A Complete Streets Building Spree in Philadelphia
Kelly Cofrancisco, from the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability of the city of Philadelphia, reports the city's progress on building complete streets projects.Publication Date:...
View ArticleAfter a Bus Kills a Scooter Rider, Two Councilmembers Call for Complete Streets
"There is a new push for change after a man on an e-scooter was hit and killed by a bus in Atlanta," reports WSB-TV in Atlanta.Publication Date: Fri, 07/19/2019
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Public Opinion Differs on New Bay Area Road Diet
"It’s only been a week, but just about everybody has an opinion on Los Gatos’ controversial redesign of it downtown main drag North Santa Cruz Avenue," reports Kaitlyn Bartley.Publication Date: Fri,...
View ArticleComplete Streets Success on Denver's Brighton Boulevard
David Sachs reports on the results of a dramatic street redesign effort on Brighton Boulevard between 29th and 44th streets in Denver, which opened in June 2018.Publication Date: Wed, 10/02/2019
View Article$604 Million Market Street Redesign Nears the Finish Line in San Francisco
John King reports on proposed changes Market Street in San Francisco, headlined by the complete banning of cars from a particularly busy stretch the street known as Mid-Market.Publication Date: Tue,...
View ArticleGovernor's Veto Kills Complete Streets Requirements for Caltrans
"Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected a bill that sought to turn California highways into walkable civic spines, saying it would have been too prescriptive and costly," according to an article by Rachel...
View ArticleCar-Free Market Street Approved in San Francisco
"San Francisco will soon kick cars off one of its busiest thoroughfares when Market Street goes car-free in January 2020," reports Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez.Publication Date: Tue, 10/15/2019
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Dramatic Overhaul Planned for Key North Philadelphia Intersection
Philadelphia Inquirer Architecture Critic Inga Saffron writes about the intersections of Erie Avenue and North Broad. "Like a real estuary, it is a place of churning energy and stunning...
View ArticlePeople Over Cars: The Future of San Francisco
Rachel Swan reports on the details of the San Bruno Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project, which recently reduced parking to speed up buses in San Francisco as a component of much larger changes to the...
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Plan for Expanded Road Inconsistent With Denver's Values
"The city [of Denver] is headed back to the drawing board to figure out potential improvements to Quebec Street in Denver’s far east neighborhoods," reports Esteban L. Hernandez.Publication Date: Tue,...
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A Major Makeover for Houston Street
Dug Begley reports: "Bagby Street has seen better days. Now, with the new year underway, downtown-area officials are doing to the street what a lot of people promised for themselves in 2020: slimming...
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Philly Safe Streets Advocates Want What San Francisco and New York Are Having
"Philadelphia should outlaw private cars on Chestnut Street," writes Randy LoBasso. "That’s become increasingly obvious to anyone who’s sat in a bus on that street, driven on it, walked it, or...
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Car-Free Market Street Benefits Micromobility, Transit Without Ruining Car...
Regina Clelow shares news of a new study into the effects of Better Market StrePublication Date: Thu, 03/05/2020
View ArticleDraft Complete Streets Design Guide Released in Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Maryland recently released the draft Montgomery County Complete Streets design guide ahead of a public review process expected to culminate bPublication Date: Mon, 06/01/2020
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Bus Lanes Arriving on Busy D.C. Street
"After announcing a series of changes to 14th Street NW in Columbia Heights in February, the District Department of TranspoPublication Date: Wed, 06/10/2020
View ArticleBeyond Complete Streets: Could COVID-19 Help Transform Thoroughfares Into...
COVID-19 has had many impacts on society, though one of the most profound so far has been the dramatic change in how people move about and experience the urban environment. Unsurprisingly, the impact...
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Tracking Complete Streets Progress in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW) has unveiled a benchmark report, the first of its kind in the city, on progress toward goals for Complete Streets set in October 2019, repoPublication...
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Safe Streets 'Champions' Announced
Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition have announced 21 participants for the new Active People, Healthy Nation℠ Champions Institute, a new initiative to prepare a hand-picked...
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Street Redesign as an Economic Development Tool
"The public will get its first detailed look and chance to comment next week on new streetscape designs for Madison Avenue and Seventh Street aimed at complementing private investment by improving both...
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Southern California Officials Slow to Accept Complete Streets
Joe Linton provides an update of the Los Angeles County Transportation Authority's (Metro) efforts to modernize its highway program to include complete streets features after encountering some...
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