7.5 WEEKS = useful, and the amount of time The City of Charlotte is the average Charlotte driver spends in a car committed to providing a safe, each year. walking experienceHere’s why... for all Charlotteans. inviting Growth Managment $15,719 = june The average annual From 2015 to 2040 Charlotte is projected PER ✓ WHY WALKABILITY?household cost of to grow by 400,000 people. That’s similar to driving in Charlotte. the entire population of Raleigh, NC. Investing in walkability is good (includes direct costs and time spent in tra c) for Charlotte’s economy. We’re growing by roughly 44 new people every day! Pedestrian projects help reduce We can’t keep widening our roads, so we need to invest in 44 PEOPLE DAY costs from crashes, raise property infrastructure that gives our residents more values, and create more jobs for the transportation choices - like walking. Economic same amount of money as road infrastructure projects. Bene ts Beyond direct economic impacts, investing in walkability is an important part of competing in Walkability is an important public health and safety issue. what’s more important? $3 = a global marketplace. Walkability, About ½ of Charlotteans don’t get enough exercise, the public health house size Public helps us compete with other cities and as a consequence, more than ¼ of us struggle with for the jobs and talent that will bene ts produced + for every $1 spent high blood pressure and obesity. walkable carry Charlotte into the next neighborhood on trails for walking Health century. and biking There is a very strong link between the design of our city and public health outcomes. For example, studies have demonstrated the following People have bought into the results when more people walk more often... & Safety 85% = idea that life is what happens the amount of money when you’re outside your car, spent on cars and gas and they are starting to make that THE EFFECT OF WALKING that leaves the local clear in the places they’re choosing COGNITIVE economy. Driving less to live, work, and spend money. PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE & PARTICIPATION and walking more means AT WORK & ABILITY TO SELF IN COMMUNITY that more of our dollars SCHOOL CONCENTRATE ESTEEM ACTIVITIES stay local.

Not everyone drives a car. In fact, over 250,000 Charlotteans don’t drive. Social

PEDESTRIAN RATE OF RATES OF RATES OF RISK OF That’s 30% of our population. FATALITY HIGH BLOOD OBESITY & STRESS & ALZHEIMER’S Equity RATE PRESSURE DIABETES DEPRESSION DISEASE It’s enough people to ll Bank of America stadium 3.5 times!

For those who don’t drive walkability is the key to mobility, independence, Transportation and quality of life. We want more Choices walkable streets!

$649 Mecklenburg County has Million = a history of problems The cost of pedestrian .11 with air and water Environmental .23 and bicycle crashes in acres/person acres/person pollution. We’re also No matter how people get around, they are telling us they NC from 2010 consuming a lot more want more transportation choices. to 2014. Stewardship land and resources than CO we used to. NOx (Carbon Monoxide) 80% of Charlotteans believe our streets should be (Nitrogen Oxide) 98% designed to serve all users, and 81% believe sidewalks 87% These troubling statistics 75% should be provided on thoroughfares. share something in VOCs common – our (Volatile Organic Compounds) 9 to 12 = 50% 51% dependence upon the the number of jobs created for every car for transportation. 25% Investing in $1 Million spent on 1976 2010 sidewalks and bikeways walkability helps us - more than any other DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT to be better stewards mode of travel. (Mecklenburg County) of the environment. PERCENT OF POLLUTANTS FROM “MOBILE SOURCES” (Mecklenburg County)

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