Complete Streets Legislation
Create federal guidelines for urban street development that takes account all road users. This includes pedestrians, bicycles, buses, automobiles and trucks. Success of roads should never be measured by movement of private automobiles alone.
Cities are about the mobility of people, not moving and parking cars. Variable parking pricing, congestion pricing, bike parking, safe pedestrian crossings among issues would be promoted.
GarySe7en
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rynokil
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Anyone studied the 'woonerf' model in the netherlands? I think what we need is a more complete agenda that focuses on both "complete streets" (which simply allocate dedicated space for pedestrians and cyclists) and "shared streets" (which give priority to pedestrians and cyclists within the right-of-way).
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hg.spencer
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If just a fraction of federal subsidies for urban freeways went to bike facilities, pedestrianizing streets, local public transport, etc. -- American cities would be much better places. http://cyclingsolution.blogspot.com/
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Sehric
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this idea is basically the same as 'Apply "highway" funds to streets that serve all users,' these two should be under one idea, so it will have more votes
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mjh
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All Federal transportation funding should require that projects achieve, or are part of a system that is achieving a 30(bike/walk)-30(auto)-40(transit) mode split, or something close to this. Current Federal funding requirements for arterial road projects require bike facilities.
