| *The Walk and Bike Lansing! Plan is a set of 76 recommendations and best practices for making Lansing walk and bike friendly. Click here for details. |
Help Make Lansing Accessible and Walk & Bike Friendly!
| Lansing Walking & Bicycling Task Force, c/o Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council P.O. Box 17164, Lansing, MI 48901 |
Reasons for making Lansing walk and
bike friendly include easing expenses,
improving physical heath and local air
quality, reducing carbon emissions,
protecting children and seniors, and
attracting residents and employers to the
Greater Lansing Region.
Click here to learn more.
bike friendly include easing expenses,
improving physical heath and local air
quality, reducing carbon emissions,
protecting children and seniors, and
attracting residents and employers to the
Greater Lansing Region.
Click here to learn more.
| Accessible and Walk & Bike Friendly Cities...
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Walk and Bike Lansing! is a campaign to engage and mobilize Lansing residents,
businesses, and others to make Lansing an accessible and walk and bike friendly city.
businesses, and others to make Lansing an accessible and walk and bike friendly city.
Why This Matters
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| Map of Accidents 653 pedestrians and bicyclists hit by cars in Lansing from 2001-2005. Click here to view map. |
Task Force Partners
Logos of Lansing Walking & Bicycling Task Force organizations providing funding, staff
resources, and organizational support are shown below.
If your organization would like to join the effort, contact Payal Ravani at
payal@midmeac.org or 248-342-1695.
resources, and organizational support are shown below.
If your organization would like to join the effort, contact Payal Ravani at
payal@midmeac.org or 248-342-1695.
| Corbis Roalty Free Photography |
| Photo by Bell Sports/Gareth Walters |
| Photo by Heidi Potter |
| Photo by Steve Longrove |
| Corbis Roalty Free Photography |
| Every three days someone is hit while walking or bicycling in Lansing, Michigan, on average. (Lansing Police Department Traffic Crash Reporting System Data) |
| In Lansing, 2.45% of trips are by foot and 0.42% by bike. vs. In Ann Arbor, 15.79% of trips are by foot, and in Madison 3.19% of trips are by bike. (U.S. Census Decennial, 2000) |
Other Ways To Help...
| The walkability and bikeability of our city shapes our everyday experiences. |
| Making Lansing, Michigan Accessible and Walk & Bike Friendly! |
Complete Streets Ordinance
More than 5,000 signatures collected for the Lansing
Complete Streets Ordinance!
Click here to see the list of 87 volunteers who collected
signatures for the Complete Streets Ordinance, and
pictures of the petition submittal on July 10!
The Lansing Complete Streets Ordinance basics:
1. Require the City of Lansing to adopt a Non-Motorized
Network Plan.
2. The Non-Motorized Network Plan would include
accommodations for accessibility, sidewalks, curb
ramps and cuts, trails and pathways, signage, and bike
lanes, and shall incorporate the principles of Complete
Streets and maximize walkable and bikeable streets
within the City.
3. To the extent financially feasible, future construction
or reconstruction of City rights-of-way or any parts
thereof shall be in conformity with the Non-Motorized
Network Plan.
4. Encourage adequate funding for the plan. Click here
to read about sources of funding for Complete Streets
features!
5. Require an update of the Non-Motorized Network
Plan every five years from the date of adoption.
Complete Streets Ordinance!
Click here to see the list of 87 volunteers who collected
signatures for the Complete Streets Ordinance, and
pictures of the petition submittal on July 10!
- Click here to read the full ordinance.
- Click here to read the Ordinance FAQ's
- Complete Streets are roads designed for all
users, of all ages and abilities.
The Lansing Complete Streets Ordinance basics:
1. Require the City of Lansing to adopt a Non-Motorized
Network Plan.
2. The Non-Motorized Network Plan would include
accommodations for accessibility, sidewalks, curb
ramps and cuts, trails and pathways, signage, and bike
lanes, and shall incorporate the principles of Complete
Streets and maximize walkable and bikeable streets
within the City.
3. To the extent financially feasible, future construction
or reconstruction of City rights-of-way or any parts
thereof shall be in conformity with the Non-Motorized
Network Plan.
4. Encourage adequate funding for the plan. Click here
to read about sources of funding for Complete Streets
features!
5. Require an update of the Non-Motorized Network
Plan every five years from the date of adoption.
| Click here to read about the public sessions held March 3-7, 2009 to determine priorities for Lansing's Walking & Bicycling Network. |
"Walk Chalk & Talk!" event on May 22, 2010
What: “Walk Chalk & Talk (and EAT)!” kick-off for the
Lansing Walkability Audit
When: Saturday, May 22 from 11:00am to 2:00pm
Where: Gone Wired Café, 2021 E Michigan Ave, Lansing
If you are unable to attend the event but are interested in
becoming a volunteer, please contact Payal Ravani at
payal@midmeac.org or 248-342-1695.
Walk & Bike Lansing, AARP Michigan, and the City of
Lansing are launching a Walkability Audit to evaluate the
condition of Lansing’s 600 miles of sidewalks, and are
seeking volunteers to help with this effort. Sidewalks in
Lansing were installed between the 1920s and present, and
their condition has never been inventoried. This audit will
serve as the basis for a prioritized, strategic plan for
sidewalk improvements. The data will be incorporated into
Lansing's Non-Motorized Transportation Plan.
Lansing Receives National Recognition as a
Bicycle-Friendly Community
On May 3, 2010, the City of Lansing and Walk & Bike
Lansing! held a news conference in front of Lansing City
Hall to announce that Lansing received Bronze award as a
Bicycle-Friendly Community through the League of
American Bicyclists' (LAB) Bicycle-Friendly Community
Campaign.
The Bicycle-Friendly Communities (BFC) program is an
award program that recognizes municipalities that actively
support bicycling.
Lansing's application was compiled during the winter of
2009/2010 by Lansing resident Lyndon Babcock, a retired
engineer and longtime bicyclist who has been an active
member of Walk and Bike Lansing! since its inception in
2006.
The bronze level designation puts Lansing on the map as a
bike friendly city, and shows where additional
improvements are needed.
Lansing's Draft Non-Motorized Network Plan
The City of Lansing presented its draft of the Complete
Streets Plan at an open house on February 18 at Foster
Community Center. This draft plan is based on the input
gathered from the public at numerous meetings held over
the last year and provides a framework for creating a
comprehensive network of sidewalks, trails, bike lanes,
crosswalks and other non-motorized facilities in the city of
Lansing. Please view the draft here and send your
feedback and top 3 priorities for implementation to Andy
Kilpatrick at akilpatr@lansingmi.gov or 517-483-4248.
Lansing Adopts Complete Streets Ordinance
On August 17, 2009 the Lansing City Council adopted the
Lansing Complete Streets Ordinance. The adoption of this
policy is largely a function of the tremendous grassroots
support of more than 100 volunteers and supporters who
collected 5,000+ signatures in May and June, sent more
than 80 letters to the City Council in August, gave more
than 60 individual comments at the August 10 City Council
meeting, and created and presented a photo gallery of
Lansing’s incomplete streets. The message was heard by
the Lansing City Council, and we thank them for adopting
the ordinance!
The next step is creating the non-motorized network plan.
Visit www.walkbikelansing.com/designnetwork to learn
more. Contact payal@midmeac.org if you would like to get
involved.
Click here for the PowerPoint presentation given at the
8/13 Council Meeting. (17MB)
What: “Walk Chalk & Talk (and EAT)!” kick-off for the
Lansing Walkability Audit
When: Saturday, May 22 from 11:00am to 2:00pm
Where: Gone Wired Café, 2021 E Michigan Ave, Lansing
If you are unable to attend the event but are interested in
becoming a volunteer, please contact Payal Ravani at
payal@midmeac.org or 248-342-1695.
Walk & Bike Lansing, AARP Michigan, and the City of
Lansing are launching a Walkability Audit to evaluate the
condition of Lansing’s 600 miles of sidewalks, and are
seeking volunteers to help with this effort. Sidewalks in
Lansing were installed between the 1920s and present, and
their condition has never been inventoried. This audit will
serve as the basis for a prioritized, strategic plan for
sidewalk improvements. The data will be incorporated into
Lansing's Non-Motorized Transportation Plan.
Lansing Receives National Recognition as a
Bicycle-Friendly Community
On May 3, 2010, the City of Lansing and Walk & Bike
Lansing! held a news conference in front of Lansing City
Hall to announce that Lansing received Bronze award as a
Bicycle-Friendly Community through the League of
American Bicyclists' (LAB) Bicycle-Friendly Community
Campaign.
The Bicycle-Friendly Communities (BFC) program is an
award program that recognizes municipalities that actively
support bicycling.
Lansing's application was compiled during the winter of
2009/2010 by Lansing resident Lyndon Babcock, a retired
engineer and longtime bicyclist who has been an active
member of Walk and Bike Lansing! since its inception in
2006.
The bronze level designation puts Lansing on the map as a
bike friendly city, and shows where additional
improvements are needed.
Lansing's Draft Non-Motorized Network Plan
The City of Lansing presented its draft of the Complete
Streets Plan at an open house on February 18 at Foster
Community Center. This draft plan is based on the input
gathered from the public at numerous meetings held over
the last year and provides a framework for creating a
comprehensive network of sidewalks, trails, bike lanes,
crosswalks and other non-motorized facilities in the city of
Lansing. Please view the draft here and send your
feedback and top 3 priorities for implementation to Andy
Kilpatrick at akilpatr@lansingmi.gov or 517-483-4248.
Lansing Adopts Complete Streets Ordinance
On August 17, 2009 the Lansing City Council adopted the
Lansing Complete Streets Ordinance. The adoption of this
policy is largely a function of the tremendous grassroots
support of more than 100 volunteers and supporters who
collected 5,000+ signatures in May and June, sent more
than 80 letters to the City Council in August, gave more
than 60 individual comments at the August 10 City Council
meeting, and created and presented a photo gallery of
Lansing’s incomplete streets. The message was heard by
the Lansing City Council, and we thank them for adopting
the ordinance!
The next step is creating the non-motorized network plan.
Visit www.walkbikelansing.com/designnetwork to learn
more. Contact payal@midmeac.org if you would like to get
involved.
Click here for the PowerPoint presentation given at the
8/13 Council Meeting. (17MB)
Complete Streets
Kick-Off Event
Kick-Off Event
Click here for more
information and photos from
the May 16, 2009 Complete
Streets Campaign Kick-Off
at Hunter Park.
information and photos from
the May 16, 2009 Complete
Streets Campaign Kick-Off
at Hunter Park.
| Check out the Lansing Complete Streets Photo Gallery at: www.lmb.org/LansingC ompleteStreets.html |
NACCHO Conference
Andy Kilpatrick and Jessica Yorko presented and facilitated a session at the 2009
National Association of City and County Health Officials Annual Conference in July.
Click here to view the Presentation.
National Association of City and County Health Officials Annual Conference in July.
Click here to view the Presentation.
