This week’s news include a new policy in Rockville, MD, some complete streets inspired musings in Indiana, data supporting the safety in numbers theory, and more. [Continue Reading "Weekly News - Rockville..."]
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A new flurry of study results, meetings, and reports from the public health community - including a specific recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - are pointing the way toward complete streets policies as an important tool in the fight against the obesity crisis. [Continue Reading "Public Health Community..."] News on complete streets comes in daily now, so we’re going to start a new feature in our blog to keep everyone - including us! - up to speed. [Continue Reading "Wednesday News..."] More than 150 partners gathered on June 29th & 30th in Indianapolis to learn about the importance of Complete Streets and to organize a campaign to develop both state and local policies. [Continue Reading "Hoosiers Begin Push for..."] The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) stepped up its commitment to complete streets yesterday with its adoption of a formal Complete Streets Policy. The new document fleshes out many details and sets a clear exceptions process. [Continue reading "North Carolina Beefs Up Policy..."] Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell signed Senate Bill 735, the Complete Streets bill, into law on Independence Day, making Connecticut the tenth state to pass complete streets legislation and the second to do so this year. [Continue Reading "Connecticut Becomes 10th State..."] As we close in on the 100-mark for state and local jurisdictions with adopted policies, the need for federal action becomes more acute. We appreciate the potentially profound impact of “comprehensive street design policies and principles” in the House bill and look forward to working with Chairman Oberstar in strengthening that provision. [Continue Reading "Complete Streets in the House Transportation Bill..."] |
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