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A New Jersey bill would allow neighborhoods to request lower speed limits on residential streets without sidewalks, which would improve safety for walking and cycling. | Photo: visualphotos.com How do you implement complete streets policies on low-volume streets in residential communities where it’s rare to find sidewalks, bike lanes or even shoulders? A [...] NYSDOT’s new Complete Streets website. While the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is not required to lead the local implementation of the State’s Complete Streets Act, municipal leaders, advocates and engineers are looking to the agency for the tools required to plan and execute Complete Streets initiatives. NYSDOT’s new Complete Streets website, however, provides [...]
According to the Federal Highway Administration, “[H]ighway and recreational facilities that fail to fully incorporate the needs of all users increase the likelihood of potential court settlements in favor of those who are excluded.” | Photo: Smart Growth America Ever since the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) adopted its Complete Streets policy in December 2009, [...] The Long Island Complete Streets Summit is tomorrow. Register today. | Image: Vision Long Island The Long Island Complete Streets Summit is tomorrow, Thursday April 11. This is your last chance to register. The summit begins at 8 a.m.and will be held at the Sustainability Institute of Molloy College at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale. Light [...] Left: Route 35′s current roadway configuration at Route 528/Herbert Street. Right: The same intersection, re-striped to include sidewalks, highly-visible crosswalks and bike lanes. | Image: John Boyle/Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) recently received $75.9 million in federal funding to rebuild 12.5 miles of Route 35 in Ocean County [...] The Long Island Complete Streets Summit takes place Thursday, April 11. | Photo: Vision Long Island The Long Island Complete Streets Summit is just one week from this Thursday. The event will be held at 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 11 at the Sustainability Institute of Molloy College at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale. Light refreshments will [...] The Long Island Complete Streets Summit takes place Thursday, April 11 at theSustainability Institute at Molloy College in East Farmingdale. | Image: Vision Long Island The Long Island Complete Streets Summit will be held on April 11, 2013 at the Sustainability Institute of Molloy College at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale. The Summit begins at 8 [...] Route 1 (Post Road East) in Westport, near where a pedestrian was struck and killed on Saturday. (The “A” marker is the Shake Shack restaurant in front of which Bruce Tabackman was struck.) | Image: Google Maps. WestportNow and others report the death of another pedestrian on Route 1 (Post Road East), which according to Tri-State’s [...] ConnDOT’s Highway Design Manual, the state reference book for engineers and designers, offers little in the way of complete streets designs. Advocates say it’s past time for that to change. Connecticut’s 2009 complete streets law requires that transportation projects receiving state funds consider all users of the road, and is considered one of the strongest laws of its [...] Sidewalks along Park Place are treacherous to navigate, becoming so narrow to a degree that they practically disappear. | Photo: Janna Chernetz Ideally, crosswalks in an urban center should be the more visible international style (also known as a “zebra” or “ladder” crosswalk) and should include accessible curb ramps. | Photo: Janna [...] |
 
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