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Over 80 Michigan organizationsOver 80 Michigan organizations

are Michigan Complete Streetsare Michigan Complete Streets

Coalition Partners:Coalition Partners:

www.MICompleteStreets.orgwww.MICompleteStreets.org

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Complete StreetsComplete Streets policies ensure that

transportation planners and engineers design

roadways to meet the needs ofall users to insure

that everyone can use the roads safely and

conveniently, including drivers, public transit riders,

pedestrians and bicyclists as well as older citizens,

children and people with disabilities.

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There is no single prescription for a complete street, but the following are

key features:

Bus pull-outs or special bus lanes

Audible pedestrian signals Sidewalk bulb-outs

Street trees & planter strips

Traffic-calming techniques

Complete Streets

Sidewalks

Bicycle lanes Sharrows (shared lane markings)

Wide shoulders

Crosswalks

Crossing islands

Mid-block crossings

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Examples of Incomplete Streets

Flint, MI

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Examples of Complete Streets

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The Benefits of Complete Streets:

Economic Revitalization

Safety

Children Persons with Disabilities

Older Adults

Health

Public Transportation

Climate Change

Transportation Costs Livable Communities

Green Streets

Ease Congestion

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Economic Revitalization

Complete Streets creates communities where people

want to live and businesses want to locate!

In 1993 West Palm Beach was considered blighted andunpleasant for pedestrians.

After implementing many aspects of Complete Streets

the area has 80% commercial occupancy rate and

pedestrian activity increased tremendously. Property values increased 8 times their previous value,

businesses and people moved into the area and the area

is thriving.

www.completestreets.org

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Local Control

HB 6151 & 6152 requires MDOT to create

a Complete Streets policy and develop a

model policy for municipalities.

Requires MDOT to coordinate better with

local units of governments

Does NOT mandate locals to develop or

implement their own policies.

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Lansing City Council

votes unanimously toadopt Complete Streets

Ordinance and

Non-motorized Plan

On August 17, 2009, Lansing became the firstmunicipality in the State of Michigan to pass a CompleteStreets ordinance.

Jackson, Flint, Genesee County, Grand Rapids, TraverseCity, Midland and other Michigan communities haveendorsed Complete Streets.

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Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion - City of Detroit

Washtenaw County Health Department - City of Saline Ingham County Health Department - City of East Lansing

Western U.P County Health Department - City of Houghton

Marquette County Health Department - Marquette Township

Genesee County Health Department - City ofFlint and City of Linden

Jackson County Health Department - City of Jackson

Eight Michigan Communities

Awarded Complete Streets FundingPass complete streets ordinances w/in 1 yr

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Today, I want to announce a sea change. People across America

who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to

transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized

transportation at the expense of non-motorized.

We are integrating the needs of bicyclists in federally-funded road

projects. We are discouraging transportation investments that

negatively affect cyclists and pedestrians. And we are encouraging

USDOT Supports Complete Streets

investments that go beyond the

minimum requirements and provide

facilities for bicyclists and

pedestrians of all ages and abilities.Ray LaHood Secretary, United States Department ofTransportationMarch 15, 2010 announcement directed at state DOTs of Policy

Statement on Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodation Regulations andRecommendations

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House Fiscal Agency

Legislative Analysis

NOT an Unfunded Mandate

To the extent that Complete Streets planningrequirements can be incorporated into current

planning processes, the additional costs may be

marginal and potentially minimal.

House Fiscal Analyst: William E. Hamilton

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Isnt it expensive?

By fully considering the needs of all non-

motorized travelers (pedestrians,

bicyclists, and persons with disabilities)

early in the life of a project, the costs

associated with including facilities for

these travelers are minimized.

Jeff Morales, former Director CalTrans

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Need For Additional Funding?

Since the introduction of a Complete Streets

policy in 2007, Charlotte NC has transformed 16

thoroughfares and 11 intersections, added miles

of sidewalks and bike lanes, and has more than70 additional projects pending. This is all without

a new funding source, but simply an expression

of a change in priorities put in motion when the

city's leadership adopted the Complete Streetsapproach.

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Broad Support for Complete

Streets

House bills passed unanimously out of

Transportation Committee

Nonpartisan- Passed by a wide margin on

House floor (85 21 & 84 22) 1000+ petition signatures

80+ MI Complete Streets Coalition Partners

146 jurisdictions nationwide have adoptedpolicies

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Contact/Questions

John Lindenmayer

League of Michigan Bicyclists

517-334-9100john@LMB.org

www.LMB.org

www.MichiganCompleteStreets.org