and other road diets to allow for bike lanes

Advance boxes and special bike signals

Cycle-track (1stAvenue)

Bike donation/bike-sharing program?Goals for institutional changes:

Revised state aid standards

Complete Streets Policy

New attention to bike/ped issues


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THANK YOU

Transit for Livable Communities

Bike/Walk Program

www.bikewalktwincities.org

Tony Hull

[email protected]

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