8/14/2019 Mutual Aid Call tip sheet: Forming Complete Streets Coalitions

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Forming Complete Streets CoalitionsAlliance for Biking & Walking Mutual Aid CallWednesday, September 25, 2013

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Cross-sector coalitions are powerul tools when working to pass and implement a state or local Complete

Streets policy. By building partnerships with transit advocates, health stakeholders, economic developmentgroups, environmental organizations and more, biking and walking advocates can multiply impact and ensurea great policy to build sae, accessible streets or all. On this call, national and local advocates discussed theirhands-on experience building winning coalitions or Complete Streets.

Recap: Advice from Stefanie Seskin

Deputy Director, National Complete Streets Coalition

Provided a brie overview o the Complete Streets Coalitions origins as a national taskorce with a single policy goal: getting Compete Streets legislation into the 2005 SAFE-

EA-LU legislation Afer SAFEEA-LU was passed, the ask Force turned its eyes to state and local issues.

Te National Complete Streets Coalition was ormed in 2005 and includes a broad rangeo partners and broad content expertise and the ability to trigger change in a variety oplaces.

Steanie provided some general advice on orming a coalition, which is reflected in theCoalition Best Practices document, below. Highlights include: First step: create a power map Separate your messages and your messengers according to the different audiences

youre trying to reach

Balance content expertise and willingness to participate against reach and influence Be clear and transparent with your coalitions structure, goals, and next steps

Steanie also discussed the advantages and disadvantages o either ormalizing into acoalition or working ad hoc

Steanie also discussed the challenges o moving on rom a campaign-based organiza-tion to one ocused primarily on implementation

Te Indiana Complete Streets Coalition was ormed through a campaign to institute

a Complete Streets policy in Indianapolis. Health by Design, a local health nonprofit,hosted a Complete Streets workshop in 2009. A city councilmember attended the work-shop and agreed to sponsor the legislation in the city council.

Health by Design and its partners spent the next 18 months conducting education andoutreach, and ormed a ormal Work Group in 2011. Tey used resources (see Addi-tional Resources) provided by the National Complete Streets Coalition to guide theirprocess; they also devoted time to working out appropriate language or their legislation

Afer five months o serious campaigning and a ew minor legislative setbacks, the Indianapolis Complete Streets policy was passed unanimously in August 2012. Te NationalCoalition named it the top Complete Streets policy in the country or 2012, a act that

Recap: Advice from Zia Brucaya

Complete Streets Coalition Coordinator,Indiana Complete Streets Campaign

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8/14/2019 Mutual Aid Call tip sheet: Forming Complete Streets Coalitions

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Forming Complete Streets CoalitionsAlliance for Biking & Walking Mutual Aid CallWednesday, September 25, 2013

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Zia attributes to their use o the language recommendations provided by the NationalCoalition.

Te Coalition has now expanded to work on Complete Streets policies in local com-munities. Unortunately, the Indiana state DO opposed Complete Streets; however,the Coalition is seeing success in many o the local communities with which it has beenworking.

Additional Resources

Complete Streets Coalition Best Practices

Complete Streets Local Policy Workbook

Complete Streets Power Mapping Worksheet

Complete Streets Workshops

Te Best Complete Streets Policies of 2012

Health By Design Walkability Assessment

Indiana Model Complete Streets Ordinance Worksheet

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