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Pedestrian Connections: Planning for Accessibility and Vehicle Interactions
September 4, 2018
Pedestrian Connections: Planning for the Walkability Needs of Older Adults and People with Disabilities from Current Conditions to a Future with Automated Vehicles September 4, 2018
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Webinar Agenda
Overview: NADTC • Rachel Beyerle, Communications Director
University of Montana • Meg Traci, PhD
Pedestrian Bicycle Information Center • Laura Sandt, PhD • Michael Clamann, PhD
Facilitated Discussion/Q&A
www.nadtc.org
NADTC Overview
Partnership: Easterseals and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Funding: Federal Transit Administration with guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living Mission: To promote the availability and accessibility of transportation options for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers Functions: Technical Assistance, Information & Referral; Training; Communication and Outreach; Community Grants
www.nadtc.org
Walkability and Accessibility to Public Transportation with a focus on travel for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
• Accessible Pathways Guide • Access to Transit Assessment • Driver and Pedestrian Safety Guide • Neighborhood Wayfinding Guide & Assessment • April 2017 #SafeWalking Twitter Chat • Snow Removal Guide All are available at nadtc.org!
NADTC Pedestrian Resources
Rachel Beyerle Communications Director, NADTC
202.347.3066 | [email protected]
866-983-3222
www.nadtc.org
An Inclusive, Interdisciplinary Approach to Making Walkable Communities
National Aging and Disability Transpiration Center Webinar Series:
Pedestrian Connections: Planning for the Walkability Needs of Older Adults and People with Disabilities from Current Conditions to a Future Environment with Automated Vehicles
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Meg Ann Traci, PhD
University of Montana Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
Montana Disability and Health Program
©2018
Acknowledgements • NACDD Grant– Cathy Costakis and Karma Harris
• Helena Partner Coaches– Karen Lane and Scott Birkenbuel • Butte Partner Coaches– Karen Sullivan and Todd Hoar • Mark Fenton • Success Stories are available at:
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/reaching-people.html
• Montana CILs– Summit ILC, MILP, LIFTT, and NCILS
• MTDH Disability Advisors: Liz Ann Kudrna and Chris Siller
• MTDH Accessibility Ambassadors– Travis Hoffman, Chris Clasby, Susan Morris, Scott Birkenbuel, Joel Peden, Bob Maffit, Chris Siller, Cassie Weightman, Les Clark, Theresa Gardner, Allice de Chelley, Jed Barton, Steve Woodard, Shyla Patera, Jerry Clark, Becky Clark, Joel Patera, and Mark Sanders
• Healthy Community Coalitions and BACI Action Teams
• Bike Walk Montana and Bike Walk Helena
• MDT
• Others
What makes a walkable community? Persons with disabilities in all communities are part of the answer.
Figure 1.
The continuation of a movement… The walkability of communities for all Americans depends on the solutions of all its members, including people with disabilities.
Photo by Tom Olin
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Who is meeting at this confluence? Members of inclusive community planning groups
Solutions to building walkable
communities for all.
“Universal Design is the design and composition of an environment so that it can be accessed,
understood and used to the greatest extent possible by all people, regardless of their age, size
or disability.” (Disability Act, 2005)
To learn more about universal design, visit: http://universaldesign.ie/What-is-Universal-Design/
Include persons with disabilities to push the boundaries. Put inclusion at the front of the train to expand the rationale for your work. See: The Myth of Average (…designing to the edges), Todd Rose’s TEDx Talk, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBmyttcfU4
Why do we do make communities walkable?
• Dignity • Equity
• Freedom • Independence
• Comfort • Social
Capital • Economic
Vitality
• Health • Safety • Welfare
Inclusion in walkable communities
• Inclusion is about environmental attributes that connect people with disabilities to their community (e.g., social life, jobs, healthy eating and physical activity opportunities)
• --What we know works (e.g., PROWAG)
• --What we can imagine “In 1988, activists took hammers to the
curbs of Hollywood’s Walk of Fame” New Mobility (6/1/2009). Available at: http://www.newmobility.com/2009/06/sidewalk-wars
Photos by Tom Olin
Pablo, MT
Table 1: Montana - Heart Disease and Stroke (HDS)
HP2020 Goal: Improve cardiovascular health and quality of life through prevention, detection, and treatment of risk factors for heart attack and stroke; early identification and treatment of heart attacks and strokes; and prevention of repeat cardiovascular events (e.g., heart attacks, hospitalizations for heart failure, and strokes)
Measure: Reduce to 27% the proportion of adults with hypertension
Year All Adults Adults with
Disability
Adults without
Disability
HP2020 Target
2015 29.1% 47.4%* 24.4%* 27%
Source MT BRFSS 2015
Inclusion is about partnerships and leadership:
in order to fulfill leadership roles on the inclusion of people with disabilities in walkable communities.
Broaden your partnership to include disability representatives…
America Walks is partnered with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL.org), the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) and other disability organizations.
Centers for Independent Living (CIL) To find your areas CIL, visit: http://www.ilru.org/projects/cil-net/cil-center-and-association-directory
Many America Walks state and local ally organizations are partnered with Centers for Independent Living throughout the U.S.
The Montana Disability and Health Program partners with Montana’s four CILs to implement a range of activities including inclusive, interdisciplinary team facilitated walk audits (I2WALK) with America Walks state and local ally organizations. Mark Fenton has provided training and technical assistance to support these efforts.
Montana’s CILs 1. Summit ILC 2. Montana
Independent Living Project (MILP)
3. North Central Independent Living Services (NCILS)
4. Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow (LIFTT)
Additional acknowledgements: --Lewis and Clark Public Health --Butte Silver-Bow Public Health and Developmental Disabilities Council
What is a walk audit?
•Facilitated group walk of an area to explore its support of physical activity, active transportation, and healthy food access.
•Usually held as part of a workshop with introductory and planning sessions to develop recommendations for action.
•Effective tool for education, inspiration, & practical planning. An act of shared discovery!
Louisville KY pedestrian planning
Mark Fenton ©2017
When to do a walk audit?
•During comprehensive & project planning, public input and comment.
•Policy review: zoning, design guidelines, schools, etc.
• Introducing infrastructure; roundabouts, road diets, back-in parking; trails; etc.
•Events: walk & bike to school/work, pop-ups, open streets, cyclovia, festivals, etc.
Conrad, IA
Back-in angle parking in Billings, MT
Mark Fenton ©2017
At the heart of I2WALk is a trained interdisciplinary team representing: 1. Public Health 2. Land Use and Planning 3. Engineering, DPW and
infrastructure 4. Disability experts
- Define disability as “a dynamic interaction between a person and the environment.” (WHO, 2001)
What makes I2WALK interdisciplinary teams inclusive?
• People with disabilities are decision-makers in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the walking audit.
• These team members have training in the Americans with Disabilities Act, Orientation and Mobility (O&M) and/or related codes & guidelines, to provide technical assistance on healthy community solutions for all.
Hutchinson KS
Preparing for the I2WALK • Identify workshop location (accessible meeting space)
• Scout the Route: Choose the locations, targets on route (use I2WALK targets checklist to gather I2 Team notes)
• Text descriptions of route
• Identify significant barriers • plan for alternate transportation
• plan for short alternate routes
• Targets include schools; public transportation and bike shelters; trail and greenway facilities, open space, and recreational areas; a diversity of residential developments and retail/commercial settings; diversity of sidewalks, curb cuts and amenities; and at least one safe and accessible intersection.
• Inclusion attributes: curb cuts, accessible surfacing of trails, rubberized surfacing in playgrounds, accessible entrances, accessible transportation shelters
Preparing for the I2WALK
3. Site design: Comfortable and enjoyable places
1. Land Use:
Mix of destinations
2. Network of Facilities: Ped, bike, & transit network
4. Safety & Access: Features that reduce injuries and fatalities
www.activelivingresearch.org
• I2 Team collaborates on descriptions of four elements of active design for route targets.
Preparing/conducting the I2WALK • Revise workshop presentation template to include
relevant information and resources
• Plan evaluation (Who will change what, when, and how? With what help?)
• Delegate team roles, preferably during an in-person planning meeting
• Send participants invitation and agenda with route
• Sign in participants and offer photo release forms
• Conduct workshop
• Follow up with participants using evaluation results
Participant reports • Valued: I2 Team leads who use wheelchairs and
who are blind bring different experiences and solutions into the experience
• Committed to: • More I2WALK events with community partners • Accessible meetings and communications • Educating colleagues, friends, and families on what they
learned about accessibility and inclusion • Inclusive built environment improvements to improve
public health • Strengthening policy to assure accessible and inclusive
outcomes
Directions with landmarks and
location of street crossings:
Start at Montana Independent Living Project
(825 Great Northern Boulevard, Helena, MT
59601).
Head north on Great Northern Boulevard
toward West 14th Street and continue on route
for about 108 feet.
Turn right onto West 14th Street and continue
on route for about 299 feet.
Turn right onto Front Street and continue for
0.2 miles. Please note this route may narrow
and include obstructions along the route.
Turn right onto Neill Avenue and the Federal
Reserve Bank will be on the right.
Contact Information
Meg Ann Traci, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
The Montana Disability and Health Program
The Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
University of Montana
52 Corbin Hall
Missoula, MT 59812-7056
(406) 243-4956 Meg's Office
www.ruralinstitute.umt.edu
e-mail: [email protected]
Montana Disability and Health Program website is available at:
http://mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/
BACI Disability Resources and Information is available at: http://www.umt.edu/sell/cps/baci/Disabilities%20Resources%20.php
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Safety and Mobility for Everyone in the Age of Automation
Laura Sandt and Michael Clamann
UNC Highway Safety Research Center
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
9/4/18
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Billions invested in AV tech
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
The Promise of Automation
•Safety •Personal mobility •Time productivity •Energy use/fuel consumption
•Roadway capacity and land use efficiencies
•Industry profit Source: USDOT.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Prior coverage of pedestrian issues is sparse
Source: Cavoli, C. et al., 2017. Social and behavioural questions associated with Automated Vehicles. A Literature
Review, London: Department for Transport.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Critical Transportation Needs
•To be able to walk/roll and be active
•To be socially connected and supported
Photos from: www.pedbikeimages.org/Dan Burden
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
PBIC Discussion Guide
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Testing and Validation • Public roads with professional backup drivers
• e.g., Waymo: 8 million miles of testing to date
• Closed tracks • e.g., Mcity
• Structured testing on public roads
• e.g., Volvo DriveMe
• Customer testing • e.g., Tesla
• Simulation
Compare to 3 trillion miles driven annually
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
AV Sensor Technology • Camera
• Most cost-effective • Detects texture and color • (e.g., signs, lane markings, lights) • Con: very data intensive
• Lidar • Detects shapes • (e.g., cars, pedestrians, curbs, small obstacles) • Con: Not effective in many conditions
• Radar • Detects position and speed • (e.g., cars, large obstacles) • Con: Low resolution
• Ultrasound • High resolution, inexpensive • (e.g., objects at low speed) • Con: Very short range
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
What Computers “See”
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Dividing Responsibilities
•Design for teamwork/cooperation
•Support, don’t replace, the driver
People:
high level goals, patterns,
the unexpected
Automation: repetition, accuracy, precision
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
How do we ensure safe mobility for everyone in the future?
Photos from: www.pedbikeimages.org/ Dan Burden and Laura Sandt
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.”
-Paul Batalden,
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
How do we ensure safe mobility for everyone in the future?
•Recognize the limits of technology and invest in complementary solutions: • Walkable, bikeable environments with supportive
land uses and universal design • Place-making and social inclusion • Transit and paratransit services
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Example: Smart City PDX
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
How do we ensure safe mobility for everyone in the future?
•Define and test the appropriate role for AVs and new technologies in these spaces/systems • Early partnerships in the
design stage of research to consider display design, accessibility, and availability of tech to key stakeholders
First Transit shared autonomous vehicle used in pilot with the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA) and other transit agencies in the US. Source: metro-magazine.com.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
pedbikeinfo.org @pedbikeinfo
Thank you!
Laura Sandt
919-962-2358 [email protected]
Michael Clamann
919-962-0045 [email protected]
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