Navigating the Path to Complete Streets Strategies for Implementation January 30, 2014 RI League of Cities and Towns Annual Convention This Grow Smart Land Use Training Collaborative workshop is supported by the RI Division of Planning, Statewide Planning Program, with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial use with attribution.
What are Complete Streets? Complete Streets are streets for everyone, no matter who they are or how they travel. 2
What are Complete Streets? Safe Comfortable Convenient 3
What are Complete Streets? Safe Comfortable Convenient 4
What are Complete Streets? Safe Comfortable Convenient 5
Yet too many roads still turn out like this: 6
Streets are inadequate 7 No sidewalks Too dangerous to cross on foot
Streets are inadequate 8 Uninviting for bus riders
Streets are inadequate 9 Inaccessible for wheelchair users
10 Elements of Complete Streets Bike/Ped ammenties (Bike lanes, sidewalks) Road Diets Roundabouts Bollards
11 Sidewalks Shorter Crosswalks Trees Street Furniture and Lighting Elements of Complete Streets
12 Elements of Complete Streets Transit Amenities
How-To’s” of Achieving 13
Resolutions Passed Newport Middletown South Kingstown Portsmouth Woonsocket Pawtucket Providence North Smithfield North Kingstown Under Consideration Cranston Barrington Smithfield Bristol Glocester Warwick East Providence RI Cities & Towns
Know your town officials City/Town Council Town Planner School Board Safety Officer Head of DPW
Know pertinent docs Municipal Comp Plan RI Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) District Revitalization Plans
Example of TIP page
Connect with existing stakeholders Aquidneck Island Planning Commission Bike Newport Newport Architectural Forum Newport Save Our Streets & Open Space RI Nursery & Landscape Association Newport Tree Society Bike & Pedestrian Commission Smart Growth Ambassadors
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