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Towards Safer Streets: The West Virginia Experience
Angela Vance Associate State Director, AARP WV 2253 Rayburn House Office Building June 20, 2013
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Incomplete Streets
2 Photograph from Edward Stollof
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No sidewalks
Streets are inadequate:
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No sidewalks
Streets are inadequate:
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Too narrow to share with bikes
Streets are inadequate:
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Streets are inadequate:
Too dangerous to cross on foot
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• A pedestrian is killed every 2 hours
• A bicyclist, every 2 days
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Reporting System
Incomplete Streets are Unsafe
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Older pedestrians are especially vulnerable
• In WV, older pedestrian fatality rate is 2.0 per 100,000 compared to 1.3 for < 65.
• Older Americans are nearly twice as likely to be killed while walking than < 65.
• Children 15 & under – 23% of injuries
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Rural Crossroads– Existing Conditions
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Rural Crossroads – Increase Focus, Remove Clutter
Remove Visual Clutter
Improved Access Management
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Rural Crossroads– Communicate Roadway Changes
Pavement Markings
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Rural Crossroads –Complete the Pedestrian Network
New Sidewalks
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“Adopt Complete Streets Policies”
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Thriving Main Streets
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Thriving Main Streets
Photo Credits: Barbara Ritchey/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Michigan Municipal League/www.mml.org
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Thank you for your attention.
Angela Vance Associate State Director for Advocacy AARP West Virginia [email protected]