A Complete Streets resolution recently adopted in Birmingham, Alabama will help the community become a more accessible, healthy, and vibrant community. [Continue Reading "Toward a Healthier..."]
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced yesterday that he would sign the state’s Complete Streets (S5411.A/A8366) bill into law. [Continue Reading "Excelsior! Complete Streets…"] At its most recent Board meeting the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) made an official policy endorsement of Complete Streets, stating, “ASCE believes that America’s transportation system should be designed, built, operated, and managed for safe travel by everyone.” [Continue Reading "Civil Engineers: Transportation…"] Sometimes we get a shocking reminder of why we are working for Complete Streets. That reminder comes this week in the manslaughter conviction delivered by a jury to a woman in Atlanta who lost her child to a drunk driver. [Continue Reading "Criminally Incomplete..."] The newest release of F as in Fat notes the alarming pace of America’s obesity crisis and makes six overarching strategies to bring our waistlines into check, including the recommendation for Complete Streets laws at the state and federal level. Recent news on the impending federal transportation authorization bill, however, indicates that such a recommendation has not yet penetrated the walls of Congress. [Continue Reading "America's Bulging Waistlines…"] Today’s guest post is from Ryan Parker, of Jefferson County, Alabama’s Health Action Partnership. The greater Birmingham region is working to develop and implement policies to encourage active transportation, kicking things into high gear with a Complete Streets workshop. [Continue Reading "Complete Streets Takes Off..."] On May 5, 2011, Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Steven LaTourette (R-OH) introduced the bipartisan Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011 into the US House of Representatives. The bill would help ensure safe travel for all Americans, regardless of how they travel. [Continue Reading "Reps Matsui and LaTourette..."] Last week’s release of Complete Streets Policy Analysis 2010: A Story of Growing Strength (.pdf) brought a wave of attention from the blogosphere and inspired many to support us in closing a funding gap. [Continue Reading "Attention for Policy Analysis..."] A round-up of Complete Streets activity in the state legislatures, covering news from Massachusetts, Missouri, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington. [Continue Reading "State Legislation Updates"] McKinney, Texas; Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee; Portland, Maine; and Wichita, Kansas will each receive assistance from the National Complete Streets Coalition through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Sustainable Communities Building Blocks program. [Continue Reading "EPA Announces..."] |
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