There can, and should, be a joy to transportation. Feeling of sun on your face as you walk, hearing the laughter of kids riding their bikes to school, having the time to enjoy a good read on the bus. Every community should be a place where families can incorporate walking, biking, and transit into their … Continued
The National Complete Streets Coalition invites current and future members to pledge their support for the coalition’s mission, values, and outcomes we’re working to achieve. Let us know that you’re on board to support our efforts to integrate people and place in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation networks by filling out … Continued
The Complete Streets Leadership Academy is coming to Kentucky. This foundational program helps train local agencies and state Departments of Transportation to collaborate, innovate, and commit to making changes together to address road safety and create activity-friendly communities. Building on Kentucky’s ongoing Complete Streets work, the Academy will support road safety improvements through quick-build demonstration … Continued
Smart Growth America (SGA) is seeking an experienced individual or firm to provide design and graphic support for the 2025 edition of our Best Complete Streets Policies report. Proposals should be submitted to Dustin Robertson at [email protected] by 03/19/25 at 11:59 PM ET. Project Goals and Scope of Services Smart Growth America is currently drafting … Continued
Smart Growth America is excited to announce the 14 local elected officials who will participate in our 2025 Champions Institute. These champions will come together to learn, develop, and advance efforts to improve community design and create communities where all can thrive. Smart growth strategies help towns and cities of all types across the country … Continued
Senator Michael A. Jackson recently introduced a bill in the Maryland State Legislature that demonstrates a model for removing barriers to speed reduction at the state level. This kind of legislative action to improve road safety demonstrates much-needed leadership and puts the power of safer streets back into the hands of the community. Speed vs. … Continued
This post was written by Heidi Simon and Eric Cova. The Complete Streets movement was started more than twenty years ago to build shared energy and strategy for making our streets safer. As the convener of the National Complete Streets Coalition, we have worked alongside communities large and small to implement real changes that make … Continued
Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), Smart Growth America (SGA) is seeking proposals from qualified firms or individuals to provide technical expertise on Complete Streets, specifically focused on quick-build demonstrations. Services will run from March to July 2025 and include workshop facilitation, community support, and technical advice. The deadline to submit is Tuesday, February 18, … Continued
Complete Streets look different in every community. In partnership with AARP, we created a series of five videos showcasing Complete Streets efforts in diverse communities across the country. Our Championing Complete Streets series highlights Complete Streets efforts in Fort Wayne, IN, Versailles, KY, San Diego, CA, Missoula, MT, and Oklahoma City, OK. Complete Streets is … Continued
The Thriving Communities team at Smart Growth America, alongside our partners at the National Complete Streets Coalition, worked tirelessly throughout 2024 to advance our vision of healthy, prosperous, and resilient communities. We saw many successes, from our Complete Streets Leadership Academies helping to shape safe streets policies and implementation across the country to our Dangerous by Design report influencing the national conversation about street design. Despite this, we’re ending the year facing many of the same issues that we started it with—historically high pedestrian fatalities, communities chipping away at decades of car-centric design, and far too little support for the type of systemic change we know is needed.