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Kudos to LaHood and Support for a New Direction

By Eryn Rosenblum · June 1, 2010

Last Friday, the National Complete Streets Coalition joined our Coalition partners Transportation for America, America Bikes, and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, along with dozens of other advocates, to personally thank Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for his support for all modes of transportation. We’re also excited by a more mundane document: the U.S. DOT draft Strategic Plan, which makes adoption of state and local Complete Streets policies one of the Department’s Performance Measures.

Complete Streets Best Practices

By Barbara McCann · May 17, 2010

A central strategy of the Complete Streets movement has been to learn from local success. We are proud to share a publication that takes this strategy to its highest level: Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices, a joint project of the staff of the National Complete Streets Coalition and the American Planning Association.

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Childhood Obesity Task Force Recommends Complete Streets

By Stefanie Seskin · May 12, 2010

The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, headed by First Lady Michelle Obama, released a new report and action plan to end childhood obesity in a generation. The report specifically recommends a federal Complete Streets policy.

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Transportation Policy Is Health Policy

By Barbara McCann · May 10, 2010

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention become one of the first agencies to weigh in on the federal transportation reauthorization – and transportation choice is front and center in their recommendations.

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U.S. DOT Announces TIGER II Grant Program

By Stefanie Seskin · May 4, 2010

Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation released guidelines for “ TIGER II,” a $600 million merit-based program that may give a glimpse of a future in which transportation projects are routinely multimodal and connected to land use.

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MORPC Breaks New Ground with Policy

By Stefanie Seskin · April 21, 2010

Earlier this month, The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) approved the most comprehensive Complete Streets Policy among large MPOs. This thoughtful and comprehensive policy will lead to genuine on-the-ground changes in the Columbus region and is a leading model for agencies across the country.

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Complete Streets Week Illustrates Demand for Safe Streets for All

By Stefanie Seskin · April 19, 2010

Today marks the launch of “Complete Streets Week” in New York State, a grassroots initiative drawing attention to the dangers of incomplete streets. Participants are part of a surge in support for transportation choices across America.

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Mississippi on the Map

By Stefanie Seskin · April 14, 2010

Last Tuesday, Tupelo and Hernando joined the growing number of communities establishing a healthier, safer future through complete streets. Both Mississippi cities adopted complete streets policies as part of a move toward improved public health.

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Streetscape Improvements Help Make Streets Complete!

By Admin · April 12, 2010

The American Society of Landscape Architects recently helped craft legislation that designates the fourth week of April “National Streetscaping Week”. Today’s post discusses the importance of streetscape, including the many benefits of safe, attractive, green – and complete! – streets.

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New USDOT Policy Statement Endorses Complete Streets: On to Implementation

By Barbara McCann · March 16, 2010

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced a sea change in federal transportation policy yesterday, issuing a new policy statement that calls for full inclusion of bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit riders of all ages and abilities in transportation projects – essentially, a Complete Streets policy.

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