Increase walking, biking and transit use by one or more of the following means:
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Conduct regular walk/bike counts of key areas and report increases in walk/bike counts. Report pedestrian/bike safety measures under BPA 11.6. |
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Install infrastructure such as bike racks, bike stations, park benches, shelters, park-and-ride lots, or real-time arrival data-streaming; document the increase in employer-offered transportation fringe benefits such as transit passes or free bike lockers; report your city's Bicycle Network Analysis score; report a Walk Score of 70+, Bike Score of 80+, and Transit Score of 60+ or show an increase in your city's scores. Report bike lanes and trails under BPAs 11.4 and 11.5. |
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Be recognized as a Walk Friendly, Bicycle Friendly, or Age Friendly Community; report an increase in your city's Bicycle Network Analysis score; conduct an Inclusive Walk Audit in key areas of the community; allow property owners to substitute bike parking spaces for required car parking spaces. Report transit-oriented design and travel demand management requirements under BP14. |
Resources
- Qualified transportation fringe benefits explained.
- Move Minnesota provides a list of cost-effective, sustainable transportation incentives for employers and developers.
- See Best Practice #11 for information on bike and walking infrastructure planning and development.
- Walk-friendly:
- See MDH resources for Walk and Bike Friendly Communities like the Minnesota Walks (2016) - a framework for action for creating safe, convenient and desirable walking and rolling for all and the Inclusive Walk Audit Facilitor's Guide - a guide for observing and assessing the comfort and safety for all walkers.
- See the AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit and their Age Friendly Community program.
- Consider working with your businesses to bring in expertise to improve pedestrian commercial traffic, conducting downtown pedestrian counts, street vitality indices, traffic projection studies, shopper intercept studies, traffic-shaping projects and retail recruitment campaigns.
- See the Walk Friendly Communities program supported by the national Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (NOTE: this program is not accepting new applicants until fall of 2023).
- See your city’s (or by any address) walk, bus, and transit scores at WalkScore.
- Bike-friendly:
- MN Dept. of Transportation resources for bicycle and pedestrian (see Minnesota Walks under the Planning tab) and transit design and planning. Also see biking tourism information and the Bicycle Friendly Community Resource Guide (Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota: 2017).
- The Bicycle Friendly Community program of the League of American Bicyclists provides incentives, hands-on assistance, and award recognition for communities that actively support bicycling. See Building Blocks of Bicycle Friends Communities and BikeMN resources. See community workshops hosted by Bike MN.
- The Bicycle Network Analysis from the national non-profit People for Bikes helps cities assess the degree to which people can comfortably bike to the places they want to go.
- Age-friendly:
- The AARP Age Friendly Community program aims to make the places where we live more livable and better able to support people of all ages. Join the network, access training, and find resources for creating a community action plan and taking action.
- See the World Health Organization’s Global Database of Age-friendly Practices.
Sublist
a. Document increased infrastructure for pedestrians, bikers, and public transit users.
b. Increase the number of employers promoting multiple commuting options.
c. Be recognized as a Walk Friendly, Bicycle Friendly, or Age Friendly Community.
Order Number
1
Action Type
Finite