The documents discuss the Complete Streets movement, which advocates for roadways that are designed and operated to enable safe access and mobility for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit riders, and motorists of all ages and abilities. Supporters argue that many streets currently prioritize automobiles and are unsafe for other modes of transportation. They note a growing interest among Americans in walking and biking more. Complete Streets policies require considering all road users in transportation planning and projects. Common features of Complete Streets include sidewalks, bike lanes, wide shoulders, and crosswalks.
Bike Facility Design and Creating an All Ages and Abilites Networkbikeed
Siskiyou Velo, a bike club in Southern Oregon, is advocating local governments in the region to integrate bike facilities suitable for all ages and abilities into their transportation system plans. The impetus for the effort comes from a recent publication by the National Association of City Transportation Officials entitled "Designing for All Ages and Abilities."
Complete Streets means creating streets that are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. People of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across streets in a community, regardless of how they are traveling. Nationally 625 communities and 27 states have adopted complete streets policies including the following cities in Oklahoma: Tulsa, Edmond, Guthrie, Lawton, Sand Springs, and Collinsville.
These policies vary among jurisdictions from a global application to all street projects (public and private) to policies that focus on specific areas or applications. Transpiration staff is currently working with a citizen committee to develop a Complete Streets policy recommendation for Stillwater.
This presentation provides an overview of Complete Streets. Please visit www.completestreets.org for more information.
This presentation is free for for non-commercial use. For-profit entities wishing to use our presentations and materials in working with clients should contact us at sseskin [at] completestreets [dot] org.
Bike Facility Design and Creating an All Ages and Abilites Networkbikeed
Medford, a metropolitan city in Southern Oregon, is updating its transportation system plan (TSP). Under Oregon's Transportation Planning Rule (OAR 660-12), the City is required to provide a "safe and convenient" transportation network for all modes of travel: motor vehicles, pedestrians and people riding bicycles. The presentation focuses on why an "all ages and abilities" approach to the development of a bicycle network is essential to achieving the requirements of Oregon law and thus provide a "safe and convenient" network for bicycles.
Bike Facility Design and Creating an All Ages and Abilites Networkbikeed
Siskiyou Velo, a bike club in Southern Oregon, is advocating local governments in the region to integrate bike facilities suitable for all ages and abilities into their transportation system plans. The impetus for the effort comes from a recent publication by the National Association of City Transportation Officials entitled "Designing for All Ages and Abilities."
Complete Streets means creating streets that are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. People of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across streets in a community, regardless of how they are traveling. Nationally 625 communities and 27 states have adopted complete streets policies including the following cities in Oklahoma: Tulsa, Edmond, Guthrie, Lawton, Sand Springs, and Collinsville.
These policies vary among jurisdictions from a global application to all street projects (public and private) to policies that focus on specific areas or applications. Transpiration staff is currently working with a citizen committee to develop a Complete Streets policy recommendation for Stillwater.
This presentation provides an overview of Complete Streets. Please visit www.completestreets.org for more information.
This presentation is free for for non-commercial use. For-profit entities wishing to use our presentations and materials in working with clients should contact us at sseskin [at] completestreets [dot] org.
Bike Facility Design and Creating an All Ages and Abilites Networkbikeed
Medford, a metropolitan city in Southern Oregon, is updating its transportation system plan (TSP). Under Oregon's Transportation Planning Rule (OAR 660-12), the City is required to provide a "safe and convenient" transportation network for all modes of travel: motor vehicles, pedestrians and people riding bicycles. The presentation focuses on why an "all ages and abilities" approach to the development of a bicycle network is essential to achieving the requirements of Oregon law and thus provide a "safe and convenient" network for bicycles.
A presentation made by Nicholas de Wolff to Burbank City Council and fellow Sustainability Commissioners, outlining the benefits of Complete Streets, and new ways to consider the role of the streetscape in urban areas.
Portland's Complete Streets Policy - GSMSummit 2014, Bruce HymanGrowSmart Maine
Why plan for growth and change, when it seems so much easier to simply react?
When there is a distinct and shared vision for your community - when residents, businesses and local government anticipate a sustainable town with cohesive and thriving neighborhoods - you have the power to conserve your beautiful natural spaces, enhance your existing downtown or Main Street, enable rural areas to be productive and prosperous, and save money through efficient use of existing infrastructure.
This is the dollars and sense of smart growth.
Success is clearly visible in Maine, from the creation of a community-built senior housing complex and health center in Fort Fairfield to conservation easements creating Forever Farms to Rockland's revitalized downtown. Communities have options. We have the power to manage our own responses to growth and change.
After all, “Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” - Richard I. Winwood
And in the end, this means that our children and their children will choose to make Maine home and our economy will provide the opportunities to do so.
The Summit offers you a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformative change in Maine that we’ve seen these gatherings produce. We encourage you to consider the value of being actively involved in growing Maine’s economy and protecting the reasons we choose to live here.
Carl Eppich: GrowSmart Maine 21st century transportation ForumGrowSmart Maine
Carl Eppich of PACTS presents at GrowSmart Maine's Forum: 21st Century Transportation: Shared Vehicles, E-Bikes and their Implications for a Smart Growth Economy in Maine
Presentation to Farrells By Finlay McNab for SustransSustrans
This set of slides is from a presentation to Farrells, and was delivered by Finlay McNab, Sustrans' National Projects Co-Ordinator for Street Design in September 2014.
It explores the key challenges faced by cities of the future, and the need to adopt a different and smarter way to design our cities. It also explores placemaking, and Sustrans' approach to Community Street Design.
In pursuit of ‘automobility’ we have unwittingly reduced the independent mobility of many people in the community, including the elderly, the disabled, women and children. Alternative understandings of
‘automobility’ are lacking. The current dominant misuse of the term has facilitated the acceptance of the view that cars provide freedom. The mythical nature of this viewpoint is
explored in this paper.
This paper was published in World Transport Policy and Practice, Vol 3 No 2 in 1997.
Improving Walkability, And Pedestrian Safety And ConvenienceArefeh Nasri
This is a presentation I prepared during my internship at Newark Housing Authority (NHA) for the research team of their project for making Newark neighborhoods more pedestrian-friendly.
Sharing enquiry – a week in the life of a car CREDSUK
Prof Jillian Anable (ITS, Leeds), Dr Giulio Mattioli (TU Dortmund) and Dr Muhammad Adeel (ITS, Leeds)
Commission on Travel Demand Shared Mobility Inquiry: Evidence Session 3
Leeds, 18 June 2019
The Commission on Travel Demand (CTD) is an expert group initially established as part of the UK Research and Innovation funded ‘DEMAND’ Centre initiative to explore the how to reduce the energy and associated carbon emissions associated with transport. The Commission’s first report “All Change? The Future of Travel Demand and its implications for policy and planning” reviewed declining trends in per capita travel across the UK and the reasons for this.
The first topic will be shared mobility. This will be explored through a call for evidence and expert evidence sessions from April 2019 involving regular engagement from national, local and regional government, NGOs, business and academics from both the UK and overseas.
A presentation made by Nicholas de Wolff to Burbank City Council and fellow Sustainability Commissioners, outlining the benefits of Complete Streets, and new ways to consider the role of the streetscape in urban areas.
Portland's Complete Streets Policy - GSMSummit 2014, Bruce HymanGrowSmart Maine
Why plan for growth and change, when it seems so much easier to simply react?
When there is a distinct and shared vision for your community - when residents, businesses and local government anticipate a sustainable town with cohesive and thriving neighborhoods - you have the power to conserve your beautiful natural spaces, enhance your existing downtown or Main Street, enable rural areas to be productive and prosperous, and save money through efficient use of existing infrastructure.
This is the dollars and sense of smart growth.
Success is clearly visible in Maine, from the creation of a community-built senior housing complex and health center in Fort Fairfield to conservation easements creating Forever Farms to Rockland's revitalized downtown. Communities have options. We have the power to manage our own responses to growth and change.
After all, “Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” - Richard I. Winwood
And in the end, this means that our children and their children will choose to make Maine home and our economy will provide the opportunities to do so.
The Summit offers you a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformative change in Maine that we’ve seen these gatherings produce. We encourage you to consider the value of being actively involved in growing Maine’s economy and protecting the reasons we choose to live here.
Carl Eppich: GrowSmart Maine 21st century transportation ForumGrowSmart Maine
Carl Eppich of PACTS presents at GrowSmart Maine's Forum: 21st Century Transportation: Shared Vehicles, E-Bikes and their Implications for a Smart Growth Economy in Maine
Presentation to Farrells By Finlay McNab for SustransSustrans
This set of slides is from a presentation to Farrells, and was delivered by Finlay McNab, Sustrans' National Projects Co-Ordinator for Street Design in September 2014.
It explores the key challenges faced by cities of the future, and the need to adopt a different and smarter way to design our cities. It also explores placemaking, and Sustrans' approach to Community Street Design.
In pursuit of ‘automobility’ we have unwittingly reduced the independent mobility of many people in the community, including the elderly, the disabled, women and children. Alternative understandings of
‘automobility’ are lacking. The current dominant misuse of the term has facilitated the acceptance of the view that cars provide freedom. The mythical nature of this viewpoint is
explored in this paper.
This paper was published in World Transport Policy and Practice, Vol 3 No 2 in 1997.
Improving Walkability, And Pedestrian Safety And ConvenienceArefeh Nasri
This is a presentation I prepared during my internship at Newark Housing Authority (NHA) for the research team of their project for making Newark neighborhoods more pedestrian-friendly.
Sharing enquiry – a week in the life of a car CREDSUK
Prof Jillian Anable (ITS, Leeds), Dr Giulio Mattioli (TU Dortmund) and Dr Muhammad Adeel (ITS, Leeds)
Commission on Travel Demand Shared Mobility Inquiry: Evidence Session 3
Leeds, 18 June 2019
The Commission on Travel Demand (CTD) is an expert group initially established as part of the UK Research and Innovation funded ‘DEMAND’ Centre initiative to explore the how to reduce the energy and associated carbon emissions associated with transport. The Commission’s first report “All Change? The Future of Travel Demand and its implications for policy and planning” reviewed declining trends in per capita travel across the UK and the reasons for this.
The first topic will be shared mobility. This will be explored through a call for evidence and expert evidence sessions from April 2019 involving regular engagement from national, local and regional government, NGOs, business and academics from both the UK and overseas.
Worker and forklift fell through openingAlan Bassett
On 2 Apr 2016, a worker was checking a forklift on the 4th storey of a building under construction when the forklift suddenly surged backwards and fell through a floor opening...
Financial planning is a necessity for people who are nearing the retirement age in order to live comfortably without depending on anyone for their financial needs.
Kelly C. Ruggles is a financial educator and fee-based financial planner based in Spokane, Washington. Along with nearly two decades of experience in the field of financial planning, Kelly C. Ruggles also is the founder of American Reliance Group Inc.
Presented by Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin Executive Director Kevin Hardman on October 5, 2010, at the La Crosse complete streets workshop sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the La Crosse County Health Department.
A Tale of Two Streets - Indiana Walk-Bike Summit.pptxCynthia Hoyle
Creating communities in which everyone, regardless of ability or income, can get where they need to go safely can be challenging. We can transform our communities and create healthier and more equitable place to live, work, and play. This presentation discusses tools to successfully transform your community.
This session will provide an update on the MassDOT Complete Streets program and the project types funded to-date. Panelists will discuss their experiences with the Complete Streets program, from developing a Complete Streets Policy (Tier 1), to creating a Prioritization Plan (Tier 2), and finally selecting a project for construction (Tier 3).
A presentation made in 2009 by Nicholas de Wolff, Chair of the subcommittee on Transportation and Urban Design, City of Burbank, California. (an abridged version (only 39 slides) has since been uploaded)
Portland Bike Share - GrowSmart Maine Transportation ForumGrowSmart Maine
Sam Herr of Portland Bike Share presents at GrowSmart Maine's Forum: 21st Century Transportation: Shared Vehicles, E-Bikes and their Implications for a Smart Growth Economy in Maine
Turning Tough Around: Skills for Managing Critics AICP CM 1.5
Critics. Tough crowds. We've all faced them! Imagine turning those critics into supporters -- or at least respectful, constructive participants in your projects. Learn how to set up your team for success by carefully structuring meetings and messages. Explore ways to manage difficult crowds and sticky situations while still building long-term relationships and agency credibility. Hear stories and strategies from people who've survived -- and even thrive on -- divisive public processes.
Moderator: Allison Brooks, Director, Bay Area Joint Policy Center, Oakland, California
Ken Snyder, CEO/President, PlaceMatters, Denver, Colorado
David A Goldberg, Communications Director, Transportation For America, Washington, DC
Salima (Sam) O'Connell, Public Involvement Manager, Metro Transit, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Walking the Walk: Complete Streets are Smart Growth Investments - GSMSummit 2...GrowSmart Maine
Why plan for growth and change, when it seems so much easier to simply react?
When there is a distinct and shared vision for your community - when residents, businesses and local government anticipate a sustainable town with cohesive and thriving neighborhoods - you have the power to conserve your beautiful natural spaces, enhance your existing downtown or Main Street, enable rural areas to be productive and prosperous, and save money through efficient use of existing infrastructure.
This is the dollars and sense of smart growth.
Success is clearly visible in Maine, from the creation of a community-built senior housing complex and health center in Fort Fairfield to conservation easements creating Forever Farms to Rockland's revitalized downtown. Communities have options. We have the power to manage our own responses to growth and change.
After all, “Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” - Richard I. Winwood
And in the end, this means that our children and their children will choose to make Maine home and our economy will provide the opportunities to do so.
The Summit offers you a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformative change in Maine that we’ve seen these gatherings produce. We encourage you to consider the value of being actively involved in growing Maine’s economy and protecting the reasons we choose to live here.
Transforming Brand Perception and Boosting Profitabilityaaryangarg12
In today's digital era, the dynamics of brand perception, consumer behavior, and profitability have been profoundly reshaped by the synergy of branding, social media, and website design. This research paper investigates the transformative power of these elements in influencing how individuals perceive brands and products and how this transformation can be harnessed to drive sales and profitability for businesses.
Through an exploration of brand psychology and consumer behavior, this study sheds light on the intricate ways in which effective branding strategies, strategic social media engagement, and user-centric website design contribute to altering consumers' perceptions. We delve into the principles that underlie successful brand transformations, examining how visual identity, messaging, and storytelling can captivate and resonate with target audiences.
Methodologically, this research employs a comprehensive approach, combining qualitative and quantitative analyses. Real-world case studies illustrate the impact of branding, social media campaigns, and website redesigns on consumer perception, sales figures, and profitability. We assess the various metrics, including brand awareness, customer engagement, conversion rates, and revenue growth, to measure the effectiveness of these strategies.
The results underscore the pivotal role of cohesive branding, social media influence, and website usability in shaping positive brand perceptions, influencing consumer decisions, and ultimately bolstering sales and profitability. This paper provides actionable insights and strategic recommendations for businesses seeking to leverage branding, social media, and website design as potent tools to enhance their market position and financial success.
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This study examines cattle rearing in urban and rural settings, focusing on milk production and consumption. By exploring a case in Ahmedabad, it highlights the challenges and processes in dairy farming across different environments, emphasising the need for sustainable practices and the essential role of milk in daily consumption.
Hello everyone! I am thrilled to present my latest portfolio on LinkedIn, marking the culmination of my architectural journey thus far. Over the span of five years, I've been fortunate to acquire a wealth of knowledge under the guidance of esteemed professors and industry mentors. From rigorous academic pursuits to practical engagements, each experience has contributed to my growth and refinement as an architecture student. This portfolio not only showcases my projects but also underscores my attention to detail and to innovative architecture as a profession.
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Complete Streets Brochures
1. What do others have to say
What do others have to say
about Complete Streets?
about Complete Streets?
“Now, finally, there’s an organized nationwide
“Now, finally, there’s an organized nationwide
movement to fight the good fight for saner streets.
movement to fight the good fight for saner streets.
It’s a coalition mounting a nationwide campaign
It’s a coalition mounting a nationwide campaign
for city and town roadways that include safe,
for city and town roadways that include safe,
quality space for pedestrians and cyclists and
quality space for pedestrians and cyclists and
public transit users, accommodating their wishes
public transit users, accommodating their wishes
just as seriously as those of car and truck drivers.
just as seriously as those of car and truck drivers.
It’s called, fittingly, the Complete Streets
It’s called, fittingly, the Complete Streets
movement.”
movement.”
- Columnist Neal Peirce
“We have very real challenges facing our country,
“We have very real challenges facing our country,
and they are all interwoven. We now know that
and they are all interwoven. We now know that
we must change our environmental and energy
we must change our environmental and energy
policy, and reduce our impact on the planet. By
policy, and reduce our impact on the planet. By
opening up our roadways to pedestrians and
opening up our roadways to pedestrians and
cyclists, we can help ease the congestion on our
cyclists, we can help ease the congestion on our
nation’s roads.”
nation’s roads.”
-Representative Doris Matsui
How can I get involved with
How can I get involved with
Complete Streets?
Complete Streets?
A broad coalition of advocates and transportation
professionals are working to enact complete streets policies
across the country.
JOIN US BY BECOMING A
MEMBER OR PARTNER!
Becoming a member or partner is easy. We simply ask that
you endorse the Coalition’s mission by returning the
respective sign-up form (available at www.completestreets.
org/getinvolved.html); collaborate with leading national and
regional organizations to advance complete streets and make
an annual contribution at the appropriate level.
While donations are not a requirement, they are central to
our ability to spread the work, coordinate action, and help
organizations nationwide get it right.
Organizations serving on the National Complete
Organizations serving on the National Complete
Streets Coalition Steering Committee are:
Streets Coalition Steering Committee are:
AARP
Active Living by Design
America Bikes
America Walks
American Council of the Blind
American Planning Association
American PublicTransportation Association
American Society of Landscape Architects
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
City of Boulder
Institute ofTransportation of Engineers
League of American Bicyclists
McCann Consulting
National Center for Bicycling and Walking
Safe Route ot School National Partnership
Smart Growth America
Thunderhead Alliance for Bicycling and Walking
National Complete Streets Coalition
National Complete Streets Coalition
1707 L Street NW, Suite 1050
1707 L Street NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20036
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 207-3355
(202) 207-3355
info@completestreets.org
info@completestreets.org
www.completestreets.org
www.completestreets.org
POLICY & IMPLEMENTATION
www.completestreets.org
Dozens of places have been adopting policies at an
accelerating pace, including the States of California and
Illinois, Seattle, and Iowa City. Keep track of our progress by
signing up for our newsletter!
signing up for our newsletter!
To help organizations successfully
adopt complete streets policies, the National
Complete Streets Coalition offers
interactive workshops led by national
experts on policy development and policy
implementation. Visit our website for more
information about scheduling a workshop.
Schedule a workshop!
Schedule a workshop!
and towns ought
to be for everyone,
whether young or old,
motorist or bicyclist, walker
or wheelchair user, bus
rider or shopkeeper.
These streets are unsafe for people on foot
or bike and unpleasant for everybody.
But too many of our streets are
designed only for speeding cars,
or worse, creeping traffic jams. These
Now, in communities across the country, a
movement is growing to complete the
streets. States, cities, and towns are
asking their planners, engineers,
and designers to build road
networks that welcome
all citizens.
The streets
of our cities
2. What are Complete Streets?
What are Complete Streets?
Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe
access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and bus
riders of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along
and across a complete street.
Why do we need Complete
Why do we need Complete
Streets policies?
Streets policies?
Americans want mobility.
Recent opinion polls found that 52 percent of Americans
want to bicycle more, and 55% would prefer to drive less
and walk more. More than half (54%) of older adults who
reported an inhospitable walking, bicycling, and transit
environment outside their homes said they would walk,
bicycle and take transit more if the streets were improved.
Many streets where people bicycle or
walk are incomplete.
Our states, cities, counties, and towns have built many miles
of streets and roads that are safe and comfortable only for
travel by motor vehicle. These roadways often lack sidewalk,
crosswalks, crosswalks, and space for bicyclists; furthermore,
roadways often make no room for transit riders and no
accommodation for people with disabilities.
A recent federal survey found that about one-quarter of
walking trips take place on roads without sidewalks or
shoulder, and bike lanes are available for only about 5
percent of bicycle trips. Another national survey of
pedestrians and bicyclists found that the top complaints
were the lack of sidewalks and bikeway - essentially,
incomplete streets.
Few laws require states to build roads
as complete transportation corridors.
In 2000, the US Department of Transportation advised states
receiving federal funds that “bicycling and walking facilities
will be incorporated into all transportation projects unless
exceptional circumstances exist.” Unfortunately, fewer than
half the states follow this federal guidance. Many highway
improvements add automobile capacity and increase vehicle
speeds, but do nothing to mitigate the negative impact this
usually has on bicycling and walking.
Streets without safe places to walk
and bicycle put people at risk.
While only nine percent of all trips are made by foot or
bicycle, more than 13 percent of all traffic fatalities are
bicyclicts or pedestrians. More than 5000 pedestrians and
bicyclist die each year on U.S. roads. The most dangerous
places to walk and bicycle are sprawling communities with
streets built for driving only.
Roads without safe access for
non-drivers become barriers.
Roads without safe access for non-drivers become barriers
to mobility. About one-third of Americans do not drive, so
complete streets are essential for children and older
Americans, as well as people who use wheelchairs, have
vision impairments, or simply cannot afford a car.
A good complete streets policy:
- Specifies that ‘all users include pedestrians, bicyclists,
transit vehicles and users, and motorists, of all ages and
abilities
- Aims to create a comprehensive, integrated, connected
network
- Is adoptable by all agencies to cover all roads
- Applies to both new and retrofit projects, including
design, planning, maintenance, and operations, for the
entire right of way
- Makes any exceptions specific and sets a clear proc
dure that requires high-level approval of exceptions
- Directs the use of the latest and best design standards
- Directs that complete streets solutions fit in with the
context of the community
- Establishes performance standards with measurable
outcomes
What does a good
What does a good
Complete Streets policy include?
Complete Streets policy include?
Become part of the movement toward complete streets. For more information, visit www.completestreets.org
Dan Burden
Dan Burden
Dan Burden Dan Burden
3. How are Complete Streets policies
How are Complete Streets policies
implemented?
implemented?
Instead of a project-by-project struggle to accommodate
bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly practices, complete streets
policies require all road construction and improvement
projects to begin by evaluating how the right-of-way serves
all who use it. An effective complete streets policy should
prompt transportation agencies to:
* Restructure procedures to accommodate all users on
every project.
* Re-write design manuals to include the safety of all users.
* Re-train planners and engineers in balancing the needs of
diverse users.
* Create new data collection procedures to track how
well the streets are serving all users.
How can I get involved with
How can I get involved with
Complete Streets?
Complete Streets?
A broad coalition of advocates and transportation profes-
sionals are working to enact complete streets policies across
the country.
JOIN US BY BECOMING A
JOIN US BY BECOMING A
MEMBER OR PARTNER!
MEMBER OR PARTNER!
Becoming a member or partner is easy. We simply ask that
you endorse the Coalition’s mission by returning the
respective sign-up form (available at www.completestreets.
org/getinvolved.html); collaborate with leading national and
regional organizations to advance complete streets and make
an annual contribution at the appropriate level.
While donations are not a requirement, they are central to
our ability to spread the work, coordinate action, and help
organizations nationwide get it right.
Organizations serving on the National Complete
Organizations serving on the National Complete
Streets Coalition Steering Committee are:
Streets Coalition Steering Committee are:
AARP
Active Living by Design
America Bikes
America Walks
American Council of the Blind
American Planning Association
American PublicTransportation Association
American Society of Landscape Architects
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
City of Boulder
Institute ofTransportation of Engineers
League of American Bicyclists
McCann Consulting
National Center for Bicycling and Walking
Safe Route ot School National Partnership
Smart Growth America
Thunderhead Alliance for Bicycling and Walking
National Complete Streets Coalition
National Complete Streets Coalition
1707 L Street NW, Suite 1050
1707 L Street NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20036
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 207-3355
(202) 207-3355
info@completestreets.org
info@completestreets.org
www.completestreets.org
www.completestreets.org www.completestreets.org
www.completestreets.org
Dozens of places have been adopting policies at an
accelerating pace, including the States of California and
Illinois, Seattle, and Iowa City. Keep track of our progress by
signing up for our newsletter!
signing up for our newsletter!
Where are Complete Streets
Where are Complete Streets
To help organizations successfully adopt
complete streets policies, the National
Complete Streets Coaltion offers
interactive workshops led by national
experts on policy development and policy
implementation. Visit our website for
more information about scheduling
a workshop.
Schedule a workshop!
Schedule a workshop!
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and towns ought
to be for everyone,
whether young or old,
motorist or bicyclist, walker
or wheelchair user, bus
rider or shopkeeper.
These streets are unsafe for people on foot
or bike and unpleasant for everybody.
But too many of our streets are
designed only for speeding cars,
or worse, creeping traffic jams. These
Now, in communities across the country, a
movement is growing to complete the
streets. States, cities, and towns are
asking their planners, engineers,
and designers to build road
networks that welcome
all citizens.
The streets
of our cities
4. What are Complete Streets?
What are Complete Streets?
Complete streets are designed and operated to enable
safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists
and bus riders of all ages and abilities are able to safely
move along and across a complete street.
What do Complete Streets
What do Complete Streets
policies do?
policies do?
Complete Streets policies direct transportation planners
and engineers to consistently design with all users in mind
including drivers, transit riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists
as well as older people, children, and people with
disabilities.
Why do we need Complete
Why do we need Complete
Streets policies?
Streets policies?
Complete streets improve safety.
Complete streets improve safety.
A Federal Highways Administration safety review found
that streets designed with sidewalks, raised medians, better
bus stop placement, traffic-calming measures, and
treatments for disabled travelers improve pedestrian safety.
Some features, such as medians, improve safety for all
users: they enable pedestrians to cross busy roads in two
stages and reduce left-turning motorist crashes to zero, a
type of crash that also endangers bicyclists.
Complete streets encourage walking
Complete streets encourage walking
and bicycling for health.
and bicycling for health.
The National Institutes of Medicine recommends fighting
childhood obesity by establishing ordinances to encourage
construction of sidewalks, bikeways, and other places for
physical activity.
One study found that 43% of people with safe places to
walk within 10 minutes of home met recommended
activity levels; among individuals without safe places to
walk, just 27% were active enough.
While there is no prescription for a complete
street, common features include:
- SIDEWALKS
- BIKE LANES
- WIDE SHOULDERS
- PLENTY OF CROSSWALKS
- REFUGE MEDIANS
- BUS PULLOUTS
- SPECIAL BUS LANES
- RAISED CROSSWALKS
- AUDIBLE PEDESTRIAN
SIGNALS
- SIDEWALK BUILB-OUTS
What do Complete Streets
What do Complete Streets
look like?
look like?
Complete streets address climate
Complete streets address climate
change and oil dependence.
change and oil dependence.
The potential to reduce carbon emissions by shifting trips
to lower-carbon modes is undeniable: The 2001 National
Household Transportation Survey finds that 50% of all trips
in metropolitan areas are three miles or less and 28% of all
metropolitan trips are one mile or less – distances easily
traversed by foot or bicycle.Yet 65% of trips under one mile
are now made by automobile, in part because of incomplete
streets that make it dangerous or unpleasant to walk,
bicycle, or take transit. Complete streets would help
convert many of these short automobile trips to multi-
modal travel.
Walking and bicycling require no gasoline and transit’s use
of fuel is much more efficient than that of automobiles.
Simply increasing bicycling from 1% to 1.5% of all trips in
the U.S. would save 462 million gallons of gasoline each year.
Using transit has already helped the United States save 1.5
billion gallons of fuel each year since the early 1990s, which
is nearly 36 million barrels of oil.
Become part of the movement toward complete streets. For more information, visit www.completestreets.org
Dan Burden
safety.fhwa.dot.gov
Nevada Bicycle Coalition
John LaPlante
Surveys have found that a lack of sidewalks and safe places to
bike are a primary reason people give when asked why they do
not walk or bicycle more. Photo from City of Santa Barbara.
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