Complete Streets

It's National Walking Day 2021!

April 7, 2021

Each year on the first Wednesday in April, traffic safety professionals and advocates celebrate National Walking Day and the many benefits of walking, and the importance of creating streets that are safe for walking for all people, ages and abilities. Explore our selection of pedestrian safety resources, tools, and ways to get involved to help improve walking in your community!

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Explore the Active Transportation Safety Events Coming Up in April!

March 30, 2021

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Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please...

New Resource: Rethinking Streets During COVID-19

March 8, 2021
Rethinking Streets Rethinking Streets During COVID-19

Although re-allocating space on streets to accomodate new uses is nothing new, the COVID-19 era has made some significant changes in the process. As noted in a new resource, "Rethinking Streets During COVID-19: An Evidence-Based Guide to 25 Quick Redesigns for Physical Distancing, Public Use, and Spatial...

Applications Now Open for the 2021 Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Program

January 28, 2021

This post was originally published on the SafeTREC website on January 26, 2021.

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is offering free Complete Streets Safety Assessments (CSSAs) to California local agencies with a population of over 2,500 people. CSSAs are comprehensive...

Smart Growth America launches new Complete Streets resource: Champions Corner

December 23, 2020
New Resource for Advancing Local Complete Streets

Smart Growth America has launched Champions Corner, a new online resource for local elected officials, stakeholders, and decision makers who are interested in learning how to become champions in their communities for streets that are safer and more accessible for all users, of all ages and abilities, whether they are walking, biking, driving or taking public transit....

Safe Routes Partnership: New Fact Sheets on Supporting Active Transportation Advocacy

November 17, 2020
New Safe Routes Partnership Fact Sheets!

The Safe Routes Partnership has put out three new fact sheets with information on success stories, best practices, and resources for advocates of safety and active transportation at the national and regional level.

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Explore new Stories from the Field with Tracy McMillan and Molly Wagner!

October 13, 2020
New Safety Stories focus on complete streets, equity, and prioritizing action transportation safety during COVID-19

Explore our new installments in the Stories From the Field Series to learn how people on the frontline are improving road safety for people who walk, bike and roll in their communities! First up, we have an interview led by Charles T. Brown, Founder and Managing Principal of Equitable Cities LLC with Tracy McMillan, Senior Associate at Nelson\Nygaard about complete streets,...

July Active Transportation Webinar Round-Up

July 9, 2020

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Explore our round-up of webinars for the month of July highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have a webinar you'd like us to share? Please...

CATSIP “Laws, Plans, and Policies” Page Update

April 21, 2020
CATSIP’s Laws, Plans, and Policies page has been updated with a new list of resources! Screen Capture of Plans Page

The CATSIP Laws, Plans, and Policies pages are one of the most visited...

Upcoming Active Transportation Safety Webinars

March 12, 2020

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Explore our round-up of webinars coming up that highlight the latest road safety trends and promoting safer walking and biking! Have a webinar you'd like us to share? Please submit webinar details here.

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