What are Complete Streets?
Complete Streets Strategies
for Delaware
Local Governments
…Roadways designed, built, and maintained to
safely accommodate travelers of all ages and
abilities—motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and
public transit users—including children, nondrivers, older adults, and persons with disabilities.
Marcia Scott
IPA Associate Policy Scientist
Planning Complete Streets
(Planning 209)
UD Paradee Center – Dover, DE – June 9, 2011
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Source:
AARP
Bulletin
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National Growth of Complete Streets
Who has adopted policies?
•200 regional and local
jurisdictions within 47 states
•Communities with fewer than
30,000—largest percentage of
adopters
– Complete Streets Policy Analysis 2010
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Complete Streets Implementation Checklist
Vision
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Vision
Among the community’s land development goals
[are to] (p. 84):
• Planning
• Policies
•Improve all local modes of transportation; including to
encourage improved pedestrian and bicycle access
• Design Standards
•Provide open space and recreational opportunities
• Facility Maintenance
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Delaware
• ―Safe and Complete Streets
• Legislature passed
Act of 2011‖ (HR 1780)
―Walkable, Bikable
introduced in House
Delaware‖ Resolution on
• Bill requires that new State
May 12
and MPO street and
• Directs DelDOT to ―create
transportation projects be
contiguous systems or
designed with all users in
networks of walkways
mind
and bikeways within and
between cities and
• Required for all federally
funded transportation
towns…‖
projects
City of Newark
2008 Comprehensive Plan Update
Components include:
•
New Policy Initiatives
Federal
•23 states including Delaware
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•Limit unattractive sprawl development that unnecessarily
disperses services and utilities and increases traffic
congestion.”
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Planning
Planning
Five Overarching Principles of Planning for a
Healthy Community
• Bicycle and pedestrian accessibility
• Complete Streets principles
• Open spaces and recreation
• Compact and mixed-use
development
• Convenient access to
healthy food
healthy
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Comprehensive Plan Elements
Elements/sections that can
address Complete Streets:
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Complete Street Elements in Delaware
Local Government Comprehensive Plans
• Vision and goals
• Community Facilities and
Services
– Town Facilities
– Parks and Recreation
• Transportation
• Land Use
• Intergovernmental
Coordination
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2010 Comp. Plan Update Example –
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Complete Streets Policy Elements
Town of Elsmere
Transportation Element:
Recommendations:
1. Sets a vision
•“Be known walkable town
including trails and a
shopping district.”
3. Emphasizes connectivity
•“Elsmere’s transportation
should encourage
walkability.” (p. 50)
1. Revise the Code to require
sidewalks in all new
development and
redevelopment.
2. Institute a sidewalk-inspectionand-repair program.
3. Review other municipal rightof-way maintenance programs
4. Continue to work with DelDOT
to reduce traffic speeds
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2. Includes all modes
4. Applies to all phases of all applicable projects
5. Specifies and limits exceptions, with management
approval required
6. Uses the latest, flexible design standards
7. Is context-sensitive
8. Sets performance standards
9. Includes implementation steps
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Examples of Delaware Local Government Complete Street
Policies
Policies
Town of Lewes – Subdivision Ordinance:
• Planning commission can require sidewalks and crosswalks in any location
• Internal circulation promotes increased use of pedestrian and bicycle movement
• Street design encourages connectivity; discourages cul-de-sacs
City of Dover – Zoning Code Ordinance:
• Supportive of mixed uses
• Uses building dimensions and parking requirements to promote infill development
• Encourages higher residential densities in certain zones
• Designates pedestrian-priority areas in Traditional Neighborhood Districts (TNDs)
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Evaluation Matrix – Complete Streets
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New Castle County – Unified Development Code:
• Requires street layout and circulation patterns that provide for safe movement of
pedestrians and vehicles and also encourage pedestrian and bicycle travel.
• TNDs encourage grid-style development
• Provision of pedestrian walkways and connections to community recreation areas
• Conforms to DelDOT street connectivity, sidewalk, bicycle, and transit accommodation
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regulations
Design Standards
Rehoboth Beach Streetscape Project
Source: Johnson, Mirmiran, and Thompson (JMT)
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Multi-Modalism vs. Context-Sensitivity
Complete Street
principles are flexible
and consider roadway
and land use context
SUBURBAN
CORRIDOR
SUBURBAN
CENTER
SUBURBAN
NEIGHBORHOOD
Multi-Modal Roadway Design Should:
– Pedestrians, including
those requiring mobility
aids
– Bicyclists
– Motorists
– Transit users
TOWN / VILLAGE
CENTER
TOWN / VILLAGE
NEIGHBORHOOD
URBAN
CORE
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• Comply with federal, state,
ADA, and local
government requirements
• Serve both non-motorized
and motorized travel
• Safely accommodate all
users including:
RURAL
Basic facilities for
bicyclists, pedestrians,
transit users, and
disabled travelers are
necessities, rather than
optional items
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Common Features and Design Elements
Design Control Strategies
Flexible design based on
roadway context:
• Design control and
traffic calming
measures
• Traffic calming measures
• Roadway diets/ lane
narrowing
• Traffic control
devices and signage
• Sidewalk extension and
bulb-outs
• Pedestrian facilities
• Traffic circles
• Bike facilities
• On-street parking
• Transit facilities
• Speed limit reductions
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Traffic Control Devices and Signage
Pedestrian Facilities
• Accessible and wellmaintained sidewalks
Signalized intersections:
• Walk/Flashing Don’t
Walk
• Curb ramps
• Pedestrian buffers
• Countdown clocks
• Crosswalks and midblock crossings
• Accessible (audible)
pedestrian signals
• Refuge islands
• Pedestrian-actuated
HAWK signals
• Mid-block crossing
signals
• Curb bulb-outs
• Streetscape amenities
• Compact, mixed-use
Source: DelDOT
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Bicycle Facilities
• Marked bike lanes
– On-street
– Buffered
– Separated bike paths
• Bicycle amenities:
– Bike racks
– Bike storage centers
• Connectivity to transit
• Bike sharing
programs
• Signage
– Regulatory
– Warning
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Public Transit Facilities
• Bus Stops:
– Walking distance to/from
destinations
– Clear, obstruction-free, and
accessible sidewalks
– Bike racks/storage
– Protected crossing
– Roadway visibility
– Posted schedules
• Bus Shelters:
• Pavement markings
– Sharrows
– Share Right Turn Only
Lanes (RTOLs)
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Lighting
Adequate seating
ADA accessibility
Cleanliness
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Delaware Complete Street Visualizations
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Before-and-After Visualizations
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Before-and-After Visualizations
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Before-and-After Visualizations
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Facility Design/Maintenance Issues
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Maintenance Plans Should Address:
Light bulb
replacement
Tree trimming
Sidewalk repairs
Sidewalk
snow removal
Graffiti removal
Street sweeping
Grass mowing
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