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<br />section3 <br /> <br />best practices & resources <br /> <br />Transportation "Besl Praclices <br />coflllf7ved <br /> <br />Seattle's Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning <br />A substantial proportion of Seattleites use thelf bicycles for recreation or transportation. It <br />is csttmalCd that about 36 percent of Seattle's 520.000 Citizens engage in recreational <br />bicycling and 11 percent of commute trips arc walking and bicycling tnps (7 percent <br />walking and 4 percent blcychng, respectively). In some parts of the city. bicycling and <br />walking make up 20 percent of the commute trips. By cycling. residents avert emISSions <br />that would have otherwise been made by car trips. Cyclists and pedestrians are able to <br />take advantage the extensive urban trails network. Seattle has about 28 miles of shared <br />use paths. 22 miles of on-street, striped bike lanes, and about 90 miles of signed bike <br />routes. The City'S Department of Transportation has a Bicycle Program that is developing <br />the City's first Bicycle Master Plan to improve and expand the network of shared use paths, <br />bike lanes. signed bike routes. arterials With wide shoulders and pedestrian pathways. <br /> <br />Marin County's Safe Routes to Schools <br />Today only 13 percent of children walk or bicycle to school. as opposed to 66 percent in <br />1970. According to a study by Marin County Safe Routes to Schoof. 21-27 percent of the <br />county's morning traffic can be attributed to parents driving their children to schoof. More <br />parents drive their children as a result of increased congestion near schools. further <br />aggravating the problem. These trends have seriOUS implications for both childhood obeSity <br />and respiratory problems, which are both rising trends. The Safe Routes to Schools <br />program promotes walking and biking to school in order to reduce pollution and promote <br />children's health and community livability, Since the program was instituted. single student <br />car tripS have dropped by 13 percent. saving over 4.250 one-way trips each day <br /> <br />Keene's Conversion to Biodiesel <br />From fire engInes to snowplows, all 77 of the vehicles in the City of Keene, New <br />Hampshlre's Public Works Department arc running smoothly on 820 biodiesef. The flcct is <br />fueled onSlte at the department's pump. The biodiesel performs well In cold temperatures <br />and has improved the air quality inSide the fleet maintenance faCility, The City has burned <br />more than 4.400 gallons of biodiesel since 2002, which prevents an estimated 12 tons of <br />CO2 from entering the atmosphere annually. <br /> <br />() Resources <br /> <br />General Transportation Planning Information: <br />American Public Transportation Association hllryf/\wJW aDI" com <br />Transportation Research Board htlD'llwww trh ora <br />Win-Win Transport Emissions Strategies - A paper from the Victoria Transport Policy <br />Institute lltlD:!lwwWVI ni_Drn!wwr.lllllate, mjf <br /> <br />Clean Air and Transportation Resources from the U.s. Department of Transportation <br />IlllDf!\NWW ItiJlfadc1...uD (Jov/rc<;ourrC"ifltldP.x ;)<;D <br /> <br />National Congestion and Travel Time Data from the Texas Transportation Institute's Urban <br />Mobility Report tllln/irnoIJililv,laf11l1.celu/um<; <br /> <br />Walking and Bicycle Planning Resources <br />IlllD ,/WWWVIDtClrn/c!nClI!11('llt<;!wo1ikinCl nllD; tllln IIW'\IVWf):kC-.vi~lk orn <br />