Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Complete Streets

Complete Streets Engineer and Intern Run Over on a Columbus Sidewalk

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 16, 2014 | 41 Comments

In an extraordinarily sad irony, the engineer in charge of Columbus, Ohio’s complete streets program has been gravely injured in a car crash. His 21-year-old intern was killed. The pair were walking in downtown Columbus Friday when, according to witnesses, Terrance Trent, 61, ran a red light and smashed his pickup truck into a school […]

To Make Streets Safer, Michigan DOT Takes the Pedestrian’s Perspective

By Angie Schmitt | May 6, 2014 | No Comments

A lot of state transportation departments talk the talk when it comes to designing streets that are safe for everyone. But Michigan — forgive the pun — is literally walking the walk. Chris Spahr at the State Smart Transportation Initiative reports today on the Michigan DOT’s “walkability reviews,” which the agency started conducting 10 years ago: […]

The Best Complete Streets Policies of 2013

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 18, 2014 | 1 Comment

A growing number places are adopting policies to create safe space on the streets no matter how you get around. This year 80 new complete streets policies were passed by municipalities, states, counties, and planning agencies around the United States looking to make walking and biking safer. That brings the total number of such policies […]

A Bill to Make American Streets Safer Surfaces in the Senate

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 7, 2014 | 13 Comments

Has the moment finally arrived for a national complete streets law? A bill creating incentives for transportation agencies to design safe streets for everyone — pedestrians and cyclists in addition to motorists — is back on the floor of Congress this week. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) are sponsoring the Safe Streets Act […]

Imagining a Healthier Transportation System for Michigan

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 6, 2013 | 6 Comments

What would a more sustainable transportation system look like for the Detroit region? Or Michigan at large? Detroit’s regional planning agency didn’t show much foresight when, over the protests of many local jurisdictions, it green-lighted two highway projects totaling $4 billion this summer. But the non-profit Let’s Save Michigan is trying to help Michigan’s leaders envision […]

500+ Complete Streets Policies in Place, But Not the Most Important One

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 16, 2013 | 9 Comments

This week, complete streets advocates came together in Washington, DC, to celebrate the passage of the 500th complete streets policy. That happened in Memphis more than seven months ago, but perhaps the delay in marking the occasion was fortuitous: There are now at least 25 more policies to celebrate. Each of these policies is really just […]

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