We organized a community bike ride yesterday. My legs are screaming "NO" but my heart says "Yes".

#bikes #community #safety #completestreets

@ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml The Melbourne City Council has just discovered that sticking up some signs that say "shared zone" isn't enough to make a great shared pedestrian space.

"Flinders Lane, Little Collins, Little Bourke and Little Lonsdale streets became “shared zones” in September 2020, with pedestrians given right of way and speed limits lowered from 40 km/h to 20 km/h.

"For the most part, pedestrians and drivers were unaware of the priority rules within the shared zone. Pedestrians generally waited for cars to pass before crossing the street and drivers were rarely observed yielding to pedestrians.”

"The review says the council should install more “traffic-calming” designs – like raised street sections, planter boxes or dining parklets – and paint or pave the streets to differentiate them from regular roads, where vehicles have priority."

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-s-little-streets-were-meant-to-be-a-pedestrian-paradise-but-drivers-aren-t-sharing-20230328-p5cvv3.html

#walkability #walking #streets #cities #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #walk #cycling #bikes #CompleteStreets

Looking for evidence on the effectiveness of #activetransportation interventions? This amazing resource from the www.projectchase.ca team covers #pedestrian, #bicycle and #vehicle interventions. Plus the animations are mesmerising!

Check it out at https://tool.projectchase.ca/

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #ActiveTravel #CompleteStreets #SustainableCities
#Canada

I've been making explainer videos for my town in #Connecticut. Sometimes committee meeting drop really important knowledge that needs to get spread.

For example - new developments must make a #sidewalk. They must! And put in a #bikerack.

#CompleteStreets

@scowens What happens when you have a public transit system that is slow, unreliable, and doesn't go where most people need to travel without ridiculous out-of-the-way transfers. Not to mention either no bike lanes or bike lanes “protected” by paint alone. As you say, EVs not an answer. Meanwhile feds give tax credits for giant EV SUVs but not for e-bikes.
@streetsblogmass
#CompleteStreets #Planning #mapoli

13 complete streets changemakers in their communities. I see complete streets as a part of #UniversalDesign applied to city planning and development.

https://smartgrowthamerica.org/2023-complete-streets-changemakers/ #CompleteStreets

@forteller #CompleteStreets and #UniversalDesign are critical here, but really slow going getting any attention or implementation.

The Costs of Wide Streets in the U.S.

"In "The Width and Value of Residential Streets" in the Journal of the American Planning Association (Vol. 88, No. 1; #japaplanning), Adam Millard-Ball aims to not only quantify the proportion of American cities devoted to automobile circulation, but estimate the value of that land and its opportunity cost from an economic perspective."

https://planning.org/blog/9229552/the-costs-of-wide-streets-in-the-us/

#completestreets

@saskia Thanks for sharing! Calling @envirojen & @BikeMayorHfx who spearheaded this in #HalifaxNS & #DartmouthNS over the last year. I'm predicting even greater participation next year! #cycling #KidicalMassHFX #CompleteStreets

Complete Streets followers will want to see this new report from UN-Habitat, UNEP, and the Walk21 Foundation:

WALKING AND CYCLING IN AFRICA: Evidence and good practice to inspire action.

https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/40071

#completestreets #bikepedplanning #Africa

Never forget, multimodal streets (aka “complete streets”) are simply more efficient, because they move, hold & serve more PEOPLE within the same space. Whether you think streets are just for moving people, or are for a LOT more, they’re just better. Via @NACTO.
#CityMakingMath #CompleteStreets #Streets #cities #urbanism #urbandesign #city #cars

The Case for Guerrilla Crosswalks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-01/when-crosswalks-go-rogue

#Activism #VisionZero #CompleteStreets

#Arizona gets a bad rap for many things, but places like #Tempe are actually doing quite a bit with new street configurations to minimize asphalt, maximize tree canopy and shade, and make the overall walking experience better. . Here the streetscape brings the tree canopy out into the street itself. Discovered on a walk @jamesrojas and I did while there for our workshop at #Legoland.

#urbanism #urbandesign #arizona #tempe #shade #trees #cities #completestreets

It's amazing how conversations can shift perceptions.

Until I attended a few #bike and pedestrian advocacy sessions I noticed nothing about the roads except where they took me.

Now, I see pedestrians walking on grass where there are no #sidewalks. I see narrow roads and bicyclists hugging the edge or traversing grass to avoid# cars.

Now #CompleteStreets actually means something.

Advocacy matters.