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PHC COMPLETE STREETS

PHC COMPLETE STREETS . An Overview of the Complete Streets Concept and a Review of NCDOT’s Proposed Complete Streets Guidelines. What are Complete Streets?. Complete Streets are streets for everyone . They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users.

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PHC COMPLETE STREETS

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  1. PHCCOMPLETE STREETS An Overview of the Complete Streets Conceptand a Review of NCDOT’s Proposed Complete Streets Guidelines

  2. What are Complete Streets? • Complete Streets are streets for everyone. • They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. • Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities must be able to safely move along and across a complete street.

  3. The Benefits of Complete Streets • Complete streets make economic sense. • Complete streets improve safety • Complete streets encourage more walking, transit riding and bicycling. • Complete streets can help ease transportation woes. • Complete streets help children. • Complete streets are good for air quality. • Complete streets make fiscal sense.

  4. Why do we need to change our policies to Complete Streets? • Safety • Equity • Healthier options for travel • Cost efficiency • Attractiveness

  5. What do Complete Streets look like?

  6. The NCDOT Complete Streets Guidebook Draft of Chapters 1-4 Review period until AUGUST 17, 2011

  7. What we like about it • They have committed to using Complete Streets policies with their new projects • Although there are flaws, it is something and better than nothing • The cross sectional illustrations provided do show some sensitivity to contextual design • Guidelines are more often based on QOS (Quality of Service) rather than the usual LOS (Level of Service) • The document is well-presented and has helpful visuals.

  8. Overall short-comings “It is the Department’s expectation that suitable multimodal alternatives will be incorporated as appropriate in all new and improved infrastructure projects within a growth area of a town or city.” “As exceptions to policy requests are unique in nature, each will be considered on a case-by- case basis. Each exception must be approved by the Chief Deputy Secretary.” “Routine maintenance projects may be excluded from this requirement if an appropriate source of funding is not available.” -Page 4 in The Preface

  9. and other concerns • Overall outlook remains auto-centric • Language, demand matrices • Connectivity approached, but not addressed • How vital, how to do it • The designs are “flatland-centric” • No mention of topography • This document is likely to become a model for cities as they adopt Complete Streets policies • We all have an interest in making it the best it can be

  10. Specifics: Chapter Understanding Context and Designing for All Users • No mention of accessibility • They are not designing bicycle lanes in proportion to speed • There is no mention of removing rumble strips

  11. Specifics: Chapter 4- Design Elements • All matrices are auto-centric

  12. Specifics: Chapter 5- Street Cross-Sections “Flat Land Friendly” We need to make sure they mean what they say when plan to use “contextual sensitive transportation solutions”

  13. THE SURVEY Survey (and proposed guidelines):www.NCcompletestreets.org 6 questions = 20 minutes Advisory Committee review comments will be emailed to you. Review period will end August 17, 2011

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