Supporting Documentation · Jan 29, 2025
Ordinance Amaneding and Supplementing Chapter 2 Subsecton 61 Pedestrian Advisory Board
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Show all pagesmotorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, public transportation vehicles and their passengers, delivery trucks and movers of commercial goods and strive to meet the following goals: a. Environment: Improve air and water quality; reduce flooding; mitigate traffic congestion. b. Safety: Eliminate all road fatalities, significantly reduce crash severity and injury, and improve personal safety through increasing the number of people walking and bicycling. c. Economic: Stimulate economic prosperity. d. Health: Increase physical activity and social connectivity with the goal of lowering the risk of obesity, reducing chronic disease and promoting wellness. e. Equity: Implement policies and distribute funding and other resources equitably and responsibly in all neighborhoods, particularly in Priority Communities; improve non-motor vehicle transportation systems. 2. This section shall apply to all public and/or private transportation projects, including those using funds awarded by federal, state, regional, county, municipal, or any other public agency. This shall include new construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, repaving, rehabilitation, private development projects, and maintenance of highways, roads, and streets. 3. The Mayor, and the Municipal Engineer and Planner shall routinely work in coordination with each other and adjacent jurisdictions, and any relevant advisory committees/teams, to implement Complete and Green Streets and to ensure consistency with the Municipal Master Plan and Elements and any other existing Pedestrian/Bicycle/Multimodal Plans, Stormwater Management Plans, Pollution Prevention Plans, and Historic Preservation Plans. 4. Within two years of the effective date of this Policy, the Council shall inventory and audit procedures, policies, plans, documents, training programs, performance measures and other guidance documents to be consistent with this policy. The purpose of this audit is to identify areas where tenets of this policy will need to be incorporated. This includes, but is not limited to, funding, planning, designing, operating, and maintaining transportation infrastructure. The Council will use this audit to incorporate this policy as updates to its procedures, plans, policies, etc. as they are scheduled. 5. Transportation projects and Master and Capital Plans shall include, when appropriate, sustainable design elements,
policy as updates to its procedures, plans, policies, etc. as they are scheduled. 5. Transportation projects and Master and Capital Plans shall include, when appropriate, sustainable design elements, including, but not limited to: a. Green stormwater infrastructure practices b. Traffic calming c. Shade trees and other vegetation d. Rain gardens e. Bioswales f. Permeable pavements — including those made from recycled materials such as rubber, concrete, glass, and plastic. 6. Transportation projects and Master and Capital Plans shall include, where appropriate, pedestrian and bicycle design elements and transit amenities, including but not limited to: curb extensions, sidewalks, radar feedback signs, pedestrian countdown signals, pedestrian refuge islands, road diets, lane width reductions, chicanes, roundabouts, bike lanes, protected bike lanes, bike parking, lighting, wayfinding, seating, trash receptacles, transit amenities, etc. January 2025 3 of 26
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