Award-Winning Complete Street Just Another Deadly Stroad

Agar Road in Hyattsville, MD, has been lauded as a successful "Complete Street." But this so-called Complete Street is, in reality, completely dangerous—and a woman has lost her life because of it.

Peoria Takes a Walk—And Steps Toward Reforming Its Transportation System

Through a series of walk audits, local leaders in Peoria, IL, are not only observing the urban environment, but starting to understand how small, simple actions can profoundly shape it.

Ager Road: Where Complete Streets Fell Short

This “Complete Street” is really a stroad in disguise—and that’s led to some deadly consequences.

Pedestrian Safety Gets Big Boost From New Cincinnati Initiative

Cincinnati's new five-member pedestrian safety team is making their streets safer—all while saving the city hundreds of thousands of dollars every year!

When Inclusive...Isn't

Why do we see so few people with disabilities in the conceptual designs of engineers and planners? Maybe it’s because people with disabilities aren’t at the design table to begin with.

Top Story, Roads and StreetsSteve WrightJune 4, 2020Disability, Complete Streets, Street Design

Time to get rid of the "Complete Streets or bust" mindset

You don't need a Complete Street in order to have a safe street.

#SlowtheCars, Top Story, Member Post, WalkabilityAlex BacaFebruary 23, 2018Complete Streets, STROADS

Narrow Streets Do More With Less

The recipe for a successful residential street is simple, timeless, and requires very little costly engineering.

Follow the Rules, Bikers

We need to stop accommodating bikers and pedestrians within an auto-dominated environment and instead do the opposite.

What is 'Complete'?

Andrew Price challenges the definition of what makes a Complete Street 'Complete.'

Andrew Price, Roads and StreetsAndrew PriceAugust 20, 2015Complete Streets, human scale, shared space, walkability

Complete Street with Inclusive Design

Strong towns must also be inclusive towns, communities that welcome everyone. Places where people of all abilities can live, work and get around. Rights of way that are safe and accessible to folks with a range of mobility needs.

Urban DesignHeidi Johnson-WrightMarch 10, 2015Complete Streets, streetscape, urban design

A True Complete Street

It's not a complete street unless it is completely safe.

#SlowtheCars, Roads and StreetsMatthias LeyrerJanuary 29, 2015Complete Streets

Breaking the logjam around small change

“I want more people living downtown. I want it more dense. But to permit the use to change fifteen years from now without public approval is not OK. I have this neighborhood where I have an expectation, and then it changes. That’s not OK.”

News DigestSeth ZerenJanuary 26, 2015Infrastructure, small scale developers, schools, Complete Streets

Best of Blog: Follow the Rules, Bikers

Our urban areas need to be redesigned around a new set of values, one that doesn’t seek to accommodate bikers and pedestrians within an auto-dominated environment but instead does the opposite: accommodates automobiles in an environment dominated by people. It is people that create value. It is people that build wealth. It is in prioritizing their needs – whether on foot, on a bike or in a wheelchair – that we will begin to change the financial health of our cities and truly make them strong towns.

Best of Blog, Bikeability, Roads and Streets, TNAC, TransportationCharles MarohnDecember 15, 2014Complete Streets, traffic engineering

Follow the rules, bikers

We need to rethink our urban areas. They need to be redesigned around a new set of values, one that doesn’t seek to accommodate bikers and pedestrians within an auto-dominated environment but instead does the opposite: accommodates automobiles in an environment dominated by people. It is people that create value. It is people that build wealth. It is in prioritizing their needs – whether on foot, on a bike or in a wheelchair – that we will begin to change the financial health of our cities and truly make them strong towns.