introduction to complete streets
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Introduction toComplete Streets
January 2013
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What are Complete Streets?
Complete Streets are streets for everyone, no matter who they are or how they travel.
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What are Complete Streets?
Safe Comfortable Convenient
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What are Complete Streets?
Safe Comfortable Convenient
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Americans want choices
of Americans want more transportation options so they have the freedom to choose how to get where they need to go.
Future of Transportation National Survey (2010)
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66%
73%
57%
currently feel they have no choice but to drive as much as they do.
would like to spend less time in the car.
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Getting Out of Traffic
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Future of Transportation National Survey (2010)
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The tremendous potential
Of all trips:
National Household Travel Survey (2009)
39% are less than 3 miles
17% are less than1 mile
47%are driven
of these trips…
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The tremendous potential
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Every trip starts and ends with walking.
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People will walk
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012, newpublichealth.org
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Who wants Complete Streets?
of older Americans say it is unsafe to cross a major street near their home.
Planning Complete Streets for the Aging of America, AARP
47% 54% 56%of older Americans living in inhospitable neighborhoods say they would walk and bike more often if the built environment improved.
express strong support for adoption of Complete Streets policies.
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Who wants Complete Streets?
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Millennials are driving less and looking for other transportation options.
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Incomplete streets are unsafe
More than 40% of pedestrian deaths in 2007 and 2008 occurred where no crosswalk was available.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Reporting System
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Incomplete streets are unsafe
Especially for:
• People of color
• Low-income communities
• Older adults
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Streets are inadequate
• No sidewalks• Too dangerous to
cross on foot
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Streets are inadequate
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• Unsafe for bicyclists
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Streets are inadequate
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•Traffic jams on arterials•Too many crashes
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Streets are inadequate• Uninviting for bus riders
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Streets are inadequate
• Inaccessible for wheelchair users
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Streets are inadequate
• No room for people!
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We know how to build right
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We know how to build right
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We know how to build right
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Yet too many roads still turn out like this:
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or this:
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or this:
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The Solution:
Complete Streets Policies
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Complete Streets policies
Ensure that the entire right-of-way is planned, designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to provide safe access for all users
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Complete Streets means:
High-level policy direction
Change the everyday decision-making processes and systems
Incremental approach
Long-term results
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Complete Streets does not mean:One ‘special’ street project
A design prescription
A mandate for immediate retrofit
A silver bullet; other issues must be addressed:Land use (proximity, mixed-use)
Environmental concerns
Transportation Demand Management
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Many types: rural streets
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Many types: shared streets
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Many types: skinny streets
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Many types: main streets
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Many types: urban streets
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Many types: traffic circles
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Many types: Bus Rapid Transit
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Many types: neighborhood greenways
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Many types: angled head-out parking
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Many types: cycle tracks
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Many types: modern roundabouts
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Many types: paved shoulders
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For more information
• Fact sheets, photos, hand outs
• Information on changing policy
• Policy tracking & examples
• Complete Streets blog & monthly newsletter
• Links to research & publications
www.completestreets.orgwww.smartgrowthamerica.org
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National Complete Streets Coalition Steering Committee
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Benefactor
AARP
America Bikes
American Planning Association
American Public Transportation Association
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
National Association of REALTORS
Smart Growth America
Platinum
American Society of Landscape Architects
SvR Design Company
Bronze
Active Living by Design
Alliance for Biking & Walking
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
Supporter
America Walks
Institute of Transportation Engineers
League of American Bicyclists
National Association of City Transportation Officials
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Copyright & Use
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