| *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:
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!
- 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, at
a minimum, 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. |
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. This new policy for
Lansing states that the city will have a non-motorized
network plan, and will update it every 5 years. This is
major step forward for Lansing to become a walk and bike
friendly city. 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.
Many people came together to raise awareness about the
issue of Lansing’s incomplete streets and the need for a
non-motorized network plan. 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.
Many people have already given input and participated in
sessions about the plan. More input is needed. Visit www.
walkbikelansing.com/designnetwork to learn more. Contact
jessica@walkbikelansing.com if you would like to get
involved.
Click here for the PowerPoint presentation given at the
8/13 Council Meeting. (17MB)
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. This new policy for
Lansing states that the city will have a non-motorized
network plan, and will update it every 5 years. This is
major step forward for Lansing to become a walk and bike
friendly city. 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.
Many people came together to raise awareness about the
issue of Lansing’s incomplete streets and the need for a
non-motorized network plan. 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.
Many people have already given input and participated in
sessions about the plan. More input is needed. Visit www.
walkbikelansing.com/designnetwork to learn more. Contact
jessica@walkbikelansing.com 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.
| Walk and Bike Lansing! is seeking volunteers to help with a condition inventory of Lansing sidewalks in 2010. Training and surveys will begin in April. Contact Payal Ravani to sign up and get details: payal@midmeac.org or 248-342-1695. |