Bringing More Safety & Less Stress to New Orleans Streets with improved biking, walking, and transit
Mobility is a Challenge in New Orleans
Year after year, New Orleans ranks poorly in the SAFETY of people on our roadways Dangerous crossings A widespread culture of #6 in U.S. for most lead to repeated fatal Drunk Driving Pedestrians killed bike + car crashes
Mobility is a challenge to our Public Health New Orleans residents have Many neighborhoods also have elevated rates of health conditions inadequate access to grocery such as: stores, healthcare providers, and public parks. Hypertension ● Diabetes ● Obesity ●
“Where people live — and the built environment that surrounds them — plays a large role in determining life expectancy and overall health by making it easier or more diffjcult for people to access health care, healthy foods, high-quality schools, and other resources.” Bike Easy’s Complete Streets for Health Equity Report, 2017
Mobility is a Challenge for Workers and Business
People have a hard time getting to work on time. Local businesses have a hard time Low-income residents are more likely to staying fully staffed with transportation face commutes of 30+ minutes daily to challenges affecting so much of the and from their job. workforce.
Our mobility is a challenge to our environment.
Our streets are our primary public spaces in New Orleans. The cost of rebuilding roadways Flash flooding on neighborhood streets primarily for automobile travel is and the subsidence of the ground below significantly higher in terms of dollars, are ongoing threats to the New Orleans pollution, and sustainability of the local region. ecosystem.
Complete Streets meets these Challenges.
Complete Streets are designed to be safe and accessible to people of all ages and abilities -. people walking, biking, driving, and riding transit. Complete Streets make it easy to cross the street, walk to shops, and bicycle to work. They allow buses to run on time and make it safe for people to walk to and from train stations. National Complete Streets Coalition, www.smartgrowthamerica.org
Meeting our Mobility Challenges : Our SAFETY & HEALTH Our Economy Our Environment
What’s happening in New Orleans?
NOCSC supports ‘Moving New Orleans’
CNO vision for a city-wide Low-Stress Bikeway Network Constituting over 600+ miles of bikeways and improved walking facilities
A recently redesigned, complete street: Marconi Drive
People understand why this matters.
85% of New Orleans residents believe people deserve as many safe transportation options as possible to get to work on time.
Of New Orleans residents polled in 2019 … 76% … believe having protected lanes separating bikes from cars makes the roads safer for drivers . … think the most effjcient transportation system for New Orleans 70% would have separate spaces for people driving, using the transit system, biking, and walking. 68% … say that they would be more inclined to ride a bike if there were protective barriers separating bikes from cars.
Engaging Community Residents Canvassing door to door Multi-platform Media Campaign Making calls to Supporters
Activation Mini-Grant
www.nolacompletestreets.org /activation-mini-grant
Examples of Street Activations
White Cane Walk: Lighthouse Louisiana Lighthouse Louisiana hosted RTA offjcials to experience catching the bus without their eyesight.
Ephemera: Friends of the Lafitte Greenway Plastic Garden by Brandon Juan Surtain Photo Credit: Jose Cotto
Neighborhood Walking Tour: GirlTrek GirlTrek led a walking tour of the new improvements adjacent to Behrman Park for Let’s Move Forward Algiers Fest in Sept 2019
Slow Street: City of New Orleans and Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Assoc. The temporary “Slow Street” at Moss Street along Bayou St. John
Viewing Boxes: St. Anthony Green Street Community engagement by Batture LLC for St. Anthony Green Streets Photo Credit: Maggie Hermann (L), Aron Chang (R)
Magic Carpet Mural: Charlotte Rail Trail Mural designed by Jessie and Katey, a Baltimore-based artist duo
Sidewalk Poetry Contest: City of St. Paul Poem printed in St. Paul, MN sidewalk as a part of their Sidewalk Poetry Contest which selected poems from 100 poets.
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