Complete Streets in the States. Roger Millar, Smart Growth America National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit August 7, 2012

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1 Complete Streets in the States Roger Millar, Smart Growth America National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit August 7, 2012

2 Overview Introduction Complete Streets Policies Implementation Funding Other SGA state transportation initiatives Questions 2

3 Smart Growth Smart growth means building urban, suburban and rural communities with housing and transportation choices near jobs, shops and schools. These strategies support thriving local economies and protect the environment. 3

4 What I ve heard about smart growth Wengen 4

5 Smart growth is ugly. Riomaggiore, Italy 5

6 We have no history with it. Boston, MA 6

7 Nobody would want to live there. Aspen, CO 7

8 It just doesn t work here. Pearl District, Portland, OR 8

9 Shut up and drive! 9

10 We know how to build right 10

11 We know how to build right 11

12 Yet too many roads still turn out like this: 12

13 or this: 13

14 or this: 14

15 The Solution: Complete Streets Policies 15

16 Complete Streets policies A Complete Streets policy ensures that the entire right of way is planned, designed, operated and maintained to provide safe access for all users. 16

17 Many Types: Rural to Urban 17

18 Policy adoption accelerates 18

19 Policies adopted in all types of communities 19

20 State Complete Streets policies 20

21 Streets Can Benefit Communities Improve safety Provide choices Better health Support economic dev. Reduce costs Manage congestion Smarter growth Conserve resources 21

22 Complete Streets means: A policy approach A change to the everyday decisionmaking processes and systems Long-term changes to built environment 22

23 Complete Streets doesn t mean: One special street project A design prescription A mandate for immediate retrofit A silver bullet; other issues must be addressed: Land use (proximity, mixed-use) Environmental concerns Transportation Demand Management 23

24 From Policy to Practice Effective implementation means: Organizing implementation activities Restructuring procedures, policies, and programs Rewriting or updating design guidance Offering training opportunities to transportation staff, community leaders, and the general public Creating new performance measures 24

25 State Implementation California ets.html Minnesota New Jersey ts/ 25

26 What about funding? Complete streets is about using existing resources differently: STP, Equity Bonus, CMAQ, TE, State, bond measures, gas tax, sales taxes... the usual suspects While retrofit funding is important, it is not necessary to get started Additional funding is not needed 26

27 Think Ahead, Think Smart Complete Streets can save money Narrower travel lanes require less land, less pavement Provide more options = reduce need for widening some intersections Do it right the first time, not when forced to later at a higher price 27

28 Sample Low-Cost Improvements Restripe for bike lanes without moving curbs/drainage Do not construct overly wide lanes (12 instead of 11 ) Sidewalks installed during drainage project add little cost Timing signals to control speeds and increase safety Countdown ped signals reduce crashes 28

29 Low-cost rural application: paved shoulders 29

30 Saving Money: Washington State 500 miles of the state highway system are main streets. Over ten years, 47% of projects on these streets had scope, schedule, or budget changes resulting in delay. 30

31 Saving Money: Washington State Pilot project consulted community ahead of time. Complete Streets planning could have saved an average of $9 million per Main Street project about 30% in reduced scope, schedule, and budget changes over the last 10 years. 31

32 Complete Streets Resources Fact sheets, photos, brochures Policy tracking & examples Information on technical assistance & workshops Complete Streets blog and monthly newsletter Links to research & publications Complete Streets Best Practices 32

33 SGA s state transportation program WPA Mural Wilkinsburg, PA 33

34 Themes Save Money by Taking Better Care of What You Have Maintain and repair existing roads and bridges Grow the Economy by Making Your Transportation Investments More Strategic Fund the biggest job creator: public transportation Spark innovation and cost savings through a competitive transportation solutions program Revisit near term spending decisions and long term project selection process 34

35 Save money by taking better care of what you have SGA and Taxpayers for Common Sense National Report June 1, State profiles on SGA website 35

36 Administration (FHWA) data indicate that American Society of Civil Engineers gave the Repair Priorities 2005, and this decline in road conditions is directly related to state spending decisions. 6 Expansion vs. repair: State transportation funding priorities billion annually on repair and expansion of roads its highway capital budget on repair projects on expansion. The percentage of South 57 percent of funds largest decline of any state (see the tables 8 spent on just 1 Neglecting repair and preservation percent costs taxpayers of the billions of nation s dollars in preventable expenses. A few cracks and potholes might not seem like the makings of roads an impending budget crisis, but putting off repairs today means spending much more in the future. Repair costs rise exponentially 43 percent when roads are not spent routinely maintained. on According to the American Association of the 99 percent of the system later to rebuild that the same already road once it has Underfunding repair and delaying these projects is existed liabilities. Too much focus on expansion and too little on repair also means that with every dollar spent on new construction, states add to a system they are already failing to adequately maintain. REPAIR PRIORITIES PAGE 6 43% of funds went 98.7% of roads 57% of funds went to 1.3% of roads Total state-owned major road lane-miles as of 2008 New lane-miles added,

37 Condition of existing roads 52% of major roads (732,500 lane-miles) in fair or poor condition ASCE Report Card 2001: D+ 2005: D 2009: D- $43 B/yr needed for preservation and repair More then we spend on all road projects today 37

38 Cost of deferred maintenance 38

39 Fund the biggest job creator 39

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41 Transit investment catalyzes economic development Hudson-Bergen (NJ) LRT - $5.3 billion Dallas, TX LRT - $4.2 billion Portland Streetcar - $4 billion 41

42 Spark innovation and cost savings 42

43 Example Connect Oregon 43

44 Revisit project selection process 44

45 Headline news Bay Area transportation projects to be judged on benefits vs. costs Silicon Valley Mercury News 45

46 Headline news? Talk to any business person about not having a benefits-vs.-cost discussion and they'll say, 'Duh, you mean you don't do that?' " said the commission's executive director, Steve Heminger. "They insist on it, but in the transportation profession it is not all that common.... This levels the playing field." 46

47 DOT Reform Handbook WPA Mural Wilkinsburg, PA 47

48 DOT reform handbook Collaborative project with SSTI Advisory Group of current and former DOT executives Targeted at Governors, State Legislators, DOT CEOs Report release September 4,

49 Focus areas Funding and financing Revenue allocation and project selection Increasing transportation system efficiency Pricing Improve options for non-automobile mobility Integrate transportation and land use decisionmaking Streamline internal DOT operations Freight s ever-important role in our economy 49

50 Demonstration Projects WPA Mural Wilkinsburg, PA 50

51 Results Oregon Over 60 funding sources studied 12 Consensus funding sources 4 consensus financing measures 2013 Legislative Session 51

52 Results Tennessee 1. Develop new metrics to measure and prioritize all proposed projects against broad system goals 2. Audit the current project list for opportunities to better achieve system goals 3. Establish a system for identifying public and private transportation/land use planning partners 4. Effectively articulate a full range of benefits tied to broad system goals 5. Identify new funding partners based on benefits 6. Broadly communicate flexible design standards for context sensitive solutions 52

53 We have the freedom to make informed, humane, and intelligent choices about the kind of world we want to leave for our children and grandchildren. We also have the freedom to make uninformed, selfish, and stupid choices. Which will it be? - Greg Pahl 53

54 Thank you!