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Rightsizing Streets aka Road Diets
Gary Toth
Project for Public Spaces
NJ Complete Streets SummitOctober 21, 2013
2
34 years at the New Jersey Department of Transportation
6 Years Director of Transportation Initiatives at PPS
Invested Career working at the community/agency interface
We shape our streets, thereafter our streets shape us. –adapted from Winston Churchill
Contrasting 1
We have been Building Transportation Through Communities, not communities through transportation
Slide courtesy of Dan Burden
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Pre-Automobile EraStreet design HAD to accommodate all users
Pre-Automobile EraCity streets served as public places for economic and social
interaction
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Graphic courtesy of Andy SingerPROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
We stopped viewing Streets as Places
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Proximity
Speed
Accessibility
Focus on high speed mobility
Slide Courtesy of Chris Sinclair, Renaissance Planning Group
A 21st Century Main StreetIs it a successful street?
So what do we do?
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Rightsizing
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACESCharlotte Observer, June 2004
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Slide courtesy of Dan Burden
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This 5-lane Main Street was converted to…This 5-lane Main Street was converted to…
Pottstown PAPottstown PA
This:This: One less travel lane; bike lanes; parallel to back-in One less travel lane; bike lanes; parallel to back-in diagonal parking on one side; new pavementdiagonal parking on one side; new pavement
Slide courtesy of Dan Burden
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East Boulevard
Charlotte
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Reinvented Edgewater DriveOrlando, Florida
Crash Rate
12.6
8.4
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
Cra
sh R
ate
(per
MV
M)
Before After
1 crash every 1 crash every 2.5 days2.5 days
34% Reduction
(146 per yr)(146 per yr)
1 crash every 1 crash every 4.2 days4.2 days
(87 per yr)(87 per yr)
Injury Rate
3.6
1.2
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
Inju
ry R
ate
(per
MV
M)
Before After
68% Reduction
1 injury every 1 injury every 9 days9 days
(41 per yr)(41 per yr) 1 injury every 1 injury every 30 days30 days
(12 per yr)(12 per yr)
15.7%
7.5%9.8% 8.9%
29.5%
19.6%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
Pe
rce
nt
of
Ve
hic
les
Tra
ve
lin
g o
ve
r 3
6 M
PH
Before AfterBefore BeforeAfter
North End Middle South End
After
Speeding Analysis
On-Street Parking Utilization
29%
41%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Par
kin
g U
tiliz
atio
n P
erce
nta
ge
Before After
Pedestrian Volumes
2,136
2,632
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Nu
mb
er o
f P
edes
tria
ns
Before After
23% Increase
Bicycle Volumes
375
486
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Nu
mb
er o
f B
icyc
les
Before After
30% Increase
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Prospect Park WestNew York City
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Prospect Park West New York City
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Prospect Park West New York City
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Prospect Park West New York City
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Prospect Park West New York City
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Pine and Spruce StreetsPhiladelphia
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Pine and Spruce StreetsPhiladelphia
• 44% decline in reportable crashes• 34% decline in crashes resulting in a trip to the
hospital• 58% decline in pedestrian crashes• No change in number of car trips
• Bike trips doubled• Mean car speed stayed the same
• Top range of speeds dropped
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PPS Rightsizing Web Resourcehttp://www.pps.org/reference/rightsizing/
What Are We Learning fromRightsizing Streets Case Studies
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Some Roads May Be More Safe with Less Space for Cars?
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Rightsized Streets Will Often Carry More People
Rightsized Streets May Slow You Down But Often Get You There Faster
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Rightsized Streets Make Better Use Space for Cars That is Very Often Not
Fully Used
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Streets as Places Finishes the Job of Rightsizing
Reallocate Street Space (aka Complete Streets) Streets as Places!
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Complete Streets An Approach for Accomodating All Users
Cars
Alignment + Cross-Section + Intersection + Roadside
Bikes
Pedestrians
Buses
Trucks/freight
Traditional Highway Design Approach
Traffic Volume + Area Type (urban, rural) + Role in Network
Functional Classification
Design Speed + Design Vehicle
Alignment + Cross-Section + Intersection + Roadside
Placed Based Approach
Corridor/CommunityCorridor/Community
PlacePlace
RoadwayRoadway
Traveled WayTraveled Way IntersectionsIntersections RoadsideRoadside
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACESMade possible by funding from the Department of Health and Human Services through the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
“Lowly, unpurposeful and random as they may appear,
sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city’s
wealth of public life may grow”. Jane Jacobs─
Gary Toth
Director of Transportation Initiatives
Project for Public Spaces
609-397-3885
http://www.pps.org/pdf/bookstore/How_to_Engage_Your_Transportation_Agency_AARP.pdf