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<br />Walkable Communities Workshop <br />Monday, May 8, 2006 <br />Harriet Alexander Nature Center <br /> <br />Welcome and introductions - Mayor Craig D. Klausing and Gary MacFadden, <br />Director of Operations, Nation Center for Bicycling and Walking. <br /> <br />. Attendee's introduced themselves, identified their city, county, regional <br />affiliation and what piqued their interest in this topic. 62 people <br />representing Roseville, New Brighton, Falcon Heights, Little Canada, <br />Lauderdale, St. Paul and Ramsey County present. <br /> <br />. Point of note: Gary asked how many people walked to HANC for this <br />workshop, only one person raised their hand. <br /> <br />Presentation - Mark Plotz, Program Manager, National Center for Bicycling and <br />Walking. See attached "Creating Walkable Communities" handout. <br /> <br />. Through-out the presentation individuals in attendance made the following <br />comments: (pertaining to the topics being discussed) <br /> <br />a Ernest Wojahn - felt the intersection where pedestrians have to <br />cross on B2 & Dale is not safe. <br /> <br />a Maggie Kahler - felt most bikers do not obey traffic rules. <br /> <br />. When Mark asked how many walked to school, 80% raised their hands. <br />When asked if their children or grandchildren walk to school now, only one <br />person raised their hand. <br /> <br />a Jan Vanderwall - Falcon Heights Elementary School is having kids <br />walk to the end of their block, and then safety patrols walk them as <br />a group to school. <br /> <br />a Sarah Brodt Lenz - It's not just a kid problem, elders also have <br />problems getting thru intersection due to the lighted cross walks <br />being timed. <br /> <br />. Open areas seem to invite speeders, and where there are hills cars slow <br />down. <br /> <br />. Suggested ways to make intersections safer - <br />. Consider no turn on red <br />. Count down signals - timed according to surroundings <br />. Get rid of visual obstructions <br />. Put islands in the middle of the intersections. <br /> <br />a Dan Soler - County Rd. B/Dale & Co. Rd. B/Harnline, Ramsey <br />County added a turn lane on each side, with striped shoulders, but <br />they didn't see any difference in capacity, no flow difference. But <br />they felt it was safer for the pedestrians/bicyclers. <br />