Utilizing the recently completed North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway as a case study, this Lightning Round will highlight the data-driven approach and policy foundation that has made the Neighborhood Greenway program a model for building more walkable and bikeable communities. Low Cost Sidewalks: Dedicated pedestrian walkways are a proven safety countermeasure for reducing pedestrian collisions and an essential tool for improving neighborhood walkability. The City has employed new cost-effective strategies for expanding the pedestrian network around schools and transit. Safe Routes to School: The Safe Routes to School program is a national movement to increase safe walking and biking to school. Seattle’s SRTS program has created a series of policies that have laid the groundwork to streamline project approvals for arterial and residential traffic calming and crossing improvements. Route Selection and Arterial Crossings Keys to Success: Seattle’s Neighborhood Greenways (known elsewhere as bike boulevards or neighborhways are non-arterial streets that build a safe, comfortable walking and biking network to a community’s favorite destinations.

Learning Objectives:

1. Utilize data to identify the best opportunities for building new infrastructure that supports active transportation.

2. Prepare policy statements to streamline the approval, design, and construction of pedestrian and bicycle safety projects.

3. Plan arterial crossing projects that prioritize people walking and biking.

Contributor/Source

Ashley Rhead ;David Burgesser ;Summer Jawson

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