FW: States Need to Confront Parking Mandates

[Annette Mills]

Articles 1 and 4 both do a great job of connecting parking requirements to affordable housing…

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[David Rabinowitz]

The Maryland Department of Planning and the Smart Growth Network hosted a webinar
today with Dan Burden about road diets which I attended and is worth watching. The
video of the webinar is available at:

https://smartgrowth.org/designing-road-diets-as-a-tool-for-walkability-and-community-revitalization/

Dave

[K A]

Thank you, Dave and Wendy.  I also attended the webinar and thought it was worthwhile.

I think a very important takeaway is that a road diet, unlike a human diet emphasizing broccoli and quinoa, can actually feel positive to the non-biking and non-pedestrian community!  It's possible for all parties (drivers, walkers, bikers, businesses, etc.) to benefit.   And a road diet can actually IMPROVE transportation volume and speed for motorists.   For example, roundabouts not only reduce serious accidents but they also mean that motorists don't have to unnecessarily wait for a red light when there's no vehicles or pedestrians.

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Kris

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Thanks to Dave for sharing the link (see email thread below this) to that webinar. I also attended the webinar and 100% agree with Dave it is worth the time... even the Q & A section at the end was very interesting! I hope some of our friends at Corvallis Public Works were attending!!

Wendy

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[Lorene Becker]

Yes I also watched it and was really inspired by the numerous examples that were provided.  It would be interesting to identify potential roads in Corvallis that may be candidates for such transformations. 

Laurie Becker

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[Court Smith]

It seems the main concept of road diets is structuring them to slow traffic speeds to about 20 mph in town. Thus, every time a road is updated within the city a road diet should be included in the repaving and redesign. The key to a road diet is to narrow lanes. Thus, with each redesign lanes should be reduced to 10' and surplus lanes removed and used for complimentary uses. A road diet should be part of the plan for any new repaving. Cars and trucks have no need to travel at 30+ mph anywhere in the city. The road diet research indicates that with traffic circles and fewer stop signs and lights all traffic travels more swiftly and safely. The main goal should be to get the specifications in Chapter 4.0 in the Land Development Code that specifies street widths and especially the street classification functions the Transportation System Plan changed.

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[David Rabinowitz]

The author of the new book "Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and
How to Fix It" gave an online talk yesterday where he discussed the ideas in the
book and answered questions. A recording of the session can be found at

https://www.cnu.org/resources/on-the-park-bench/authors-forum-arbitrary-lines

This page also has links to several other webinar recordings that might be of interest.

Dave