Complete Streets: From Policy to Implementation (Completely) How can you make your complete streets policy a success? How do you translate complete streets into real benefits for the people who are walking, biking and taking public transportation? How do you promote accessibility and connectivity for all -- including people with disabilities -- through design and planning? Hear regional, city and international perspectives from policy to implementation during this complete complete streets workshop. Moderator: Richard Weaver, AICP, Director of Planning, Policy and Sustainability, American Public Transportation Association; Chair, National Complete Streets Coalition, Washington, DC Joseph Iacobucci, Sam Schwartz Engineering, DPC, Chicago, Illinois Stefanie Seskin, Deputy Director, National Complete Streets Coalition, Smart Growth America, Washington, DC Dan Gallagher, AICP, Transportation Planning Manager, Charlotte Department of Transportation, Charlotte, North Carolina James Cromar, Director of Planning, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Tony Hull, Independent Transportation Consultant, Minneapolis, Minnesota Gregory Thompson, Chair, Light Rail Transit Committee of TRB, Tallahassee, Florida Roxana Ene, Project Manager, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

1. Complete Streets and ADA
Common
Challenges,
Common
Solu/ons
Tony
Hull
Railvolu/on
September
22,
2014

2. Complete Streets
Redefining
the
role
of
the
street
• Aspira/onal
• Inclusive
of
all
people/modes
• Culture
shiEing
• New
priori/es
• New
design
tools
• Focus
on
people
not
vehicles
• Complete
Streets
are
Accessible
Streets!

3. Accessible (ADA Compliant) Streets
ADA
has
redefined
public
responsibility
for
our
streets
• Civil
right
to
par/cipa/on
• Inclusive
of
all
people/abili/es
• Culture
shiEing
• New
requirements
• New
design
tools/standards
• Focus
on
equal
accessibility
• Accessible
Streets
are
Complete
Streets!

4. Americans with Disabili9es Act (ADA): Title II State
and Local Government Services
Background
• Civil
Rights
Act
(1964)
• Architectural
Barriers
Act
(1968)
• Rehabilita/on
Act
–
Sec/on
504
(1973)
• Americans
with
Disabili/es
Act
(1990)
• Five
Titles
• Title
II
State
and
Local
Government
Services
New
Construc/on/Altera/ons
–
28
CFR
35.151*
• Any
facility
constructed
aEer
1-­‐26-­‐92
must
comply
with
ADAAG/UFAS
• Altered
por/ons
of
public
facili/es
must
meet
new
construc/on
guidelines
to
max
extent
feasible
Self
Evalua/on/Transi/on
Plan
–
28
CFR
35.105
• Examine/inventory
accessibility
of
exis/ng
facili/es
• Develop
and
implement
transi/on
plan
by
January
1995

5. Understanding
“Accessibility”
Elimina/on
of
barriers
• Movement
Barriers:
• Difficult
terrain
• Obstacles/obstruc/ons
• Adequate
presence
and
width
of
facili/es
• Allow
adequate
crossing
/me
• Informa/on
Barriers:
Anything
that
restricts
an
individual’s
ability
to
comprehend
and
navigate
the
street
environment
–
includes
addressing
the
needs
of
persons
with:
• Visual
disabili/es
• Hearing
disabili/es
• Cogni/ve
disabili/es

6. Movement Barriers

7. Informa9on Barriers

8. Nearly 25 years later – Barriers s9ll exist!
Progress
to
removal
of
barriers
is
slow
• Programma/c
approach/Lack
of
ADA
integra/on
–
silo
effect
• Focus
on
mee/ng
requirements
over
improving
accessibility
• Fear
of
liability
impedes
progress
• Lack
of
clarity
about
standards
(10
years
of
draE
guidelines)

9. CS & ADA Common Challenges
Complete
Streets
• System-­‐wide
change
difficult
to
achieve
• Breaking
free
of
tradi/onal
thinking
and
prac/ce
• ShiEing
focus
to
“outside-­‐in”
approach
with
an
emphasis
on
context
and
roadway
compa/bility
Americans
with
Disabili9es
Act
• Ins/tu/onalizing
standards
and
principles
• Developing
agency-­‐wide
capacity
• Mentality
of
mee/ng
requirements
• Embracing
the
intent
of
“accessibility”

10. ADA can be part of the Complete Streets
solu9on
A
Complete
Street
is
only
“Complete”
when
mee/ng
ADA
standards
• CS
and
ADA
both
focus
on
retrofikng
to
correct
system
deficiencies
• Both
can
only
succeed
with
a
fully
integrated/holis/c
approach
• Accessible
Public
Rights-­‐of-­‐Way
guide
=
Complete
Street
solu/ons

11. Accessible Public Rights-­‐of-­‐Way Guide:
Design Solu9ons

12. Accessible Public Rights-­‐of-­‐Way Guide:
Model Sidewalks

13. Opportunity
Embracing
ADA
as
part
of
Complete
Streets
is
win-­‐win
• Addressing
diverse
user
needs
• Avoiding
mistakes
(form
over
func/on?)
• Improving
design
outcomes
• Accelera/ng
compliance
with
ADA
• Op/mizing
limited
resources
• Decreasing
exposure
to
liability

14. Resources
• United
States
Access
Board
hop://www.access-­‐board.gov/
• Proposed
Accessibility
Guidelines
for
Pedestrian
Facili/es
in
the
Public
Rights-­‐of-­‐Way
hop://www.access-­‐board.gov/aoachments/ar/cle/743/nprm.pdf
• Special
Report:
Accessible
Public
Rights-­‐of-­‐Way
Planning
and
Designing
for
Altera/ons
(July
2007)
hop://www.access-­‐board.gov/aoachments/ar/cle/756/guide.pdf