Matt Fall COJ Bicycle Pedestiran PresentationCity of Atlantic Beach:
Mayor’s Council on
Health and Well-Being
MARCH 9, 2022
MATT FALL, BICYCLE -PEDESTRIAN COORDINATOR, CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
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Neighborhood-Based Differences in Physical Activity: An Environment Scale Evaluation (Sept 2003)
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Integrating Public Health & Transportation Planning: Perspectives For MPOs & COGs (2012)
“ A large and growing body of research exists that links the built environment to the safety and health of its residents… obesity levels were lowest in neighborhoods with a closer proximity to healthy food outlets, lower density of fast-food restaurants, streets that were more conducive to non-motorized travel, and access to parks.”
“Residents of high-walkability neighborhoods reported higher residential density, land use mix, street connectivity, aesthetics, and safety… and [also] had lower obesity prevalence than did residents of low-walkability neighborhoods.”
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Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: prospective cohort study
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Investigated the association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and all cause mortality.
Cycle commuting was associated with a lower risk of CVD, cancer, and all cause mortality.
insider.com/people-who-bike-to-work-live-longer-says-study-2020-1
Insider Article: People Who Bike to Work May Live Longer, According to New Research (Jan 2020)
This study is part of a collection of studies… which show cycling is associated with longer, healthier living.
Despite the health benefits… only 0.6% of Americans bike to work.
…Partially due to the lack of proper bike infrastructure
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Book: Building the Cycling City: The Dutch
Blueprint for Urban Vitality
Cycling as a “solution to acute, 21st-century problems, including affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation.”
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2017 statistically valid survey
NCTCOG.ORG/BIKESURVEY
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S O U R C E : F L O R I D A H I K E S . C O M
▪COJ’s Top Goal: Provide safe and connected sidewalks and bikeway facilities for
residents of ALL AGES AND ABILITIES
▪Hierarchy of Infrastructure: Shared-use paths are MOST comfortable/safe for ALL
▪Greatest Barriers: Right of way constraints, roadway engineers defaulting to
MINIMUM STANDARDS for bike-ped facilities, culture too supportive of SOV travel,
etc.
S O U R C E : F H W A B I K E W A Y S E L E C T I O N G U I D E S O U R C E : D A N G E R O U S B Y D E S I G N
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S O U R C E : F H W A B I K E W A Y S E L E C T I O N G U I D E
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Bike lane on St Johns and Beach Blvd
Look familiar?
Hint: see slide 12
Checking a Box
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FHWA-Designated Focus States and Focus Cities:
▪Designated when bike-ped fatalities are
consistently higher than the national average
▪Florida (Focus State) and Jacksonville (Focus City)
462
Pedestrian fatalities
Between 2010 -2019
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Bikeways and Trails Network Inventory: Overview
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FACILITY_TYPE STREET_NAME FROM TO LENGTH_LF STATUS OWNERSHIP MAINTENANCE TYPE_OF_SEPA
RATION SIDE_OF_ST DIRECTION GREEN PAINT SHARROWS FUNCTIONAL_CLASS
SHARED LANES PLANNED COJ COJ FLEXPOSTS NORTH 1-WAY ONE
SIDE YES YES LOCAL
BIKE LANE (UNBUFFERED)FUNDED STATE STATE CURB SOUTH 1-WAY BOTH
SIDES NO NO COLLECTOR
BUFFERED BIKE LANE EXISTING OTHER OTHER PLANTERS WEST 2-WAY ONE
SIDE N/A N/A MINOR ARTERIAL
PROTECTED BIKE LANE PARKING EAST 2-WAY BOTH
SIDES UNKNOWN UNKNOWN MAJOR ARTERIAL
SHARED OR MULTI-USE
PATH BOLLARDS BOTH N/A
RECREATIONAL PATH RAISED BUMPS
OTHER
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Bikeways and Trails Network Inventory: Attributes
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Bikeways and Trails Network Inventory: Accurate Alignments
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Bikeways and Trails Network Inventory: Interactive Map
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PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA:
DUKE ENERGY TRAIL: 4.1 MILES
AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA: TECO
GAS AUBURNDALE TRAIL:
6.6 MI
VOLUSIA COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
SPRING -TO -SPRING
TRAIL: VARIES
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Matt Fall
Bicycle-Pedestrian Coordinator
MFall@coj.net
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