LESSON 5: ADAPTING SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL (INSTRUCTOR'S NOTES)

LESSON 5: ADAPTING SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL (INSTRUCTOR'S NOTES)

Objectives:

Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

Recognize the types of suburban development patterns that have led to automobile-oriented travel.
Demonstrate different strategies for re-designing suburban areas to accommodate non-motorized transport.

Pre-Instruction:

Components	Activities
Motivation	Take the class for a walk along a commercial strip or other equally pedestrian-unfriendly location in your area. Point out the problems with the development type in terms of how it discourages pedestrian and/or bicycle travel.
Objectives	Present and explain the two lesson goals listed above (V-5-1).

Information Presentation:

Components	Activities
Information Sequence	Outline the presentation of the lecture (V-5-2 and V-5-3).
Information	Review the historical development of urban and suburban land use as covered in Lesson 1. Focus on the suburban practices of leap-frogging and in-filling. Explain the importance of understanding the needs of the various users of non-motorized transportation, developing strategies to promote bicycling and walking, and recognizing current suburban land use forms that discourage non-motorized transportation (V-5-4 through V-5-6). Explain the inherent dangers in certain types of suburban development and land use features that affect bicyclists and pedestrians (V-5-7). Contrast planning for the automobile with planning for non-motorized transportation (V-5-8 and V-5-9). Demonstrate how good pedestrian and bicycling connections to transit services can encourage a symbiosis between these various modes. Provide examples of commercial and office developments that encourage walking and biking (V-5-10 and V-5-11).
Example(s)	Much of the information transmission should be done by way of example. The viewgraphs reflect this.

Student Participation:

Components	Activities
Practice	Use the activity provided in the student notes.
Feedback	Provide comment and feedback to the class as appropriate.

Follow-Up:

Components	Activities
Enrichment	Assign reading for Lesson 6. Ask the students to find an example of neo-traditional development completed within the last 10 years. Have them be prepared to report their findings to the rest of the class.
Review	Provide a summary of Lesson 5 (V-5-12).
Exercise	5.10 Exercise

Lesson Objectives:

Recognize suburban development patterns that have led to automobile travel
Demonstrate strategies for re-designing suburban areas to accommodate non-motorized transportation

Lesson Outline:

Lesson Outline (continued):

Suburban Development:

User Groups:

Promotional Strategies:

Present Land Use Forms:

Planning for Non-Motorized Transportation:

Planning for Non-Motorized Transportation (continued):

Development Features That Encourage Walking and Biking:

Development Features That Encourage Walking and Biking (continued):

Lesson Summary:

Suburban development patterns have made it difficult to use non-motorized transportation
There are many ways to change this condition
- Existing retrofits
- New developments