Health in all Policies

Jennifer Becker Jacqueline Forbes

Patrick Knapp Kane Kendall Council of Mayors

Kane County Division of Transportation October 6, 2016

https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/downloads/healthy-strong-america.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/transportation/

The Kane County 2040 Plan is the first Kane County Plan to integrate planning for community health with land use and transportation issues.

“Kane County’s integration of health, transportation and land use placed Kane County at the leading edge of planning in the region and is the most effective way to plan for health”

Randy Blankenhorn, Executive Director, CMAP (Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning)

Land Use

• Plans

• Implementation

Transpor-tation

• Plans

• Implementation

Health • Plans

• Implementation

How do we make integration of the plans come alive?

»Integrated planning through Fit for Kids ˃ Included mobility group

»Health Planner, Kane County Health Department – 2010 ˃ Commitment to health in all policies

work

˃ Working with land use and transportation planners, municipal planners, regional MPO

˃ Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan

ADOPTED 2012

Kane County Community Health Vision in 2007:

Kane County residents are the healthiest in Illinois

A History of Transportation and Mobility Implementation through

Vision, Planning and Cooperation

Promoting Land Uses Compatible with Healthy Living

Encourage a healthy population & economy through the promotion of:

sustainable land uses, complete streets & smart growth principles.

Transportation, Land Use and Health Integration

» 2040 Plan Implementation

» Integrated planning:

• health, transportation and land use

» Open to elected officials, planning commission members, appointed officials, staff, private sector planners

» Kane County planning staff collaboration

» Kane County Planning Coop Workshops

» Monthly Newsletter

» Health Impact Assessments: • Growing for

Kane

• Carpentersville Roundabout

Kane County Leaders’ Summit

May 2015

» Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

» Decision

• Traffic signal or roundabout?

• Health impacts, positive or negative, of decision

• Part of Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) Local Technical Assistance program

Carpentersville HIA

Goals of the Kane County 2040 Transportation Plan

» Increase personal mobility & alternatives to the SOV

» Multi-modal system that is safe for all users

» Coordinate planning to accommodate future travel demands & support land use plans & policies

» Quality of the environment » Reduce increase in congestion & VMT

Multi-Modal Transportation Planning

A policy to design, build and maintain roads to enable safe, convenient and comfortable travel

and access for users of all ages and abilities regardless of their mode of transportation.

Complete Streets Policy of Kane County

» KKCOM programs about $8M/year in STP-L

» Use a methodology to select best projects • Updated methodology will be adopted

later this month

» Safety – 15% • Projects compare total crashes to IDOT

Crash Facts and Statistics Report

» Multimodal Components – 15% • Projects earn points if the projects

includes elements that benefit more than just single-occupancy vehicles

» Can also submit a project that is only a Transportation Control Measure

Kane Kendall COM Methodology Update

Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure

Action Cumulative Points

Project includes multiuse path + 7

Project includes on-street bike facility + 5

Project includes sidewalk + 5

Regional and Local Connectivity Action Cumulative Points Project extends regional trail network + 5 Project connects two existing trails + 5 Project connects to existing regional trail + 4 Project connects to one existing trail + 3

Transit Connectivity Action Cumulative Points

Project connects to Train Station or Bus Stop

+ 5

Project adds new Bus Shelters + 5

Promoting Land Uses

Compatible with Healthy Living

1. Transit Availability

2. Proximity to Multiple Land Uses

3. Density

4. Walkability

Impact Fee Program

» KKCOM Bike/Ped Task Force • Outreach

• Technical Assistance

• Bi-yearly Bike Map

» Randall Road Improvements

Bicycle, Pedestrian and Transit Improvements

» Ride in Kane Paratransit service provides coordinated rides to Kane County senior and disabled residents. The program is a partnership of • Kane County • Local sponsors • Pace Suburban Bus

» Provides access to jobs, health care, education and mobility options for vulnerable populations.

Ride in Kane Coordinated Paratransit Service

MPO Coordination

» Making the Connection: Community Health, Land Use and Transportation Planning Symposium- Dec 2013

» One outcome – CMAP’s ONTO2050 contains Health as a focus

Regional Integration of Health in Transportation and Land Use Planning

» Kendall County Health Department • Community Health Advisory Board

• Environmental Health Advisory Board

• IPLAN Process (Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs)

» Kane County ˃ Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)

˃ Healthy Places Coalition

˃ Care for Kane (Community Action Research and Evaluation)

˃ International Walk to School Day

˃ Making Kane County Fit for Kids Funders Consortium

Kane Kendall Council of Mayors Outreach

» Transportation and Health Tool https://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool

» The Community Guide: https://www.thecommunityguide.org

» County Health Rankings http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/

» Community Health Improvement Plan/IPLAN » Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers

(FQHC) » United Way, YMCA, social service agencies » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Questions? Jennifer Becker Jackie Forbes Patrick Knapp

PlanningStaff@co.kane.il.us

630.584.1170