Difference between revisions of "Complete streets"
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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
| − | The Complete Streets movement rose from the need for different modes of transportation to travel by foot, bicycle, transit, wheelchairs, and automobiles. Complete Streets also refers to the goal of having infrastructure changes in city planning, design funding, and maintenance of streets. Complete streets can be realized though policy changes rising from input at all levels including but not limited to: individuals, community stakeholders, transportation agencies, and elected officials <ref>http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/cs-local-policy-workbook.pdf</ref> Livable Streets and Shared Streets are similar to Complete Streets, but prioritize the | + | The Complete Streets movement rose from the need for different modes of transportation to travel by foot, bicycle, transit, wheelchairs, and automobiles. Complete Streets also refers to the goal of having infrastructure changes in city planning, design funding, and maintenance of streets. Complete streets can be realized though policy changes rising from input at all levels including but not limited to: individuals, community stakeholders, transportation agencies, and elected officials <ref>http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/cs-local-policy-workbook.pdf</ref> Livable Streets and Shared Streets are similar to Complete Streets, but prioritize the individual's life and sharing roads, respectively. |
== Complete Streets == | == Complete Streets == | ||
| − | + | The Complete Streets concept values the importance of designing and operating streets in order to provide safe and convenient access for all users <ref>Complete Streets Manual. Publication no. CPC-2013.910.GPA.SP.CA.MSC. Los Angeles: Department of City Planning, 2014. Print.</ref>. According to Burden and Littman, this shifts the priority from transportation mobility to accessibility to desired good, services, and activities <ref>Burden, Dan, and Todd Litman. "America needs complete streets." ITE Journal 81.4 (2011): 36-43</ref>. Complete Streets, therefore, aims to balance land use, infrastructure, and transportation all while keeping the individual's needs in mind. | |
== Livable streets and Shared Streets == | == Livable streets and Shared Streets == | ||
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Introduction
The Complete Streets movement rose from the need for different modes of transportation to travel by foot, bicycle, transit, wheelchairs, and automobiles. Complete Streets also refers to the goal of having infrastructure changes in city planning, design funding, and maintenance of streets. Complete streets can be realized though policy changes rising from input at all levels including but not limited to: individuals, community stakeholders, transportation agencies, and elected officials [1] Livable Streets and Shared Streets are similar to Complete Streets, but prioritize the individual's life and sharing roads, respectively.
Complete Streets
The Complete Streets concept values the importance of designing and operating streets in order to provide safe and convenient access for all users [2]. According to Burden and Littman, this shifts the priority from transportation mobility to accessibility to desired good, services, and activities [3]. Complete Streets, therefore, aims to balance land use, infrastructure, and transportation all while keeping the individual's needs in mind.
Transit's role in complete streets
References
- ↑ http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/cs-local-policy-workbook.pdf
- ↑ Complete Streets Manual. Publication no. CPC-2013.910.GPA.SP.CA.MSC. Los Angeles: Department of City Planning, 2014. Print.
- ↑ Burden, Dan, and Todd Litman. "America needs complete streets." ITE Journal 81.4 (2011): 36-43