[B’ Spokes: Just the highlights of the report]
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by National Complete Streets Coalition
Top policies – Not Maryland
Elements of an Ideal Complete Streets Policy
• Includes a vision for how and why the community wants to complete its streets
• Specifies that ‘all users’ includes pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit passengers of all ages and abilities, as well as trucks, buses and automobiles.
• Encourages street connectivity and aims to create a comprehensive, integrated, connected network for all modes.
• Is understood by all agencies to cover all roads.
• Applies to both new and retrofit projects, including design, planning, maintenance, and operations, for the entire right of way.
• Makes any exceptions specific and sets a clear procedure that requires high-level approval.
• Directs the use of the latest and best design criteria and guidelines while recognizing the need for flexibility in balancing user needs.
• Directs that complete streets solutions will complement the context of the community.
• Establishes performance standards with measurable outcomes.
• Includes specific next steps for implementation of the policy.
Maryland –
Intent – 3 points
all users and mode – 0 points
Network – 5 points [B’ Spokes: Seriously? Can we really call Baltimore’s bus service a "network" over a collection of spaghetti lines? And what about our bike "network" can we really pick two points and get there by a readily understood bike friendly route?]
jurisdiction – 0 points
phases – 5 points
exceptions – 0 points
design – 5 points
context – 0 points
measures – 0 points
implementation – 0 points
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https://www.completestreets.org/webdocs/resources/cs-policyanalysis.pdfoldId.20110501115053646
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