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Introduction to Complete Streets

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This presentation provides an overview of Complete Streets - what they are, why we need them, and what can be done. Please visit www.completestreets.org for more information. ...

This presentation provides an overview of Complete Streets - what they are, why we need them, and what can be done. Please visit www.completestreets.org for more information.

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Introduction to Complete Streets Presentation Transcript

Introduction toComplete Streets January 2013

What are Complete Streets?Complete Streets are streets for everyone, no matterwho they are or how they travel. 2

What are Complete Streets? Safe Comfortable Convenient 3

What are Complete Streets? Safe Comfortable Convenient 4

Americans want choices of Americans want more transportation66% options so they have the freedom to choose how to get where they need to go.73% currently feel they have no choice but to drive as much as they do.57% would like to spend less time in the car. Future of Transportation National Survey (2010) 5

Getting Out of Traffic Future of Transportation National Survey (2010) 6

The tremendous potentialOf all trips:39% 17% 47%are less than are less than are driven3 miles 1 mile of these trips… National Household Travel Survey (2009) 7

The tremendous potentialEvery trip starts and ends with walking. 8

People will walk Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012, newpublichealth.org 9

Who wants Complete Streets?47% 54% 56%of older of older Americans express strongAmericans say living in inhospitable support forit is unsafe to neighborhoods say they would walk and adoption ofcross a major bike more often if the Completestreet near built environment Streets policies.their home. improved. Planning Complete Streets for the Aging of America, AARP 10

Who wants Complete Streets?Millennials are driving less and looking for othertransportation options. 11

Incomplete streets are unsafeMore than 40% of pedestrian deaths in 2007 and2008 occurred where no crosswalk was available. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Reporting System 12

Incomplete streets are unsafeEspecially for: • People of color • Low-income communities • Older adults 13

Streets are inadequate• No sidewalks• Too dangerous to cross on foot 14

Streets are inadequate• Unsafe for bicyclists 15

Streets are inadequate•Traffic jams on arterials•Too many crashes 16

Streets are inadequate • Uninviting for bus riders 17

Streets are inadequate• Inaccessible for wheelchair users 18

Streets are inadequate• No room for people! 19

We know how to build right 20

We know how to build right 21

We know how to build right 22

Yet too many roads still turnout like this: 23

or this: 24

or this: 25

The Solution:Complete Streets Policies 26

Complete Streets policiesEnsure that the entire right-of-way is planned,designed, constructed, operated, and maintainedto provide safe access for all users 27

Complete Streets means:High-level policy directionChange the everyday decision-making processesand systemsIncremental approachLong-term results 28

Complete Streets does notmean:One ‘special’ street projectA design prescriptionA mandate for immediate retrofitA silver bullet; other issues must be addressed: Land use (proximity, mixed-use) Environmental concerns Transportation Demand Management 29

Many types: rural streets 30

Many types: shared streets 31

Many types: skinny streets 32

Many types: main streets 33

Many types: urban streets 34

Many types: traffic circles 35

Many types: Bus Rapid Transit 36

Many types: neighborhoodgreenways 37

Many types: angled head-outparking 38

Many types: cycle tracks 39

Many types: modernroundabouts 40

Many types: paved shoulders 41

For more information• Fact sheets, photos, hand outs• Information on changing policy• Policy tracking & examples• Complete Streets blog & monthly newsletter• Links to research & www.completestreets.org publications www.smartgrowthamerica.org 42

National Complete Streets Coalition Steering CommitteeBenefactor BronzeAARP Active Living by DesignAmerica Bikes Alliance for Biking & WalkingAmerican Planning Association Association of Pedestrian and BicycleAmerican Public Transportation Professionals Association SupporterBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota America WalksNational Association of REALTORS Institute of Transportation EngineersSmart Growth America League of American BicyclistsPlatinum National Association of CityAmerican Society of Landscape Architects Transportation OfficialsSvR Design Company 43

Copyright & UseThis presentation is licensed under a CreativeCommons license permitting non-commercial use withattribution. Any of these conditions may be waived withpermission.For-profit organizations wishing to use thispresentation should contact us atsseskin@completestreets.org or 773-270-3534.For more information about this license, please visit:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ 44

Smart Growth America is the only national organization dedicated to researching,advocating for and leading coalitions to bring smart growth practices to more communitiesnationwide. www.smartgrowthamerica.org 1707 L St. NW Suite 250, Washington, DC 20036 | 202-207-3355