“Well-designed pedestrian infrastructure promotes
walkers’ feelings of safety, comfort”
Wisconsin
Pedestrian Policy Plan 2020, Executive Summary, page 3, 2002.
Objective 2.0 Engineering and Planning
Working in partnership with local governments and other
interested stakeholders, WisDOT will plan, design and promote new
transportation facilities, where appropriate, and retrofit existing
facilities, where appropriate, to accommodate and encourage pedestrian use.
Action 2.1: Locals should consider pedestrian
transportation in their land use plans.
Action 2.2: WisDOT will include local road pedestrian
facility design in the FDM (Facilities Development Manual)
Action 2.3: WisDOT will develop the Pedestrian Best
Practices Guide (PBPG) to help locals meet pedestrian needs
Action 2.4: WisDOT will encourage MPO and RPCs to
consider pedestrian needs in their planning processes
Action 2.5: Locals should utilize federal funding
programs to meet local pedestrian needs
Wisconsin
Pedestrian Policy Plan 2020, pages 15-18.
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“Planners should leverage the new interest of
public health experts in the potential health benefits of smart growth
and planning by including explicit health promotion goals in local
comprehensive, transportation, circulation, and bicycle and pedestrian
plans.” -Marya Morris, AICP
Wisconsin Walks holds that HEALTH IS THE FOUNDATION for each of the
nine elements of a comprehensive plan (aka “Smart Growth” plan, which
all Wisconsin communities must prepare and adopt 2010). Public health
educators need to be partners in the process of developing community and
county-wide plans. To learn how to be involved, visit
http://www.1000friendsofwisconsin.com/. There is a citizen toolkit
on their site. The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin’s 1-page primer on
Smart Growth is an excellent overview for pedestrian and health
advocates! (.pdf version of primer) The
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin is available at
www.bfw.org |
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creates a
nine-element definition of a comprehensive plan that requires each
community to address: issues & opportunities; housing; transportation;
utilities & community facilities; agricultural, natural & cultural
resources; economic development; intergovernmental cooperation; land
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outlines
14 goals for the results of local plans, which state agencies are
also encouraged to work towards. Some of the goals are: promotion of
urban redevelopment; provision of a range of transportation choices;
protection of natural areas, farmland and forests; cooperation among
nearby units of government; and providing affordable housing. |
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Planning Tool – Pedestrian Overlay District
“A pedestrian overlay district is a plan
implementation tool to support walkability and pedestrian safety. Such
an overlay may require improved pedestrian crossings and varied pavement
to distinguish crosswalks, as well as architecture at a human scale
(e.g., awnings, multiple entrances to large buildings, no blank walls),
street trees, and minimal building setbacks.”
Source: “Zoning to Promote Health & Physical
Activity,” by Marya Morris, AICP, Zoning Practice 06.04, by subscription
only ($65/year), back issues available to subscribers.
Exemplary Pedestrian Plans in the U.S. (also bike/ped plans),
updated 12/02
Exemplary Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans
[We need your nominations. Send them to
info@wisconsinwalks.org.]
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American Planning Association
APA Policy Guide on Surface Transportation
#1: Comprehensive, multimodal transportation planning is the
basis of investment decisions
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