| 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) |
Action Alert! Issues
| Lansing Walking & Bicycling Task Force, c/o Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council P.O. Box 17164, Lansing, MI 48901 517-214-5684 |
September 18, 2008 - Action Alert!
Send letters and emails and make calls
today – see list below!
Urge our city and state officials to
stripe Saginaw and Oakland in Lansing
with a “Road Diet” when they mill and
resurface the roads in 2009!
Background
The Lansing Master Plan Team recently
completed a six-month process to gather
community input and analyze traffic data for
Saginaw and Oakland in Lansing. Since they
were widened and turned into one-way
streets in 1965, these roads have shown
high numbers of bicyclist and pedestrian
accidents and high vacancy rates in
commercial buildings. Once a major
commercial artery, Saginaw Street could
again become a commercial hub if area
were more walkable and attractive.
On September 4, the Master Plan Team
presented their recommendations at
Pattengill Middle School to an audience of
more than 100 community members. Click
here to view the full report.
The study shows that reconfiguring Saginaw
and Oakland to include at least one fewer
traffic lane each (a Road Diet) would
accomplish the following:
* Maintain current traffic operations/
level of service both now and for projected
traffic counts in the year 2030.
* Improve motorist safety by calming
traffic/reducing speeds.
* Improve bicyclist and pedestrian
safety by calming traffic/reducing speeds.
* Improve roadway aesthetics.
The Road Diet option is also much less
costly than a two-way conversion, and
allows enough right of way to add a
designated on-road bicycle lane on Saginaw
and trees between the curb and the
sidewalk. Signed, striped bike lanes are
shown to decrease bicycling accidents by
30% or more, and street trees vastly
improve pedestrian safety and comfort.
MDOT is planning to mill and resurface
Saginaw and Oakland end in 2009, which
includes painting FRESH STRIPES on the
road. With this new data in hand, the most
cost effective way to improve conditions on
Saginaw and Oakland is to stripe the Road
Diet this year!!
Please let your MDOT, State, and City
officials know that you want to see the
Road Diet striped along with MDOT’s
mill and resurface project.
Direct letters, emails, and phone calls to:
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
(517) 335-7858
Representative Joan Bauer
S1087 House Office Building
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
517-373-0826
joanbauer@house.mi.gov
Senator Gretchen Whitmer
415 Farnum Building
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-1734
SenGWhitmer@senate.michigan.gov
Kirk T. Steudle
MDOT Director
425 W. Ottawa St.
Lansing, MI 48909
mdotdirector@michigan.gov
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero
124 W. Michigan Ave, 9th Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
517-483-4141
vbernero@lansingmi.gov
Mark Chaput
MDOT University Region
4701 W. Michigan Ave
Jackson, MI 49201
chaputm@michigan.gov
Paul Steinman
MDOT, Lansing TSC
3101 Technology Blvd.,
Suite H
Lansing, MI 48910
steinmanp@michigan.gov
Send letters and emails and make calls
today – see list below!
Urge our city and state officials to
stripe Saginaw and Oakland in Lansing
with a “Road Diet” when they mill and
resurface the roads in 2009!
Background
The Lansing Master Plan Team recently
completed a six-month process to gather
community input and analyze traffic data for
Saginaw and Oakland in Lansing. Since they
were widened and turned into one-way
streets in 1965, these roads have shown
high numbers of bicyclist and pedestrian
accidents and high vacancy rates in
commercial buildings. Once a major
commercial artery, Saginaw Street could
again become a commercial hub if area
were more walkable and attractive.
On September 4, the Master Plan Team
presented their recommendations at
Pattengill Middle School to an audience of
more than 100 community members. Click
here to view the full report.
The study shows that reconfiguring Saginaw
and Oakland to include at least one fewer
traffic lane each (a Road Diet) would
accomplish the following:
* Maintain current traffic operations/
level of service both now and for projected
traffic counts in the year 2030.
* Improve motorist safety by calming
traffic/reducing speeds.
* Improve bicyclist and pedestrian
safety by calming traffic/reducing speeds.
* Improve roadway aesthetics.
The Road Diet option is also much less
costly than a two-way conversion, and
allows enough right of way to add a
designated on-road bicycle lane on Saginaw
and trees between the curb and the
sidewalk. Signed, striped bike lanes are
shown to decrease bicycling accidents by
30% or more, and street trees vastly
improve pedestrian safety and comfort.
MDOT is planning to mill and resurface
Saginaw and Oakland end in 2009, which
includes painting FRESH STRIPES on the
road. With this new data in hand, the most
cost effective way to improve conditions on
Saginaw and Oakland is to stripe the Road
Diet this year!!
Please let your MDOT, State, and City
officials know that you want to see the
Road Diet striped along with MDOT’s
mill and resurface project.
Direct letters, emails, and phone calls to:
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
(517) 335-7858
Representative Joan Bauer
S1087 House Office Building
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
517-373-0826
joanbauer@house.mi.gov
Senator Gretchen Whitmer
415 Farnum Building
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-1734
SenGWhitmer@senate.michigan.gov
Kirk T. Steudle
MDOT Director
425 W. Ottawa St.
Lansing, MI 48909
mdotdirector@michigan.gov
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero
124 W. Michigan Ave, 9th Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
517-483-4141
vbernero@lansingmi.gov
Mark Chaput
MDOT University Region
4701 W. Michigan Ave
Jackson, MI 49201
chaputm@michigan.gov
Paul Steinman
MDOT, Lansing TSC
3101 Technology Blvd.,
Suite H
Lansing, MI 48910
steinmanp@michigan.gov
This page is where we post current Action Alert! Issues-- specific road projects or pending
legislation that need your attention. You can also sign up for Walk and Bike Lansing
Updates (not excessive, just the essentials!) below.
legislation that need your attention. You can also sign up for Walk and Bike Lansing
Updates (not excessive, just the essentials!) below.
Saginaw & Oakland Road Diet
| The walkability and bikeability of our city shapes our everyday experiences. |
Non-Motorized
Network Plan
Network Plan
Lansing needs a Non-Motorized
Network Plan!
This is the plan that will serve as
a guidepost for completing
sidewalks, bike lanes, trails, and
other non-motorized facilities in
Lansing!
Click here to read the Lansing
Walking & Bicycling Task Force
recommendations for creating a
Non-Motorized Network.
A Non-Motorized Network Plan,
based on existing conditions and
community input could easily be
created through the Lansing
Master Plan process, which will
also generate substantial
community input for the future
look and feel of our City.
(Other Cities' Non-Motorized
Network Plans: coming soon.)
Urge our government officials to
include the Non-Motorized
Network Plan development as
part of the Master Plan!
Contact:
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero
124 W. Michigan Ave, 9th Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
517-483-4141
vbernero@lansingmi.gov
Bob Johnson
Planning Director
316 N. Capitol
Lansing, MI 48933
517-483-4068
rjohnson@lansingmi.gov
Network Plan!
This is the plan that will serve as
a guidepost for completing
sidewalks, bike lanes, trails, and
other non-motorized facilities in
Lansing!
Click here to read the Lansing
Walking & Bicycling Task Force
recommendations for creating a
Non-Motorized Network.
A Non-Motorized Network Plan,
based on existing conditions and
community input could easily be
created through the Lansing
Master Plan process, which will
also generate substantial
community input for the future
look and feel of our City.
(Other Cities' Non-Motorized
Network Plans: coming soon.)
Urge our government officials to
include the Non-Motorized
Network Plan development as
part of the Master Plan!
Contact:
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero
124 W. Michigan Ave, 9th Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
517-483-4141
vbernero@lansingmi.gov
Bob Johnson
Planning Director
316 N. Capitol
Lansing, MI 48933
517-483-4068
rjohnson@lansingmi.gov
City Council Must Allow
Sidewalk Plan Completion!
Sidewalk Plan Completion!
In 2005, the City of Lansing
Public Service Department
conducted an analysis of
sidewalks on major streets in
Lansing. Click here to read the
findings.
The City Council requested this
analysis, but has never formally
adopted the recommended
sidewalk completion plan.
Furthermore, in 2006 the Council
doubled the number of years
required to complete the
sidewalk network by reducing the
amount assessable to residents
by 50%.
Additionally, Council members
have worked to impede the
sidewalk completion by voting
against the assessments when
residents complain.
Lansing residents MUST ask the
City Council to:
1. Pass a resolution to formally
adopt the findings as an official
plan, and allow the Public Service
Department to install sidewalks
as planned.
2. Restore the 100% assessable
rule.
3. Increase the City share
towards sidewalk completion to
$300,000 annually.
Click here for a draft
letter to send to City
Council.
Click here for City Council
contact information, or email the
entire council at
council@lansingmi.gov
Public Service Department
conducted an analysis of
sidewalks on major streets in
Lansing. Click here to read the
findings.
The City Council requested this
analysis, but has never formally
adopted the recommended
sidewalk completion plan.
Furthermore, in 2006 the Council
doubled the number of years
required to complete the
sidewalk network by reducing the
amount assessable to residents
by 50%.
Additionally, Council members
have worked to impede the
sidewalk completion by voting
against the assessments when
residents complain.
Lansing residents MUST ask the
City Council to:
1. Pass a resolution to formally
adopt the findings as an official
plan, and allow the Public Service
Department to install sidewalks
as planned.
2. Restore the 100% assessable
rule.
3. Increase the City share
towards sidewalk completion to
$300,000 annually.
Click here for a draft
letter to send to City
Council.
Click here for City Council
contact information, or email the
entire council at
council@lansingmi.gov
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Snow and Ice on Lansing
Sidewalks
Sidewalks
February 16, 2009 - Action Alert
Click here to read more about this
proposed ordinance amendment to
keep Lansing sidewalks safe for all
users.
Public input will be heavily weighed in
this initiative!
Click here to read more about this
proposed ordinance amendment to
keep Lansing sidewalks safe for all
users.
Public input will be heavily weighed in
this initiative!
| Making Lansing, Michigan Accessible and Walk & Bike Friendly! |
Complete Streets Ordinance -
HELP OUT!
HELP OUT!
April 2009 - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!!!
Read more on:
Read more on:
- our the homepage (middle of the
page) and - on the Complete Streets Ordinance
Signature Collection page.