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A
Hello,
everyone
and
welcome
to
our
legislative
briefing
on
access.
My
name
is
Laura
Paskus.
I
am
35
years
old
and
I
am
a
resident
of
bloomfield,
I'm
also
the
director
of
age-friendly
greater
Pittsburgh.
We
are
excited
to
welcome
a
number
of
elected
officials
and
their
staff.
My
friend
and
colleague
from
AARP
and
Blatz
will
do
a
roll
call
here
in
a
moment.
We
are
especially
thrilled
to
have
three
speakers
here
to
present
on
their
work
to
improve
access
to
housing
options,
healthy
environments
and
transportation
at
the
national
county
and
city
levels.
We
have
dr.
A
A
A
Did
you
hop
in
an
uber
or
ride
a
bike
or
walk
or
some
kind
of
combination
of
those
regardless
you
got
here
today,
you
are
participating
today
and
we
all
deserve
that
opportunity
to
participate
all
of
our
lives,
so
the
age-friendly
movement
is
about
making
our
neighbourhoods
more
inclusive
and
respectful
of
every
generation.
This
past
October
8
Renly
greater
its
Pittsburgh,
launched
a
30
step
action
plan
with
three
focus
areas
who
has
an
action
plan
in
the
audience.
Anybody
yeah,
okay,
everybody
everybody
up.
There
has
an
active
thing
great.
A
So
the
first
of
three
focus
areas
is
access
and
here's
how
we
describe
in
the
action
plan
we
envision
a
region,
that's
open
to
all
of
us.
It's
easy
to
get
around
it's
easy
to
find
and
afford
different
options:
whether
we're
looking
for
a
new
home
or
a
ride
across
town,
we
can
all
feel
comfortable
crossing
the
street.
We
all
can
make
an
appointment,
make
it
to
an
appointment
on
time.
A
These
are
our
pop-up
street
performances
that
spark
change
to
make
sidewalks
safer
for
all
ages
and
abilities
and
we've
seen
changes
happen,
lights,
lengthened
no
turn
on
red
signs
installed
and
more
all
thanks
to
our
partners
at
the
city,
Kristen's
department,
actually
neighborhood
groups
and
residents,
particularly
older
residents,
who
are
starting
to
feel
heard,
and
the
exciting
part
is
that
it's
just
the
beginning.
So
now
it's
my
pleasure
to
hand
it
off
to
Jen
Blatz
associate
state
director
for
community
outreach
at
AARP
Pennsylvania.
B
Afternoon,
everyone-
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
so
I
have
the
honor
of
introducing
all
of
our
elected
officials
today
and
there's
a
small
gap
in
the
middle,
because
we
have
a
few
who
are
running
late,
so
we're
hoping
we'll
just
tuck
them
in
as
they
arrive
so
starting
over.
Here
we
have
Anita
Preeti
o,
who
is
a
county
council
woman
from
kind
of
the
north
side.
North
northern
regions
of
Allegheny
County
Aaron
mulch
Amy
is
representing
Governor
Tom,
wolf,
Mary
Esther
Ventura
is
here
representing
County
Executive,
rich
Fitzgerald.
B
B
We
hope
to
have
a
couple
of
more
members
of
county
council,
Cory,
O'conner,
Erica
Strassburger
and
are
both
counties
to
give
us
gives
me
city,
council
members,
Bobby,
Paul,
Messina
I
call
him
Bobby,
because
he
is
my
County
counselor
in
green
tree
and
our
rounding
out.
Our
city
councillors
is
Deb
gross
and
we're
very
happy
to
have
with
us
mayor,
Betty
Copeland
from
the
city
of
Bridgeville
today,
and
the
first
lady
of
Braddock.
B
Ken
is
a
colleague
of
mine
and
travels
around
the
country
on
behalf
of
AARP
to
talk
to
people
like
everyone
assembled
in
this
room
who
care
about
the
same
things
that
we
at
AARP
are
really
committed
to,
and
care
about,
and
he
is
kindly
has,
has
traveled
here
from
Florida
today
to
be
with
us.
So
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out.
He
made
quite
a
journey.
Ken
is
his
title.
Is
regional
field?
Direct
excuse
me,
regional
volunteer
director
for
the
AARP
mega
states,
so
Pennsylvania
is
considered
a
met,
a
state
in
the
AARP
scheme.
B
Ken
is
the
top
ranking
volunteer
leader
in
our
region,
which
also
includes
California,
Florida,
Illinois,
New,
York,
Ohio
and
Texas,
and
these
states
comprise
more
than
60,000
volunteers
across
those
seven
states.
One
thing
that
I
hope
you
go
away
with
today
is
to
know
how
much
a
RP
is
reliant
on
and
really
dependent
on
our
volunteer
core.
A
lot
of
the
people
that
you
met
today
when
you
arrived
wearing
red.
Are
my
volunteers
I'm
very
proud
of
them
very,
very
happy
to
have
them
here
today.
B
C
And
I
too
had
my
action
plan,
okay,
but
my
name
is
Ken
Thomas,
as
she
mentioned
I'm
64
years
old,
as
required
by
Laura.
She
wanted
me
to
state
my
name
and
I.
Also
my
age
rather
and
I
arrived
by
trains,
planes
and
automobiles
to
make
it.
This
sounds
like
a
movie.
Doesn't
it
anyway
age-friendly
communities
and
AARP?
They
really
do
go
hand
in
hand.
C
D
Hi
everyone,
my
name-
is
Joe
Angelelli
I'm,
a
ward
vice
president
for
the
southwestern
PA
partnership
for
aging
I'm,
also,
a
senior
advisor
at
UPMC
Center
for
high-value
health
care,
48,
so
proudly
and
I'm
a
gerontologist
and
very
happy
to
be
here
to
represent
swip
and
welcome
you
just
very
briefly.
So
it
was
a
28
year
old
organization.
D
But
we
do
want
to
make
sure
we
don't
lose
sight
on
the
real
true
foundation
of
really
what
a
lot
of
this
is
built
upon,
and
that
is
other
programs
for
older
Americans
that
are
are
under
threat
from
a
budgetary
perspective,
both
at
the
federal
and
state
level.
We
really
think
that
without
those
essential
services
and
and
and
certainly
long-standing,
older
Americans,
Act
programs
Meals
on
Wheels
programs,
the
pace,
pharmaceutical
assistance
programs,
all
of
those
programs
are
essential
for
any
of
this
to
really
work
and
all
of
those
are
really
under
threat.
D
So
we
really
as
a
as
a
as
an
advocacy
organization,
really
don't
want
us
to
take
our
eye
off
the
ball
around
really
the
foundation
of
services.
We
have
a
very
active
policy
committee
that
really
scorecards
lots
of
legislation
that
addresses
older
adults
and
and
really
we're
paying
attention
to
sort
of
what's
what's
happening
out
there
so
really
thankful
for
all
of
you
to
come
today
and
looking
forward
to
presentations
by
our
panelists
on
turn
it
over
to
Laura.
Thank
you.
A
A
They
will
each
have
10
minutes
to
present,
followed
by
five
minutes
to
pose
a
question
to
our
elected
officials.
Okay,
so
first
we
have
dr.
Rodney
her
el
doctor.
Her
L
is
director
of
livability
thought
leadership
at
AARP.
In
that
position
he
leads
AARP
public
policy,
Institute's,
livable
communities
work,
his
research
on
housing
preferences,
neighborhood
choice
and
community
livability
are
integral
to
the
world-renowned
livability
index
that
measures
the
livability
of
every
u.s.
neighborhood
dr.
Hurrell
also
serves
as
a
our
Pease
housing
policy
expert.
E
E
You
know
ken
made
me
promise
to
give
some
stats,
so
you
know
by
2030
20%
of
the
population
and
the
entire
country
will
be
65
and
older.
Just
five
years
later,
we're
gonna
have
more
people
aged
65
and
older
than
we
do
18
and
under
for
the
first
time
ever
that's
a
fundamental
shift
in
the
way
that
American
American
communities
will
be
constituted,
and
the
real
issue
that
we
have
is
that
our
communities
aren't
built
for
that
time.
E
They're
built
for
a
time
when
we
didn't
really
feel
that
we
had
to
think
about
aging
or
just
didn't,
and
so
our
communities,
our
transportation
systems.
Our
housing
is
not
necessarily
built
with
the
things
that
we
need
as
we
age,
but
we
need
to
pay
attention
to
what
people
want
here.
I
have
examples
of
visible
housing
housing.
That's
got
a
zero
step
entrance
that
you
can
get
in
without
any
steps
a
library
Parks
streets
that
you
can
walk
across
safely.
Yeah.
E
The
idea
of
age
friendly
communities
is
to
take
all
of
these
elements
together
in
this
age,
friendly
process
and
create
communities
for
all
ages.
The
idea
being
that,
no
matter
how
old
you
are
no
matter
what
your
physical
ability
level
is,
you
should
have
access
to
those
community
things
that
you
want,
and
the
surprise
to
many
people
is
that
when
we
pull
older
adults,
we
find
that
they
want
the
same
kinds
of
things
that
younger
folks
do.
They
want
to
be
able
to
access
the
things
in
their
community.
E
E
First,
we
mentioned
the
livability
index
and
this
tool
was
created
in
2015
and
I
will
give
you
all
one
of
the
the
sneak
previews
to
tell
you
that
we're
having
a
new
version,
that's
coming
out,
June
21st,
so
you
can
check
our
website
for
a
new
version
of
this,
but
I
took
two
looks
at
it.
I
looked
at
first
at
Pittsburgh
housing
and
it's
hard
to
see
here
perhaps,
but
on
the
index
here,
we've
got
a
score
of
57
for
Pittsburgh.
E
The
average
score
is
50
on
this
index,
so
anything
above
50
is
better
than
average
and
you'll
see
that
we
look
at
housing,
accessibility,
the
amount
of
housing
options
that
you
might
have
to
be
able
to
stay
in
your
community.
If
you
need
to
move
out
of
your
home,
we
look
at
housing,
affordability
in
three
different
ways.
We
look
at
housing,
cost
housing
cost
burden,
which
is
the
amount
of
income
be
paid
for
housing
and
the
availability
of
subsidized
housing.
E
The
idea
is
that
we
should
have
all
of
these
things
to
have
that
kind
of
housing
that
we
need
elsewhere
in
the
index.
You
can
see
on
the
left-hand
side,
look
at
things
in
the
neighborhood,
our
transportation
connections,
environmental
quality,
health
and
social
engagement
opportunities
and
economic
and
opportunity.
So
we
look
at
a
wide
range
of
factors
here.
We
see
Pittsburgh's
doing
pretty
well
here,
particularly
in
availability
of
multi-family
housing,
which
gives
a
lot
of
options
and
more
subsidized
housing
than
normal,
which
is
actually
measured
at
the
county
level.
E
So
then,
when
we
look
at
Allegheny
County
as
a
whole,
we
look
at
this
and
it
looks
very
fairly
similar.
The
total
score
is
just
two
points
lower,
but
we
noticed
that
in
the
availability
area
that
Green
Dot
has
moved
to
a
yellow
dot
in
the
county,
24%
of
homes,
our
multifamily
units
and
in
the
city
we
had
that
53%.
So
there
the
concern
might
be
that
there
aren't
enough
options
for
people.
E
These
are
units
that
can
be
inside
a
home
attached
to
a
home
or
detached
accessory
dwelling
unit
is
basically
an
independent
unit
built
on
the
property
of
an
existing
home
and
there's
many
benefits
for
these
homes.
They
can
be
used
to
help
out
with
housing,
affordability
by
providing
rental
units
either
for
the
person
using
a
rental
unit
or
for
the
homeowner
who
may
be
able
to
make
income
from
it
or
I
can
be
used
by
a
family
member.
E
Without
changing
the
character,
they
really
help
to
provide
options
within
those
communities
and
can
do
so
while
keeping
people
connected
to
the
things
they
love
their
parks,
their
churches,
their
favorite
places
to
hang
out
and
their
friends.
Next
I'll
just
touch
on
access
quickly.
You'll
see
here's
another
example
of
a
home
with
the
zero
step
entrance.
There's
an
Oregon
program
that
certifies
homes
that
helps
people
to
understand
the
homes
have
the
features
they
need
and
make
it
easier
to
find,
and
we
do
a
lot
of
work
around
trying
to
create
examples
and
supports
for
folks.
E
So
I
also
help
lead
our
feature
of
housing
initiative
for
AARP
and
if
you
check
out
that
website,
you'll
see
more
about
this
home
that
we
remodeled
in
Memphis
Tennessee
you'll,
see
here
the
final
home.
We
took
a
standard,
Rambler
style
home
and
tried
to
make
it
into
a
home
for
the
future,
and
the
idea
was
to
have
a
design
competition
to
see
what
we
can
do
with
our
existing
homes
to
help
make
them
buy
homes
for
people
of
all
ages.
So
we'll
see
here
the
final
winning
design.
E
We
went
to
architects
around
the
country,
and
this
was
the
top
design.
You'll
see
some
features
here,
like
the
on
the
right-hand
side.
You'll
see
wide
large
glass,
enclosures
you'll
see
a
zero
step
entrance
raised
garden
beds
that
help
people
be
able
to
garden,
no
matter
whether
they're
able
to
bend
over
well
or
not
and
we'll.
Take
a
quick
look
inside
the
home
and
you'll
see
again.
E
These
large
glass
windows
on
the
design
would
help
provide
natural
light
and
also
allow
people
to
help
fight
social
isolation,
the
idea
being
that
maybe
I
can
be
in
the
home
but
still
see
out
in
my
community.
Even
if
I'm
not
able
to
get
outside
social
isolation
is
a
multi-billion
dollar
issue
in
the
country,
and
so
some
design
can
help
with
that
and
then
finally,
inside
the
home,
one
of
my
favorite
features
of
this
home.
The
circle
here
are
rooms
that
have
moveable
walls.
E
The
real
inventive
piece
of
this
design
was
that
this
bedroom
on
the
left
or
the
kitchen
on
the
right
have
moveable
walls
so
that
you
can
open
up
those
rooms
to
other
parts
of
the
house.
So,
even
if
my
mother's
in
this
room
and
the
left
here
and
can't
get
out
of
bed,
we
can
open
up
those
wall
and
she
can
participate
in
the
activity
of
the
family
life
and
all
of
those
and
more
elements
that
can
make
homes
better
for
people
of
all
ages.
E
We
have
those
on
our
future
of
housing
site
and
a
toolkit
that
can
help
people
think
about
remodeling
their
homes.
There's
well
over
a
hundred
million
existing
homes
in
this
country,
so
we
need
to
think
about
where
people
are
living
now
and
what
we
can
do
with
those
homes
to
help
make
them
homes
for
the
future.
E
So
there's
two
things
in
the
age-friendly
plan
for
Greater
Pittsburgh
that
I
wanted
to
touch
on
today
with
these
two
activities,
how
they
assessment,
assessment
and
mapping,
which
is
a
goal
of
investigating
the
current
and
future
forecasted
demand
for
the
healthy,
affordable,
accessible
and
inclusive
housing
options,
with
an
emphasis
on
housing
for
older
adults
and
middle-income
residents.
So
the
idea
being
again
that
we
can
create
the
options
that
are
needed,
but
the
first
thing
we
need
to
do
is
to
understand
the
housing
in
our
community.
E
Tools
like
the
livability
index
are
a
great
start
to
that,
but
you
actually
have
to
go
out
on
the
ground
to
get
the
data
that
I
can't
get
at
the
national
level.
You
have
to
do
that
locally,
so
I
think
that's
a
great
start.
The
second
big
item
in
the
plan
is
to
explore
options
for
progressive
housing
solutions.
E
Looking
at
things
like
Home
Sharing,
so
accessory
dwelling
units,
our
physical
thing,
but
Home
Sharing,
being
the
concept
of
taking
someone
into
your
home
is
another
way
of
efficiently
using
the
housing
stock
that
we
have
and
intergenerational
housing,
creating
options
that
work
for
people
of
multiple
generations.
So
the
idea
there
is
to
identify
mechanisms
to
encourage
and
incentivize
developers
to
use
the
universal
design
elements
like
the
ones
I
pointed
out
in
new
housing.
E
So
those
are
the
two
things
two
items
in
the
plan,
so
I
have
limited
time,
but
I
so
I
do
have
two
questions
for
you.
One
was:
how
does
this
vision
of
housing
that's
affordable,
that's
accessible,
creating
more
options.
How
does
that
fit
within
your
priorities?
And
the
second
question
is:
are
there
activities
already
underway
that
support
expanding
these
housing
options?
E
So
these
are
questions
of
our
policymakers.
They
can
I
think
we
have
five
minutes
or
so
that
they
can
respond
to
those
questions
or
ask
me,
questions
I
suppose,
and
while
you
think
about
that,
I'll
just
point
out
that
we
have
a
wide
range
of
resources-
and
here
are
the
web-
addresses
to
find
sharpies
resources
online.
So
with
that
I'll
turn
the
floor
over
hi.
F
Air
Mel
Cheney
with
governor
Wolf's
office
I
actually
have
two
questions
for
you,
so
I
think
your
questions
are
great
and
obviously
you
know
the
governor
is
definitely
committed
to
making
sure
that
we
have
that
of
the
ability
to
age
in
place
in
Pennsylvania
and
that
there
are
resources
available
for
anyone
that
wants
to
stay
in
their
home
as
long
as
possible.
So
that's
something
the
governor
has
definitely
identified
as
a
priority,
but
my
questions
are
two
quick
questions.
What
is
the
average
cost
of
an
Adu?
E
Vary
widely
in
cost
and
it's
hard
to
give
a
concrete
answer,
because
so
much
of
the
cost
is
in
design
it's
in
the
some
communities.
You
have
to
get
a
legal
help.
You
know,
builders,
the
like
there's
a
lot
of
soft
costs
involved,
I'll,
say:
there's
a
range
75
to
130
is
a
range
that
I
see
often
the
communities
with
all
those
things
taken
into
account,
but
there's
clearly
a
very
wide
range
is
I.
Don't
want
to
have
to
doesn't
kind
of
creat
numbers:
hey
I'll,.
E
That's
a
great
question
and
one
I
didn't
have
time
to
get
too
much
into
too
much
detail
on,
but
I
think
there's
great
possibilities
with
the
technological
movement.
That's
going
on.
We've
got
we're
at
the
intersection
of
big
data
and
robotics,
and
just
the
devices
that
can
take
into
account
human
interaction
and
input
and
there's
some
great
advances
happening
all
over
the
world.
I.
Just
the
gentleman
from
Germany
yesterday
who's
got
a
new
device
that
allows
you
to
know
whether
someone's
fallen
by
measuring
body
temperature
at
different
heights
in
the
room,
for
example.
E
But
many
others
and
I'll
just
say
quickly
that
some
of
the
other
things
on
the
market
now
from
an
Amazon
Alexa
to
a
bunch
of
other
devices,
are
being
used
to
support
people
that
want
to
stay
in
their
homes
but
they're,
not
necessarily
designed
with
older
adults
in
mind,
I
like
to
say
that
they're,
incidentally
benefiting
older
adults.
So
it's
great
if
we
can
work
to
try
to
make
older
adults
one
of
the
target
audiences
of
some
of
this
work
great.
G
Mary
Esther,
thank
you,
so
hi
dick
rose
with
Pittsburgh,
City
Council,
but
I
think
my
colleagues
and
I
can
all
share
that
what
ethnicity
we're
working
on.
Quite
a
few
of
the
elements
that
you
mentioned:
I'll
start
with
the
last
one:
first,
the
accessory
dwelling
unit.
So
when
you
add
something
on
to
the
property
that
you
own,
it's
an
accessory,
whether
that's
a
shed
or
whether
it's
a
house
right
and
so
the
accessory
dwelling
units
is
actually
right.
G
Now
we're
moving
forward
with
the
planning
department
testing
out
in
a
neighborhood
to
allow
it
by
right
in
our
zoning
code.
So
the
costs
that
you
mentioned
would
be
to
have
the
kind
of
legal
assistance
to
try
to
get
your
municipality
to.
Even
let
you
add
this
thing
and
I've
certainly
helped
constituents
in
my
district
go
through
those
hurdles
from.
H
G
So
we're
working
on
now
is
lowering
the
hurdle
so
that
you
can
do
one
without
having
to
go
through
lots
of
legal
burden,
to
try
to
add
those
to
your
because
and
for
this
exact
reason,
I
need
to
take
care
of
my
mom
I'm,
going
to
build
her
a
little
house
in
my
back
yard
and
in
Pittsburgh
most
of
you
have
probably
seen
city
streets
with
houses
on
them
and
then
city
alleys
behind
those
houses
with
littler
houses
on
them
100
years
ago.
This
is
what
everybody
did.
G
There
was
an
illegal
burden
to
do
it,
and
so,
when
cousins
came
over
from
Europe,
you
just
build
a
little
house
in
the
yard
right.
So
many
of
the
streets
where
Laurel
is
and
Bloomfield
and
many
of
the
streets
and
Lawrenceville
is
in
the
neighborhoods.
That
I
represent
already
have
those
alley,
houses
which
were
basically
the
original
accessory
dwelling
unit,
and
so
it's
something
that
fits
into
the
fabric
of
our
city,
we're
also
for
affordability,
sake.
G
Moving
forward,
we've
already
taken
action
on
many
items,
including
creating
an
opportunity,
trust
fund
to
support
housing
funding,
we're
working
with
the
mayor's
office
right
now.
I'm
working
with
the
mayor's
office
to
try
to
move
forward
the
possibility
of
mandatory,
affordable
housing
being
built
whenever
there
is
a
new
multi-unit.
So
that's
called
inclusionary
zoning.
So
hey
we're
building
200
apartments!
Well,
the
city
can
require
1020
percent
of
those
be
at
a
much
lower
price
range
and
that
allows
to
have
this
kind
of
mixed
generational.
G
Do
my
own
shopping,
but
regardless
of
my
mobility
challenges
can
I
go
out
to
eat
with
my
friends
or
my
family
right
can
I
actually
get
into
that
restaurant
and
I
just
hosted
that
session.
Just
a
few
weeks
ago
to
try
to
again
make
our
city
structure
not
the
barrier
right,
so
that
we
help
businesses
be
accessible
to
people
of
all
mobility
issues
and
so
I
think
that
why
I'm
Sara
again,
my
colleagues
can
speak
to
some
more
of
those
elements,
but
we
have
a
wonderfully
robust
citizenship
that
has
been
helping
us
through
these
issues.
I
One
thing
is
that
I
really
do
believe
as
a
primary
caretaker
of
a
senior
you
have
to
separate
out
the
needs
of
seniors
versus
seen
versus
others.
It
is
generational
as
much
as
people
say
it's
great.
We
can
have
some
units
that
will
we'll
have
those
for
our
seniors.
Our
affordable
housing,
senior
population-
and
you
have
a
few
people
seniors-
don't
want
to
be
isolated
amongst
a
lot
of
Millennials
I'm.
Sorry,
they
want
to
be
around
people
their
age.
They
don't
want
to
feel
like
they're.
They
are
such
the
minority
behind,
and
technology
behind.
I
It's
not
them.
I
think
that
there
needs
to
be
an
honest
candid,
transparent
conversation
and
not
politically
dress
it
up,
but
get
to
the
heart
of
it.
With
our
senior
population,
I
would
defer
to
Mary
Esther,
who
was
very
key
in
working
with
the
city
and
and
in
accounting.
She
still
does
that
with
our
senior
population
and
the
needs
as
an
as
an
example,
there
is
an
alarm
our
community
school
larner
school.
It
was
always
targeted
for
senior
citizen
housing,
always
but
the
newest
developer,
and
the
current
developer
doesn't
want
to
do
senior
housing.
I
I
It's
probably
we're
dealing
with
business,
and
the
problem
is,
is
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that
the
developers,
not
only
as
Councilwoman
Gross,
had
said
that
there
is
more
or
less
a
mandate
to
make
sure
that
there
is
an
affordability
component
in
development,
but
we
also
have
to
face
head-on.
The
fact
that
developers
want
to
make
profit
and
senior
housing
is
not
going
to
be
the
most
profitable.
I
It's
just
not
so
we
we
really
do
have
to
address
those
dynamics
head-on
as
to
affordability
in
the
general
population,
affordability
with
our
physically
and
mentally
challenged
populations
and
affordability
with
our
senior
populations.
Believe
me,
they
do
have
similarities,
but
they
do
have
differences
as
far
as
needs.
I
H
Think
we've
said
one
of
the
activities
already
underway
I
think
it's
important
for
people
to
know
that
we
are
internationally
known
our
human
engineering
research
lab
with
dr.
Rory
Cooper
has
the
sophistication
of
the
technology
he
is
doing
to
adapt.
Holmes
is
well
respected,
and
so,
if
you
have
not
had
that
opportunity,
I
think
you
need
to
be
able
to
to
talk
with
dr.
Cooper
and
see
what's
happening
now.
H
Obviously,
it's
funded
through
United
States
government,
it's
funded
through
the
Department
of
Defense,
because
it
really
started
out
in
working
with
particular
our
veterans
and
veterans
with
disabilities.
But
it's
something
to
consider
when
we
talked
specifically
about
the
housing
units
and
I
think
we
have
always
cautioned
people
over
the
years
that
we
have
to
be
very
careful
we're
promoting
public
policy.
H
That
is
purely
not
just
an
urban
sort
of
agenda,
particularly
in
a
state
such
as
ours,
in
a
county
such
as
ours,
where
some
of
our
oldest
residents,
our
oldest
85
plus
living
alone,
are
in
communities
that
don't
have
always
the
resources
to
do
the
legislative
research
to
modify
zoning
laws,
and
so
it's
important
I
think
we'll
begin
to
look
at
how
we
can
implement
this,
because
it's
a
mobile
society.
People
need
to
go
from
community
community.
H
Perhaps
looking
at
an
opportunity
to
have
a
template.
I've
always
been
a
believer
that
in
any
of
the
structures
that
we
do,
we
we
sort
of
adopted
mcDonald's
mentality
in
the
sense
of
not
nutritionally.
Don't
worry,
dr.
Hecker
I
wouldn't
go
that
far.
I'll
guess
don't
want
to
offend
our
health
director,
but
I
mean
a
McDonald's
McNally.
H
Whenever
you
see
that
same
golden
arches,
the
design
is
essentially
the
same,
but
if
we
had
a
template
that
communities
could
actually
go
to
your
organization's
and
adopt
that
would,
with
all
the
legal
reasons,
all
that
done
for
them.
That
would
be
helpful
to
our
older
adults.
We
also
have,
as
the
whole
nation
is
an
older
population
we
have
by
the
projections
of
2050.
We
expect
a
52
I
think
was
52%
increase.
H
The
good
news
for
us,
though,
is
the
nation
I
believe
is
going
to
experience
a
hundred
and
some
increase
I
think
was
102
almost
double
what
we
have,
because
we
have
to
have
a
very
sophisticated
system
here
and
I
think
that's
important.
Our
housing
I
know
we're
going
to
talk
a
bit
about
transportation.
We
have
one
of
the
most
sophisticated,
nationally
recognized
transportation
for
older
adults
here
and
it
Karen
hatch
is
here
and
really
over
a
million
rides
a
year
that
we
do
so.
E
Well,
if
I
could
say,
one
thing
is
closing:
I
think
that
I
didn't
have
time
to
get
too
much
in
the
AARP
definition
of
livable
communities
and
what
that
is,
but
I
will
say
that
on
the
housing
side,
the
idea
that
there's
a
range
of
options,
so
there
should
be
senior
housing.
There
should
be
a
single
family
house.
There
should
be
apartments.
E
A
Thank
You,
dr.
hill,
so
I
knew
it
would
be
really
hard
to
keep
to
the
timeline
of
five
minutes.
But
thank
you
all.
Okay.
So
next
we
have
dr.
Karen
hacker
who
has
served
as
director
of
the
Allegheny
County
Health
Department,
since
her
appointment
in
fall
of
2013
as
director.
Dr.
hacker
is
the
highest-ranking
official
in
the
health
department
and
is
responsible
for
overseeing
its
programs
and
activities.
Prior
to
her
current
position.
Dr.
J
Thank
you
and
hello
to
all
of
our
elected
officials
and
others,
and
to
the
audience
it's
great
to
see
so
many
folks
come
out.
I'm
gonna
do
a
brief
overview
of
some
of
the
things
going
on
in
Allegheny.
County
I
will
say
that
a
lot
of
what
we've
been
doing
is
for
all
populations.
It's
not
necessarily
specifically
targeting
an
older
population,
although
more
recently
we
have
started
a
few
programs
and
so
I
think.
J
J
We
know
that
what
predicts
your
health
in
many
ways
is
not
what
happens
to
you
when
you
go
into
the
doctor's
office,
but
it's
actually
all
of
these
things
called
social
determinants
of
health
and
those
are
the
things
that
we're
starting
to
talk
about
everything,
from
transportation,
to
housing,
to
access
to
fresh
and
healthy
foods,
and
we
know
here
in
Allegheny
County
that
we
can
have
as
much
as
20
year
difference
in
terms
of
life
expectancy,
depending
on
literally
where
you
live
in
our
County.
Now
much
of
that
is
also
related
to
poverty.
J
In
many
of
these
areas,
health
equity
really
speaks
to
making
sure
that
everyone
within
our
county
has
equal
access
to
the
opportunity
so
that
they
can
live
their
healthiest
lives
and
the
areas
in
particular
that
we
have
focused
our
attention
on
our
health
care
access,
chronic
disease
behaviors,
which
are
physical,
inactivity,
obesity
or
poor
nutrition
and
smoking,
our
environment,
maternal
and
child
health
and
substance
abuse
disorders,
as
well
as
behavioral
health,
mental
health.
We
launched
a
campaign
in
2014,
along
with
the
county
executive.
J
We
have
14
school
districts
that
have
joined
167,
community
partners
and
42
restaurants
that
are
offering
healthy
options.
We
plan
to
get
to
the
full
130
the
kinds
of
things
that
we
are
also
supporting,
include
farmers,
markets,
passing
smoke-free
regulations
and
building
infrastructures
with
economic
development
and
things
like
sidewalks
and
trails,
to
connect
individuals
and
to
promote
physical
activity,
which
I
would
argue,
is
probably
the
single
most
important
health
behavior
that
we
could
be
encouraging
for
any
age.
J
If
you
have
an
active
lifestyle,
we
also
been
getting
a
lot
of
data
to
help
us
understand
areas
over
county,
where
we
have
a
disproportionate
burden
of
some
of
these
outcomes,
and
this
sort
of
goes
along
with
the
conversation
about
health
inequalities
and
why
we
have
not,
specifically,
in
these
slides,
looked
at
age.
We've
just
completed
a
group
of
health
equity
briefs
which
do
look
at
things
like
age,
socioeconomic
race,
geography
as
an
gender.
J
As
many
of
the
things
that
sort
of
distinguish
the
disparities
that
we
see
in
our
county
with
regard
to
help,
so
here's
just
some
information
enough.
Obviously
these
are
issues
you
can
have
as
a
young
person,
but
they
tend
to
be
also
issues
particularly
of
aging
diabetes
and
hypertension,
and
you
can
see
here
that
the
eastern
part
of
our
county
is
substantially
different
from
the
western
part
of
our
county,
and
this
will
can
you'll,
at
least
in
any
slides.
I
show
you'll
continue
to
see
this
over
and
over
again
heart
attacks.
Another
one.
J
We're
currently
working
with
the
American
Heart
Association
they've,
been
excellent
partners
to
launch
healthy
blood
pressure
for
all
or
healthy
BP
for
all
its
taking
place
in
many
of
the
communities
that
we've
identified
as
having
some
of
the
highest
levels
of
cardiovascular
mortality
and
they're
using
sites
like
libraries,
family
support,
centers
and
municipal
buildings
to
conduct
their
program.
They
do
this
thing,
I
think
there's
probably
representatives
here
from
the
edge.a,
but
they
do
a
Chuck
change
control.
J
J
We
also
are
recently
launched
a
self
and
Healthy
Communities
program.
This
is
funded
by
the
state
and
we
were
very
excited
to
get
it,
and
with
that
we
have
two
new
programs
which
are
specifically
targeting
an
aging
population.
The
first
one
is
fall
prevention,
so
many
of
you
I'm
sure.
Well,
we
are
that
Falls
account
for
30-some
percent
of
all
intentional
injury
deaths
in
Allegheny
County.
This
is
really
one
of
the
biggest
issues
and
it
goes
very
much
along
the
lines
with
housing
issues.
Not
only
the
issue
of
you
know.
J
How
do
you
physically
get
into
the
house,
but
what
happens
within
the
house?
Are
there
rugs
that
you
can
trip
on?
Are
there
other
things?
Most
of
these
Falls
tend
to
happen
literally
within
a
very
small
range
of
one's
household,
but
I
would
also
say
that,
given
that
we
really
want
to
keep
all
populations
and
in
particular
our
elder
populations,
active
crack,
sidewalks
difficulty
walking,
you
know
one
of
the
things
I
know
that's
going
on,
and
hopefully
maybe
double
you
can
talk
about
this.
We
are
very
lucky
and
Allegheny.
J
County
have
a
lot
of
stairways,
but
those
steroids
aren't
always
in
the
best
condition,
and
so
people
may
not
be
able
to
utilize
those
stairs
because
they
could
obviously
trip
and
fall,
which
would
be
quite
a
long
distance.
So
this
fall
prevention
program
really
speaks
to
the
educational
perspective.
J
It
uses
a
existing
evidence-based
program
to
pray,
to
try
to
start
to
decrease
the
number
of
Falls
and
to
really
educate
people
on
what
they
can
do
in
their
own
environments,
to
diminish
their
risk,
and
then
the
second
one
is
something
called
car
fit
and
having
two
parents
in
their
90's
I
think
this
is
one
of
those
my
father
at
93
is
still
driving.
Yes,
he
has
a
license.
It's
not
in
this
state,
but
having
a
car
that
fits
your
needs
is
really
important
and
what
this
particular
program
does.
J
Is
it
helps
you
understand
what
you
need
and
how
a
car,
what
a
fit
of
a
car
is
for
an
older
driver,
including,
for
example,
what
level
the
seat
needs
to
be
so
that
you
can
actually
get
into
the
car,
for
example,
how
best
to
get
into
the
car?
If
you
have
disabilities,
you
know
you
may
not
be
able
to
get
in
the
same
way
a
younger
person
might
be
able
to
get
into
and
that
the
proper
fit
is
really
critical.
J
So
these
are
just
a
few
of
the
things
but
I
really
to
emphasize
that
I
think
in
our
live
well
Guinea
program.
We
are
really
really
interested
in
making
sure
that
all
populations
have
equal
equal
opportunity
and
I
do
want
to
echo
the
fact
that
I
think
Mary
Esther
mentioned.
While
our
county
is
no
longer
as
old
as
it
once
was,
it
has
gotten
younger
I
think
our
average
age
in
our
county
has
been
reduced
from
maybe
in
the
50s
to
probably
in
the
40s.
J
We
know
that
just
like
nationally,
we
are
expecting
a
huge
what
some
people
are
referring
to
as
a
tsunami
populations
aging
over
65
and
with
that
there
are
going
to
be
different
needs
and
different
challenges,
and
we
need
to
be
prepared
for
that
as
we
move
forward.
So
I
think
my
question,
which
resonates
with
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
to
folks
here
is
really:
what
kind
of
policies
would
you
support
or
promote
to
encourage
active
aging
and
Allegheny
County
just.
G
Say
since
you
mentioned,
that
would
talk
about
steps
that
I
will
defer.
That
question
to
your
next
speaker,
which
is
Kristin.
Saunders
are
our
city
of
Pittsburgh
bike,
ped,
coordinator
and
I'm
sure
she
is,
although
I
am
very
supportive
of
whatever
she
proposes,
with
steps
and
love
to
see,
funding
and
improvements
for
the
step.
So
I'm,
not
the
expert
on
that
something.
F
G
You
know
I'll
just
fill
up
the
time
if
anybody
else
wouldn't
sit,
but
their
thoughts
together.
I
mean
we
have
also
worked
across,
especially
with
the
Women's
Caucus
on
city
council,
around
food
issues
and
small
business
support
and
I'll
get
to
that.
I
think
part
of
what
you
were
talking
about,
with
of
those
kind
of
social
inputs
to
well-being
being
sociability
and
community
spaces.
I
touched
on
a
little
bit
earlier,
but
also
food
access
is
something
that
I
know.
All
the
women
of
council
have
worked
on,
either
together
or
in
separately
in
our
districts
I.
G
So
I
can
just
a
test
that
I
support
that
kind
of
community
space
kind
of
any
I
always
say
you
know,
bring
me
something
where
people
are
communing
with
one
another
and
I'll
support
it,
whether
that's
a
block
party
or
it's
a
community
garden
or
it's
a
tree.
Planting
and
I.
Think
it's
stitched
once
in
the
room
and
I'm
really
grateful
for
their
work
on
their
own
blocks.
Certainly
lively,
Pittsburgh.
G
Over
there,
it's
been
a
great
job
and
I
was
happy
to
attend
those
those
you
know
what
do
we
call
those
those
pop-up
interactions
throughout
they're
like
yeah,
they
weren't
sit-ins,
they
were
Danson's
right
and
those
are
a
lot
of
fun.
So
thank
you
so
many
of
these
elements,
and
certainly
all
of
the
mobility
challenges
that
are
how
our
investments
in
the
physical
infrastructure
of
the
city,
whether
that
city
steps,
safe
crossings
and
even
the
way
we
change
our
investments
in
sidewalks
and
streets
so
that
they're
people
friendly
and
people
first,
it's
always
something.
G
K
So
the
city
has
adopted
a
Complete
Streets
policy
and,
as
was
mentioned
before
the
need
for
for
templates
and
for
other
you
know.
Sometimes
what
the
city
has
the
capacity
to
do.
Other
smaller
boroughs
municipalities
can
can
take
advantage
of
and
through
Congress
and
neighboring
municipalities
or
maybe
neighboring
communities
connect.
There
has
been
an
effort,
I
know
to
create
templates
for
Complete
Streets
policies
for
some
of
the
neighboring
communities.
K
Touching
Pittsburgh
is
as
well
to
make
sure
that
people
have
access
to
sidewalks
to
be
able
to
walk
places
rather
than
having
to
drive
the
mile
away
or
to
use
a
wheelchair
or
to
ride
a
bike
to
get
to
where
they
need
to
go
so
I'm
grateful
for
that
effort.
I
also
wanted
to
get
back
a
little
bit
to
the
housing
issue
and
I
think
that
you
know
I
personally,
am
supportive
of
looking
creatively
even
more
at
or
zoning
our
zoning
code
to
remove
barriers
for
creative
types
of
housing
that
create
intergenerational
I
know.
K
We
need
to
look
as
chief
McDonald
roberts
mentioned.
We
need
to
look
at
what
seniors
really
want,
what
they
need,
but
for
those
who
do
want
intergenerational
housing,
to
look
at
those
sorts
of
options
to
create
senior
housing,
with
daycares
on
the
ground
floor,
to
create
to
remove
barriers
for
for
density
near
our
transit
stations,
so
that
people
have
access
to
transit
as
easily
as
there's
as
much
housing
near
transit
stations
and
other
transit
options
as
possible.
K
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
I'm
thinking
about
personally,
especially
since
my
district
can
includes
places
like
North,
Oakland
and
Shadyside
brothers,
sort
of
a
naturally
occurring
demographic
of
20-somethings
and
65,
plus
adults
living
all
in
the
same
place,
sometimes
in
the
same
building.
Sometimes
not
I.
Also,
personally
am
really
interested
in
in
additional
programming
for
intergenerational
events,
which
I
know
I've
talked
to
AARP
and
age,
age,
age,
friendly
Pittsburgh
about
and
Jewish
Healthcare
Foundation,
so
really
looking
forward
to
some
more
of
that
kind
of
programming,
not
just
in
my
district
but
countywide.
K
L
I
could
I
just
I
just
want
to
touch
on
something
that
Erica
said,
and
you
know
so
much
of
the
effort
at
well-being
is
also
plays
into
the
effort
against
isolation
right.
So
the
more
that
we
have
engaging
communities
it
it's
for
better
for
some
people
as
well
being
and
key
to
that
I
mean
I.
Just
think
of
my
own
family
and
I
have
an
aunt
who's.
98
years
old.
She
just
moved
into
a
senior
facility
within
the
last
couple
of
years,
but
until
then
lived
right
on
the
streetcar
line
and
she
went
everywhere.
L
She
came
to
town
almost
every
day
and
having
that
kind
of
ability.
That's
why
I
think
when
we
talk
about
being
close
to
a
transit
station,
I
actually
think
our
transit
oriented
development
plans
should
additionally
incentivize
senior
housing
in
those
plans,
so
that
so
that
you
could
have
more
of
that
kind
of
access
for
for
individuals
who
want
to
take
advantage
of
that
system.
You
know
they
do
a
great
job
in
providing
the
free
rides,
but
I
think
we
actually
could
provide
a
lot
more
service
to
people
so.
I
That
was
done
in
Homewood
through
councilman
Reverend,
Ricky
Burgess.
The
vision
in
Homewood
is
to
develop
a
senior
housing
complex
along
the
bus
line
right
there,
and
and
it's
not
to
isolate
them.
It's
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
sense
of
community
of
likeness
amongst
people
that
they're
they're
not
by
themselves,
and
they
are
the,
but
they
have
access
to
get
to
see.
Others
I
can
say
that
in
my
own
personal
experience,
when
seniors
are
not
connected
to
the
outside
community
and
not
just
looking
out
a
window,
it
they
really
go
downhill.
I
They
really
have
to
be
connected
in
some
kind
of
way,
but
understanding
that
a
lot
of
seniors
cannot
get
in
a
car.
A
lot
of
seniors
cannot
even
you
know,
because
of
sidewalks
or
whatever
they
may
not
be
able
to
walk.
One
thing
that
mayor
Peduto
has
done
is
with
the
open
streets
concept,
is
make
a
commitment
to
to
greening
of
our
city,
to
make
sure
we
maintain
our
canopies
made
sure
our
air,
our
health
etc.
It's
speaking
to
what
dr.
I
hacker
deals
with
all
the
time
in
the
health
department
is
to
make
sure
our
whole
environment
is
healthy
and
to
develop
parks
to
make
sure
that
we
preserve
our
green
spaces
and
the
commitment
that
anyone
can
walk
or
get
to
a
green
space.
A
park
within
several
blocks
within
a
short
distance.
And
that
is
the
commitment
that
the
mayor
has
made
at
the
overall
health
of
the
city
so
that
everyone,
regardless
of
your
challenge,
be
able
to
get
out
and
to
experience.
Air
and
people.
H
A
Last
but
not
least,
we
have
Kristin
Saunders
Kristin
manages
bicycle
and
pedestrian
programs
through
her
work
as
principal
transportation,
planner
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
department
of
mobility
in
the
infrastructure.
This
includes
work
at
all
scales
from
long-range
planning,
project
selection,
public
outreach,
stakeholder
coordination,
project
financing
and
design
prior
to
joining
the
Pittsburgh
team.
Kristin
worked
in
San
Francisco
as
a
project
manager
as
the
project
manager
and
designer
for
Gehl,
architects
and
rebar
art
and
design
studio,
global
leaders
and
people
centered
design
thanks.
M
Hi
thanks
for
having
me
today,
I
work
with
a
lot
of
you
every
day,
but
it's
been
really
interesting
to
hear
about
the
policies
at
the
county
level
and
state
level
today.
So
thank
you.
A
lot
of
things
that
I'm
going
to
talk
about
I've
already
been
mentioned,
which
is
very
exciting.
A
lot
of
you
could
give
this
presentation
as
well,
but
I
love,
seeing
the
intersection
of
housing,
health
and
now
kind
of
from
a
transportation
perspective,
so
I'm
first
just
gonna
introduce
our
new
department.
M
We
just
in
the
last
year-and-a-half,
started
a
new
department,
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure.
Corinna
Rick's
is
our
new
director
and
we
cover
everything
from
plan
estate
planning
and
policy,
transportation,
planning,
planning
and
policy
permitting
transportation
services
like
paving
and
engineering
and
project
management,
so
there's
the
more
long-range
design
and
construction
projects.
So
we,
you
know
it's
a
combination
of
people
that
used
to
be
in
DPW
and
used
to
be
in
city
planning
and
some
new
people,
and
we
are
talking
about
transportation,
all
under
one
house,
which
is
really
exciting.
M
It's
really
exciting
because
we're
starting
a
new
department.
We
get
to
really
set
the
bar
and
set
the
tone
for
the
department
from
the
very
beginning,
which
is
also
very,
very
exciting,
and
so
we're
working
with
these
are
still
are
kind
of
working
measures
of
success.
But
we've
been
working
with
these
five
measurements
and
kind
of
grading
all
of
our
projects
against
these
measurements,
so
zero
traffic,
related
deaths
or
serious
injuries.
So,
if
you've
heard
vision,
zero,
that's
basically
what
vision
zero
means!
M
Every
household
in
Pittsburg
can
access
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
within
30
minutes,
Travel
of
home
without
the
requirement
for
a
private
automobile.
So
that
really
touches
on
transportation
as
well
as
land
uses
and
accessibility.
All
trips,
less
than
a
mile
are
easily
and
most
enjoyably
achieved
by
a
non
vehicle
travel,
so
we're
really
getting
into.
M
Now,
with
these
metrics
time
so
today
some
people
have
mentioned
our
Complete
Streets
policy
and
we
adopted
a
Complete
Streets
policy
in
2016
and
most
simply,
it
means
that
we
are
going
from
kind
of
a
vehicle,
er
planning
and
design
a
vehicle.
Only
planning
and
design
approach
to
transportation,
planning
and
design
approach.
That
really
looks
at
the
pedestrian
looks
at
the
bicyclist
looks
at
everyone
who
wants
to
use
our
streets
it's
important
to
consider
all
modes
as
well
as
the
vehicle,
so
just
the
principles
of
that
policy,
because
I
think
they're
important.
M
You
know
experience
I
often
mention,
and
you
just
mentioned
our
parts,
but
I
I
often
say
that
our
streets
are
sometimes
the
only
place
a
person
is
in
public
on
a
daily
basis,
even
you're,
even
if
you're
in
a
car,
it's
the
only
place
where
you're
really
forced
to
interact
with
your
neighbors
and
your
other
community
members,
and
that's
it's
a
really
important
space.
Because
of
that-
and
it's
also
a
really
important
space,
because
it's
half
of
our
public
space
by
square
footage
in
the
city.
So
we
really
want
to
design
them
better.
M
Streets
are
important
or
the
reason
that
we're
adopting
this
policy
is
to
preserve
and
protect
the
environment.
We
want
to
provide
more
transportation
options.
We
want
to
manage
our
stormwater.
We
also
want
to
improve
public
health,
and
the
way
that
you
get
places
has
a
bit,
you
know
is
a
plays.
A
big
factor
in
your
overall
health
streets
are
important
to
our
economy.
M
And
then
this
one
is
the
focus
of
today,
but
it's
also
one
of
the
it's
one
of
the
main
principles
of
our
policy.
So
looking
at
the
policy
is
really
saying
that
our
streets
should
be
accommodating
to
all
users
and
all
modes.
So
no
matter,
no
matter
your
age,
no
matter
your
ability,
you
should
be
able
to
get
from
point
A
to
point.
B
in
the
city
with
dignity
and
ease
and
then
also
equity
inclusivity,
we
want
our
streets.
M
Not
only
do
you
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
thinking
about
transportation
projects
in
all
neighborhoods,
we
want
to
make
sure
our
streets
feel
welcoming
to
everyone
who
wants
to
be
there
and
I
and
yeah.
So
that's
so
that's
our
access
point
and
then
the
last
one
is
just
efficiency.
Our
streets.
You
know
transportation
should
be
efficient,
it
should
be
efficient
to
bike
somewhere.
We
don't
want
to
only
you
know,
provide
bike
infrastructure
on
the
trails,
but
we
also
want
to
think
about
how
people
are
getting
to
destinations.
M
The
same
is
true
for
the
transportation
network.
I
mean
the
transit
network,
the
sidewalk
Network.
It
needs
to
be
connected
or
it
provides
no
function
and
then
I
also
want
to
highlight
intelligent
technology.
Partnerships.
Transportation
is
changing
very,
very
fast
right
now,
I
mean
bike.
Share
bike
share,
electric
scooters,
autonomous
vehicles,
robotic
signals,
transportation
is
changing
so
fast
and
we
want
to
be.
M
We
want
to
be
ready
for
those
partnerships,
we
want
to
be
sort
of
setting
setting
the
policy,
but
also
you
know,
accepting
these
new
technologies
to
make
all
of
our
lives
better
and
then
the
last
point
is
just
that
we
want
to
be.
You
know,
and
this
has
a
lot
to
do
with
what
we're
doing
today,
but
we
want
to
be
a
model
for
the
region.
We
want
to
be
a
resource
for
the
region.
We
set
this
policy
in
2016.
M
The
policy
is
really
just
a
framework
for
all
of
these
other
implementation
items
that
we
want
to
do.
It
doesn't
have
a
lot
of
teeth
at
the
moment,
but
we're
actively
working
on
kind
of
adding
the
you
know
other
policies
adding
the
design
guidelines,
adding
the
other
things
that
we
need
in
order
to
make
make
our
streets
more
complete
in
Pittsburgh,
so
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
some
of
our
ongoing
projects,
I
we're
working
on
a
pedestrian
safety
action
plan,
part
of
one
of
our
first
points
of
reduce
having
zero
transportation
deaths
or
serious
injury.
M
We're
really
looking
at
pedestrians
as
the
first
first
step
in
that
so
we're
analyzing.
Our
crash
data,
so
looking
at
historic
data
of
where
there
have
been
specific
crashes
in
order
to
select
project
locations
for
enhanced.
You
know
safety
upgrades
to
those
intersections
and
streets,
but
we're
also
looking
at
a
risk
risk
based
analysis.
Pedestrian
crashes
are
reported
in
equally
with
throughout
the
city,
they're
also
not
always
reported
because
people,
you
know,
don't
take
the
time
so
we're
also
looking
at
a
risk-based
analysis
so
areas
where
there's
a
lot
of
zero
car
households.
M
So
people
are
walking
more
areas
where
there's
high
density
areas,
where
there's
a
lot
of
transit
riders,
a
lot
of
people
actually
get
on
on
and
off
the
bus
or
train
and
looking
at
a
risk-based
analysis,
so
finding
projects
within
these
zones
that
are
maybe
at
a
higher
risk
for
Crash's,
so
that
we
for
pedestrian
crashes
so
that
we're
not
we're
not
waiting.
Til.
That
crash
happens.
M
You
guys
mentioned
the
set
plan
and
I'm
really
excited,
because
I
thought
this
was
gonna,
be
kind
of
an
odd
I'd
want
to
throw
in
today,
but
I
I
put
it
in,
because
when
we
were
doing
our
outreach
for
the
steps
plan,
we
got
a
lot
of
calls
and
comments
about
how
the
steps
are
they're
great.
They
might
give
me
you
know
a
path
to
go
to
my
transit
stop,
but
the
railings
are
really
shaky
and
I
am
NOT
as
comfortable
climbing.
M
The
steps
as
I
used
to
be,
but
I
still
want
to
climb
those
steps.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
active
aging
adults
in
this
community
and
we
want
to
provide
ways
for
them
to
you,
know,
use
our
infrastructure
and
make
sure
they
can
get
to
transit,
stops
or
just
up
their
sidewalk
to
their
house,
because
we
have
some
hilly
streets.
So,
yes,
we
have
over
900
steps.
We
went
through
a
steps
plan
to
kind
of
prioritize
how
how
to
fix
them,
because
they
are
enormous.
M
They
require
a
lot
of
funds.
They're
tiny.
Some
of
many
of
them
are
tiny
bridges,
so
they're
they're
pretty
expensive
assets.
The
other
project
I
just
want
to
bring
up
today
so
I'm,
not
this
is
a
recent.
Within
the
last
couple
weeks,
we've
received
a
sidewalk
grant.
The
policy
in
Pittsburgh
is
that
the
property
owner
is
responsible
for
the
maintenance
and
construction
of
their
sidewalks,
and
so
we
haven't
been
doing
a
lot
of
sidewalk
construction
as
a
city,
so
we
actually
went
out
and
applied
for
a
sidewalk
grant.
M
M
3-1-1
is
our
active
service
request
line.
We
also
get
a
ton
of
requests
from
the
community
and
we're
often
very
slow
at
making
changes,
because
we
are
the
government
and
also
you
know,
we're
working.
We
always
have
to
find
money
for
every
project,
so
we're
trying
to
be
more-
and
this
is
just
an
example
of
you-
see
the
lively,
Pittsburgh,
yellow
shirts
in
the
upper
left.
This
is
at
40th
and
Penn.
We've
also
received
a
lot
of
3-1-1
requests
over
this
over
the
years.
At
this
intersection
and
I
actually
worked
with
Laura
to
work.
M
Can
you
read
me
the
name
of
that
housing?
The
York
Commons
community
is
the
housing
development
right
at
40th
and
Penn,
and
they
had.
You
know,
passed
along
a
lot
of
complaints
to
the
city
about
the
center
section,
people
who
didn't
take
the
bus
anymore,
because
they
were
afraid
of
crossing
the
street,
and
that's
it's
really
sad
to
hear
and
also
we
were
trying
to
be
more
responsive.
So
we
looked
at
solutions
that
we
could
implement.
M
You
know
right
away
things
like
signal
timings
that
we
can
implement
right
away,
but
when
we're
also
looking
for
more
long-term
solutions,
where
we
need
to
go
out
and
actually
find
funding
to
replace
the
signal
so
and
that's
it-
we
have
many
more
projects
is
just
the
ones
we
decided
to
highlight
today
and
my
question
for
you
just
I'm
interested
to
hear
from
other
municipalities
as
well
as
our
own,
but
just
kind
of
what?
What
tools
do
you
need
from
your
transportation?
Professionals,
to
you
know,
make
our
streets
more
accessible
to
aging
adults.
L
You
showed
a
picture
there.
The
steps
with
it
with
is
what
I've,
what
I've
come
to
know
as
jumper
steps.
Okay,
that
picture
on
the
right.
Where
there's
a
section
of
sidewalk,
then
there's
a
step
and
there's
a
section
of
sidewalk
in
a
step
and
and
in
many
that
we're
just
like
that
and
asphalt
I,
there's
one
in
my
Washington
that
it's
not
even
steps.
It's
just
a
railing
was
put
into
the
street
along
the
side,
and
so
people
can
walk
up
and
down
it.
M
L
But
but
the
fact
is,
there
are
two
older
women
who
live
on
top
of
that
hill
and
that
really
got
taken
out
a
few
years
ago
by
an
accident,
and
they
could
not
get
off
that
they
couldn't
walk
down
the
street.
They
were.
They
were
completely
isolated
because
of
that
you
know
that
basic
little
thing
that
they
needed
so
I,
just
I
I,
just
want
to
encourage
us.
The
other
one
I'll
tell
you
is
on
just
this.
Past
week
the
city
got
the
weeds
around
the
steps
on
Schaller
Street.
Now
that
sounds
simple.
L
The
fact
is
before
they
cut
those
weeds.
You
couldn't
walk
up
those
steps.
They
were
totally
overgrown
with
vines
and
everything
else.
So
just
that
simple
commitment
to
basic
maintenance
is
is
as
important,
if
not
more
important
than
a
lot
of
the
talk
and
planning
and
everything
else
that
we
do
so
I
would
leave
with
that
and.
M
This
top
step
list
is
going
to
be
similar
to
our
top
tier
kind
of
paving
lists
where,
when
crews
are
going
out,
we
want
them
to
repair.
You
know
based
on
this
analysis.
We
want
them
to
kind
of
work
on
those
steps
first,
so
we
are.
We
are
trying
to
also
get
better
at
the
basic
maintenance.
We
know
we
heard
that
from
a
lot
of
people
through
the
steps
plan.
It's
just
please
clear,
the
weeds
and
snow
and
debris
a
lot
of
that.
H
I
think
I'd
make
a
recommendation.
Dr.
Hecker
even
asked:
how
can
we
encourage
folks
to
be
more
active
and
we
see
sometimes
along
a
trail?
They'll
have
a
bench.
The
challenge
is
most
people
are
right-handed,
so
traditional
bench,
if
you're
sitting
on
the
right
of
that
bench,
you
could
sort
of
get
some
assistance
getting
up.
H
H
We
know
that
there's
emergency
routes
for
major
disasters
or
whatever,
perhaps
if
we
had
a
master
route
for
walking
in
each
of
the
neighborhoods,
that
people
would
know
that
this
is
the
this
is
the
trail
not
just
the
traditional
trail,
but
the
sidewalk
pattern
that
we
could
do
and
that
we
could
even
courage
both
are
so
that
it
would
be
accessible
to
all
ages
of
life.
Those
pushing
strollers
and
and
I
am
a
strong
believer
in
intergenerational
programming
years
ago,
as
many
of
you
remember
it.
H
When
I
was
in
the
city,
ran
in
the
county,
I
had
a
program
called
acorns
and
oak
trees
in
which
the
children
and
the
oldest
adults
would
exercise
together,
and
it's
simple
things
I
think
so
often
we
get
to
sophisticated
walking
a
straight
line.
If
a
child,
a
preschooler,
can
walk
a
straight
line,
they
have
a
greater
chance
of
being
able
to
read.
H
Conversely,
if
an
older
adult
begins
not
to
be
able
to
do
one
step
in
front
of
other
and
do
a
straight
line,
we
immediately
begin
to
see
that
there's
some
challenges
emerging
so
I
think
as
we
begin
to
look
at
the
issues
factor
in
some
of
the
just
basics,
for
all
the
results.
I
think
that's
really
important,
but
I
think
what
you're
doing
is.
You
know
excellent
I
mean
we're
all
in
dr.
Hecker
trying
to
encourage.
You
know
that
one,
however
refreshing
to
have
all
these
communities
you
know
coming
together
and
make
that
commitment.
N
Share
something
small
that
we
did
in
Braddock,
but
made
a
really
big
difference.
We
had
a
lot
of
older
seniors
living
alone.
You
know
born
and
raised
and
I'll
die
here
kind
of
thing
and
with
little
finances.
So
what
we
did
is
we
partnered
with
lifeline
and
when
a
senior
from
our
community
calls
to
insert,
you
know
sign
up
for
Life
Alert.
If
they
say
oh
I
can
afford
this.
It
automatically
goes
to
our
nonprofit
that
funds
it
so.
N
I
K
Also
highlight
something
that
I
know:
Braddock
implemented
that
I'd
love
to
see
in
the
city,
which
is
the
free
exercise,
equipment
in
open
public
spaces
and
I'd
love
to
have
a
conversation
with
you
about
how
you
made
that
happen
and
how
we
can
make
that
happen
in
some
of
our
city
parks,
so
that
all
ages
can
exercise
using
like
an
elliptical
and
other
other
kind
of
equipment.
That's
durable,
that's
outside
in
the
parks.
N
Yeah
we
see
seniors
there
now
daily
I
mean
we
have
several
senior
buildings
in
town
and
now
they
know
this
space.
They
feel
it's
for
them,
even
though
it's
for
everyone,
but
I
told
them
it's
for
them,
so
we
see
them
their
daily
exit,
and
so
we
have
elliptical.
We
have
some
pull
up
machines
and
some
other
things,
and
we
did
that
in
the
weekend.
So
talk.
A
A
A
So
right
over
there
in
the
month
of
June,
we
have
three
performances
of
the
crossings,
which
have
been
mentioned
several
times
today,
so
June
2nd,
which
is
this
Saturday
we're
gonna,
be
meeting
in
Millvale
June
8th
will
be
in
Beach
view
and
June
22nd
will
be
in
Wilkinsburg
and
that
again
is
led
by
a
fantastic
partner,
called
lively,
Pittsburgh
and
then
again.
So
this
is
the
second
in
a
series
of
four
age-friendly
legislative
briefings,
we're
gonna
reconvene
in
September.
A
We
don't
have
a
date
yet,
but
we
will
soon
so
stay
tuned
and
we'll
be
taking
a
deep
dive
into
the
second
focus
area.
In
our
plan,
which
is
connection
and
a
lot
of
the
intergenerational
pieces
that
were
mentioned
today,
we're
going
to
really
be
talking
about
in
September,
so
now
we're
just
gonna
have
time
to
network
and
connect
with
each
other
outside,
so
invite
you
all
to
stick
around
we'll
be
here
until
at
least
five
o'clock.
So
thanks
again,
everybody
for
coming.